Catalina Castaño

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Catalina Castaño Tennis player
Catalina Castaño
Catalina Castaño at the 2013 French Open
Nation: ColombiaColombia Colombia
Birthday: 7th July 1979
Size: 171 cm
1st professional season: 1998
Resignation: February 2014
Playing hand: Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money: $ 1,162,113
singles
Career record: 421: 369
Career title: 0 WTA , 6 ITF
Highest ranking: 35 (July 10 2006)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 2R (2006, 2008)
French Open 2R (2001, 2005-2007)
Wimbledon 1R (2001, 2004-2008)
US Open 2R (2005)
Double
Career record: 118: 161
Career title: 2 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking: 71 (July 8, 2013)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 2R (2006, 2007)
French Open 2R (2005, 2013)
Wimbledon AF (2008)
US Open 2R (2006)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Catalina Castaño Álvarez (born July 7, 1979 in Pereira , Departamento de Risaralda ) is a former Colombian tennis player .

Career

Castaño, who started tennis at the age of ten, preferred clay courts.

From 2005 she defeated some top 20 players, including Nicole Vaidišová , Anna-Lena Grönefeld , Patty Schnyder , Paola Suárez and Li Na . On July 10, 2006, she achieved her best individual placement with position 35. From November 2006 she was the best-placed South American tennis player in the world rankings for a long time.

Castaño won her first title on the WTA Tour on July 22, 2012 with doubles partner Mariana Duque Mariño in Båstad . On February 17, 2013, at the age of 32, she won the Cali Challenger tournament , again with Duque Mariño at her side. On the same day, she missed her seventh ITF singles title when she had to admit defeat to Lara Arruabarrena Vecino in the final .

After the WTA tournament in Florianópolis , Castaño was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2014 . She then declared her tennis career over.

As of 1996, she has played no fewer than 74 games for the Colombian Fed Cup team . With a total of 51 wins she had a balance of 33:17 in singles and 18: 6 in doubles.

Tournament victories

Double

No. date competition category Topping Partner Final opponents Result
1. July 22, 2012 SwedenSweden Båstad WTA International sand ColombiaColombia Mariana Duque Mariño Czech RepublicCzech Republic Eva Hrdinová Mervana Jugic-Salkic
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina  		6: 4, 5: 7, [10: 6]
2. 17th February 2013 ColombiaColombia Cali WTA Challenger
Fn1
sand ColombiaColombia Mariana Duque Mariño ArgentinaArgentina Florencia Molinero Teliana Pereira
BrazilBrazil  		3: 6, 6: 1, [10: 5]
1 WTA Challenger tournament victories are usually counted as ITF titles in the WTA statistics

Web links

Commons : Catalina Castaño  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ La tenista Catalina Castaño habla sobre su más duro rival: el cáncer , eltiempo.com.
personal data
SURNAME Castaño, Catalina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Castaño Álvarez, Catalina (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Colombian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH 7th July 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Pereira , Colombia