| Paula Zabala | |
| Fullname: | Paula Zabala Alvarez |
| Birth Date: | 26 January 1985 |
| Birth Place: | Medellín, Colombia |
| Height: | 1.63 m |
| Careerprizemoney: | $46,277 |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 368 (22 February 2010) |
| Doublestitles: | 7 ITF |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 312 (28 December 2009) |
Paula Zabala Alvarez (born 26 January 1985) is a former professional tennis player from Colombia.
Born in Medellín, Zabala was based in the United States and played collegiate tennis for Florida International University.[1] [2]
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.[3]
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.[4]
| $25,000 tournaments | |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1. | 25 May 2008 | ITF Managua, Nicaragua | Hard |  Nathália Rossi | 6–3, 1–6, 4–6 | |
| Loss | 2. | 18 October 2009 | ITF Mexico City | Hard |  Macall Harkins | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1. | 4 July 2004 | ITF Inyo County, United States | Hard |  Tetiana Luzhanska | Tamara Encina Alison Ojeda | 3–6, 3–6 | |
| Win | 2. | 18 September 2005 | ITF Matamoros, Mexico | Hard | Ana Četnik Story Tweedie-Yates | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 3. | 7 May 2006 | ITF Mazatlan, Mexico | Hard |  Daniela Múñoz Gallegos | Jelena Durisic Andrea Remynse | 5–7, 6–3, 6–1 | |
| Loss | 4. | 22 July 2007 | ITF Hamilton, Canada | Clay |  Michaela Johansson |  Stéphanie Dubois Surina De Beer | w/o | |
| Win | 5. | 21 June 2008 | ITF Alcobaça, Portugal | Hard | Lena Litvak | Verena Piccolo  Alison Shemon | 6–4, 6–2 | |
| Loss | 6. | 20 July 2008 | ITF Badajoz, Spain | Hard |  Karen Castiblanco |  Adeline Goncalves Kristina Pejkovic | 5–7, 5–7 | |
| Loss | 7. | 27 July 2008 | ITF La Coruña, Spain | Hard | Karen Castiblanco | Neuza Silva Nicole Thyssen | 2–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | 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/o | |
| Loss | 12. | 6 November 2009 | ITF Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Yuliana Lizarazo | Karen Castiblanco Andrea Koch Benvenuto | 3–6, 1–6 | |
| Win | 13. | 6 December 2009 | ITF Poza Rica, Mexico | Hard | Maria Fernanda Alves | Alessia Camplone  Viktoryia Kisialeva | 6–2, 6–0 |