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| Full name | Paula Andrea Cabezas |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  Chile |
| Born | 21 August 1972 Santiago, Chile |
| Prize money | $67,345 |
| Singles | |
| Career titles | 0 WTA / 14 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 212 (14 April 1997) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0 WTA / 17 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 178 (8 June 1992) |
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, where she won 14 singles titles and 17 doubles titles. Her WTA Tour performances include a semi-final appearance in the doubles at Sao Paulo in 1991, partnering Andrea Vieira. She qualified for her only singles main draw at the 1995 Puero Rico Open. She reached a best singles ranking of 212 in the world, attained in 1997.[1]
During her career she featured in a total of 39 ties for the Chile Fed Cup team. This included a World Group fixure against defending champions Spain in 1994, where she lost a singles match to world number two Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.[2] She won 49 matches overall, 23 of them in doubles, both of which are national records.
Cabezas was a multiple Pan American Games medalist and represented Chile in doubles at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. 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.[3][4]
References
- ^ Cavalla, Mario (2006). Historia del tenis en Chile, 1882-2006 (in Spanish). Ocho Libros Editores. p. 294. ISBN 9568018263.
- ^ "Tennis: Spain too hot for Chile". The Independent. 20 July 1994.
- ^ Chacoff, Diego Espinoza (23 April 2018). "Daniela Seguel: "A las deportistas mujeres se les destaca más si son bonitas o no que por cómo lo hacen"". Publimetro Chile (in Spanish).
- ^ "ITF Tennis - Seniors - Player Profile - Cabezas, Paula (ESP)". itftennis.com.
External links
- Paula Cabezas at the Women's Tennis Association
- Paula Cabezas at the Billie Jean King Cup
- {{ITF profile}} template using deprecated numeric ID.
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Chilean female tennis players
- Sportspeople from Santiago
- Chilean emigrants to Spain
- Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic tennis players of Chile
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Chile
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Chile
- Pan American Games medalists in tennis
- Tennis players at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Tennis players at the 1999 Pan American Games