Carmiña Giraldo

Carmiña Giraldo (born 6 August 1976) is a Colombian former professional tennis player.

Biography Giraldo comes from the city of Pereira in Risaralda and is the elder sister of Colombian Davis Cup competitor Santiago Giraldo, who is the country's highest ever ranked male player.

From 1992 to 1997, Giraldo represented the Colombia Fed Cup team in a total of 23 ties. Her biggest performances at Fed Cup level include partnering Cecilia Hincapié in a doubles win over Chile in the 1993 World Group Play-off, secured 13–11 in the third set, to prevent Colombia being demoted. In a 1994 World Group tie against Germany she took the second set off top 20 player Anke Huber in a singles rubber, before losing in the third.

Giraldo reached her best singles ranking of 256 in 1997 and left the professional tour at the end of the year to attend Clemson University in the United States. As a member of the Clemson Tigers women's tennis team she earned All-ACC selection in both 1999 and 2000.

Graduating in 2001, Giraldo never returned full-time to the tour, but did make a comeback as a wildcard at the 2001 Copa Colsanitas, a WTA Tour tournament in her home country. She lost to Eva Martincová in the first round of the singles but made the quarter-finals of the doubles, partnering Catalina Castaño.

ITF finals Singles (3–2) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 15 November 1992 Freeport, Bahamas Hard Lisa Albano 2–6, 4–6Loss 2. 15 November 1993 San Salvador, El Salvador Hard María Dolores Campana 1–6, 6–4, 3–6Win 1. 18 September 1995 Manizales, Colombia Clay Mariana Díaz Oliva 6–3, 6–4Win 2. 15 October 1995 La Paz, Bolivia Clay Linda Jansson 6–2, 6–4Win 3. 30 September 1996 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Giana Gutiérrez 6–1, 6–3 Doubles (1–10) Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreLoss 1. 19 April 1993 San Salvador, El Salvador Clay Cecilia Hincapié Xóchitl Escobedo Ximena Rodríguez 2–6, 6–2, 4–6Loss 2. 3 October 1993 Lima, Peru Clay Ximena Rodríguez Magalí Benítez Miriam D'Agostini 4–6, 2–6Loss 3. 10 October 1993 La Paz, Bolivia Clay Ximena Rodríguez Carla Rodriguez Lorena Rodriguez 5–7, 2–6Loss 4. 15 November 1993 San Salvador, El Salvador Hard Ximena Rodríguez María Dolores Campana Joanne Moore 3–6, 4–6Loss 5. 8 August 1994 Paderborn, Germany Clay Nannie de Villiers Nora Kovařčíková Simona Nedorostová 2–6, 4–6Loss 6. 15 August 1994 Bergisch, Germany Clay Nannie de Villiers Sabine Gerke Elisabeth Habeler 3–6, 2–6Loss 7. 4 December 1994 São Paulo, Brazil Hard Paula Umaña Vanessa Menga Luciana Tella 2–6, 3–6Loss 8. 11 September 1995 Bucaramanga, Colombia Clay Mariana Mesa Joanne Moore Ximena Rodríguez 5–7, 6–4, 4–6Win 1. 8 April 1996 Calvi, France Hard Ximena Rodríguez Alida Gallovits Petra Plačková w/oLoss 9. 30 September 1996 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Joanne Moore Giana Gutiérrez Romina Ottoboni 6–1, 3–6, 1–6Loss 10. 16 June 1997 Caserta, Italy Clay Paula Racedo Limor Gabai Lioudmila Skavronskaia 3–6, 3–6