Laura Montalvo

Laura Montalvo
Nation:	Argentina
Birthday:	March 29, 1976
Size:	173 cm
Resignation:	2004
Prize money:	$ 389,178
singles
Career record:	143: 76
Career title:	0 WTA , 2 ITF
Highest ranking:	191 (June 19 1995)
Double
Career record:	266: 152
Career title:	9 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking:	23 (May 21, 2001)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Laura Montalvo (born March 29, 1976 in Buenos Aires ) is a former Argentine tennis player .

Career

Montalvo won nine double titles on the WTA Tour as well as two singles and nine double titles at ITF tournaments in her career (from 1994) .

As a doubles specialist, mostly at the side of Paola Suárez , with whom she was successful together twelve times, she moved up to 23rd in the doubles world rankings in May 2001 . Twice she came in doubles competition from Grand Slam tournaments to the quarterfinals, in 1998 at Wimbledon and 2000 at the French Open .

Between 1997 and 2001 she was used in the Argentine Fed Cup team ; you get eleven wins (with 7 defeats). After the French Open in 2004 , she ended her career.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	December 15, 1996	São Paulo	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Renee Reid	6: 2, 5: 7, 6: 3
2.	October 26, 1997	Novo Hamburgo	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Vanessa Menga	6: 3, 6: 0

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	December 17, 1995	San Miguel de Tucuman	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Paola Suarez	Larissa Schaerer Veronica stele	6: 2, 7: 6
2.	February 11, 1996	Mar del Plata	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Paola Suarez	Marion Maruska Noelle Van Lottum	6: 3, 6: 1
3.	May 5, 1996	Bol	WTA Tier IV	sand	Paola Suarez	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Alexandra Fusai	6: 7, 6: 3, 6: 4
4th	September 22, 1996	Sofia	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Lenka Němečková	Teodora Nedewa Antoaneta Pandscherowa	6: 2, 6: 0
5.	December 1, 1996	São Paulo	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Luciana Tella	Miriam D'Agostini Andrea Vieira	6: 3, 6: 4
6th	December 8, 1996	São Paulo	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Luciana Tella	Susie Starrett Paige Yaroshuk	2: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5
7th	May 4, 1997	Bol	WTA Tier IV	sand	Henrieta Nagyová	María José Gaidano Marion Maruska	6: 3, 6: 1
8th.	October 5, 1997	Buenos Aires	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Mercedes Paz	Celeste Contin Romina Ottoboni	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
9.	November 2, 1997	Mogi das Cruzes	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Mercedes Paz	Miriam D'Agostini Vanessa Menga	6: 2, 6: 0
10.	May 2, 1998	Bol	WTA Tier IV	sand	Paola Suarez	Joannette Kruger Mirjana Lučić	without a fight
11.	July 12, 1998	Maria Lankowitz	WTA Tier IV	sand	Paola Suarez	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	6: 1, 6: 2
12.	October 11, 1998	Santiago	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Paola Suarez	Miriam D'Agostini Katalin Marosi	6: 1, 6: 2
13.	October 24, 1998	Montevideo	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Paola Suarez	Eva Bes Ostariz Maria-Fernanda Landa	6: 2, 6: 2
14th	July 16, 1999	Sopot	WTA Tier III	sand	Paola Suarez	Gala León García María Sánchez Lorenzo	6: 4, 6: 3
15th	October 10, 1999	São Paulo	WTA Tier IVa	sand	Paola Suarez	Janette Husárová Florencia Labat	6: 7, 7: 5, 7: 5
16.	February 13, 2000	Bogotá	WTA Tier IVa	sand	Paola Suarez	Rita Kuti Kis Petra Mandula	6: 4, 6: 2
17th	February 20, 2000	São Paulo	WTA Tier IVa	sand	Paola Suarez	Janette Husárová Florencia Labat	5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 3
18th	July 16, 2000	Klagenfurt	WTA Tier III	sand	Paola Suarez	Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder	7: 6 5 , 6: 1

Web links

• WTA profile of Laura Montalvo (English)
• ITF profile Laura Montalvo (English)
• Fed Cup Statistics for Laura Montalvo (English)