Ciganda enjoyed a successful amateur career, winning the
British Ladies Amateur in 2007. She returned to the finals in 2009, but was runner-up to compatriot and ASU teammate
Azahara Muñoz. Ciganda won the
European Ladies Amateur Championship in 2004 and 2008, and was the Spanish National age group champion from 2000 to 2006. She was a member of Spain's 2006 and 2008
Espirito Santo Trophy teams, finishing second in 2008; 2005 and 2007 European
Junior Solheim Cup teams and 2004 and 2006 European
Junior Ryder Cup teams. While at
Arizona State, she was a member of the
Sun Devils'
NCAA championship team in 2009 as a freshman, and made conference history as the first to win consecutive
Pac-10 Championships in 2009 and 2010; she finished third in 2011. Ciganda played in a number of professional tournaments as an amateur and first took part in the 2005
Tenerife Ladies Open at age 14. Although on that occasion she did not make the cut, she finished as the best Spanish representative in several professional tournaments, including the 2007
Open De España Femenino, when she finished eighth and the 2008 Tenerife Ladies Open when she was third, three shots behind the winner,
Rebecca Hudson. ==Professional career==