Catalina Castaño

Catalina Castaño

Catalina Castaño at the 2013 French Open
Country (sports)	Colombia
Residence	Pereira, Colombia
Born	(1979-07-07) 7 July 1979 (age 37) Pereira, Colombia
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	January 1998
Retired	2014
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,162,113
Singles
Career record	421–369
Career titles	0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 35 (10 July 2006)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2006, 2008)
French Open	2R (2001, 2005, 2006, 2007)
Wimbledon	1R (2001, 2004–08))
US Open	2R (2005)
Doubles
Career record	118–161
Career titles	1 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 71 (8 July 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2006, 2007)
French Open	2R (2005, 2013)
Wimbledon	3R (2008)
US Open	2R (2006)
Last updated on: 23 June 2014.

Catalina Castaño Alvarez (born 7 July 1979) is a retired professional female Colombian tennis player whose highest Women's Tennis Association singles ranking was number 35. She was the highest ranked South American female tennis player from November 2006 for several years. She is coached by Peruvian-born British citizen Pablo Giacopelli, who has been her coach since 2004.

She reached the second round in three of the four Tennis Grand Slams Tournaments (Roland Garros, Australian Open and US Open), but did not win any WTA Tour titles. She won six International Tennis Federation titles in her career.

Castano has defeated top 20 players such as Nicole Vaidišová, Anna-Lena Grönefeld, Patty Schnyder, Paola Suárez, Li Na and Lucie Šafářová.

In 1999 she won her first ITF title in Santiago. The following year she won two ITF titles in Midlothian and Cali, finishing the year with a win/loss record of 43–25. In 2001, she reached the quarterfinals in her home tournament of Bogotá, Colombia (Tier III). She reached the second round of the French Open where she lost to top seed Martina Hingis 6–1 6–0. She lost in the first round of both Wimbledon and the US Open. In 2002, Castaño advanced the semifinals in Bogotá. She lost in the first round of qualifying at the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. The next year, she fell in the first round of qualifying at the Australian Open but the following week she once again made the quarterfinals in Bogotá. She played Fed Cup for Colombia for the first time, but retired while trailing Amélie Mauresmo 5–1. She qualified for the US Open in September but lost to Nadia Petrova in the first round. She reached four ITF finals, winning two of them - in Gorizia and Campobasso. She won 39 matches in the year and lost 18. In 2004, she reached the quarterfinals in Bogotá for the third time, before losing to top seeded and fellow Colombian Fabiola Zuluaga. In April, qualified for Amelia Island (Tier II) and Charleston (Tier I) on clay. She lost to Martina Navratilova 6–0 6–1 in the first round of Wimbledon. The following week, she won her sixth ITF title in Orbetello.