Paula Zabala

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

Paula Zabala
Full namePaula Zabala Alvarez
Country (sports) Colombia
Born (1985-01-26) 26 January 1985
Medellín, Colombia
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Prize money$46,277
Singles
Career record107–186 (36.5%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 368 (22 February 2010)
Doubles
Career record95–96 (49.7%)
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 312 (28 December 2009)

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 career-high 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 Bogotá, 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 Bolivian pairing of María Fernanda Álvarez Terán and Maria Paula Deheza.[4]

ITF Circuit finals
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (0–2)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 25 May 2008 ITF Managua, Nicaragua Hard Brazil Nathália Rossi 6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Loss 2. 18 October 2009 ITF Mexico City Hard United States Macall Harkins 5–7, 4–6

Doubles (7–6)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 4 July 2004 ITF Inyo County,
United States		 Hard Ukraine Tetiana Luzhanska United States Tamara Encina
United States Alison Ojeda		 3–6, 3–6
Win 2. 18 September 2005 ITF Matamoros, Mexico Hard Mexico Daniela Múñoz Gallegos Serbia and Montenegro Ana Četnik
United States Story Tweedie-Yates		 6–4, 6–4
Win 3. 7 May 2006 ITF Mazatlan, Mexico Hard Mexico Daniela Múñoz Gallegos Slovenia Jelena Durisic
United States Andrea Remynse		 5–7, 6–3, 6–1
Loss 4. 22 July 2007 ITF Hamilton, Canada Clay Sweden Michaela Johansson Canada Stéphanie Dubois
South Africa Surina De Beer		 w/o
Win 5. 21 June 2008 ITF Alcobaça, Portugal Hard United States Lena Litvak Brazil Verena Piccolo
Australia Alison Shemon		 6–4, 6–2
Loss 6. 20 July 2008 ITF Badajoz, Spain Hard Colombia Karen Castiblanco France Adeline Goncalves
Australia Kristina Pejkovic		 5–7, 5–7
Loss 7. 27 July 2008 ITF La Coruña, Spain Hard Colombia Karen Castiblanco Portugal Neuza Silva
Netherlands Nicole Thyssen		 2–6, 2–6
Win 8. 20 September 2008 ITF Chihuahua, Mexico Clay Mexico Lorena Arias Mexico Erika Clarke
Mexico Daniela Múñoz Gallegos		 2–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Win 9. 18 July 2009 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay Colombia Karen Castiblanco Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves
Italy Nicole Clerico		 1–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Win 10. 3 October 2009 ITF Juárez, Mexico Clay Chile Andrea Koch Benvenuto Argentina Lucía Jara Lozano
Chile Giannina Minieri		 6–0, 3–6, [10–4]
Loss 11. 17 October 2009 ITF Mexico City Hard Chile Andrea Koch Benvenuto Slovakia Dominika Diešková
Mexico Daniela Múñoz Gallegos		 w/o
Loss 12. 6 November 2009 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay Colombia Yuliana Lizarazo Colombia Karen Castiblanco
Chile Andrea Koch Benvenuto		 3–6, 1–6
Win 13. 6 December 2009 ITF Poza Rica, Mexico Hard 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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