Nuria Niemes

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Nuria Niemes
Country (sports)Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Born (1972-06-19) 19 June 1972 (age 51)
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Prize money$8,848
Singles
Career record25–33
Highest rankingNo. 560 (7 April 1997)
Doubles
Career record42–36
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 368 (11 October 1993)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 18–22

Nuria Niemes (born 19 June 1972) is an Ecuadorian former professional tennis player. [1]

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From 1992 to 2001 she featured in a record total of 31 Fed Cup ties for Ecuador. She is Ecuador's most successful doubles player with 16 wins and had a further two wins in singles. Towards the end of her playing career she also served as team captain. [2]

ITF Circuit finals

Doubles: 7 (3–4)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.16 October 1988ITF Santiago, ChileClay Flag of Brazil.svg Rita Cruz Lima Flag of Argentina.svg Federica Haumüller
Flag of Argentina.svg Florencia Labat
2–6, 6–4, 0–6
Win1.9 September 1991ITF Guayaquil, EcuadorClay Flag of Chile.svg Paula Cabezas Flag of Chile.svg Macarena Miranda
Flag of Ecuador.svg María Dolores Campana
6–1, 7–5
Win2.18 October 1992ITF Santiago, ChileClay Flag of Chile.svg Paula Cabezas Flag of Sweden.svg Maria-Farnes Capistrano
Flag of Venezuela.svg Ninfa Marra
3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss2.20 September 1993ITF Guayaquil, EcuadorClay Flag of Chile.svg Paula Cabezas Flag of Argentina.svg Veronica Stele
Flag of Argentina.svg Cintia Tortorella
2–6, 1–6
Loss3.27 September 1993ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicClay Flag of Ecuador.svg María Dolores Campana Flag of Colombia.svg Ximena Rodríguez
Flag of Hungary.svg Virág Csurgó
4–6, 1–6
Win3.26 August 1996ITF San Salvador, El SalvadorClay Flag of Mexico.svg Graciela Vélez Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joanne Moore
Flag of the United States.svg Kristine Kurth
7–5, 1–6, 6–1
Loss4.10 November 1996ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicClay Flag of the United States.svg Candice De La Torre Flag of the United States.svg Meredith Geiger
Flag of the United States.svg Paige Yaroshuk
3–6, 2–6

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References

  1. Grasso, John. Historical Dictionary of Tennis. Scarecrow Press. p. 93. ISBN   9780810872370.
  2. "Ecuador ascendió al Grupo 1 de la Copa Federación". El Diario Ecuador (in Spanish). 21 July 2013.