Lara Arruabarrena
SpainLara Arruabarrena is a female Spanish professional tennis player born on March 20, 1992 in Tolosa.
Andoni Vivanco coaches her and she favors the clay surface. Arruabarrena plays right-handed with a two-handed backhand.
Arruabarrena started playing tennis when she was 8 years old. By 15 years old, she went to Barcelona to receive training from the Spanish Federation. She started playing professionally in 2007and played her first events in the ITF circuit.
In 2010, she had her first WTA qualifying match at Marbella and Barcelona. In the following year, she played her first two WTA main-draw events. After winning her first title at Bogota and qualifying in other matches, she debuted in the top 100 at number 91. She finished the season at world rank number 77.
She had her third consecutive top 100 season in 2014 as she reached the quarterfinals at Batad, Bucharest, and Bogota. Arruabarrena reached the semifinals at Bastad and Nurnberg as well as the quarterfinal at Marrakech. Her finishing rank in 2016 was world number 69, continuing her successful run with a fifth straight top 100 season.
Since turning pro, Arruabarrena has a career record of 320 victories and 241 losses. She also won 2 WTA, 1 WTA 125K, and 12 ITF career titles in singles. In doubles, she has a career record of 53 victories and 61 losses. The highest rank she achieved was at No. 52, which she attained on July 3, 2017. Currently, she is ranked at No. 94 as of February 4, 2019. Arruabarrena still has to win a Grand Slam tournament but has already made appearances at the four Grand Slam events.
Player Statistics:
• 320–241 (57%) career record – singles
• 2 Women’s Tennis Association career titles – singles
• 1 Women’s Tennis Association 125K career titles - singles
• 12 International Tennis Federation career titles – singles
• 179–137 (56.6%) career record - doubles
• 7 Women’s Tennis Association career titles - doubles
• 8 International Tennis Federation career titles – doubles