Lara Arruabarrena
Lara Arruabarrena Vecino is a former professional tennis 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 WTA Tour. 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 Justine Henin.Career
Arruabarrena made her debut appearance on the ITF Circuit at Les Francqueses del Valles, France, where she lost in first round against her compatriot Lucia Cervera-Vazquez, in straight-sets.In July 2008, she won her first ITF title on a $10k event in Oviedo. In the final, she defeated Hermon Brhane, in straight sets.
Arruabarrena made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a qualifier at the 2011 Andalucia Tennis Experience, defeating Monica Niculescu and Sandra Záhlavová, before losing to second seed Svetlana Kuznetsova.
She won her first WTA title at the 2012 Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, beating Alexandra Panova in the final.
Arruabarrena claimed her second WTA trophy at the 2016 Korea Open, overcoming Monica Niculescu in the final in three sets.
She reached the final of the 2017 Copa Colsanitas, losing to wildcard entrant Francesca Schiavone. Arruabarrena was also runner-up at the 2018 Copa Colsanitas, losing in the final to Anna Karolína Schmiedlová.
Having not played since January 2022, she announced her retirement from professional tennis in August that year.
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.''WTA Tour finals
Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |||||||||||||||
| Win | 1–0 | [2012 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas – Singles|] | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | International | Clay |  dts|Sep 2016Doubles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)
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