Karen Castiblanco

Karen Emilia Castiblanco Duarte (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾeŋ kastiˈβlaŋko];^[a] born 9 January 1988) is a former Colombian tennis player and member of the Colombia Fed Cup team. On 24 October 2011, she reached her highest WTA ranking of 411 in singles whilst her best doubles ranking was 218 on 13 February 2012.^[1]

Karen Castiblanco

Country (sports)	Colombia
Residence	Bogotá, Colombia
Born	(1988-01-09) 9 January 1988 (age 35) La Mesa, Colombia
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$67,581
Singles
Career record	153–171 (47.2%)
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 411 (24 October 2011)
Doubles
Career record	239–127 (65.3%)
Career titles	27 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 218 (13 February 2012)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	12–10
Medal record Women's tennis Representing  Colombia Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Doubles

ITF Circuit finals

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	19 October 2008	ITF Lima, Peru	Clay	Bianca Botto	1–6, 3–6
Win	2.	25 July 2010	ITF La Paz, Bolivia	Clay	Daniela Seguel	6–4, 6–3
Loss	3.	30 October 2010	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Adriana Pérez	1–6, 6–1, 1–6
Loss	4.	6 November 2011	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Yuliana Lizarazo	6–4, 5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 49 (27 titles, 22 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	18 September 2004	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Estefania Balda Álvarez	Mariana Duque Mariño   Viky Núñez Fuentes	7–6^(2), 7–5
Win	2.	23 October 2005	ITF Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	María Irigoyen	Albertina Gandara   Sheila Guerberg	6–4, 6–4
Win	3.	27 August 2006	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay (i)	Roxane Vaisemberg	Mariana Duque   Viky Núñez Fuentes	6–4, 7–6^(4)
Loss	4.	8 September 2006	ITF Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Mariana Muci	Story Tweedie-Yates   Jodi Kenoyer	1–6, 1–6
Win	5.	28 October 2006	ITF Luque, Paraguay	Clay	Flavia Mignola	Melisa Miranda   Mariana Muci	6–3, 6–3
Loss	6.	18 November 2006	ITF Florianópolis, Brazil	Clay	Jesica Orselli	Agustina Lepore   Veronica Spiegel	4–6, 5–7
Loss	7.	18 May 2007	ITF Córdoba, Argentina	Clay	Melisa Miranda	Andrea Benítez   María Irigoyen	2–6, 4–6
Loss	8.	3 August 2007	ITF Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Manuela Esposito	Tegan Edwards   Lena Litvak	4–6, 6–3, 6–7^(2)
Loss	9.	22 October 2007	ITF Valencia, Venezuela	Hard	Hilda Zuleta Cabrera	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán   Mariana Muci	6–4, 1–6, [7–10]
Win	10.	28 April 2008	ITF Bell Ville, Argentina	Clay	Tatiana Búa	Joana Cortez   Natalia Guitler	6–4, 1–6, [10–7]
Loss	11.	2 June 2008	ITF Amarante, Portugal	Hard	Tatiana Búa	Mélanie Gloria   Lucía Sainz	6–7, 4–6
Loss	12.	14 July 2008	ITF Badajoz, Spain	Hard	Paula Zabala	Adeline Goncalves   Kristina Pejkovic	5–7, 5–7
Loss	13.	27 July 2008	ITF La Coruña, Spain	Hard	Paula Zabala	Neuza Silva   Nicole Thyssen	2–6, 2–6
Win	14.	4 October 2008	ITF Curitiba, Brazil	Clay	Aranza Salut	Gisele Miró   Isabela Miró	1–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win	15.	12 October 2008	ITF Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil	Clay	Aranza Salut	Monique Albuquerque   Paula Cristina Gonçalves	6–3, 6–1
Win	16.	18 October 2008	ITF Lima, Peru	Clay	Andrea Koch Benvenuto	Marina Giral Lores   Paula Ormaechea	6–2, 6–1
Win	17.	25 October 2008	ITF Lima, Peru	Clay	Andrea Koch Benvenuto	Marina Giral Lores   Paula Ormaechea	6–7^(7), 6–0, [10–3]
Win	18.	1 November 2008	ITF Lima, Peru	Clay	Bianca Botto	Vanesa Furlanetto   Andrea Koch Benvenuto	6–1, 6–3
Win	19.	8 November 2008	ITF Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Emilia Yorio	Natalia Guitler   Nathalia Rossi	7–5, 6–4
Win	20.	15 November 2008	ITF Santiago, Chile	Clay	Andrea Koch Benvenuto	Kateřina Kramperová   Nataly Yoo	w/o
