Lorena Arias

Her father coached volleyball and her mother, María del Carmen, represented Mexico at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

[1] Before joining the professional tour, Arias played four seasons of college tennis at Washington State.

She is a three-time medalist for Mexico in the Summer Universiade, including the country's first ever tennis medal in 2003, partnering Erika Valdés in the women's doubles.

In 2005 she featured in the qualifying draws of WTA Tour tournaments in Acapulco and Bogota.

She played doubles in two Fed Cup ties for Mexico in 2008, against Colombia and Canada.