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 (age 39)
Medellín, Colombia
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Prize money$46,277
Singles
Career record107–186
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 368 (22 February 2010)
Doubles
Career record95–96
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 312 (28 December 2009)

Biography

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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

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$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (0–2)

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

Doubles (7–6)

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

References

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  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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