Bárbara Castro (born 8 September 1975) is a Chilean former professional tennis player.

Biography

Castro trained at the Santa Rosa de Las Condes in

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and was later based in

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during her career. From 1992 to 2000, Castro featured in a total of 36

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ties for Chile. Her doubles partnership with

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resulted in 15 wins, which is a national record. She has a younger sister, Valentina, who also represented Chile in Fed Cup tennis. Castro partnered with

in the women's doubles event at the

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, where they lost their first round match to Hungary's

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and

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in three sets. With the same partner, Castro won a silver medal for Chile at the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and ...

in Winnipeg.

ITF finals

Singles (0–1)

Doubles (3–8)

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