María Paulina Pérez

María Paulina Pérez
Full name	María Paulina Pérez García
Country (sports)	Colombia
Born	10 January 1996 (age 28); Barranquilla, Colombia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Prize money	US$ 88,658
Singles
Career record	149–153 (49.3%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 619 (12 September 2022)
Current ranking	No. 956 (15 January 2024)
Doubles
Career record	201–147 (57.8%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 13 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 115 (28 August 2023)
Current ranking	No. 117 (15 January 2024)
Team competitions
BJK Cup	6–12 (33.3%)
Medal record
Representing Colombia
Women's tennis
Pan American Games
Bolivarian Games
	Last updated on: 26 January 2024.

María Paulina Pérez García (born 10 January 1996) is a Colombian professional tennis player.

On 12 September 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 619. On 28 August 2023, she peaked at No. 115 in the WTA doubles rankings. Pérez has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour with 13 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Pérez made her WTA Tour debut at the 2013 Copa Colsanitas, partnering her sister Paula Andrea in doubles.^[1] The twins lost their first-round match against Alizé Cornet and Pauline Parmentier.^[1]

Ranked No. 273, at a career-high in doubles, she reached her first WTA Tour final at the 2023 Monterrey Open, partnering Yuliana Lizarazo. They won their maiden title defeating Kimberly Birrell and Fernanda Contreras Gómez. As a result, she moved up 130 positions in the doubles rankings, into the top 150.

Playing for Colombia Fed Cup team, Pérez has a win–loss record of 6–12 in Fed Cup competition.

Performance timeline[edit]

Doubles[edit]

Tournament	2023	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	0 / 0	10–0	–
French Open	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
WTA 1000
Guadalajara Open	1R	0 / 1	0-1	0%
Win–loss	0–1	0 / 1	0–1	0%

WTA Tour finals[edit]

Doubles: 1 (title)[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2023	Monterrey Open, Mexico	WTA 250	Hard	Yuliana Lizarazo	Kimberly Birrell Fernanda Contreras Gómez	6–3, 5–7, [10–5]

WTA Challenger finals[edit]

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)[edit]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2023	Barranquilla Open, Colombia	Hard	Yuliana Lizarazo	Valentini Grammatikopoulou Despina Papamichail	6–7^(2–7), 5–7
Loss	0–2	Dec 2023	Buenos Aires Open, Argentina	Clay	Sofia Sewing	María Lourdes Carlé Despina Papamichail	3–6, 6–4, [9–11]

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

Singles: 2 (2 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments (0–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2019	ITF Tabarka, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Margaux Rouvroy	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Nov 2019	ITF Guatemala City, Guatemala	15,000	Hard	Caroline Roméo	2–6, 6–7⁽⁵⁾

Doubles: 31 (13 titles, 18 runner-ups)[edit]

