Bárbara Castro

Bárbara Castro (born 8 September 1975) is a Chilean former professional tennis player.

Biography Castro trained at the Santa Rosa de Las Condes in Santiago and was later based in Spain during her career.

From 1992 to 2000, Castro featured in a total of 36 Fed Cup ties for Chile. Her doubles partnership with Paula Cabezas resulted in 15 wins, which is a national record. She has a younger sister, Valentina, who also represented Chile in Fed Cup tennis.

Castro partnered with Paula Cabezas in the women's doubles event at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, where they lost their first round match to Hungary's Virág Csurgó and Andrea Temesvári in three sets. With the same partner, Castro won a silver medal for Chile at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg.

ITF finals Singles (0–1) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 4 May 1995 ITF Nitra, Slovakia Clay Patty Schnyder 6–1, 2–6, 3–6

Doubles (3–8) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner OpponentsScoreLoss 1. 2 May 1993 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay Maria Inés Araiz Pamela Zingman 1–6, 4–6Loss 2. ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay Magalí Benítez Christina Zachariadou 3–6, 2–6Loss 3. 11 October 1993 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay María Dolores Campana Paola Suárez Pamela Zingman 1–6, 6–3, 0–6Loss 4. 10 October 1994 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay Mariana Eberle María Fernanda Landa 3–6, 6–4, 5–7Loss 5. 31 October 1994 ITF Freeport, Bahamas Clay Ingrid Kurta Martine Vosseberg Loss 6. 7 November 1994 Clay Joelle Schad Noelia Serra 1–5 ret.Win 1. 20 November 1994 ITF San Salvador, El Salvador Hard Emilie Viqueira Kellie Dorman-Tyrone Philippa Palmer 6–2, 6–2Win 2. 25 September 1995 ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador Clay Mariana Díaz Oliva Eugenia Maia 7–6(5), 6–1Loss 7. 8 October 1995 ITF Lima, Peru Hard Linda Jansson 2–6, 6–2, 3–6Loss 8. 30 October 1995 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay Miriam D'Agostini Katalin Marosi 0–6, 3–6Win 3. 6 May 1996 ITF Amazonas, Brazil Hard Paula Cabezas Sandra De Amelio Paula Racedo 6–1, 6–3