Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Lourdes Domínguez Lino is a retired female tennis player from Spain. In September 2006, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 40.
Tennis career
In the 1999 Roland Garros, she won the junior girls' singles, defeating Stéphanie Foretz in the final.In 2000, she played her first WTA Tour main draw at Madrid. In 2002, she won her first main draw match at Bogotá. In Porto, she defeated then-No. 33 Cristina Torrens Valero. In August, Lino was suspended from the tour for three months, after testing positive for cocaine that March.
In 2005, she reached the top 100 for the first time. In Bogotá she made it to the final as a qualifier, losing to Flavia Pennetta. She ended at No. 77 in the world in singles and No. 63 in doubles.
She won her first WTA title in Bogotá by defeating No. 18 Flavia Pennetta. She reached the final of Budapest, losing to Anna Smashnova, and ended the year at No. 52 in singles.
In 2007, she reached the semifinals at Bogotá and the quarterfinals at Estoril, Palermo, and Bad Gastein. She ended at No. 72 in the world in singles.
In 2011, she won her second WTA Tour title, defeating Mathilde Johansson at Bogotá in the final. After this, she reached the quarterfinals at Acapulco.
In 2016, she announced her retirement from professional tennis in November.
WTA career finals
Singles: 5 (2–3)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 20 February 2005 | Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá | Clay | Flavia Pennetta | 6–7, 4–6 |
Winner | 1. | 23 February 2006 | Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá | Clay | Flavia Pennetta | 7–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 2. | 30 July 2006 | Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary | Clay | Anna Smashnova | 1–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 2. | 20 February 2011 | Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá | Clay | Mathilde Johansson | 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 3. | 28 April 2013 | Marrakech Grand Prix, Morocco | Clay | Francesca Schiavone | 1–6, 3–6 |
Doubles: 13 (6–7)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 8 May 2005 | Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Rabat | Clay | Nuria Llagostera Vives | Émilie Loit Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | 6–3, 6–7, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 2. | 31 August 2005 | Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary | Clay | Marta Marrero | Émilie Loit Katarina Srebotnik | 1–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
Winner | 1. | 22 February 2007 | Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá | Clay | Paola Suárez | Roberta Vinci Flavia Pennetta | 1–6, 6–3, |
Winner | 2. | 3 March 2007 | Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco | Clay | Arantxa Parra Santonja | Nicole Pratt Émilie Loit | 6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 3. | 30 April 2007 | Portugal Open, Estoril | Clay | Arantxa Parra Santonja | Anastasia Rodionova Andreea Ehritt-Vanc | 3–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 14 June 2007 | Barcelona Ladies Open, Spain | Clay | Flavia Pennetta | Arantxa Parra Santonja Nuria Llagostera Vives | 6–7, 6–2, |
Winner | 3. | 14 June 2008 | Barcelona Ladies Open, Spain | Clay | Arantxa Parra Santonja | María José Martínez Sánchez Nuria Llagostera Vives | 4–6, 7–5, |
Runner-up | 5. | 3 March 2009 | Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco | Clay | Arantxa Parra Santonja | María José Martínez Sánchez Nuria Llagostera Vives | 3–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 26 February 2011 | Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco | Clay | Arantxa Parra Santonja | Mariya Koryttseva Ioana Raluca Olaru | 5–7, 7–5, |
Winner | 4. | 9 July 2011 | Swedish Open, Båstad | Clay | María José Martínez Sánchez | Arantxa Parra Santonja Nuria Llagostera Vives | 6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 7. | 4 March 2012 | Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco | Clay | Arantxa Parra Santonja | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | 2–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 5. | 2 March 2013 | Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco | Clay | Arantxa Parra Santonja | Catalina Castaño Mariana Duque Mariño | 6–4, 7–6 |
Winner | 6. | 14 April 2013 | BNP Paribas Katowice Open, Poland | Clay | Lara Arruabarrena | Raluca Olaru Valeria Solovyeva | 6–4, 7–5 |