Paula Zabala Alvarez (born 26 January 1985) is a former professional tennis player from Colombia.
Biography
Born in
Medellín
Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central re ...
, Zabala was based in the United States and played collegiate tennis for
Florida International University.
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.
Zabala played a
Fed Cup doubles match for Colombia in 2010, partnering
Karen Castiblanco
Karen Emilia Castiblanco Duarte (; born 9 January 1988) is a former Colombian tennis player and member of the Colombia Fed Cup team. On 24 October 2011, she reached her highest WTA ranking
The WTA rankings are the Sports rating system, rating ...
in a win over the Bolivian pairing of
María Fernanda Álvarez Terán and
Maria Paula Deheza.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 2 (0–2)
Doubles: 13 (7–6)
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1985 births
Living people
Colombian female tennis players
Sportspeople from Medellín
FIU Panthers women's tennis players
20th-century Colombian women
21st-century Colombian women