Paula Zabala

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

Biography Born in Medellín, Zabala was based in the United States and played collegiate tennis for Florida International University.

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 WTA Tour 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 Patricia Mayr.

Zabala played a Fed Cup doubles match for Colombia in 2010, partnering Karen Castiblanco in a win over the Bolivian pairing of María Fernanda Álvarez Terán and Maria Paula Deheza.

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

Singles (0–2) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 25 May 2008 ITF Managua, Nicaragua Hard Nathália Rossi 6–3, 1–6, 4–6Loss 2. 18 October 2009 ITF Mexico City Hard Macall Harkins 5–7, 4–6

Doubles (7–6) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 4 July 2004 ITF Inyo County, United States Hard Tetiana Luzhanska Tamara Encina Alison Ojeda 3–6, 3–6Win 2. 18 September 2005 ITF Matamoros, Mexico Hard Daniela Múñoz Gallegos Ana Četnik Story Tweedie-Yates 6–4, 6–4Win 3. 7 May 2006 ITF Mazatlan, Mexico Hard Daniela Múñoz Gallegos Jelena Durisic Andrea Remynse 5–7, 6–3, 6–1Loss 4. 22 July 2007 ITF Hamilton, Canada Clay Michaela Johansson Stéphanie Dubois Surina De Beer w/oWin 5. 21 June 2008 ITF Alcobaça, Portugal Hard Lena Litvak Verena Piccolo Alison Shemon 6–4, 6–2Loss 6. 20 July 2008 ITF Badajoz, Spain Hard Karen Castiblanco Adeline Goncalves Kristina Pejkovic 5–7, 5–7Loss 7. 27 July 2008 ITF La Coruña, Spain Hard Karen Castiblanco Neuza Silva Nicole Thyssen 2–6, 2–6Win 8. 20 September 2008 ITF Chihuahua, Mexico Clay Lorena Arias Erika Clarke Daniela Múñoz Gallegos 2–6, 6–4, [10–5]Win 9. 18 July 2009 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay Karen Castiblanco Maria Fernanda Alves Nicole Clerico 1–6, 6–1, [10–7]Win 10. 3 October 2009 ITF Juárez, Mexico Clay Andrea Koch Benvenuto Lucía Jara Lozano Giannina Minieri 6–0, 3–6, [10–4]Loss 11. 17 October 2009 ITF Mexico City Hard Andrea Koch Benvenuto Dominika Diešková Daniela Múñoz Gallegos w/oLoss 12. 6 November 2009 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay Yuliana Lizarazo Karen Castiblanco Andrea Koch Benvenuto 3–6, 1–6Win 13. 6 December 2009 ITF Poza Rica, Mexico Hard Maria Fernanda Alves Alessia Camplone Viktoryia Kisialeva 6–2, 6–0