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Fabiola Zuluaga

{{short description|Colombian tennis player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

|name = Fabiola Zuluaga

|image = Fabiola Zuluaga RG 2005.JPG

|caption = At the 2005 French Open

|country = {{COL}}

|residence = Bogotá, Colombia

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|1|7}}

|birth_place = Cúcuta, Colombia

|height = 1.72 m

|turnedpro = 1994

|retired = 2005

|plays = Right (two-handed backhand)

|careerprizemoney = $1,358,668

|singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=298|lost=189}}

|singlestitles = 5

|highestsinglesranking = No. 16 (17 January 2005)

|AustralianOpenresult = SF (2004)

|FrenchOpenresult = 4R (2004)

|Wimbledonresult = 2R (2003)

|USOpenresult = 3R (2003, 2004)

|Othertournaments = yes

|Olympicsresult = 3R (2000, 2004)

|doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=51|lost=56}}

|doublestitles = 2 ITF

|highestdoublesranking = No. 128 (1 February 1999)

|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 1R (2004)

|WimbledonDoublesresult = Q1 (1998)

|USOpenDoublesresult = Q1 (1998)

|OthertournamentsDoubles = yes

|OlympicsDoublesresult = 2R (2004)

}}

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.[http://www.colombia.com/entrevistas/autonoticias/Deportes/2005/09/09/DetalleNoticia451.asp Colombia.com] Entrevista a Fabiola Zuluaga {{in lang|es}} Accessed 28 October 2006.

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.[http://www.colombia.com/entrevistas/autonoticias/Deportes/2005/09/09/DetalleNoticia451.asp Colombia.com] Entrevista a Fabiola Zuluaga {{in lang|es}} Accessed 28 October 2006.

WTA career finals

=Singles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)=

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Legend
style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Grand Slam
style="background:#e9e9e9;"|Tier I
style="background:#d4f1c5;"|Tier II
Tier III/IV/V (5–1)

|

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!Finals by surface

Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (5–1)
Carpet (0–0)

|}

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!Result

!class="unsortable" |W/L

!Date

!Tournament

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable" |Score

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1–0

| Feb 1999

| Copa Colsanitas, Colombia

| Clay

| {{flagicon|GRE}} Christína Papadáki

| 6–1, 6–3

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 2–0

| Oct 1999

| Brasil Open

| Clay

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Patricia Wartusch

| 7–5, 4–6, 7–5

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 2–1

| May 2000

| Madrid Open, Spain

| Clay

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Gala León García

| 4–6, 6–2, 6–2

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 3–1

| Feb 2002

| Copa Colsanitas, Colombia (2)

| Clay

| {{flagicon|SLO}} Katarina Srebotnik

| 6–1, 6–4

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 4–1

| Feb 2003

| Copa Colsanitas, Colombia (3)

| Clay

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Anabel Medina Garrigues

| 6–3, 6–2

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 5–1

| Feb 2004

| Copa Colsanitas, Colombia (4)

| Clay

| {{flagicon|ESP}} María Sánchez Lorenzo

| 3–6, 6–4, 6–2

=Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)=

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Legend
style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Grand Slam
style="background:#e9e9e9;"|Tier I
style="background:#d4f1c5;"|Tier II (0–1)
Tier III/IV/V

|

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!Finals by surface

Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)

|}

class="sortable wikitable"

!Result

!Date

!Tournament

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable" |Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| Sep 2002

| Tournoi de Québec,
Canada

| Carpet (i)

| {{flagicon|ARG}} María Emilia Salerni

| {{flagicon|USA}} Samantha Reeves
{{flagicon|RSA}} Jessica Steck

| 6–4, 3–6, 5–7

ITF finals

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! Legend

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| $100,000 tournaments

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| $75,000 tournaments

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| $50,000 tournaments

style="background:lightblue;"

| $25,000 tournaments

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

| $10,000 tournaments

=Singles (9–4)=

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!Result

!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable" |Score

bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 1.

| 14 February 1994

| ITF Bogotá, Colombia

| Clay

| {{flagicon|COL}} Cecilia Hincapié

| 4–6, 3–6

bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1.

| 20 February 1995

| ITF Cali, Colombia

| Clay

| {{flagicon|MEX}} Karin Palme

| 6–0, 6–4

style="background:#addfad;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 2.

| 25 February 1996

| ITF Bogotá, Colombia

| Clay

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Gloria Pizzichini

| 6–4, 6–3

style="background:lightblue;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 3.

| 23 June 1996

| ITF Bytom, Poland

| Clay

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Kateřina Kroupová

| 3–6, 6–3, 7–6

style="background:lightblue;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 4.

| 14 December 1997

| ITF Bogotá, Colombia

| Clay

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Martina Nejedly

| 6–2, 6–1

style="background:#addfad;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 2.

| 14 June 1998

| ITF Sochi, Russia

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Meghann Shaughnessy

| 6–7, 7–6, 2–6

style="background:lightblue;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 5.

| 5 July 1998

| ITF Orbetello, Italy

| Clay

| {{flagicon|ARG}} Mariana Díaz Oliva

| 6–1, 7–6

style="background:lightblue;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 6.

| 6 December 1998

| ITF Bogotá, Colombia

| Clay

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Adriana Serra Zanetti

| 6–3, 6–2

style="background:lightblue;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 7.

| 13 December 1998

| ITF Cali, Colombia

| Clay

| {{flagicon|GER}} Andrea Glass

| 6–1, 6–1

style="background:lightblue;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 8.

| 5 December 1999

| ITF Cali, Colombia

| Clay

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Miriam D'Agostini

| 6–0, 6–1

style="background:lightblue;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 3.

| 10 December 2000

| ITF Bogotá, Colombia

| Clay

| {{flagicon|COL}} Catalina Castaño

| 1–4 ret.

