Fabiola Zuluaga

Fabiola Zuluaga
At the 2005 French Open
Country (sports) Colombia
ResidenceBogotá, Colombia
Born (1979-01-07) 7 January 1979
Cúcuta, Colombia
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro1994
Retired2005
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,358,668
Singles
Career record298–189
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 16 (17 January 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenSF (2004)
French Open4R (2004)
Wimbledon2R (2003)
US Open3R (2003, 2004)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games3R (2000, 2004)
Doubles
Career record51–56
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 128 (1 February 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (2004)
WimbledonQ1 (1998)
US OpenQ1 (1998)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2004)

Fabiola Zuluaga (born 7 January 1979) is a Colombian former professional tennis player. She reached the Australian Open semifinals in 2004, the first Colombian to reach a major semifinal. Zuluaga is one of Colombia's most successful tennis players.[1]

Zuluaga won a record seven singles titles in Bogotá, of which four were on the WTA Tour and three on the ITF Women's Circuit. She retired from the professional tour on 9 September 2005.[2]

WTA career finals

Singles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III/IV/V (5–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (5–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 1999 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia Clay Greece Christína Papadáki 6–1, 6–3
Win 2–0 Oct 1999 Brasil Open Clay Austria Patricia Wartusch 7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Loss 2–1 May 2000 Madrid Open, Spain Clay Spain Gala León García 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win 3–1 Feb 2002 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia (2) Clay Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik 6–1, 6–4
Win 4–1 Feb 2003 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia (3) Clay Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–3, 6–2
Win 5–1 Feb 2004 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia (4) Clay Spain María Sánchez Lorenzo 3–6, 6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
Tier I
Tier II (0–1)
Tier III/IV/V
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Sep 2002 Tournoi de Québec,
Canada 		Carpet (i) Argentina María Emilia Salerni United States Samantha Reeves
South Africa Jessica Steck 		6–4, 3–6, 5–7

ITF finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (9–4)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 14 February 1994 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay Colombia Cecilia Hincapié 4–6, 3–6
Win 1. 20 February 1995 ITF Cali, Colombia Clay Mexico Karin Palme 6–0, 6–4
Win 2. 25 February 1996 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay Italy Gloria Pizzichini 6–4, 6–3
Win 3. 23 June 1996 ITF Bytom, Poland Clay Czech Republic Kateřina Kroupová 3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win 4. 14 December 1997 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay Canada Martina Nejedly 6–2, 6–1
Loss 2. 14 June 1998 ITF Sochi, Russia Hard United States Meghann Shaughnessy 6–7, 7–6, 2–6
Win 5. 5 July 1998 ITF Orbetello, Italy Clay Argentina Mariana Díaz Oliva 6–1, 7–6
Win 6. 6 December 1998 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay Italy Adriana Serra Zanetti 6–3, 6–2
Win 7. 13 December 1998 ITF Cali, Colombia Clay Germany Andrea Glass 6–1, 6–1
Win 8. 5 December 1999 ITF Cali, Colombia Clay Brazil Miriam D'Agostini 6–0, 6–1
Loss 3. 10 December 2000 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay Colombia Catalina Castaño 1–4 ret.
Win 9. 14 October 2001 ITF Hallandale Beach, United States Clay Colombia Catalina Castaño 6–3, 3–6, 4–3 ret.
Loss 4. 18 November 2001 ITF Mexico City Hard Czech Republic Renata Voráčová 1–6, 6–7(7)

Doubles (2–4)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 10 June 1996 ITF Budapest, Hungary Clay Spain Ángeles Montolio Hungary Virág Csurgó
Hungary Nóra Köves 		7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Loss 2. 9 June 1997 ITF Budapest, Hungary Clay Ukraine Elena Tatarkova Hungary Katalin Marosi
Argentina Veronica Stele 		3–6, 3–6
Win 1. 1 June 1998 ITF Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard United States Melissa Mazzotta Paraguay Larissa Schaerer
Switzerland Miroslava Vavrinec 		6–2, 6–1
Loss 3. 5 July 1998 ITF Orbetello, Italy Clay United States Melissa Mazzotta Italy Alice Canepa
Italy Tathiana Garbin 		2–6, 3–6
Loss 4. 30 November 1998 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay Colombia Mariana Mesa Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
Slovakia Zuzana Váleková 		3–6, 4–6
Win 2. 5 December 1999 ITF Cali, Colombia Clay Colombia Mariana Mesa Brazil Miriam D'Agostini
Paraguay Larissa Schaerer 		2–6, 7–6, 6–1

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 2R A A A 1R SF 2R 7–4
French Open Q3 Q2 3R 3R A 1R 3R 4R 2R 10–6
Wimbledon Q1 Q1 1R A A A 2R 1R A 1–3
US Open A 2R 2R A A 2R 3R 3R 2R 8–6
Win–loss 1–1 3–3 3–2 0–0 1–2 5–4 10–4 3–3 26–19
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics Not Held 3R Not Held 3R NH 4–2
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 4–2
Premier Mandatory
Indian Wells A Q2 A A A A 2R QF 4R 8–3
Miami A A 3R 2R A 1R 1R 2R 3R 6–6
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 5–2 5–2 14–9
Premier 5
Rome A A A SF A 1R 2R 1R 1R 5–5
Montreal/Toronto A A 1R 1R A QF 3R 2R 1R 6–6
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 4–2 0–0 3–2 3–2 1–2 0–2 11–11
Premier
Charleston A A 1R 1R A A A 1R 2R 1–4
Stuttgart A A A A A A 1R QF A 2–2
Warsaw A A A A NH A QF 2R A 3–2
San Diego A Q1 1R 1R A A A 1R 1R 0–4
New Haven A A Q2 2R A A A A A 1–1
Moscow A A A A A A Q3 1R A 0–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 3–5 1–2 7–13
International series
Sydney A A A A A A A A QF 2–1
Bogotá NH QF W 2R A W W W SF 26–3
Acapulco A A A A A A 1R A A 0–1
Madrid A A 1R F A SF 2R Not Held 8–4
Quebec A A A QF A 2R A A A 3–2
Hobart A A A 1R A A A QF A 2–2
Florida A A QF 1R A 1R A A A 3–3
Brazil Not Held W 2R A 1R Not Held 6–3
Win–loss 0–0 2–1 12–2 8–6 0–0 9–4 6–2 7–1 5–2 50–18
Year-end ranking 208 95 48 42 277 74 38 23 84 N/A

References

  1. ^ Colombia.com Entrevista a Fabiola Zuluaga (in Spanish) Accessed 28 October 2006.
  2. ^ Colombia.com Entrevista a Fabiola Zuluaga (in Spanish) Accessed 28 October 2006.
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