# Fabiola Zuluaga

Fabiola Zuluaga (born 7 January 1979) is a Colombian former professional tennis player. She reached the Australian Open semifinals in 2004, the first Colombian to reach a major semifinal. Zuluaga is one of Colombia's most successful tennis players.
Zuluaga won a record seven singles titles in Bogotá, of which four were on the WTA Tour and three on the ITF Women's Circuit. She retired from the professional tour on 9 September 2005.

## WTA career finals
### Singles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam
* Tier I
* Tier II
* Tier III/IV/V (5–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Clay (5–1)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1. | Feb 1999 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | Clay | Christína Papadáki | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 2. | Oct 1999 | Brasil Open | Clay | Patricia Wartusch | 7–5, 4–6, 7–5 |
| Loss | 3. | May 2000 | Madrid Open, Spain | Clay | Gala León García | 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 4. | Feb 2002 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia (2) | Clay | Katarina Srebotnik | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 5. | Feb 2003 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia (3) | Clay | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 6. | Feb 2004 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia (4) | Clay | María Sánchez Lorenzo | 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 |

### Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam
* Tier I
* Tier II (0–1)
* Tier III/IV/V
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Clay (0–0)
* Carpet (0–1)
| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | Sep 2002 | Tournoi de Québec, Canada | Carpet (i) | María Emilia Salerni | Samantha Reeves Jessica Steck | 6–4, 3–6, 5–7 |

## ITF finals

* Legend
* $100,000 tournaments
* $75,000 tournaments
* $50,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

### Singles (9–4)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 1. | 14 February 1994 | ITF Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Cecilia Hincapié | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1. | 20 February 1995 | ITF Cali, Colombia | Clay | Karin Palme | 6–0, 6–4 |
| Win | 2. | 25 February 1996 | ITF Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Gloria Pizzichini | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 3. | 23 June 1996 | ITF Bytom, Poland | Clay | Kateřina Kroupová | 3–6, 6–3, 7–6 |
| Win | 4. | 14 December 1997 | ITF Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Martina Nejedly | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 2. | 14 June 1998 | ITF Sochi, Russia | Hard | Meghann Shaughnessy | 6–7, 7–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 5. | 5 July 1998 | ITF Orbetello, Italy | Clay | Mariana Díaz Oliva | 6–1, 7–6 |
| Win | 6. | 6 December 1998 | ITF Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Adriana Serra Zanetti | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 7. | 13 December 1998 | ITF Cali, Colombia | Clay | Andrea Glass | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 8. | 5 December 1999 | ITF Cali, Colombia | Clay | Miriam D'Agostini | 6–0, 6–1 |
| Loss | 3. | 10 December 2000 | ITF Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Catalina Castaño | 1–4 ret. |
| Win | 9. | 14 October 2001 | ITF Hallandale Beach, United States | Clay | Catalina Castaño | 6–3, 3–6, 4–3 ret. |
| Loss | 4. | 18 November 2001 | ITF Mexico City | Hard | Renata Voráčová | 1–6, 6–7$^{(7)}$ |

### Doubles (2–4)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 1. | 10 June 1996 | ITF Budapest, Hungary | Clay | Ángeles Montolio | Virág Csurgó Nóra Köves | 7–5, 5–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2. | 9 June 1997 | ITF Budapest, Hungary | Clay | Elena Tatarkova | Katalin Marosi Veronica Stele | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1. | 1 June 1998 | ITF Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | Melissa Mazzotta | Larissa Schaerer Miroslava Vavrinec | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 3. | 5 July 1998 | ITF Orbetello, Italy | Clay | Melissa Mazzotta | Alice Canepa Tathiana Garbin | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4. | 30 November 1998 | ITF Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Mariana Mesa | Katarina Srebotnik Zuzana Váleková | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2. | 5 December 1999 | ITF Cali, Colombia | Clay | Mariana Mesa | Miriam D'Agostini Larissa Schaerer | 2–6, 7–6, 6–1 |

## Singles performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments | | | | | | | | | | |
| Australian Open | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | 1R | SF | 2R | 7–4 |
| French Open | Q3 | Q2 | 3R | 3R | A | 1R | 3R | 4R | 2R | 10–6 |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 1–3 |
| US Open | A | 2R | 2R | A | A | 2R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 8–6 |
| Win–loss | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–4 | 10–4 | 3–3 | 26–19 |
| Olympic Games | | | | | | | | | | |
| Summer Olympics | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 3R | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 3R | NH | 4–2 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 |
| Premier Mandatory | | | | | | | | | | |
| Indian Wells | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | 2R | QF | 4R | 8–3 |
| Miami | A | A | 3R | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 6–6 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 14–9 |
| Premier 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rome | A | A | A | SF | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 5–5 |
| Montreal/Toronto | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | QF | 3R | 2R | 1R | 6–6 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 11–11 |
| Premier | | | | | | | | | | |
| Charleston | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1–4 |
| Stuttgart | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | A | 2–2 |
| Warsaw | A | A | A | A | NH | A | QF | 2R | A | 3–2 |
| San Diego | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 0–4 |
| New Haven | A | A | Q2 | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | 1–1 |
| Moscow | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q3 | 1R | A | 0–1 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–5 | 1–2 | 7–13 |
| International series | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sydney | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 2–1 |
| Bogotá | NH | QF | W | 2R | A | W | W | W | SF | 26–3 |
| Acapulco | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0–1 |
| Madrid | A | A | 1R | F | A | SF | 2R | Not Held | Not Held | 8–4 |
| Quebec | A | A | A | QF | A | 2R | A | A | A | 3–2 |
| Hobart | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | QF | A | 2–2 |
| Florida | A | A | QF | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | 3–3 |
| Brazil | Not Held | Not Held | W | 2R | A | 1R | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 6–3 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 2–1 | 12–2 | 8–6 | 0–0 | 9–4 | 6–2 | 7–1 | 5–2 | 50–18 |
| Year-end ranking | 208 | 95 | 48 | 42 | 277 | 74 | 38 | 23 | 84 | N/A |