style="background:lightblue;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 9.

| 14 October 2001

| ITF Hallandale Beach, United States

| Clay

| {{flagicon|COL}} Catalina Castaño

| 6–3, 3–6, 4–3 ret.

style="background:lightblue;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 4.

| 18 November 2001

| ITF Mexico City

| Hard

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Renata Voráčová

| 1–6, 6–7(7)

=Doubles (2–4)=

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!Result

!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable" |Score

style="background:#addfad;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 1.

| 10 June 1996

| ITF Budapest, Hungary

| Clay

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Ángeles Montolio

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Virág Csurgó
{{flagicon|HUN}} Nóra Köves

| 7–5, 5–7, 2–6

style="background:#addfad;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 2.

| 9 June 1997

| ITF Budapest, Hungary

| Clay

| {{flagicon|UKR}} Elena Tatarkova

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Katalin Marosi
{{flagicon|ARG}} Veronica Stele

| 3–6, 3–6

style="background:#addfad;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1.

| 1 June 1998

| ITF Tashkent, Uzbekistan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Melissa Mazzotta

| {{flagicon|PAR}} Larissa Schaerer
{{flagicon|SUI}} Miroslava Vavrinec

| 6–2, 6–1

style="background:lightblue;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 3.

| 5 July 1998

| ITF Orbetello, Italy

| Clay

| {{flagicon|USA}} Melissa Mazzotta

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Alice Canepa
{{flagicon|ITA}} Tathiana Garbin

| 2–6, 3–6

style="background:lightblue;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 4.

| 30 November 1998

| ITF Bogotá, Colombia

| Clay

| {{flagicon|COL}} Mariana Mesa

| {{flagicon|SLO}} Katarina Srebotnik
{{flagicon|SVK}} Zuzana Váleková

| 3–6, 4–6

style="background:lightblue;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 2.

| 5 December 1999

| ITF Cali, Colombia

| Clay

| {{flagicon|COL}} Mariana Mesa

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Miriam D'Agostini
{{flagicon|PAR}} Larissa Schaerer

| 2–6, 7–6, 6–1

Singles performance timeline

{{Performance key|short=yes|active=no}}

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!Tournament!!1997!!1998!!1999!!2000!!2001!!2002!!2003!!2004!!2005!!{{Tooltip|W–L|Win–loss}}

align=left|Grand Slam tournaments

|colspan=11|

align=left| Australian Open

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|7–4

align=left| French Open

|Q3

|Q2

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|4R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|10–6

align=left| Wimbledon

|Q1

|Q1

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|1–3

align=left| US Open

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|8–6

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!1–1

!3–3

!3–2

!0–0

!1–2

!5–4

!10–4

!3–3

!26–19

align=left|Olympic Games

|colspan=10|

align=left|Summer Olympics

|colspan=3 style=color:#767676|Not Held

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|colspan=3 style=color:#767676|Not Held

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|style=color:#767676|NH

|bgcolor=#EFEFEF|4–2

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–0

!0–0

!2–1

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!2–1

!0–0

!4–2

align=left|Premier Mandatory

|colspan=10|

align=left| Indian Wells

|A

|Q2

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=FFEBCD|QF

|bgcolor=afeeee|4R

|8–3

align=left| Miami

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|6–6

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–0

!0–0

!2–1

!1–1

!0–0

!0–1

!1–2

!5–2

!5–2

!14–9

align=left|Premier 5

|colspan=10|

align=left| Rome

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|5–5

align=left| Montreal/Toronto

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=FFEBCD|QF

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|6–6

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–0

!0–0

!0–1

!4–2

!0–0

!3–2

!3–2

!1–2

!0–2

!11–11

align=left|Premier

|colspan=10|

align=left| Charleston

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|1–4

align=left| Stuttgart

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=FFEBCD|QF

|A

|2–2

align=left| Warsaw

|A

|A

|A

|A

|style=color:#767676|NH

|A

|bgcolor=FFEBCD|QF

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|3–2

align=left| San Diego

|A

|Q1

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|0–4

align=left| New Haven

|A

|A

|Q2

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|1–1

align=left| Moscow

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|Q3

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|0–1

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–0

!0–0

!0–2

!1–2

!0–0

!0–0

!2–2

!3–5

!1–2

!7–13

align=left|International series

|colspan=10|

align=left| Sydney

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=FFEBCD|QF

|2–1

align=left| Bogotá

|colspan=1 style=color:#767676|NH

|bgcolor=FFEBCD|QF

|bgcolor=Lime|W

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|bgcolor=Lime|W

|bgcolor=Lime|W

|bgcolor=Lime|W

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|26–3

align=left| Acapulco

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|0–1

align=left| Madrid

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=thistle|F

|A

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|colspan=2 style=color:#767676|Not Held

|8–4

align=left| Quebec

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|A

|A

|3–2

align=left| Hobart

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|A

|2–2

align=left| Florida

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|3–3

align=left| Brazil

|colspan=2 style=color:#767676|Not Held

|bgcolor=Lime|W

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|colspan=3 style=color:#767676|Not Held

|6–3

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–0

!2–1

!12–2

!8–6

!0–0

!9–4

!6–2

!7–1

!5–2

!50–18

bgcolor=efefef

|align=left|Year-end ranking

|208

|95

|48

|42

|277

|74

|38

|23

|84

! N/A

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{WTA}}
  • {{ITF}}
  • {{Fed Cup player}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zuluaga, Fabiola}}

Category:1979 births

Category:Living people

Category:Sportspeople from Cúcuta

Category:Colombian female tennis players

Category:Olympic tennis players for Colombia

Category:Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Category:Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Category:21st-century Colombian sportswomen

Category:20th-century Colombian sportswomen