Lara Arruabarrena

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arruabarrena and the second or maternal family name is Vecino.

Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlaɾa arwaβaˈrena βeˈθino];^[a] born 20 March 1992) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. On 3 July 2017, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 52, and her best doubles ranking is world No. 28, set on 22 February 2016.^[1]

Lara Arruabarrena

Arruabarrena at the 2018 French Open
Full name	Lara Arruabarrena Vecino
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	(1992-03-20) 20 March 1992 (age 33) Tolosa, Spain
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	2007
Retired	2022
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Andoni Vivanco
Prize money	US$ 3,362,484
Singles
Career record	364–291
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 52 (3 July 2017)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2015, 2016, 2018)
French Open	2R (2018)
Wimbledon	2R (2015, 2016, 2018)
US Open	2R (2012, 2018)
Doubles
Career record	210–168
Career titles	8
Highest ranking	No. 28 (22 February 2016)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2020)
French Open	QF (2018)
Wimbledon	2R (2015, 2017, 2018)
US Open	QF (2015)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	3–5

Over her career, she won two singles and eight doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Arruabarrena retired from professional tour in August 2022.^[2]

Personal life and background

Arruabarrena is coached by Andoni Vivanco. Her father, Juan, is a lithographer, and her mother, Blanca, is a nurse. She also has one younger sister. Arruabarrena started playing tennis at age eight when she took lessons with a friend for fun. She stated that her favourite surface is clay. When she was 15, she moved to Barcelona to train with Spanish Federation. Her tennis idol growing up was Justine Henin.^[3]

Career highlights

2007: ITF Circuit

Arruabarrena made her debut appearance at the ITF Circuit at Les Francqueses del Valles, France, where she lost in first round against her compatriot Lucia Cervera-Vazquez, in straight-sets.^[4]

2008: First ITF title

In July, she won her first ITF title on a $10k event in Oviedo. In the final, she defeated Hermon Brhane, in straight sets.^[5]

2012: First WTA Tour title, Grand Slam main-draw debut

Arruabarrena won her first WTA tournament at the Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, beating Alexandra Panova in the final.^[6] She then qualified for the main draw of the 2012 French Open, but lost in the first round to former champion Ana Ivanovic, in straight sets.^[7]

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.^[8]

Singles

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	Q3	Q1	Q1	0 / 7	3–7	30%
French Open	A	1R	A	Q1	1R	1R	1R	2R	A	Q1	1R	A	0 / 6	1–6	14%
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	Q1	2R	2R	1R	2R	A	NH	Q1	A	0 / 5	3–5	38%
US Open	A	2R	1R	Q3	1R	1R	1R	2R	Q2	A	Q2	A	0 / 6	2–6	25%
Win–loss	0–0	1–2	0–3	0–1	2–4	2–4	0–4	4–4	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0 / 24	9–24	27%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[b]	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Indian Wells Open	A	A	4R	Q1	2R	A	1R	2R	Q1	NH	A	A	0 / 4	5–4	56%
Miami Open	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	Q2	4R	1R	Q1	NH	A	A	0 / 2	3–2	60%
Madrid Open	A	1R	A	2R	1R	1R	3R	2R	1R	NH	A	A	0 / 7	4–7	36%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canadian Open	A	A	Q2	A	Q2	A	1R	A		NH	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati Open	A	A	Q1	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q1	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[c]	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	NH			0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	A	2R	A	A	2R	1R	2R	Q2	A	NH			0 / 4	3–4	43%
Career statistics
Tournaments	2	8	11	11	17	17	19	19	12	1	5	0	Career total: 122
Titles	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 2
Finals	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	Career total: 4
Overall win–loss	3–2	8–7	8–11	10–11	15–17	16–16	14–21	13–21	8–12	0–1	3–5	0–0	2 / 120	98–124	44%
Year-end ranking	167	77	100	88	86	69	84	84	157	164	219		$3,148,327

