Paula Zabala

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

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
Career record	107–186
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 368 (22 February 2010)
Doubles
Career record	95–96
Career titles	0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 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 finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles (0–2)

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

Doubles (7–6)

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

External links

• Paula Zabala at the Women's Tennis Association
• Paula Zabala at the International Tennis Federation
• Paula Zabala at the Fed Cup