Laura Pous Tió (born 1 October 1984) is a former professional

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player from Spain.

Career

Pous Tió won the gold medal at the

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in Almería by defeating compatriot

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in straight sets. She won a total of 20 ITF titles in singles and nine in doubles. At the

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-level, she was a singles runner-up at the Morocco Open in Fés, losing the final in straight sets to

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. In

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, she played a doubles match for the Spanish Fed Cup team against Russia. Pous Tió reached her career-high singles ranking of No. 72 on 30 January 2012. Pous Tió served a two year ban from 2007 to 2009 for an anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for banned diuretics at the 2007 Wimbledon qualifiers. The ban, imposed by the ITF, was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport despite her claim of unintentional use.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

ITF finals

Singles: 31 (20–11)

Doubles: 14 (9–5)

References

External links

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