Lara Arruabarrena


Lara Arruabarrena Vecino is a professional tennis player from Spain. On 3 July 2017, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 52, and her best doubles ranking is No. 28, set on 22 February 2016.

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 of eight when 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. Her favourite city is birthtown of San Sebastián, Spain.

Career highlights

2007: Debut on the 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.

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.

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

Arruabarrena won her first WTA title at the Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, beating Alexandra Panova in the final. 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.

Performance timelines

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Doubles

WTA career finals

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

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–02012 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas – Singles|Copa Colsanitas, ColombiaInternationalClay Alexandra Panova6–2, 7–5
Win2–02016 Korea Open – Singles|Korea Open, South KoreaInternationalHard Monica Niculescu6–0, 2–6, 6–0
Loss2–12017 Copa Colsanitas – Singles|Copa Colsanitas, ColombiaInternationalClay Francesca Schiavone4–6, 5–7
Loss2–22018 Copa Colsanitas – Singles|Copa Colsanitas, ColombiaInternationalClay Anna Karolína Schmiedlová2–6, 4–6

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

WTA 125K series finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 14 (12 titles, 2 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jul 2008ITF Oviedo, Spain10,000Hard Hermon Brhane7–6, 6–4
Loss1–1Oct 2008ITF Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain10,000Clay Eva Fernández Brugués4–6, 6–7
Win2–1Apr 2009ITF Torrent, Spain10,000Clay Marta Marrero6–2, 6–3
Win3–1Sep 2009ITF Lleida, Spain10,000Clay Diana Enache6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Win4–1Oct 2009ITF Seville, Spain10,000Clay Neda Kozić6–1, 6–2
Win5–1May 2010ITF Badalona, Spain10,000Clay Yevgeniya Kryvoruchko6–4, 6–3
Win6–1Nov 2010ITF Mallorca, Spain10,000Clay Sandra Soler Sola6–3, 6–3
Win7–1Nov 2010ITF Mallorca, Spain10,000Clay Maria João Koehler7–6, 6–3
Win8–1Nov 2010ITF Vallduxo, Spain10,000Clay Nanuli Pipiya7–5, 7–6
Win9–1Dec 2010ITF Vinaròs, Spain10,000Clay Cristina Dinu6–2, 6–0
Win10–1Feb 2011ITF Mallorca, Spain10,000Clay Conny Perrin6–1, 6–2
Win11–1Mar 2011ITF Madrid, Spain10,000Clay Leticia Costas Moreira6–4, 6–2
Win12–1Aug 2014ITF Bogotá, Colombia100,000Clay Johanna Larsson6–1, 6–3
Loss12–2Apr 2016ITF Osprey, United States50,000Hard Madison Brengle6–4, 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner–up)

Wins over top 10 players