Loss	21.	28 March 2009	ITF Lima, Peru	Clay	Vanesa Furlanetto	Patricia Veresova   Zuzana Zlochová	0–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Loss	22.	2 May 2009	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Andrea Koch Benvenuto	Maria Fernanda Alves   Carla Tiene	3–6, 3–6
Loss	23.	6 June 2009	ITF Córdoba, Argentina	Clay	Tatiana Búa	Raquel Piltcher   Roxane Vaisemberg	4–6, 3–6
Win	24.	13 June 2009	ITF Santa Fe, Argentina	Clay	Tatiana Búa	Luciana Sarmenti   Emilia Yorio	4–6, 6–1, [10–6]
Win	25.	18 July 2009	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Paula Zabala	Maria Fernanda Alves   Nicole Clerico	1–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Loss	26.	10 October 2009	ITF Mexico City	Hard	Alina Jidkova	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán   Frederica Piedade	3–6, 4–6
Loss	27.	31 October 2009	ITF Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Hard	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán	Kimberly Couts   Heidi El Tabakh	3–6, 1–6
Win	28.	6 November 2009	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Andrea Koch Benvenuto	Yuliana Lizarazo   Paula Zabala	6–3, 6–1
Loss	29.	14 November 2009	ITF Itajaí, Brazil	Clay	Tatiana Búa	Fernanda Hermenegildo   Ana Clara Duarte	6–3, 2–6, [7–10]
Win	30.	11 June 2010	ITF Córdoba, Argentina	Clay	Mailen Auroux	Luciana Sarmenti   Emilia Yorio	6–1, 6–2
Loss	31.	18 June 2010	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Mailen Auroux	Lucía Jara Lozano   Guadalupe Pérez Rojas	6–7^(2), 0–1 ret.
Loss	32.	25 June 2009	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Tatiana Búa	Luciana Sarmenti   Emilia Yorio	3–6, 7–6^(2), [8–10]
Loss	33.	18 July 2010	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Mailen Auroux	Andrea Gámiz   Paula Ormaechea	7–5, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	34.	24 July 2010	ITF La Paz, Bolivia	Clay	Estefanía Donnet	Camila Silva   Giannina Minieri	6–4, 6–3
Loss	35.	31 July 2010	ITF Cochabamba, Bolivia	Clay	Estefanía Donnet	Camila Silva   Giannina Minieri	4–6, 1–6
Win	36.	7 August 2010	ITF Santa Cruz, Bolivia	Clay	Estefanía Donnet	Tatiana Búa   Luciana Sarmenti	2–6, 6–0, [12–10]
Win	37.	28 August 2010	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Mailen Auroux	Estefania Donnet   Carla Lucero	7–5, 6–0
Win	38.	4 September 2010	ITF Santa Fe, Argentina	Clay	Camila Silva	Tatiana Búa   Aranza Salut	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss	39.	2 October 2010	ITF Arujá, Brazil	Clay	Vanesa Furlanetto	Carla Lucero   Emilia Yorio	6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	40.	10 October 2010	ITF Londrina, Brazil	Clay	Camila Silva	Verónica Cepede Royg   Vivian Segnini	6–4, 6–3
Loss	41.	16 October 2010	ITF Lima, Peru	Clay	Andrea Koch Benvenuto	Maria Fernanda Alves   Isabela Miró	4–6, 4–6
Win	42.	30 October 2010	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Andrea Koch Benvenuto	Fernanda Brito   Daniela Seguel	1–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss	43.	6 November 2010	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Andrea Koch Benvenuto	Yuliana Lizarazo   Adriana Pérez	2–6, 6–7^(5)
Win	44.	13 November 2010	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Andrea Koch Benvenuto	Karen Ramírez Rivera   Daniela Seguel	6–4, 7–5
Loss	45.	27 November 2010	ITF Concepción, Chile	Clay	Camila Silva	Fernanda Brito   Daniela Seguel	2–6, 3–6
Win	46.	9 April 2011	ITF Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Adriana Pérez	Indire Akiki   Zuzana Linhová	7–5, 6–2
Win	47.	16 April 2011	ITF Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Adriana Pérez	Lena Litvak   Amanda McDowell	7–6^(10), 6–4
Win	48.	20 May 2011	ITF Brescia, Italy	Clay	Fernanda Hermenegildo	Evelyn Mayr   Julia Mayr	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win	49.	4 June 2011	ITF Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Adriana Pérez	Ani Mijacika   Ana Vrljić	6–3, 7–6^(9)

Notes

1. In isolation, Karen is pronounced [ˈkaɾen].

References

1. "Karen Castiblanco's Biography". International Tennis Federation.

External links

• Karen Castiblanco at the Women's Tennis Association  
• Karen Castiblanco at the International Tennis Federation  
• Karen Castiblanco at the Billie Jean King Cup