Paula Zabala

Paula Zabala
Full name Paula Zabala Alvarez
Country (sports)  Colombia
Born (1985-01-26) 26 January 1985
Medellín, Colombia
Height 5'4"
Prize money $46,277
Singles
Highest ranking No. 368 (22 February 2010)
Doubles
Career titles 0 WTA / 7 ITF
Highest ranking No. 312 (28 December 2009)

Paula Zabala Alvarez (born 26 January 1985) is a former professional tennis player from Colombia.

Biography

Born in Medellín, Zabala was based in the United States and played collegiate tennis for Florida International University.[1][2]

As a professional player she reached best rankings of 368 in singles and 312 in doubles. She won seven ITF titles, all in doubles. Her only WTA Tour main draw appearance came at the 2010 Copa Colsanitas in Bogota, where she competed as a singles wildcard and was beaten in the first round by Austria's Patricia Mayr.[3]

Zabala played a Fed Cup doubles match for Colombia in 2010, partnering Karen Castiblanco in a win over the Bolivians pairing of María Fernanda Álvarez Terán and Maria Paula Deheza.[4]

ITF finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 25 May 2008 Managua, Nicaragua Hard Brazil Nathália Rossi 6-3, 1-6, 4-6
Runner-up 2. 12 October 2009 Mexico City, Mexico Clay United States Macall Harkins 5-7, 4-6

Doubles: 13 (7–6)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 29 June 2004 Inyo County, United States Hard Ukraine Tetiana Luzhanska United States Tamara Encina
United States Alison Ojeda		 3-6, 3-6
Winner 2. 12 September 2005 Matamoros, Mexico Hard Mexico Daniela Múñoz Gallegos Serbia and Montenegro Ana Četnik
United States Story Tweedie-Yates		 6–4, 6–4
Winner 3. 2 May 2006 Mazatlan, Mexico Hard Mexico Daniela Múñoz Gallegos Slovenia Jelena Durisic
United States Andrea Remynse		 5–7, 6–3, 6–1
Runner–up 4. 22 July 2007 Hamilton, Canada Clay Sweden Michaela Johansson Canada Stéphanie Dubois
South Africa Surina De Beer		 walkover
Winner 5. 16 June 2008 Alcobaça, Portugal Hard United States Lena Litvak Brazil Verena Piccolo
Australia Alison Shemon		 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 6. 14 July 2008 Badajoz, Spain Hard Colombia Karen Castiblanco France Adeline Goncalves
Australia Kristina Pejkovic		 5-7, 5-7
Runner-up 7. 27 July 2008 La Coruña, Spain Hard Colombia Karen Castiblanco Portugal Neuza Silva
Netherlands Nicole Thijssen		 2–6, 2–6
Winner 8. 15 September 2008 Chihuahua, Mexico Clay Mexico Lorena Ivette Arias Rodriguez Mexico Erika Clarke
Mexico Daniela Múñoz Gallegos		 2-6, 6-4, [10-5]
Winner 9. 18 July 2009 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Colombia Karen Castiblanco Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves
Italy Nicole Clerico		 1-6, 6-1, 10-7
Winner 10. 28 September 2009 Ciudad Juárez, Mexico Clay Chile Andrea Koch Benvenuto Argentina Lucía Jara Lozano
Chile Giannina Minieri		 6–0, 3–6, [10–4]
Runner-up 11. 12 October 2009 Mexico City, Mexico Clay Chile Andrea Koch Benvenuto Slovakia Dominika Diešková
Mexico Daniela Múñoz Gallegos		 w/o
Runner-up 12. 6 November 2009 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Colombia Yuliana Lizarazo Colombia Karen Castiblanco
Chile Andrea Koch Benvenuto		 3–6, 1–6
Winner 13. 30 November 2009 Poza Rica, Mexico Clay Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves Italy Alessia Camplone
Belarus Viktoryia Kisialeva		 6–2, 6–0

References

  1. ↑ "La paisa Paula Zabala avanzó en el Seguros Bolívar Open". El Colombiano (in Spanish). 15 July 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Bio". Florida International University. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Bogotá: Dulko avanza a la segunda ronda" (in Spanish). RPC-TV. 16 February 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Colombia venció 3-0 a Bolivia en la Copa Federación". El Espectador (in Spanish). 3 February 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
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