Fabiola Zuluaga

Fabiola Zuluaga

French Open 2005
Country (sports)	Colombia
Residence	Bogotá, Colombia
Born	(1979-01-07) 7 January 1979 Cúcuta, Colombia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) (5' 7.75")
Turned pro	1994
Retired	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,358,668
Singles
Career record	298–189
Career titles	5 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	16 (17 January 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	SF (2004)
French Open	4r (2004)
Wimbledon	2r (2003)
US Open	3r (2003, 2004)
Doubles
Career record	51–56
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 128 (1 February 1999)
Last updated on: 13 December 2007.

Fabiola Zuluaga (born 7 January 1979 in Cúcuta) is a retired professional tennis player from Colombia. She retired on 9 September 2005. She reached the Australian Open Semifinals in 2004 and became the first Colombian tennis player to reach a Grand Slam semifinal. She is one of the best tennis player that Colombia has had (See Iván Molina). She now lives in Bogotá.

Zuluaga won a record seven singles titles in Bogota, of which five are on the WTA Tour and three on the ITF Women's Circuit.

WTA career finals

Singles: 6 (5–1)

Winner – Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (5–1)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (5–1) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	February 21, 1999	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Christína Papadáki	6–1, 6-3
Winner	2.	October 10, 1999	Brasil, Brasil	Clay	Patricia Wartusch	7-5, 4-6, 7-5
Runner–up	3.	May 22, 2000	España, España	Clay	Gala León García	4-6, 6-2, 6-2
Winner	4.	February 24, 2002	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	6-1, 6-4
Winner	5.	February 23, 2003	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	6-3, 6-2
Winner	6.	February 29, 2004	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	María Sánchez Lorenzo	3-6, 6-4, 6-2

Doubles: 1 (0-1)

Winner – Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0-0) WTA Tour Championships (0-0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0-0) Premier (0–0) International (0-1)

Titles by Surface Hard (0-1) Grass (0-0) Clay (0-0) Carpet (0-0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner–up	1.	September 13, 2002	Quebec, Canada	Clay	María Emilia Salerni	Samantha Reeves Jessica Steck	4-6, 6-3, 7-5

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	W–L
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	A	2R	A	A	1R	SF	2R	7–4
French Open	A	3R	3R	A	1R	3R	4R	2R	10–6
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	1–3
US Open	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		4–2
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1		4–2
Premier Mandatory
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	2R	QF	4R	8–3
Miami	A	3R	2R	A	1R	1R	2R	3R	6–6
Win–Loss	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	5–2	5-2	14–9
Premier 5
Rome	A	A	SF	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	5–5
Toronto	A	A	1R	A	QF	3R	2R	1R	7–5
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A		0–1
Tokyo	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A		0–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–3	0–1		3–6
Premier
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R		0–1
Dubai	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R		0–1
Charleston	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF		4–1
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A		0–1
Brussels	Not Held					1R	A		0–1
Warsaw	A	A	NH	A	2R	NH			1–1
San Diego	A	A	NH		A	2R	A		1–1
New Haven	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A		1–1
Moscow	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A		0–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–4	4–3		7–9
International series
Brisbane	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	0–2
Auckland	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0–1
Sydney	A	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	1R	A	0–1
Bogotá	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	A		1–2
Monterrey	Not Held			A	2R	SF	A		4–2
Acapulco	A	A	A	A	F	1R	A		4–2
Marbella	Not Held			2R	2R	1R	NH		2–3
Barcelona	A	A	A	A	A	QF	1R		2–2
Copenhagen	Not Held				QF	A	A		2–1
Fes	A	A	A	QF	A	2R	A		3–1
Estoril	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R		1–1
's-Hertogenbosch	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A		0–1
Budapest	A	A	A	A	QF	A	A		2–1
Prague	A	A	A	2R	QF	NH	A		2–2
Palermo	A	A	A	A	A	F	1R		4–2
Båstad	Not Held			A	A	W	W		10–0
Portorož	LQ	1R	1R	1R	SF	NH			3–4
Dallas	Not Held					A	2R		1–1
Seoul	A	A	A	A	1R	SF	1R		3–3
Linz	A	A	A	LQ	1R	1R	A		0–2
Osaka	Not Held			A	A	A	1R		0–1
Luxembourg	A	A	A		2R	QF	A		2–2
Istanbul	A	A	1R	1R	A	TChp.			0–2
Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	0–2	5–6	16–12	19–11	7–8		46–39
Fed Cup
Europe/Africa I & World Group II	A	SF	1R	A	PO	PO	1R		–
Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	3–1	0–2		7–6
Statistics
Tour Level Win–Loss	0–0	0–2	1–2	6–8	27–26	30–25	14–23	0-1	78–87
Tour Level Win %	0%	0%	33%	43%	51%	55%	38%	0%	47%
Overall Win–Loss	14–7	26–8	37–16	48–18	32–26	32–27	20–26	0-1	209–129
Overall Win %	67%	76%	70%	73%	55%	54%	43%	0%	62%
Year End Ranking	717	345	243	71	48	36	80		N/A

* Statistics correct as of March 28, 2013.

External links

• Fabiola Zuluaga at the Women's Tennis Association