Paula Cabezas

Paula Andrea Cabezas (born 21 August 1972) is a Chilean former professional tennis player.

Biography Born in Santiago, Cabezas competed on the professional tour in the 1990s, mostly on the ITF Circuit, winning 14 singles and 17 doubles titles. Her WTA Tour performances include a semifinal appearance in the doubles at São Paulo in 1991, partnering with Andrea Vieira. She qualified for her only singles main draw at the 1995 Puerto Rico Open. She reached a best singles ranking of 212 in the world, attained in 1997.

During her career, she featured in a total of 39 ties for the Chile Fed Cup team. This included a World Group fixture against defending champions Spain in 1994, where she lost a singles match to world No. 2, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. She won 49 matches overall, 23 of them in doubles, both of which are national records.

Cabezas represented Chile in doubles at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and was a multiple Pan American Games medalist. She won a bronze medal at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana and a silver at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, both in doubles.

She now lives in Barcelona and competes on the ITF seniors circuit under Spanish nationality.

ITF Circuit finals $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Singles: 19 (14 titles, 5 runner-ups) Result No. Date Tournament Surface OpponentScoreWin 1. 9 September 1991 ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador Clay María Luciana Reynares 6–1, 6–7(6), 6–1Win 2. 1 October 1991 ITF La Paz, Bolivia Clay Lorena Rodríguez di Laura 6–2, 6–2Win 3. 7 October 1991 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay María Luciana Reynares 7–5, 6–3Win 4. 3 November 1991 ITF Porto Alegre, Brazil Clay Sumara Passos 6–7(9), 7–5, 6–2Win 5. 6 September 1993 ITF Caracas, Venezuela Clay Magalí Benítez 5–7, 6–2, 6–3Loss 1. 26 September 1993 ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador Clay Sumara Passos 5–7, 2–6Win 6. 11 October 1993 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay Cintia Tortorella 6–3, 6–4Win 7. 14 March 1994 ITF Mexico City, Mexico Clay Tomoe Hotta 6–3, 4–6, 6–2Win 8. 27 March 1994 ITF Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Clay Renata Kolbovic 6–2, 6–3Win 9. 15 May 1994 ITF Acapulco, Mexico Clay Lindsay Lee-Waters 6–2, 6–2Loss 2. 6 November 1994 ITF Freeport, Bahamas Clay Ingrid Kurta 6–3, 1–6, 5–7Loss 3. 13 November 1994 ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Clay Joelle Schad 3–6, 2–6Win 10. 20 November 1994 ITF San Salvador, El Salvador Hard Kristine Kurth 6–2, 6–2Win 11. 4 June 1995 ITF Sevilla, Spain Clay Marta Cano 6–1, 6–3Win 12. 13 October 1996 ITF Mexico City, Mexico Hard Renata Kolbovic 2–6, 6–3, 6–2Win 13. 20 October 1996 ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico Hard Karin Palme 5–7, 7–5, 6–2Loss 4. 31 August 1997 ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador Clay Miriam D'Agostini 7–6(0), 5–7, 6–7(4)Loss 5. 12 April 1998 ITF Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Celeste Contín 2–6, 4–6Win 14. 27 September 1998 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay Mariana Lopez Palacios 6–4, 7–5

Doubles: 25 (17 titles, 8 runner-ups) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 14 October 1990 ITF La Paz, Bolivia Clay Sandra Ugarriza Paula Boccia Inés Gorrochategui 6–2, 4–6, 7–5Loss 1. 22 October 1990 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay Sandra Ugarriza Inés Gorrochategui Patricia Miller 6–3, 1–6, 5–7Win 2. 9 September 1991 ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador Clay Nuria Niemes Macarena Miranda María Dolores Campana 6–1, 7–5Win 3. 16 September 1991 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay Macarena Miranda Carla Rodriguez Lorena Rodríguez di Laura 6–4, 6–2Loss 2. 30 September 1991 ITF La Paz, Bolivia Clay Janaina Mercadante Rossana de los Ríos Larissa Schaerer 3–6, 5–7Win 4. 13 October 1991 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay Paulina Sepúlveda Helene Kappler Eleonora Vegliante 7–5, 2–6, 6–4Win 5. 4 November 1991 ITF Florianópolis, Brazil Clay Macarena Miranda Rita Pichardo Belkis Rodríguez 3–6, 6–2, 6–2Loss 3. 11 November 1991 ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Clay Macarena Miranda Rita Pichardo Belkis Rodríguez 2–6, 3–6Win 6. 18 October 1992 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay Nuria Niemes Maria-Farnes Capistrano Ninfa Marra 3–6, 6–4, 6–4Win 7. 29 November 1992 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Paulina Sepúlveda Mariana Randrup Gretel Gonzalez-Glanzmann 6–2, 6–1Loss 4. 7 June 1993 ITF Caserta, Italy Clay Adriana Serra Zanetti Karin Lušnic Maja Murić 6–2, 2–6, 3–6Loss 5. 20 September 1993 ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador Clay Nuria Niemes Veronica Stele Cintia Tortorella 2–6, 1–6Win 8. 21 March 1994 ITF Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Clay María Dolores Campana Shizuka Tokiwa Kiyoko Yazawa 6–1, 6–2Win 9. 9 May 1994 ITF Acapulco, Mexico Clay Emilie Viqueira Kim Grant Ditta Huber 3–6, 6–2, 6–1Win 10. 17 July 1994 ITF Vigo, Spain Clay Emilie Viqueira Jitka Dubcová Sylvia Plischke 6–4, 6–3Win 11. 19 September 1994 ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador Clay Emilie Viqueira Vanessa Menga Luciana Tella 6–4, 6–4Win 12. 6 May 1996 ITF Amazonas, Brazil Hard Bárbara Castro Sandra De Amelio Paula Racedo 6–1, 6–3Loss 6. 6 October 1996 ITF Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Hard Veronica Stele María Fernanda Landa Marlene Weingärtner 6–4, 5–7, 3–6Win 13. 31 August 1997 ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador Clay Miriam D'Agostini Mariana Lopez Palacios Romina Ottoboni 6–1, 6–4Loss 7. 6 April 1998 ITF Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Celeste Contín Melisa Arévalo Daniela Muscolino 3–6, 4–6Loss 8. 4 May 1998 ITF Tampico, Mexico Hard Vanessa Menga Adria Engel Alina Jidkova 6–7, 5–7Win 14. 11 May 1998 ITF Poza Rica, Mexico Hard Vanessa Menga Adria Engel Alina Jidkova 3–6, 6–2, 6–2Win 15. 18 May 1998 ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico Hard Vanessa Menga Adria Engel Alina Jidkova 6–3, 6–2Win 16. 17 August 1998 ITF Ibarra, Ecuador Clay Joanne Moore Elena Juricich María Eugenia Rojas 6–3, 6–4Win 17. 21 September 1998 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay Aliénor Tricerri Mariana Lopez Palacios María-Alejandra Quezada 6–4, 6–1