Paula Zabala Alvarez (born 26 January 1985) is a former professional tennis player from Colombia.

Biography

Born in

Medellín Medellín ( ; or ), officially the Special District of Science, Technology and Innovation of Medellín (), is the List of cities in Colombia, second-largest city in Colombia after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia Departme ...

, Zabala was based in the United States and played collegiate tennis for

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. As a professional player, she reached career-high rankings of 368 in singles and 312 in doubles. She won seven ITF titles, all in doubles. Her only

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main-draw appearance came at the 2010 Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, where she competed as a singles wildcard and was beaten in the first round by Austria's

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. Zabala played a

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doubles match for Colombia in 2010, partnering

Karen Castiblanco Karen Emilia Castiblanco Duarte (; born 9 January 1988) is a former Colombian tennis player and member of the Colombia Fed Cup team. On 24 October 2011, she reached her highest WTA ranking of 411 in singles whilst her best doubles ranking was ...

in a win over the Bolivian pairing of

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and Maria Paula Deheza.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (0–2)

Doubles (7–6)

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zabala, Paula 1985 births Living people Colombian female tennis players Sportspeople from Medellín FIU Panthers women's tennis players Colombian expatriate tennis players in the United States 20th-century Colombian women 21st-century Colombian sportswomen