Doubles

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	A	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	3R	1R	A	0 / 8	4–8	33%
French Open	A	A	2R	1R	1R	QF	A	1R	2R	A	0 / 6	6–6	50%
Wimbledon	1R	A	2R	1R	2R	2R	A	NH	1R	A	0 / 6	3–6	33%
US Open	A	A	QF	2R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 5	5–5	50%
Win–loss	0–2	0–0	6–4	1–4	2–4	5–4	0–2	2–2	2–3	0–0	0 / 25	18–25	42%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[b]	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	A	A	A	0 / 1	3–1	75%
Indian Wells Open	A	A	1R	A	QF	QF	1R	NH	A	A	0 / 4	4–4	50%
Miami Open	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	2R	NH	A	A	0 / 4	3–4	43%
Madrid Open	A	A	QF	2R	2R	1R	A	NH	A	A	0 / 4	4–4	50%
Italian Open	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	A	A	A		0 / 3	0–3	0%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[c]	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	A	NH			0 / 7	3–7	30%
China Open	A	A	2R	QF	A	2R	A	NH			0 / 3	4–3	57%
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	106	64	31	61	78	39	52	83	137

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (2–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2012	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Alexandra Panova	6–2, 7–5
Win	2–0	Sep 2016	Korea Open, South Korea	International	Hard	Monica Niculescu	6–0, 2–6, 6–0
Loss	2–1	Apr 2017	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Francesca Schiavone	4–6, 5–7
Loss	2–2	Apr 2018	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam WTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250 (8–6)

Finals by surface Hard (4–3) Grass (0–0) Clay (4–3) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2013	Katowice Open, Poland	International	Clay (i)	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Raluca Olaru Valeria Solovyeva	6–4, 7–5
Win	2–0	Apr 2014	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Caroline Garcia	Vania King Chanelle Scheepers	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win	3–0	Sep 2014	Korea Open, South Korea	International	Hard	Irina-Camelia Begu	Mona Barthel Mandy Minella	6–3, 6–3
Loss	3–1	Oct 2014	Japan Women's Open	International	Hard	Tatjana Maria	Shuko Aoyama Renata Voráčová	1–6, 2–6
Win	4–1	Feb 2015	Abierto Mexicano, Mexico	International	Hard	María Teresa Torró Flor	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	7–6(7–2), 5–7, [13–11]
Loss	4–2	May 2015	Nuremberg Cup, Germany	International	Clay	Raluca Olaru	Chan Hao-ching Anabel Medina Garrigues	4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	4–3	Jul 2015	Gastein Ladies, Austria	International	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	Danka Kovinić Stephanie Vogt	6–4, 4–6, [3–10]
Loss	4–4	Aug 2015	Washington Open, United States	International	Hard	Andreja Klepač	Belinda Bencic Kristina Mladenovic	5–7, 6–7(7–9)
Win	5–4	Sep 2015	Korea Open, South Korea (2)	International	Hard	Andreja Klepač	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss	5–5	Oct 2015	Hong Kong Open, China SAR	International	Hard	Andreja Klepač	Alizé Cornet Yaroslava Shvedova	5–7, 4–6
Win	6–5	Apr 2016	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia (2)	International	Clay	Tatjana Maria	Gabriela Cé Andrea Gámiz	6–2, 4–6, [10–8]
Win	7–5	Jul 2016	Ladies Championship Gstaad, Switzerland	International	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Annika Beck Evgeniya Rodina	6–1, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss	7–6	Jul 2018	Ladies Championship Gstaad, Switzerland	International	Clay	Timea Bacsinszky	Alexa Guarachi Desirae Krawczyk	6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Win	8–6	Sep 2019	Korea Open, South Korea (3)	International	Hard	Tatjana Maria	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani	7–6(9–7), 3–6, [10–7]

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2013	Copa Bionaire, Colombia	Clay	Catalina Castaño	6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2019	Karlsruhe Open, Germany	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Han Xinyun Yuan Yue	6–7(2–7), 6–4, [10–4]

