Nuria Montero

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Nuria Montero
Country (sports)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Born (1978-10-08) 8 October 1978 (age 46)
Prize money$21,157
Singles
Career record77–58
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 297 (26 January 1998)
Doubles
Career record74–32
Career titles11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 193 (30 September 1996)

Nuria Montero (born 8 October 1978) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. [1]

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Montero reached a career-best singles ranking of 297 and made her only WTA Tour main-draw appearance as a qualifier at the 1998 Madrid Open. She was beaten in the first round by María Sánchez Lorenzo, after securing qualifying wins over Conchita Martínez Granados, Syna Schmidle and Alicia Ortuño, the latter in a walkover. [2]

As a doubles player, Montero had a career-high ranking of 193, and won eleven titles on the ITF Circuit.

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.11 May 1997ITF Tortosa, SpainClay Flag of Argentina.svg Veronica Stele 6–3, 6–1
Loss1.13 July 1997ITF Vigo, SpainClay Flag of Spain.svg Conchita Martínez Granados 2–6, 4–6
Loss2.14 September 1997ITF Mollerussa, SpainClay Flag of Hungary.svg Kira Nagy 1–6, 0–6

Doubles: 14 (11 titles, 3 runner-ups)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1.8 May 1995ITF Balaguer, SpainClay Flag of Spain.svg Marta Cano Flag of Spain.svg Rosa María Pérez
Flag of Spain.svg Maria Sánchez Lorenzo
6–1, 6–2
Win2.14 May 1995ITF Mollet, SpainClay Flag of Spain.svg Marta Cano Flag of Argentina.svg Mariana Eberle
Flag of Brazil.svg Vanessa Menga
7–5, 6–4
Win3.4 June 1995ITF Sevilla, SpainClay Flag of Spain.svg Marta Cano Flag of Japan.svg Hiroko Mochizuki
Flag of Spain.svg Misumi Miyauchi
6–7(4), 6–4, 6–4
Win4.17 September 1995ITF Marseille, FranceClay Flag of Spain.svg Marta Cano Flag of France.svg Nathalie Callen
Flag of France.svg Patricia Mongauzi
6–4, 6–1
Win5.17 March 1996ITF Zaragoza, SpainClay Flag of Spain.svg Elisa Penalvo Flag of Spain.svg Eva Bes
Flag of Spain.svg Laura García-Pacual
3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win6.12 May 1996ITF Santander, SpainClay Flag of Spain.svg Marta Cano Flag of Portugal.svg Joana Pedroso
Flag of Spain.svg Ana Salas Lozano
6–4, 6–4
Win7.2 June 1996ITF Barcelona, SpainClay Flag of Spain.svg Marta Cano Flag of Austria.svg Désirée Leupold
Flag of Spain.svg Gisela Riera
7–5, 3–6, 6–1
Loss1.21 July 1996ITF Bilbao, SpainClay Flag of Spain.svg Marta Cano Flag of Spain.svg Alicia Ortuño
Flag of Argentina.svg Veronica Stele
3–6, 4–6
Loss2.1 December 1996ITF Mallorca, SpainClay Flag of Spain.svg Marta Cano Flag of Slovakia.svg Michaela Hasanová
Flag of Slovakia.svg Martina Nedelková
3–6, 5–7
Win8.4 May 1997ITF Balaguer, SpainClay Flag of Spain.svg Lourdes Domínguez Lino Flag of Argentina.svg Celeste Contin
Flag of Spain.svg Conchita Martínez Granados
0–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win9.11 May 1997ITF Tortosa, SpainClay Flag of Spain.svg Marta Cano Flag of Brazil.svg Miriam D'Agostini
Flag of Argentina.svg Veronica Stele
6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Win10.13 July 1997ITF Vigo, SpainClay Flag of Spain.svg Lourdes Domínguez Lino Flag of Spain.svg Conchita Martínez Granados
Flag of Spain.svg Gisela Riera
6–3, 6–0
Win11.5 October 1997ITF Lerida, SpainClay Flag of Spain.svg Lourdes Domínguez Lino Flag of the Netherlands.svg Carlijn Buis
Flag of Spain.svg Noelia Serra
6–7(1), 6–2, 6–1
Loss3.12 October 1997ITF Gerona, SpainClay Flag of Spain.svg Lourdes Domínguez Lino Flag of Spain.svg Conchita Martínez Granados
Flag of Spain.svg Gisela Riera
6–2, 3–6, 4–6

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References

  1. "Tennis Abstract: Nuria Montero WTA Match Results, Splits, and Analysis". www.tennisabstract.com.
  2. "Madrid 1998 Tennis Tournament". www.itftennis.com.