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Colombian tennis player (born 1996)
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Spanish name , the first or paternal
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Pérez and the second or maternal family name is
García .
María Paulina Pérez Full name María Paulina Pérez García Country (sports) Colombia Born (1996-01-10 ) 10 January 1996 (age 28) Barranquilla , ColombiaHeight 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Prize money $94,091 Career record 153–157 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 619 (12 September 2022) Current ranking No. 1019 (27 May 2024) Career record 211–162 Career titles 1 WTA, 13 ITF Highest ranking No. 115 (28 August 2023) Current ranking No. 181 (27 May 2024) BJK Cup 13–15 Last updated on: 5 June 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 and 13 doubles titles on the ITF 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 , Pérez has a win–loss record of 13–15 in Billie Jean King Cup competition (as of July 2024).
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)
WTA Challenger finals [ edit ]
Doubles: 2 (runner-ups)[ edit ]
Singles: 2 (runner–ups)[ edit ]
Legend
$15,000 tournaments (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
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: 33 (13 titles, 20 runner-ups)[ edit ]
Legend
W60/75 tournaments (0–2)
W40/50 tournaments (0–1)
W25/35 tournaments (2–5)
W10/15 tournaments (11–12)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–6)
Clay (12–14)
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
W15
Clay
María Portillo Ramírez
Jang Su-jeong Lee So-ra
2–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Win
9–9
Apr 2021
ITF Antalya, Turkey
W15
Clay
Federica Rossi
Victoria Mikhaylova Ekaterina Shalimova
2–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss
9–10
May 2021
ITF Monastir, Tunisia
W15
Hard
Emma Davis
Dalayna Hewitt Chiara Scholl
4–6, 2–6
Loss
9–11
Oct 2021
ITF Lima, Peru
W25
Clay
Jessica Plazas
María Lourdes Carlé Laura Pigossi
1–6, 1–6
Win
10–11
Oct 2021
ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador
W25
Clay
María Herazo González
Dea Herdželaš Victoria Rodríguez
6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Win
11–11
Dec 2021
ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
W15
Hard
María Herazo González
Paris Corley Ingrid Vojčináková
7–64 , 3–6, [12–10]
Loss
11–12
Mar 2022
ITF Salinas, Ecuador
W25
Hard
María Herazo González
Bárbara Gatica Rebeca Pereira
4–6, 0–6
Loss
11–13
Aug 2022
ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
W25
Clay
Riya Bhatia
Thaísa Grana Pedretti Noelia Zeballos
3–6, 1–6
Win
12–13
Sep 2022
ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador
W15
Clay
Sofia Sewing
Romina Ccuno María Herazo González
6–4, 1–6, [10–2]
Loss
12–14
Oct 2022
ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador
W15
Clay
Sofia Sewing
Romina Ccuno María Herazo González
2–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Loss
12–15
Oct 2022
ITF Bucaramanga, Colombia
W15
Clay
Romina Ccuno
Lexie Stevens Valeriya Strakhova
6–7(4) , 3–6
Win
13–15
Oct 2022
ITF Ibagué, Colombia
W25
Clay
Yuliana Lizarazo
María Herazo González Sofia Sewing
6–4, 7–5
Loss
13–16
Jan 2023
ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina
W25
Clay
Yuliana Lizarazo
Amina Anshba Valeriya Strakhova
6–1, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss
13–17
Feb 2023
ITF Mexico City, Mexico
W40
Hard
Yuliana Lizarazo
Despina Papamichail Raluca Șerban
6–3, 4–6, [4–10]
Loss
13–18
Jul 2023
Internazionale di Roma , Italy
W60
Clay
Yuliana Lizarazo
Yuliya Hatouka Zhibek Kulambayeva
4–6, 4–6
Loss
13–19
Jun 2024
Internazionali di Caserta , Italy
W75
Clay
Ali Collins
Yuliana Lizarazo Despina Papamichail
6–4, 3–6, [3–10]
Loss
13–20
Aug 2024
ITF Pilar, Argentina
W35
Clay
Noelia Zeballos
Alicia Herrero Liñana Melany Krywoj
1–6, 3–6