Catalina Castaño

1999–2004

In 1999 she won her first ITF title in Santiago. The following year she won two ITF titles in Midlothian and Cali. In 2001, she reached the quarterfinals in her home tournament of Bogotá, Colombia (Tier III). In 2002, Castaño advanced the semifinals in Bogotá. She reached four ITF finals, winning two of them - in Gorizia and Campobasso. She won 39 matches in the year and lost 18. In 2004, she reached the quarterfinals in Bogotá for the third time. She also has the distinction of being the last player to be defeated by Martina Navratilova at Wimbledon in the ladies singles, losing the match 6-0 6-1. She won her sixth ITF title in Orbetello.

2005

In April, she won five matches in Miami (Tier I) including back-to-back wins over world number 19 Paola Suárez and world number 13 Patty Schnyder, before falling to world number 9 Venus Williams 6–4 2–6 6–1 in the round of 16. In May, she won four matches in Rome (Tier I) before losing to world number 10 Vera Zvonareva 6–1 5–7 6–2 in the round of 16. In August, she reached reached her first ever WTA Tour Final in Budapest. She lost to the top seed Anna Smashnova in the final, 6–2 6–2. In October, she reached the semifinals in Seoul (Tier IV) but lost to the eventual champion Nicole Vaidišová.

2006

She commenced January with a semifinal showing in Canberra (Tier IV) and passed the first round of the Australian Open for the first time. In Charleston in mid April, Catalina reached her first Tier I quarterfinal after she defeated Ashley Harkleroad, Nicole Vaidišová and Marion Bartoli. Her 7–5 6–2 win over Vaidišová, who was ranked 14 at the time, was her best win of the year. The following week in Berlin, Catalina beat Anna-Lena Grönefeld, who was ranked 14 at the time, 6–3 2–6 6–3. It was Catalina's second win over a top 15 player in as many weeks. In May, she reached the quarterfinals in Istanbul (Tier III) for the first time. She reached her highest ranking of no. 35 on July 16.

2007

Catalina commenced 2007 with a solid start, recording two quarterfinal appearances at the Gold Coast and Hobart in January. At the Gold Coast, she defeated Li Na who was ranked 21 at the time, 6–4 1–6 6–2.

2014

Castano retired from professional tennis because she has a diagnosis of breast cancer.

Singles: 1 (0-1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	31 July 2005	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Clay	Anna Smashnova	2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 2 (1-1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	22 July 2012	Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Mariana Duque Mariño	Eva Hrdinová Mervana Jugić-Salkić	4–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Runner-up	1.	2 March 2013	Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Mariana Duque Mariño	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja	4–6, 6–7(1–7)

Singles finals: 1 (0-1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	17 February 2013	Cali, Colombia	Clay	Lara Arruabarrena	3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (1-0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	11 February 2013	Cali, Colombia	Clay	Mariana Duque	Florencia Molinero Teliana Pereira	3–6, 6–1, [10–5]

Singles (6–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	29 March 1999	Santiago, Chile	Clay	María Fernanda Landa	6-4, 6-2
Runner-up	2.	18 October 1999	Nashville, United States	Hard	Florencia Labat	1-6, 1-6
Winner	3.	8 May 2000	Midlothian, Canada	Clay	Evelyn Fauth	6-3, 7-5
Runner-up	4.	23 April 2000	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Clay	Milagros Sequera	4-6, 6-3, 5-7
Runner-up	5.	13 November 2000	Naples, United States	Clay	Yvette Basting	0-4, 0-4, 2-4
Winner	6.	10 December 2000	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Fabiola Zuluaga	4-1 ret.
Runner-up	7.	14 October 2001	Hallandale Beach, United States	Clay	Fabiola Zuluaga	6-3, 3-6, 4-3 ret.
Winner	8.	1 June 2003	Campobasso, Italy	Clay	Nina Bratchikova	6-2, 6-2
Runner-up	9.	9 June 2003	Grado, Italy	Clay	Martina Suchá	1-6, 2-6
Winner	10.	16 June 2003	Gorizia, Italy	Clay	Michaela Paštiková	7-6(7-2), 6-4
Runner-up	11.	1 September 2003	Fano, Italy	Clay	Cristina Torrens Valero	3-6, 7-5, 3-6
Winner	12.	29 June 2004	Orbetello, Italy	Clay	Alona Bondarenko	2-6, 6-2, 6-3
Runner-up	13.	24 June 2012	Montpellier, France	Clay	Séverine Beltrame	2-6, 6-7(4–7)

Doubles 7 (4–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	14 September 1998	La Paz, Bolivia	Clay	Carolina Mayorga	Laura Bernal Daniela Olivera	5-7, 7-6(7–5), 1-6
Winner	2.	24 January 2011	Bucaramanga, Colombia	Clay	Viky Núñez Fuentes	Nathália Rossi Zuzana Zlochová	7–6(7–3), 6–1
Runner–up	3.	25 July 2011	Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Mariana Duque	Maria Abramović Nicole Clerico	3-6, 7-5, [7-10]
Winner	4.	17 January 2012	Plantation, United States	Clay	Laura Thorpe	Jessica Pegula Ahsha Rolle	6–4, 6–2
Winner	5.	22 October 2012	Poitiers, France	Hard	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon Tatjana Maria	6–4, 5–7, [10–4]
Winner	6.	29 October 2012	Nantes, France	Hard	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Petra Cetkovská Renata Voráčová	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	12 May 2013	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Teliana Pereira	Vania King Arantxa Rus	6-4, 5-7, [8-10]