Bárbara Castro
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | (1975-09-08) 8 September 1975 (age 48) |
Prize money | $16,854 |
Singles | |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 340 (15 July 1996) |
Doubles | |
Career titles | 3 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 217 (20 May 1996) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 28–27 |
Bárbara Castro (born 8 September 1975) is a Chilean former professional tennis player.
Biography
Castro trained at the Santa Rosa de Las Condes in Santiago and was later based in Spain during her career.
From 1992 to 2000, Castro featured in a total of 36 Fed Cup ties for Chile. Her doubles partnership with Paula Cabezas resulted in 15 wins, which is a national record. She has a younger sister, Valentina, who also represented Chile in Fed Cup tennis.[1]
Castro partnered with Paula Cabezas in the women's doubles event at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, where they lost their first round match to Hungary's Virág Csurgó and Andrea Temesvári in three sets. With the same partner, Castro won a silver medal for Chile at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg.[2]
ITF finals
Singles (0–1)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 4 May 1995 | ITF Nitra, Slovakia | Clay | ![]() | 6–1, 2–6, 3–6 |
Doubles (3–8)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 2 May 1993 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 13 September 1993 | ITF Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 11 October 1993 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 6–3, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 10 October 1994 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 6–4, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 5. | 31 October 1994 | ITF Freeport, Bahamas | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 4–6, 6–7(2) |
Runner-up | 6. | 7 November 1994 | ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–5 ret. |
Winner | 1. | 20 November 1994 | ITF San Salvador, El Salvador | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–2, 6–2 |
Winner | 2. | 25 September 1995 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(5), 6–1 |
Runner-up | 7. | 8 October 1995 | ITF Lima, Peru | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 30 October 1995 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 0–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 3. | 6 May 1996 | ITF Amazonas, Brazil | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 6–3 |
References
- ^ "Tenis: Bárbara Castro campeona en el Stade Francais". El Mercurio (in Spanish). 28 May 2000.
- ^ "Duplas recém-formadas dão dois ouros ao Brasil no tênis". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 6 August 1999.
External links
- Bárbara Castro at the Women's Tennis Association
- Bárbara Castro at the International Tennis Federation
- Bárbara Castro at the Billie Jean King Cup