Paula Zabala

Paula Zabala Alvarez (born 26 January 1985) is a former professional tennis player from Colombia.

Paula Zabala

Full name	Paula Zabala Alvarez
Country (sports)	Colombia
Born	(1985-01-26) 26 January 1985 (age 40) Medellín, Colombia
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Prize money	$46,277
Singles
Career record	107–186
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 368 (22 February 2010)
Doubles
Career record	95–96
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 312 (28 December 2009)

Biography

Born in Medellín, Zabala was based in the United States and played collegiate tennis for Florida International University.^[1][2]

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.^[3]

Zabala played a Fed Cup doubles match for Colombia in 2010, partnering Karen Castiblanco in a win over the Bolivian pairing of María Fernanda Álvarez Terán and Maria Paula Deheza.^[4]

ITF Circuit finals

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles (0–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	25 May 2008	ITF Managua, Nicaragua	Hard	Nathália Rossi	6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	18 October 2009	ITF Mexico City	Hard	Macall Harkins	5–7, 4–6

Doubles (7–6)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	4 July 2004	ITF Inyo County, United States	Hard	Tetiana Luzhanska	Tamara Encina Alison Ojeda	3–6, 3–6
Win	2.	18 September 2005	ITF Matamoros, Mexico	Hard	Daniela Múñoz Gallegos	Ana Četnik Story Tweedie-Yates	6–4, 6–4
Win	3.	7 May 2006	ITF Mazatlan, Mexico	Hard	Daniela Múñoz Gallegos	Jelena Durisic Andrea Remynse	5–7, 6–3, 6–1
Loss	4.	22 July 2007	ITF Hamilton, Canada	Clay	Michaela Johansson	Stéphanie Dubois Surina De Beer	w/o
Win	5.	21 June 2008	ITF Alcobaça, Portugal	Hard	Lena Litvak	Verena Piccolo Alison Shemon	6–4, 6–2
Loss	6.	20 July 2008	ITF Badajoz, Spain	Hard	Karen Castiblanco	Adeline Goncalves Kristina Pejkovic	5–7, 5–7
Loss	7.	27 July 2008	ITF La Coruña, Spain	Hard	Karen Castiblanco	Neuza Silva Nicole Thyssen	2–6, 2–6
Win	8.	20 September 2008	ITF Chihuahua, Mexico	Clay	Lorena Arias	Erika Clarke Daniela Múñoz Gallegos	2–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Win	9.	18 July 2009	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Karen Castiblanco	Maria Fernanda Alves Nicole Clerico	1–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Win	10.	3 October 2009	ITF Juárez, Mexico	Clay	Andrea Koch Benvenuto	Lucía Jara Lozano Giannina Minieri	6–0, 3–6, [10–4]
Loss	11.	17 October 2009	ITF Mexico City	Hard	Andrea Koch Benvenuto	Dominika Diešková Daniela Múñoz Gallegos	w/o
Loss	12.	6 November 2009	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Yuliana Lizarazo	Karen Castiblanco Andrea Koch Benvenuto	3–6, 1–6
Win	13.	6 December 2009	ITF Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Maria Fernanda Alves	Alessia Camplone Viktoryia Kisialeva	6–2, 6–0