María Paulina Pérez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pérez and the second or maternal family name is García.
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)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$114,329
Singles
Career record162–172
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 619 (12 September 2022)
Current rankingNo. 1066 (26 May 2025)
Doubles
Career record239–192
Career titles1 WTA, 14 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 115 (28 August 2023)
Current rankingNo. 229 (26 May 2025)
Team competitions
BJK Cup13–15
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Women's tennis
Pan American Games
2023 Santiago Doubles
Bolivarian Games
2022 Valledupar Doubles
Last updated on: 26 May 2025.

María Paulina Pérez García (born 10 January 1996) is a Colombian professional tennis player. On 28 August 2023, she peaked at No. 115 in the WTA doubles rankings. On 12 September 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 619. Pérez has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Playing for Colombia, Pérez has a win–loss record of 13–15 in Billie Jean King Cup competition (as of September 2024).

Career

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 a then career-high world No. 273 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.[2] As a result, she moved up 130 positions in the doubles rankings, into the top 150. Partnering Sofia Sewing, she was runner-up in the doubles at the 2023 WTA Argentina Open, losing to María Lourdes Carlé and Despina Papamichail in the final.[3]

WTA Tour 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 Yuliana Lizarazo Kimberly Birrell
Fernanda Contreras Gómez 		6–3, 5–7, [10–5]

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (runner-ups)

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

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (runner–ups)

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: 37 (14 titles, 23 runner-ups)

Legend
W60/75 tournaments (0–2)
W40/50 tournaments (0–3)
W25/35 tournaments (3–6)
W10/15 tournaments (11–12)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–7)
Clay (13–16)
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
Loss 13–21 Sep 2024 ITF Piracicaba, Brazil W35 Clay Aurora Zantedeschi Miriana Tona
Noelia Zeballos 		7–5, 1–6, [10–12]
Loss 13–22 Sep 2024 ITF San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina W50 Clay Aurora Zantedeschi Nicole Fossa Huergo
Zhibek Kulambayeva 		3–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Win 14–22 May 2025 ITF Båstad, Sweden W35 Clay Yuliana Lizarazo Anastasia Tikhonova
Lisa Zaar 		6–3, 6–2
Loss 14–23 Jun 2025 ITF Palma del Río, Spain W50 Hard Victoria Rodríguez Feng Shuo
Liang En-shuo 		2–6, 3–6

References

  1. ^ a b "2013 Copa Colsanitas" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Vekic upsets top seed Garcia to win Monterrey title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Pigossi captures WTA 125 Buenos Aires title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
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