Carmiña Giraldo (born 6 August 1976) is a Colombian former professional

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player.

Biography

Giraldo comes from the city of Pereira in Risaralda and is the elder sister of Colombian Davis Cup competitor

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, who is the country's highest ever ranked male player. From 1992 to 1997, Giraldo represented the Colombia Fed Cup team in a total of 23 ties. Her biggest performances at Fed Cup level include partnering Cecilia Hincapié in a doubles win over Chile in the 1993 World Group Play-off, secured 13–11 in the third set, to prevent Colombia being demoted. In a 1994 World Group tie against Germany she took the second set off top 20 player

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in a singles rubber, before losing in the third. Giraldo reached her best singles ranking of 256 in 1997 and left the professional tour at the end of the year to attend

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in the United States. As a member of the Clemson Tigers women's tennis team she earned All-ACC selection in both 1999 and 2000. Graduating in 2001, Giraldo never returned full-time to the tour, but did make a comeback as a wildcard at the 2001 Copa Colsanitas, a WTA Tour tournament in her home country. She lost to

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in the first round of the singles but made the quarter-finals of the doubles, partnering

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ITF finals

Singles (3–2)

Doubles (1–10)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Giraldo, Carmina 1976 births Living people Colombian female tennis players Clemson Tigers women's tennis players Colombian expatriate tennis players in the United States Sportspeople from Pereira, Colombia 20th-century Colombian women 21st-century Colombian women