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 14 (12 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2008	ITF Oviedo, Spain	10,000	Hard	Hermon Brhane	7–6(7–2), 6–4
Loss	1–1	Oct 2008	ITF Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain	10,000	Clay	Eva Fernández Brugués	4–6, 6–7
Win	2–1	Apr 2009	ITF Torrent, Spain	10,000	Clay	Marta Marrero	6–2, 6–3
Win	3–1	Sep 2009	ITF Lleida, Spain	10,000	Clay	Diana Enache	6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Win	4–1	Oct 2009	ITF Seville, Spain	10,000	Clay	Neda Kozić	6–1, 6–2
Win	5–1	May 2010	ITF Badalona, Spain	10,000	Clay	Yevgeniya Kryvoruchko	6–4, 6–3
Win	6–1	Nov 2010	ITF Mallorca, Spain	10,000	Clay	Sandra Soler Sola	6–3, 6–3
Win	7–1	Nov 2010	ITF Mallorca, Spain	10,000	Clay	Maria João Koehler	7–6(7–2), 6–3
Win	8–1	Nov 2010	ITF Vallduxo, Spain	10,000	Clay	Nanuli Pipiya	7–5, 7–6(8–6)
Win	9–1	Dec 2010	ITF Vinaròs, Spain	10,000	Clay	Cristina Dinu	6–2, 6–0
Win	10–1	Feb 2011	ITF Mallorca, Spain	10,000	Clay	Conny Perrin	6–1, 6–2
Win	11–1	Mar 2011	ITF Madrid, Spain	10,000	Clay	Leticia Costas	6–4, 6–2
Win	12–1	Aug 2014	Open Bogotá, Colombia	100,000	Clay	Johanna Larsson	6–1, 6–3
Loss	12–2	Apr 2016	Osprey Challenger, US	50,000	Hard	Madison Brengle	6–4, 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2009	ITF Torrent, Spain	10,000	Clay	Carla Roset Franco	Martina Caciotti Nicole Clerico	6–7, 6–0, [9–11]
Win	1–1	Sep 2009	ITF Mollerussa, Spain	10,000	Hard	Carla Roset Franco	Tatiana Búa Inés Ferrer Suárez	6–3, 2–6, [10–6]
Win	2–1	Nov 2009	ITF Vallduxo, Spain	10,000	Clay	Amanda Carreras	Yera Campos Molina Sandra Soler Sola	6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Win	3–1	Jul 2010	ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France	25,000	Clay	Inés Ferrer Suárez	Nadiia Kichenok Constance Sibille	6–3, 6–1
Loss	3–2	Aug 2010	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	25,000	Clay	María Teresa Torró Flor	Nicole Clerico Justine Ozga	7–5, 4–6, [6–10]
Win	4–2	Oct 2010	ITF Villa de Madrid, Spain	50,000	Clay	María Teresa Torró Flor	Irina-Camelia Begu Elena Bogdan	6–4, 7–5
Win	5–2	Nov 2010	ITF Mallorca, Spain	10,000	Clay	Inés Ferrer Suárez	Maria João Koehler Avgusta Tsybysheva	7–5, 6–2
Loss	5–3	Nov 2010	ITF Vallduxo, Spain	10,000	Clay	Benedetta Davato	Amanda Carreras Andrea Gámiz	6–7(5), 3–6
Win	6–3	Sep 2011	Internazionale di Biella, Italy	100,000	Clay	Ekaterina Lopes	Janette Husárová Renata Voráčová	6–3, 0–6, [10–3]
Win	7–3	Oct 2011	ITF Seville, Spain	25,000	Clay	Estrella Cabeza Candela	Leticia Costas Inés Ferrer Suárez	6–4, 6–4
Loss	7–4	Jul 2012	Open de Biarritz, France	100,000	Clay	Monica Puig	Séverine Beltrame Laura Thorpe	2–6, 3–6
Loss	7–5	Oct 2013	ITF Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain	25,000	Clay	Amanda Carreras	Tatiana Búa Andrea Gámiz	6–4, 2–6, [7–10]
Loss	7–6	May 2014	Grado Tennis Cup, Italy	25,000	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Verónica Cepede Royg Stephanie Vogt	4–6, 2–6
Win	8–6	Aug 2014	Open Bogotá, Colombia	100,000	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Melanie Klaffner Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	6–2, 6–0
Win	9–6	Oct 2019	ITF Riba-roja de Túria, Spain	25,000	Clay	Sara Errani	Marie Benoît Ioana Loredana Roșca	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (runner–up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2010	French Open	Clay	María Teresa Torró Flor	Tímea Babos Sloane Stephens	2–6, 3–6

Wins over top 10 players

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score
2015
1.	Simona Halep	No. 2	China Open	Hard	1R	5–4 ret.
2017
2.	Madison Keys	No. 9	Miami Open	Hard	3R	7–5, 7–5
3.	Svetlana Kuznetsova	No. 8	China Open	Hard	1R	6–7(2), 7–5, 6–1

Notes

1. In isolation, Vecino is pronounced [beˈθino].
2. The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
3. In 2014, the Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.