Fabiola Zuluaga

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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.<ref>Colombia.com Entrevista a Fabiola Zuluaga Template:In lang Accessed 28 October 2006.</ref>

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.<ref>Colombia.com Entrevista a Fabiola Zuluaga Template:In lang Accessed 28 October 2006.</ref>

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 Template:Flagicon Christína Papadáki 6–1, 6–3
Win 2–0 Oct 1999 Brasil Open Clay Template:Flagicon Patricia Wartusch 7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Loss 2–1 May 2000 Madrid Open, Spain Clay Template:Flagicon Gala León García 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win 3–1 Feb 2002 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia (2) Clay Template:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik 6–1, 6–4
Win 4–1 Feb 2003 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia (3) Clay Template:Flagicon Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–3, 6–2
Win 5–1 Feb 2004 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia (4) Clay Template:Flagicon 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) Template:Flagicon María Emilia Salerni Template:Flagicon Samantha Reeves
Template:Flagicon 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 Template:Flagicon Cecilia Hincapié 4–6, 3–6
Win 1. 20 February 1995 ITF Cali, Colombia Clay Template:Flagicon Karin Palme 6–0, 6–4
Win 2. 25 February 1996 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay Template:Flagicon Gloria Pizzichini 6–4, 6–3
Win 3. 23 June 1996 ITF Bytom, Poland Clay Template:Flagicon Kateřina Kroupová 3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win 4. 14 December 1997 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay Template:Flagicon Martina Nejedly 6–2, 6–1
Loss 2. 14 June 1998 ITF Sochi, Russia Hard Template:Flagicon Meghann Shaughnessy 6–7, 7–6, 2–6
Win 5. 5 July 1998 ITF Orbetello, Italy Clay Template:Flagicon Mariana Díaz Oliva 6–1, 7–6
Win 6. 6 December 1998 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay Template:Flagicon Adriana Serra Zanetti 6–3, 6–2
Win 7. 13 December 1998 ITF Cali, Colombia Clay Template:Flagicon Andrea Glass 6–1, 6–1
Win 8. 5 December 1999 ITF Cali, Colombia Clay Template:Flagicon Miriam D'Agostini 6–0, 6–1
Loss 3. 10 December 2000 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay Template:Flagicon Catalina Castaño 1–4 ret.
Win 9. 14 October 2001 ITF Hallandale Beach, United States Clay Template:Flagicon Catalina Castaño 6–3, 3–6, 4–3 ret.
Loss 4. 18 November 2001 ITF Mexico City Hard Template:Flagicon 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 Template:Flagicon Ángeles Montolio Template:Flagicon Virág Csurgó
Template:Flagicon Nóra Köves
7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Loss 2. 9 June 1997 ITF Budapest, Hungary Clay Template:Flagicon Elena Tatarkova Template:Flagicon Katalin Marosi
Template:Flagicon Veronica Stele
3–6, 3–6
Win 1. 1 June 1998 ITF Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Template:Flagicon Melissa Mazzotta Template:Flagicon Larissa Schaerer
Template:Flagicon Miroslava Vavrinec
6–2, 6–1
Loss 3. 5 July 1998 ITF Orbetello, Italy Clay Template:Flagicon Melissa Mazzotta Template:Flagicon Alice Canepa
Template:Flagicon Tathiana Garbin
2–6, 3–6
Loss 4. 30 November 1998 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay Template:Flagicon Mariana Mesa Template:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik
Template:Flagicon Zuzana Váleková
3–6, 4–6
Win 2. 5 December 1999 ITF Cali, Colombia Clay Template:Flagicon Mariana Mesa Template:Flagicon Miriam D'Agostini
Template:Flagicon Larissa Schaerer
2–6, 7–6, 6–1

Singles performance timeline

Template:Performance key

Tournament 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Template:Tooltip
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

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