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Fabiola Zuluaga

COL Age 47 172 cm / 5'8" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1994–2005

Fabiola Zuluaga represented Colombia on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 16. In TennisDB's records, Fabiola Zuluaga finished with a career record of 117–99 and 5 singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

16 (Jan 17, 2005)

Elo peak

1835 (79th percentile)

Singles record

117–99 (54.2%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,358,668

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Fabiola Zuluaga's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Kim Clijsters #4	5-7 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 2005*	R64	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Ashley Harkleroad #129	6-0 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 2005*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Nathalie Dechy #15	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 17, 2005*	R64	Canadian Open	WTA 1000	Hard
Gisela Dulko #36	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 10, 2005*	R64	Los Angeles	WTA 500	Hard
Iveta Benesova #54	2-6 6-3 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 3, 2005*	R64	San Diego	WTA 1000	Hard

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Fabiola Zuluaga's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Paola Suarez	4	3	7	Aug 18, 2004	H2H
Amélie Mauresmo	2	4	6	Jan 30, 2004	H2H
Nathalie Dechy	2	3	5	Aug 17, 2005	H2H
Venus Williams	0	5	5	May 26, 2005	H2H
Elena Likhovtseva	1	4	5	Oct 14, 2004	H2H

Titles (5)

Fabiola Zuluaga titles by season and category
Season	Age	Titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
1999	20	2	—	—	—	2	—	Bogotá Open, São Paulo Open
2002	23	1	—	—	—	1	—	Bogotá Open
2003	24	1	—	—	—	1	—	Bogotá Open
2004	25	1	—	—	—	1	—	Bogotá Open
Total		5	—	—	—	5	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Olympic Singles Results (2)

Fabiola Zuluaga Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
2000	Sydney Olympics	Round of 16	2	1	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario #9 def. Fabiola Zuluaga #37 6-2 6-0	H2H	Match data
2004	Athens Olympics	Round of 16	2	1	Francesca Schiavone #17 def. Fabiola Zuluaga #27 6-7(5) 6-1 6-3	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Fabiola Zuluaga career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1994	15	0	2	2	0.0%	709	386
1995	16	0	1	1	0.0%	385	290
1996	17	0	1	1	0.0%	275	138
1997	18	0	1	1	0.0%	142	169
1998	19	3	2	5	60.0%	169	87
1999	20	19	11	30	63.3%	87	51
2000	21	20	19	39	51.3%	51	39
2002	23	13	12	25	52.0%	294	75
2003	24	21	17	38	55.3%	75	38
2004	25	29	20	49	59.2%	38	23
2005	26	12	13	25	48.0%	23	85
Career		117	99	216	54.2%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Fabiola Zuluaga career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1994	15	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1995	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1996	17	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1997	18	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1998	19	1	1	2	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%
1999	20	4	5	9	44.4%	15	4	19	78.9%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	19	11	30	63.3%
2000	21	8	11	19	42.1%	12	8	20	60.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20	19	39	51.3%
2002	23	4	6	10	40.0%	8	5	13	61.5%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	13	12	25	52.0%
2003	24	7	9	16	43.8%	13	6	19	68.4%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	21	17	38	55.3%
2004	25	18	12	30	60.0%	11	5	16	68.8%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	29	20	49	59.2%
2005	26	7	8	15	46.7%	5	5	10	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12	13	25	48.0%
Career	—	49	53	102	48.0%	66	37	103	64.1%	1	5	6	16.7%	1	4	5	20.0%	117	99	216	54.2%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Fabiola Zuluaga career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1994	15	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1995	16	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1997	18	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1998	19	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	2	0	2	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	3	2	5	60.0%
1999	20	0	3	3	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	8	5	13	61.5%	9	0	9	100.0%	18	10	28	64.3%
2000	21	1	1	2	50.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	6	10	16	37.5%	7	2	9	77.8%	20	19	39	51.3%
2002	23	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	9	8	17	52.9%	3	1	4	75.0%	13	12	25	52.0%
2003	24	1	6	7	14.3%	5	4	9	55.6%	9	5	14	64.3%	6	2	8	75.0%	21	17	38	55.3%
2004	25	2	4	6	33.3%	3	8	11	27.3%	17	6	23	73.9%	7	2	9	77.8%	29	20	49	59.2%
2005	26	0	3	3	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	5	3	8	62.5%	12	13	25	48.0%
Career		4	19	23	17.4%	18	26	44	40.9%	56	40	96	58.3%	38	11	49	77.6%	116	96	212	54.7%