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (0–1)
$40,000 tournaments (0–1)
$25,000 tournaments (2–4)
$10/15,000 tournaments (11–12)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–6)
Clay (12–12)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2012	ITF Barranquilla, Colombia	10,000	Clay	Paula Andrea Pérez	Nadia Echeverría Alam Blair Shankle	5–7, 6–7⁽¹⁾
Win	1–1	Jun 2013	ITF Breda, Netherlands	10,000	Clay	María Herazo González	Elke Lemmens Sviatlana Pirazhenka	1–6, 7–6⁽²⁾, [12–10]
Win	2–1	Dec 2013	ITF Barranquilla, Colombia	10,000	Clay	Paula Andrea Pérez	Andrea Koch Benvenuto Daniella Roldan	6–1, 6–4
Loss	2–2	Jun 2014	ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Paula Andrea Pérez	Camila Fuentes Marcela Zacarías	2–6, 2–6
Win	3–2	Aug 2014	ITF Quito, Ecuador	10,000	Clay	Paula Andrea Pérez	Nathaly Kurata Eduarda Piai	7–5, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Loss	3–3	Oct 2014	ITF Lima, Peru	10,000	Clay	Paula Andrea Pérez	Fernanda Brito Eduarda Piai	6–7⁽⁰⁾, 4–6
Loss	3–4	Oct 2016	ITF Pereira, Colombia	10,000	Clay	Paula Andrea Pérez	Fernanda Brito Camila Giangreco Campiz	1–6, 2–6
Loss	3–5	Oct 2016	ITF Cúcuta, Colombia	10,000	Clay	Paula Andrea Pérez	Bárbara Gatica Daniela Macarena López	4–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Win	4–5	Jun 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Paula Andrea Pérez	Nathaly Kurata Eduarda Piai	6–3, 6–3
Loss	4–6	Mar 2018	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Paula Andrea Pérez	Mariam Bolkvadze Barbora Štefková	2–6, 6–7⁽⁶⁾
Win	5–6	Nov 2018	ITF Cúcuta, Colombia	15,000	Clay	Paula Andrea Pérez	Ana Maria Becerra Daniela Carrillo	6–1, 6–1
Loss	5–7	Dec 2018	ITF Bogota, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Paula Andrea Pérez	Allura Zamarripa Maribella Zamarripa	5–7, 4–6
Win	6–7	Apr 2019	ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador	15,000	Clay	Fernanda Brito	Mara Schmidt Anastasia Shaulskaya	6–3, 7–6⁽³⁾
Win	7–7	Apr 2019	ITF Bucaramanga, Colombia	15,000	Clay	Fernanda Brito	Yuliana Lizarazo Antonia Samudio	6–2, 6–2
Loss	7–8	Jun 2019	ITF Tabarka, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Julieta Lara Estable	Carla Touly Anna Turati	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 5–7, [8–10]
Win	8–8	Sep 2019	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	15,000	Clay	Jessica Plazas	Eugenia Ganga Raphaëlle Lacasse	7–6⁽⁸⁾, 6–4
Loss	8–9	Apr 2021	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	María Portillo Ramírez	Jang Su-jeong Lee So-ra	2–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Win	9–9	Apr 2021	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Federica Rossi	Victoria Mikhaylova Ekaterina Shalimova	2–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss	9–10	May 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Emma Davis	Dalayna Hewitt Chiara Scholl	4–6, 2–6
Loss	9–11	Oct 2021	ITF Lima, Peru	25,000	Clay	Jessica Plazas	María Lourdes Carlé Laura Pigossi	1–6, 1–6
Win	10–11	Oct 2021	ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador	25,000	Clay	María Herazo González	Dea Herdželaš Victoria Rodríguez	6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	11–11	Dec 2021	ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	15,000	Hard	María Herazo González	Paris Corley Ingrid Vojčináková	7–6⁴, 3–6, [12–10]
Loss	11–12	Mar 2022	ITF Salinas, Ecuador	25,000	Hard	María Herazo González	Bárbara Gatica Rebeca Pereira	4–6, 0–6
Loss	11–13	Aug 2022	ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Riya Bhatia	Thaísa Grana Pedretti Noelia Zeballos	3–6, 1–6
Win	12–13	Sep 2022	ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador	15,000	Clay	Sofia Sewing	Romina Ccuno María Herazo González	6–4, 1–6, [10–2]
Loss	12–14	Oct 2022	ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador	15,000	Clay	Sofia Sewing	Romina Ccuno María Herazo González	2–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Loss	12–15	Oct 2022	ITF Bucaramanga, Colombia	15,000	Clay	Romina Ccuno	Lexie Stevens Valeriya Strakhova	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 3–6
Win	13–15	Oct 2022	ITF Ibagué, Colombia	25,000	Clay	Yuliana Lizarazo	María Herazo González Sofia Sewing	6–4, 7–5
Loss	13–16	Jan 2023	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	25,000	Clay	Yuliana Lizarazo	Amina Anshba Valeriya Strakhova	6–1, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss	13–17	Feb 2023	ITF Mexico City, Mexico	40,000	Hard	Yuliana Lizarazo	Despina Papamichail Raluca Șerban	6–3, 4–6, [4–10]
Loss	13–18	Jul 2023	Internazionale di Roma, Italy	60,000	Clay	Yuliana Lizarazo	Yuliya Hatouka Zhibek Kulambayeva	4–6, 4–6

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "2013 Copa Colsanitas" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2014.

External links[edit]

Maria Paulina Perez Garcia at the Women's Tennis Association
Maria Paulina Perez-Garcia at the International Tennis Federation
María Paulina Pérez at the Billie Jean King Cup

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6. Andrea Gámiz (141 27) 7. Yuliana Lizarazo (166 7) 8. Fernanda Contreras (184 1) 9. María Carlé (186 ) 10. María Paulina Pérez (187 2)