Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (; born 20 March 1992) is a former professional

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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. Over her career, she won two singles and eight doubles titles on the

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. Arruabarrena retired from professional tour in August 2022.

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

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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.

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 Tour title, Grand Slam main-draw debut

Arruabarrena won her first WTA tournament at the Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, beating

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in the final. She then qualified for the main draw of the 2012 French Open, but lost in the first round to former champion

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, in straight sets.

Performance timelines

''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.''

Singles

Doubles

WTA Tour finals

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

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

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Doubles: 1 (title)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 14 (12 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Doubles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (runner–up)

Wins over top 10 players

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