Fabiola Zuluaga

Fabiola Zuluaga (born 7 January 1979) is a Colombian former professional tennis player. She reached the Australian Open semifinals in 2004, becoming the first Colombian to reach a major semifinal. Zuluaga is one of Colombia's most successful tennis players.^[1]

Fabiola Zuluaga

At the 2005 French Open
Country (sports)	Colombia
Residence	Bogotá, Colombia
Born	(1979-01-07) 7 January 1979 (age 45) Cúcuta, Colombia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1994
Retired	2005
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,358,668
Singles
Career record	298–189
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 16 (17 January 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	SF (2004)
French Open	4R (2004)
Wimbledon	2R (2003)
US Open	3R (2003, 2004)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	3R (2000, 2004)
Doubles
Career record	51–56
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 128 (1 February 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (2004)
Wimbledon	Q1 (1998)
US Open	Q1 (1998)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2004)

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.^[2]

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)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	Feb 1999	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	Clay	Christína Papadáki	6–1, 6–3
Winner	2.	Oct 1999	Brasil Open	Clay	Patricia Wartusch	7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	May 2000	Madrid Open, Spain	Clay	Gala León García	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	4.	Feb 2002	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia (2)	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	6–1, 6–4
Winner	5.	Feb 2003	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia (3)	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	6–3, 6–2
Winner	6.	Feb 2004	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia (4)	Clay	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)

Outcome	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	Sep 2002	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	Carpet (i)	María Emilia Salerni	Samantha Reeves 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)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	14 February 1994	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Cecilia Hincapié	4–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	20 February 1995	ITF Cali, Colombia	Clay	Karin Palme	6–0, 6–4
Winner	2.	25 February 1996	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Gloria Pizzichini	6–4, 6–3
Winner	3.	23 June 1996	ITF Bytom, Poland	Clay	Kateřina Kroupová	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Winner	4.	14 December 1997	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Martina Nejedly	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	14 June 1998	ITF Sochi, Russia	Hard	Meghann Shaughnessy	6–7, 7–6, 2–6
Winner	5.	5 July 1998	ITF Orbetello, Italy	Clay	Mariana Díaz Oliva	6–1, 7–6
Winner	6.	6 December 1998	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Adriana Serra Zanetti	6–3, 6–2
Winner	7.	13 December 1998	ITF Cali, Colombia	Clay	Andrea Glass	6–1, 6–1
Winner	8.	5 December 1999	ITF Cali, Colombia	Clay	Miriam D'Agostini	6–0, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	10 December 2000	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Catalina Castaño	1–4 ret.
Winner	9.	14 October 2001	ITF Hallandale Beach, United States	Clay	Catalina Castaño	6–3, 3–6, 4–3 ret.
Runner-up	4.	18 November 2001	ITF Mexico City	Hard	Renata Voráčová	1–6, 6–7(7)

Doubles (2–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	10 June 1996	ITF Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Ángeles Montolio	Virág Csurgó Nóra Köves	7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	9 June 1997	ITF Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Elena Tatarkova	Katalin Marosi Veronica Stele	3–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	1 June 1998	ITF Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Melissa Mazzotta	Larissa Schaerer Miroslava Vavrinec	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	5 July 1998	ITF Orbetello, Italy	Clay	Melissa Mazzotta	Alice Canepa Tathiana Garbin	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	30 November 1998	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Mariana Mesa	Katarina Srebotnik Zuzana Váleková	3–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	5 December 1999	ITF Cali, Colombia	Clay	Mariana Mesa	Miriam D'Agostini Larissa Schaerer	2–6, 7–6, 6–1

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	W–L
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

1. Colombia.com Entrevista a Fabiola Zuluaga (in Spanish) Accessed 28 October 2006.
2. Colombia.com Entrevista a Fabiola Zuluaga (in Spanish) Accessed 28 October 2006.

External links

• Fabiola Zuluaga at the Women's Tennis Association
• Fabiola Zuluaga at the International Tennis Federation
• Fabiola Zuluaga at the Billie Jean King Cup