Laura Arraya

Laura Arraya

Country (sports)	Peru
Residence	Lima, Peru
Born	(1964-01-12) 12 January 1964 Córdoba, Argentina
Turned pro	1983
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,002,294
Singles
Career record	245–207
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 14 (12 March 1990)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (1991, 1992, 1993)
French Open	4R (1984, 1986, 1990)
Wimbledon	QF (1991)
US Open	3R (1990)
Doubles
Career record	148–170
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 27 (28 March 1988)

Laura Arraya (born 12 January 1964) is a retired Peruvian tennis player. She was also known by her married name, Laura Gildemeister.

Career

At a young age, she emigrated to Peru with her family and acquired Peruvian nationality and represented that country in international matches. Her best result in a Grand Slam was a quarter final at Wimbledon in 1991 in London. Her brother, Pablo Arraya, is also a former tennis player, who reached the top 30 in the Association of Tennis Professionals ranks. Laura Arraya was married to a Peruvian tennis player born in Chile, Heinz Gildemeister, but later divorced.

At present she directs a tennis academy in the Peruvian capital of Lima.^[1]

When she won the OTB Open in July 1989,^[2] she became the first mother since Evonne Goolagong to win a Women's Tennis Association tournament.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 10 (4–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	18 October 1982	Tokyo	Hard	Pilar Vasquez	3–6, 6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	1.	11 July 1983	Freiburg	Clay	Catherine Tanvier	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	2.	10 October 1983	Tokyo	Hard	Lisa Bonder	1–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	2 April 1984	Miami	Clay	Petra Huber	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	23 April 1984	Orlando	Clay	Martina Navratilova	0–6, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	18 March 1985	São Paulo	Clay	Mercedes Paz	7–5, 1–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	24 July 1989	Schenectady	Hard	Marianne Werdel	6–4, 6–3
Winner	4.	23 October 1989	San Juan	Hard	Gigi Fernández	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	6 August 1990	Albuquerque	Hard	Jana Novotná	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	3 February 1992	Osaka	Carpet (I)	Helena Suková	2–6, 6–4, 1–6

Doubles: 10 (1–9)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	25 March 1985	Palm Beach Gardens	Clay	Gabriela Sabatini	JoAnne Russell Anne Smith	6–1, 1–6, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up	2.	14 October 1985	Tokyo	Hard	Beth Herr	Belinda Cordwell Julie Richardson	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	4 November 1985	Tampa	Hard	Lisa Bonder	Carling Bassett Gabriela Sabatini	0–6, 0–6
Runner-up	4.	21 April 1986	Isle of Palms	Clay	Marcela Skuherská	Sandra Cecchini Sabrina Goleš	6–4, 0–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	8 December 1986	São Paulo	Clay	Petra Huber	Neige Dias Pat Medrado	6–4, 4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Winner	1.	30 March 1987	Isle of Palms	Clay	Tine Scheuer-Larsen	Mercedes Paz Candy Reynolds	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	18 May 1987	Geneva	Clay	Catherine Tanvier	Betsy Nagelsen Elizabeth Smylie	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	14 August 1989	Mahwah	Hard	Louise Allen	Steffi Graf Pam Shriver	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	16 April 1990	Tampa	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	9.	16 September 1991	Tokyo	Hard	Carrie Cunningham	Mary Joe Fernández Pam Shriver	3–6, 3–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

• NH = tournament not held.
• A = did not participate in the tournament.
• SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

References

External links

• Laura Arraya at the Women's Tennis Association
• Laura Arraya at the International Tennis Federation
• Laura Arraya at the Fed Cup