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Colombian tennis player
Fabiola Zuluaga (born 7 January 1979) is a Colombian former professional tennis player. She reached the Australian Open semifinals in 2004 , becoming 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)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score Winner 1. Feb 1999 Copa Colsanitas , ColombiaClay Christína Papadáki 6–1, 6–3 Winner 2. Oct 1999 Brasil Open Clay Patricia Wartusch 7–5, 4–6, 7–5 Runner-up 3. May 2000 Madrid Open , SpainClay Gala León García 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 Winner 4. Feb 2002 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia (2) Clay Katarina Srebotnik 6–1, 6–4 Winner 5. Feb 2003 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia (3) Clay Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–3, 6–2 Winner 6. Feb 2004 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia (4) Clay 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)
ITF finals Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments
Singles (9–4) Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score Runner-up 1. 14 February 1994 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay Cecilia Hincapié 4–6, 3–6 Winner 1. 20 February 1995 ITF Cali, Colombia Clay Karin Palme 6–0, 6–4 Winner 2. 25 February 1996 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay Gloria Pizzichini 6–4, 6–3 Winner 3. 23 June 1996 ITF Bytom, Poland Clay Kateřina Kroupová 3–6, 6–3, 7–6 Winner 4. 14 December 1997 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay Martina Nejedly 6–2, 6–1 Runner-up 2. 14 June 1998 ITF Sochi, Russia Hard Meghann Shaughnessy 6–7, 7–6, 2–6 Winner 5. 5 July 1998 ITF Orbetello, Italy Clay Mariana Díaz Oliva 6–1, 7–6 Winner 6. 6 December 1998 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay Adriana Serra Zanetti 6–3, 6–2 Winner 7. 13 December 1998 ITF Cali, Colombia Clay Andrea Glass 6–1, 6–1 Winner 8. 5 December 1999 ITF Cali, Colombia Clay Miriam D'Agostini 6–0, 6–1 Runner-up 3. 10 December 2000 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay Catalina Castaño 1–4 ret. Winner 9. 14 October 2001 ITF Hallandale Beach, United States Clay Catalina Castaño6–3, 3–6, 4–3 ret. Runner-up 4. 18 November 2001 ITF Mexico City Hard Renata Voráčová 1–6, 6–7(7)
Doubles (2–4) Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score Runner-up 1. 10 June 1996 ITF Budapest, Hungary Clay Ángeles Montolio Virág Csurgó Nóra Köves 7–5, 5–7, 2–6 Runner-up 2. 9 June 1997 ITF Budapest, Hungary Clay Elena Tatarkova Katalin Marosi Veronica Stele 3–6, 3–6 Winner 1. 1 June 1998 ITF Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Melissa Mazzotta Larissa Schaerer Miroslava Vavrinec 6–2, 6–1 Runner-up 3. 5 July 1998 ITF Orbetello, Italy Clay Melissa Mazzotta Alice Canepa Tathiana Garbin 2–6, 3–6 Runner-up 4. 30 November 1998 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay Mariana Mesa Katarina Srebotnik Zuzana Váleková 3–6, 4–6 Winner 2. 5 December 1999 ITF Cali, Colombia Clay Mariana Mesa Miriam D'Agostini Larissa Schaerer2–6, 7–6, 6–1
Singles performance timeline (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; .
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