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
ResidenceBogotá, Colombia
Born (1979-01-07) 7 January 1979 (age 45)
Cúcuta, Colombia
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro1994
Retired2005
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,358,668
Singles
Career record298–189
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 16 (17 January 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenSF (2004)
French Open4R (2004)
Wimbledon2R (2003)
US Open3R (2003, 2004)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games3R (2000, 2004)
Doubles
Career record51–56
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 128 (1 February 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (2004)
WimbledonQ1 (1998)
US OpenQ1 (1998)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games2R (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

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

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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)

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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

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (9–4)

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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)

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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

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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

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  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.
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