Opponent ranking data available for 212/216 (98.1%) of Fabiola Zuluaga's WTA main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Fabiola Zuluaga performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2003	24	8/38	2.9	2.3	56.6%	68.1%	47.8%	59.6%	55.8%	59.6%	46.2%
2004	25	12/49	2.3	3.2	55.4%	67.5%	49.0%	54.0%	52.2%	59.2%	45.9%
2005	26	6/25	2.0	2.5	56.3%	69.4%	50.7%	60.1%	61.3%	60.2%	52.1%
Career		26/216	2.4	2.7	56.0%	68.1%	49.0%	57.1%	55.4%	59.5%	47.4%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 26/216 (12.0%) of Fabiola Zuluaga's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Fabiola Zuluaga advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1994	15	1485	102.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-2.00	0–1	—	—	-0.10
1995	16	1481	101.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.00	—	—	—	-0.05
1996	17	1465	96.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	+0.14
1997	18	1460	101.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-2.33	0–1	—	—	-0.14
1998	19	1505	114.3	—	—	—	—	—	+30	—	63.6%	+0.18	0–1	—	—	+0.29
1999	20	1686	133.5	—	—	—	—	-128	+93	—	59.7%	+0.76	5–2 (71%)	2–1 (67%)	105.9	+1.62
2000	21	1713	133.4	—	—	—	—	-95	+91	—	50.6%	+0.08	8–5 (62%)	1–3 (25%)	104.6	-0.66
2002	23	1667	121.4	—	—	—	—	-75	+130	—	54.2%	+0.19	3–6 (33%)	1–3 (25%)	92.8	+0.66
2003	24	1739	143.7	+2.36	+1.63	1.143	53.0%	-113	+126	—	53.0%	+0.79	5–2 (71%)	2–7 (22%)	101.6	-1.64
2004	25	1753	138.7	+2.34	+0.87	1.125	52.5%	-65	+168	—	54.3%	+0.26	10–5 (67%)	8–4 (67%)	106.7	+0.79
2005	26	1687	135.3	+1.78	+3.46	1.309	56.7%	+11	+137	—	49.0%	-0.02	0–3 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	94.3	-0.43
Career		1835	140.2	+2.22	+1.70	1.172	53.6%	-74	+118	—	52.8%	+0.27	31–26 (54%)	15–21 (42%)	101.0	+0.22

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Fabiola Zuluaga Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1998	19	—	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1999	20	—	R32	R128	R64	3–3 (50%)
2000	21	R64	R32	—	—	3–2 (60%)
2002	23	—	R128	—	R64	1–2 (33%)
2003	24	R128	R32	R64	R32	5–4 (56%)
2004	25	SF	R16	R128	R32	10–4 (71%)
2005	26	R64	R64	—	R64	3–3 (50%)
W-L		7–4 (64%)	10–6 (62%)	1–3 (25%)	8–6 (57%)	26–19 (58%)

WTA 1000

Fabiola Zuluaga WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	MIA	ITA	SDG	BER	CAN	CHA	HIL	KEY	MOS	PHI	ZUR	W-L Win %
1995	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
1999	20	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
2000	21	—	R64	SF	—	R64	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	—	5–5 (50%)
2002	23	—	R128	R64	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–3 (50%)
2003	24	R64	R64	R32	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	7–5 (58%)
2004	25	QF	R64	R64	R64	QF	R32	R64	—	—	R32	—	R16	8–9 (47%)
2005	26	R16	R32	R64	R64	R64	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	4–7 (36%)
W-L		6–3 (67%)	3–5 (38%)	5–5 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	5–4 (56%)	6–6 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	29–33 (47%)

WTA 500

Fabiola Zuluaga WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	EAS	HOU	SDG	AME	BAH	POR	LEI	LIN	LOS	MAN	NEW	STA	SYD	TOY	WAR	W-L Win %
1994	15	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1996	17	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1999	20	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	4–3 (57%)
2000	21	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	R32	—	1–5 (17%)
2002	23	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–3 (0%)
2003	24	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	QF	3–4 (43%)
2004	25	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R16	3–5 (38%)
2005	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	QF	—	—	2–2 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	13–25 (34%)

