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Nuria Montero

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Nuria Montero
Country (sports) 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]

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

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

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

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 11 May 1997 ITF Tortosa, Spain Clay Argentina Veronica Stele 6–3, 6–1
Loss 1. 13 July 1997 ITF Vigo, Spain Clay Spain Conchita Martínez Granados 2–6, 4–6
Loss 2. 14 September 1997 ITF Mollerussa, Spain Clay Hungary Kira Nagy 1–6, 0–6

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

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 8 May 1995 ITF Balaguer, Spain Clay Spain Marta Cano Spain Rosa María Pérez
Spain Maria Sánchez Lorenzo
6–1, 6–2
Winner 2. 14 May 1995 ITF Mollet, Spain Clay Spain Marta Cano Argentina Mariana Eberle
Brazil Vanessa Menga
7–5, 6–4
Winner 3. 4 June 1995 ITF Sevilla, Spain Clay Spain Marta Cano Japan Hiroko Mochizuki
Spain Misumi Miyauchi
6–7(4), 6–4, 6–4
Winner 4. 17 September 1995 ITF Marseille, France Clay Spain Marta Cano France Nathalie Callen
France Patricia Mongauzi
6–4, 6–1
Winner 5. 17 March 1996 ITF Zaragoza, Spain Clay Spain Elisa Penalvo Spain Eva Bes
Spain Laura García-Pacual
3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Winner 6. 12 May 1996 ITF Santander, Spain Clay Spain Marta Cano Portugal Joana Pedroso
Spain Ana Salas Lozano
6–4, 6–4
Winner 7. 2 June 1996 ITF Barcelona, Spain Clay Spain Marta Cano Austria Désirée Leupold
Spain Gisela Riera
7–5, 3–6, 6–1
Runner-up 1. 21 July 1996 ITF Bilbao, Spain Clay Spain Marta Cano Spain Alicia Ortuño
Argentina Veronica Stele
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 1 December 1996 ITF Mallorca, Spain Clay Spain Marta Cano Slovakia Michaela Hasanová
Slovakia Martina Nedelková
3–6, 5–7
Winner 8. 4 May 1997 ITF Balaguer, Spain Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Argentina Celeste Contin
Spain Conchita Martínez Granados
0–6, 6–2, 6–4
Winner 9. 11 May 1997 ITF Tortosa, Spain Clay Spain Marta Cano Brazil Miriam D'Agostini
Argentina Veronica Stele
6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Winner 10. 13 July 1997 ITF Vigo, Spain Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Spain Conchita Martínez Granados
Spain Gisela Riera
6–3, 6–0
Winner 11. 5 October 1997 ITF Lerida, Spain Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Netherlands Carlijn Buis
Spain Noelia Serra
6–7(1), 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 3. 12 October 1997 ITF Gerona, Spain Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Spain Conchita Martínez Granados
Spain Gisela Riera
6–2, 3–6, 4–6

References

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