María Paulina Pérez
Full nameMaría Paulina Pérez García
Country (sports) Colombia
Born (1996-01-10) 10 January 1996
Barranquilla, Colombia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Prize moneyUS$ 80,610
Singles
Career record149–153 (49.3%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 619 (12 September 2022)
Current rankingNo. 938 (21 August 2023)
Doubles
Career record201–147 (57.8%)
Career titles1 WTA, 13 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 116 (21 August 2023)
Current rankingNo. 116 (21 August 2023)
Team competitions
BJK Cup6–12 (33.3%)
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Women's tennis
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2023 SantiagoDoubles
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place2022 ValleduparDoubles
Last updated on: 21 August 2023.

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 21 August 2023, she peaked at No. 116 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

Doubles

Tournament 2023 SRW–LWin%
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 career finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

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 Colombia Yuliana Lizarazo Australia Kimberly Birrell
Mexico Fernanda Contreras Gómez
6–3, 5–7, [10–5]

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2023 WTA 125 Barranquilla, Colombia Hard Colombia Yuliana Lizarazo Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Greece Despina Papamichail
6–7(2–7), 5–7
Loss 0–2 Dec 2023 WTA 125 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay United States Sofia Sewing Argentina María Lourdes Carlé
Greece Despina Papamichail
3–6, 6–4, [9–11]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner–ups)

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 France Margaux Rouvroy 4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Nov 2019 ITF Guatemala City, Guatemala 15,000 Hard France Caroline Roméo 2–6, 6–7(5)

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

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

Notes

    References

    1. 1 2 "2013 Copa Colsanitas" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
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