WTA 250

Fabiola Zuluaga WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ACO	MAD	JAP	BIR	BOG	CAN	GOL	HOB	PAL	QUE	SÃO	SAR	TAS	W-L Win %
1997	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1998	19	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1999	20	—	R32	—	R32	W	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	10–2 (83%)
2000	21	—	F	R16	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	QF	R16	—	—	9–6 (60%)
2002	23	—	SF	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	R32	9–4 (69%)
2003	24	R32	R16	—	—	W	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–4 (60%)
2004	25	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	6–1 (86%)
2005	26	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–1 (75%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	8–4 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	25–3 (89%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	6–1 (86%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	45–20 (69%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jan 17, 2005

First Top 100

Sep 28, 1998

First Top 50

May 10, 1999

First Top 20

Mar 22, 2004

First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Fabiola Zuluaga ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1994	15	—	—	—	—	709	600	592	—	427	413	394	386
1995	16	386	385	337	334	319	287	260	281	287	297	284	290
1996	17	272	308	216	209	197	199	170	143	140	132	124	138
1997	18	142	165	165	172	174	173	190	206	235	195	208	169
1998	19	170	143	147	149	150	147	131	129	99	93	95	87
1999	20	86	66	60	51	48	48	55	47	52	45	48	51
2000	21	43	53	56	67	34	33	35	34	37	47	42	39
2001	22	46	48	49	51	122	191	194	231	236	211	252	294
2002	23	285	140	140	138	116	106	110	86	62	73	76	75
2003	24	72	70	67	69	46	43	37	37	37	38	38	38
2004	25	36	25	20	23	24	22	24	26	25	21	23	23
2005	26	26	29	30	29	40	45	45	58	63	83	85	85

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Fabiola Zuluaga's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Lisa Raymond	USA	15	1,946	4	600	327	273	54.5%	1989–2007	Match log
Anna Smashnova	ISR	15	1,881	12	464	242	222	52.2%	1991–2007	Match log
Elena Likhovtseva	RUS	15	1,911	3	698	358	340	51.3%	1993–2008	Match log
Iroda Tulyaganova	UZB	16	1,815	3	174	93	81	53.4%	1999–2008	Match log
Daja Bedanova	CZE	16	1,806	1	137	65	72	47.4%	1999–2005	Match log
Silvija Talaja	CRO	18	1,811	2	283	131	152	46.3%	1993–2005	Match log
Magui Serna	ESP	19	1,849	3	375	186	189	49.6%	1996–2005	Match log
Sabine Appelmans	BEL	16	1,925	7	489	284	205	58.1%	1987–2001	Match log
Tamarine Tanasugarn	THA	19	1,825	4	544	268	276	49.3%	1993–2015	Match log
Amy Frazier	USA	13	1,956	8	723	416	307	57.5%	1987–2006	Match log
Henrieta Nagyova	SVK	21	1,943	9	372	200	172	53.8%	1995–2006	Match log
Anne Kremer	LUX	18	1,810	2	333	148	185	44.4%	1995–2011	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Fabiola Zuluaga?: Fabiola Zuluaga is 47 years old, born on January 7, 1979.
Which country does Fabiola Zuluaga represent?: Fabiola Zuluaga represents Colombia in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Fabiola Zuluaga?: Fabiola Zuluaga is 172 cm / 5'8".
Does Fabiola Zuluaga use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Fabiola Zuluaga uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Fabiola Zuluaga left-handed or right-handed?: Fabiola Zuluaga plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Fabiola Zuluaga won?: Fabiola Zuluaga has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Fabiola Zuluaga won?: TennisDB does not group any of Fabiola Zuluaga's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Fabiola Zuluaga won?: Fabiola Zuluaga has won 5 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Bogota in 2004.
What is Fabiola Zuluaga's highest WTA ranking?: Fabiola Zuluaga's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 16, first achieved on January 17, 2005.
What is Fabiola Zuluaga's career win-loss record?: Fabiola Zuluaga has a career WTA singles record of 117 wins and 99 losses (54.2%).
How much career prize money has Fabiola Zuluaga earned?: Fabiola Zuluaga has earned at least $1,358,668 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Fabiola Zuluaga's career appear in TennisDB?: Fabiola Zuluaga appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1994 through 2005.
On which surface does Fabiola Zuluaga have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Fabiola Zuluaga's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 64.1% (66–37).
Who has Fabiola Zuluaga faced most often?: Fabiola Zuluaga's most frequent opponent is Paola Suarez, with a head-to-head record of 4–3 across 7 meetings.