Paola Palencia | |
Birth Date: | 16 March 1979 |
Birth Place: | Córdoba, Mexico |
Height: | 5ft 7in |
Singlesrecord: | 14–11 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 636 (10 May 1999) |
Doublesrecord: | 7–8 |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 525 (15 March 1999) |
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Paola Palencia (born 16 March 1979) is a Mexican former professional tennis player.
Born in Córdoba, Palencia featured in a total of nine Fed Cup ties for Mexico, between 1996 and 1998. She played mostly as a doubles player and was unbeaten in the six rubbers where she partnered with Melody Falcó. Her only singles rubber was a win over Costa Rica's Melissa Golfin.[1]
Palencia won two silver medals for Mexico at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games in Maracaibo.[2]
Between 1999 and 2002 she played collegiate tennis for Pepperdine University, where she twice earned All-American honors for doubles (partnering İpek Şenoğlu).[3]