Fabiola Zuluaga

Fabiola Zuluaga

French Open 2005
Country (sports)	Colombia
Residence	Bogotá, Colombia
Born	(1979-01-07) 7 January 1979 Cúcuta, Colombia
Height
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	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)
Doubles
Career record	51–56
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 128 (1 February 1999)

Fabiola Zuluaga (born 7 January 1979) 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. Fabiola is one of the best tennis players that Colombia has had (See Iván Molina). She now lives in Bogotá.

Fabiola 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.	21 February 1999	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Christína Papadáki	6–1, 6–3
Winner	2.	10 October 1999	Brasil, Brasil	Clay	Patricia Wartusch	7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	22 May 2000	España, España	Clay	Gala León García	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	4.	24 February 2002	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	6–1, 6–4
Winner	5.	23 February 2003	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	6–3, 6–2
Winner	6.	29 February 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.	13 September 2002	Quebec, Canada	Clay	María Emilia Salerni	Samantha Reeves Jessica Steck	4–6, 6–3, 7–5

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

R#

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent from tournament; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

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	6–5
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	4–2	0–0	3–2	3–2	1–2	0–2	11–9
Premier
Charleston	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	1R	2R	1–4
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	A	1R	QF	A	2–2
Warsaw	A	A	A	NH	A	QF	2R	A	3–2
San Diego	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	1R	1R	0–4
New Haven	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	1–1
Moscow	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0–1
Win–Loss	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	QF	2–1
Bogotá	QF	W	2R	A	W	W	W	SF	26–3
Acapulco	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0–1
Madrid	A	1R	F	A	SF	2R	A	A	8–4
Quebec	A	A	QF	A	2R	A	A		3–2
Hobart	A	A	2R	A	A	A	QF	A	3–2
Florida	A	QF	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	3–3
Brasil	A	W	2R	A	1R	A	A	A	6–3
Win–Loss	2–1	12–2	9–6	0–0	9–4	6–2	7–1	5–2	50–18
Year-end ranking	95	48	42	277	74	38	23	84	N/A

* Statistics correct as of 28 March 2013.

External links

• Fabiola Zuluaga at the Women's Tennis Association
• Fabiola Zuluaga at the Fed Cup

• Colombia.com Entrevista a Fabiola Zuluaga (Spanish) Accessed 28 October 2006.
• Colombia.com Entrevista a Fabiola Zuluaga (Spanish) Accessed 28 October 2006.