Paula Cabezas | |
Full Name: | Paula Andrea Cabezas |
Birth Date: | 21 August 1972 |
Birth Place: | Santiago, Chile |
Careerprizemoney: | $67,345 |
Singlestitles: | 14 ITF |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 212 (14 April 1997) |
Doublestitles: | 17 ITF |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 178 (8 June 1992) |
Team: | yes |
Paula Andrea Cabezas (born 21 August 1972) is a Chilean former professional tennis player.
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.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3] [4]
$25,000 tournaments | |
$10,000 tournaments |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
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Win | 1. | 9 September 1991 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | Clay | ![]() | 6–1, 6–7(6), 6–1 | |
Win | 2. | 1 October 1991 | ITF La Paz, Bolivia | Clay | ![]() | 6–2, 6–2 | |
Win | 3. | 7 October 1991 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | ![]() | 7–5, 6–3 | |
Win | 4. | 3 November 1991 | ITF Porto Alegre, Brazil | Clay | ![]() | 6–7(9), 7–5, 6–2 | |
Win | 5. | 6 September 1993 | ITF Caracas, Venezuela | Clay | Magalí Benítez | 5–7, 6–2, 6–3 | |
Loss | 1. | 26 September 1993 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | Clay | ![]() | 5–7, 2–6 | |
Win | 6. | 11 October 1993 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 6–4 | |
Win | 7. | 14 March 1994 | ITF Mexico City, Mexico | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 4–6, 6–2 | |
Win | 8. | 27 March 1994 | ITF Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | Clay | ![]() | 6–2, 6–3 | |
Win | 9. | 15 May 1994 | ITF Acapulco, Mexico | Clay | ![]() | 6–2, 6–2 | |
Loss | 2. | 6 November 1994 | ITF Freeport, Bahamas | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 1–6, 5–7 | |
Loss | 3. | 13 November 1994 | ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Clay | ![]() | 3–6, 2–6 | |
Win | 10. | 20 November 1994 | ITF San Salvador, El Salvador | Hard | ![]() | 6–2, 6–2 | |
Win | 11. | 4 June 1995 | ITF Sevilla, Spain | Clay | ![]() | 6–1, 6–3 | |
Win | 12. | 13 October 1996 | ITF Mexico City, Mexico | Hard | ![]() | 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 | |
Win | 13. | 20 October 1996 | ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico | Hard | ![]() | 5–7, 7–5, 6–2 | |
Loss | 4. | 31 August 1997 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | Clay | ![]() | 7–6(0), 5–7, 6–7(4) | |
Loss | 5. | 12 April 1998 | ITF Viña del Mar, Chile | Clay | ![]() | 2–6, 4–6 | |
Win | 14. | 27 September 1998 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 7–5 |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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Win | 1. | 14 October 1990 | ITF La Paz, Bolivia | Clay | Sandra Ugarriza | ![]() ![]() | 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 | |
Loss | 1. | 22 October 1990 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | Sandra Ugarriza | ![]() Patricia Miller | 6–3, 1–6, 5–7 | |
Win | 2. | 9 September 1991 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | Clay | ![]() | Macarena Miranda ![]() | 6–1, 7–5 | |
Win | 3. | 16 September 1991 | ITF Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Macarena Miranda | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–2 | |
Loss | 2. | 30 September 1991 | ITF La Paz, Bolivia | Clay | Rossana de los Ríos Larissa Schaerer | 3–6, 5–7 | ||
Win | 4. | 13 October 1991 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | Paulina Sepúlveda | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 2–6, 6–4 | |
Win | 5. | 4 November 1991 | ITF Florianópolis, Brazil | Clay | Macarena Miranda | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 | |
Loss | 3. | 11 November 1991 | ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Clay | Macarena Miranda | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 3–6 | |
Win | 6. | 18 October 1992 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 | |
Win | 7. | 29 November 1992 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Paulina Sepúlveda | ![]() ![]() | 6–2, 6–1 | |
Loss | 4. | 7 June 1993 | ITF Caserta, Italy | Clay | ![]() | Karin Lušnic Maja Murić | 6–2, 2–6, 3–6 | |
Loss | 5. | 20 September 1993 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 1–6 | |
Win | 8. | 21 March 1994 | ITF Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 6–2 | |
Win | 9. | 9 May 1994 | ITF Acapulco, Mexico | Clay | Emilie Viqueira | Kim Grant ![]() | 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 | |
Win | 10. | 17 July 1994 | ITF Vigo, Spain | Clay | Emilie Viqueira | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–3 | |
Win | 11. | 19 September 1994 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | Clay | Emilie Viqueira | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–4 | |
Win | 12. | 6 May 1996 | ITF Amazonas, Brazil | Hard | Bárbara Castro | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 6–3 | |
Loss | 6. | 6 October 1996 | ITF Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | Hard | ![]() | ![]() Marlene Weingärtner | 6–4, 5–7, 3–6 | |
Win | 13. | 31 August 1997 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 6–4 | |
Loss | 7. | 6 April 1998 | ITF Viña del Mar, Chile | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 4–6 | |
Loss | 8. | 4 May 1998 | ITF Tampico, Mexico | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7, 5–7 | |
Win | 14. | 11 May 1998 | ITF Poza Rica, Mexico | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 | |
Win | 15. | 18 May 1998 | ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 6–2 | |
Win | 16. | 17 August 1998 | ITF Ibarra, Ecuador | Clay | ![]() | Elena Juricich ![]() | 6–3, 6–4 | |
Win | 17. | 21 September 1998 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | Aliénor Tricerri | ![]() María-Alejandra Quezada | 6–4, 6–1 |