# 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 | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1. | 9 September 1991 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | Clay | María Luciana Reynares | 6–1, 6–7$^{(6)}$, 6–1 |
| Win | 2. | 1 October 1991 | ITF La Paz, Bolivia | Clay | Lorena Rodríguez di Laura | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 3. | 7 October 1991 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | María Luciana Reynares | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Win | 4. | 3 November 1991 | ITF Porto Alegre, Brazil | Clay | Sumara Passos | 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 | Sumara Passos | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 6. | 11 October 1993 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | Cintia Tortorella | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 7. | 14 March 1994 | ITF Mexico City, Mexico | Clay | Tomoe Hotta | 6–3, 4–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 8. | 27 March 1994 | ITF Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | Clay | Renata Kolbovic | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 9. | 15 May 1994 | ITF Acapulco, Mexico | Clay | Lindsay Lee-Waters | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2. | 6 November 1994 | ITF Freeport, Bahamas | Clay | Ingrid Kurta | 6–3, 1–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 3. | 13 November 1994 | ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Clay | Joelle Schad | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 10. | 20 November 1994 | ITF San Salvador, El Salvador | Hard | Kristine Kurth | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 11. | 4 June 1995 | ITF Sevilla, Spain | Clay | Marta Cano | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 12. | 13 October 1996 | ITF Mexico City, Mexico | Hard | Renata Kolbovic | 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 13. | 20 October 1996 | ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico | Hard | Karin Palme | 5–7, 7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 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, 4–6 |
| Win | 14. | 27 September 1998 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | Mariana Lopez Palacios | 6–4, 7–5 |

### Doubles: 25 (17 titles, 8 runner-ups)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1. | 14 October 1990 | ITF La Paz, Bolivia | Clay | Sandra Ugarriza | Paula Boccia Inés Gorrochategui | 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1. | 22 October 1990 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | Sandra Ugarriza | Inés Gorrochategui Patricia Miller | 6–3, 1–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 2. | 9 September 1991 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | Clay | Nuria Niemes | Macarena Miranda María Dolores Campana | 6–1, 7–5 |
| Win | 3. | 16 September 1991 | ITF Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Macarena Miranda | Carla Rodriguez Lorena Rodríguez di Laura | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2. | 30 September 1991 | ITF La Paz, Bolivia | Clay | Janaina Mercadante | Rossana de los Ríos Larissa Schaerer | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 4. | 13 October 1991 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | Paulina Sepúlveda | Helene Kappler Eleonora Vegliante | 7–5, 2–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 5. | 4 November 1991 | ITF Florianópolis, Brazil | Clay | Macarena Miranda | Rita Pichardo Belkis Rodríguez | 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3. | 11 November 1991 | ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Clay | Macarena Miranda | Rita Pichardo Belkis Rodríguez | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 6. | 18 October 1992 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | Nuria Niemes | Maria-Farnes Capistrano Ninfa Marra | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 7. | 29 November 1992 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Paulina Sepúlveda | Mariana Randrup Gretel Gonzalez-Glanzmann | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 4. | 7 June 1993 | ITF Caserta, Italy | Clay | Adriana Serra Zanetti | Karin Lušnic Maja Murić | 6–2, 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 5. | 20 September 1993 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | Clay | Nuria Niemes | Veronica Stele Cintia Tortorella | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 8. | 21 March 1994 | ITF Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | Clay | María Dolores Campana | Shizuka Tokiwa Kiyoko Yazawa | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 9. | 9 May 1994 | ITF Acapulco, Mexico | Clay | Emilie Viqueira | Kim Grant Ditta Huber | 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 10. | 17 July 1994 | ITF Vigo, Spain | Clay | Emilie Viqueira | Jitka Dubcová Sylvia Plischke | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 11. | 19 September 1994 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | Clay | Emilie Viqueira | Vanessa Menga Luciana Tella | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 12. | 6 May 1996 | ITF Amazonas, Brazil | Hard | Bárbara Castro | Sandra De Amelio Paula Racedo | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 6. | 6 October 1996 | ITF Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | Hard | Veronica Stele | María Fernanda Landa Marlene Weingärtner | 6–4, 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 13. | 31 August 1997 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | Clay | Miriam D'Agostini | Mariana Lopez Palacios Romina Ottoboni | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 7. | 6 April 1998 | ITF Viña del Mar, Chile | Clay | Celeste Contín | Melisa Arévalo Daniela Muscolino | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 8. | 4 May 1998 | ITF Tampico, Mexico | Hard | Vanessa Menga | Adria Engel Alina Jidkova | 6–7, 5–7 |
| Win | 14. | 11 May 1998 | ITF Poza Rica, Mexico | Hard | Vanessa Menga | Adria Engel Alina Jidkova | 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 15. | 18 May 1998 | ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico | Hard | Vanessa Menga | Adria Engel Alina Jidkova | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 16. | 17 August 1998 | ITF Ibarra, Ecuador | Clay | Joanne Moore | Elena Juricich María Eugenia Rojas | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 17. | 21 September 1998 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | Aliénor Tricerri | Mariana Lopez Palacios María-Alejandra Quezada | 6–4, 6–1 |