Carmiña Giraldo

Carmiña Giraldo (born 6 August 1976) is a Colombian former professional tennis player.

Carmiña Giraldo

Country (sports)	Colombia
Born	6 August 1976
Prize money	$30,625
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 256 (22 September 1997)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 300 (15 July 1996)

Biography

Giraldo comes from the city of Pereira in Risaralda and is the elder sister of Colombian Davis Cup competitor Santiago Giraldo, who is the country's highest ever ranked male player.[1]

From 1992 to 1997, Giraldo represented the Colombia Fed Cup team in a total of 23 ties. Her biggest performances at Fed Cup level include partnering Cecilia Hincapié in a doubles win over Chile in the 1993 World Group Play-off, secured 13–11 in the third set, to prevent Colombia being demoted. In a 1994 World Group tie against Germany she took the second set off top 20 player Anke Huber in a singles rubber, before losing in the third.[2]

Giraldo reached her best singles ranking of 256 in 1997 and left the professional tour at the end of the year to attend Clemson University in the United States. As a member of the Clemson Tigers women's tennis team she earned All-ACC selection in both 1999 and 2000.[3]

Graduating in 2001, Giraldo never returned full-time to the tour, but did make a comeback as a wildcard at the 2001 Copa Colsanitas, a WTA Tour tournament in her home country. She lost to Eva Martincová in the first round of the singles but made the quarter-finals of the doubles, partnering Catalina Castaño.[4]

ITF finals

Singles (3–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	15 November 1992	Freeport, Bahamas	Hard	Lisa Albano	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	15 November 1993	San Salvador, El Salvador	Hard	María Dolores Campana	1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner	1.	18 September 1995	Manizales, Colombia	Clay	Mariana Díaz Oliva	6–3, 6–4
Winner	2.	15 October 1995	La Paz, Bolivia	Clay	Linda Jansson	6–2, 6–4
Winner	3.	30 September 1996	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Giana Gutiérrez	6–1, 6–3

Doubles (1–10)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	19 April 1993	San Salvador, El Salvador	Clay	Cecilia Hincapié	Xóchitl Escobedo Ximena Rodríguez	2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	3 October 1993	Lima, Peru	Clay	Ximena Rodríguez	Magalí Benítez Miriam D'Agostini	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	10 October 1993	La Paz, Bolivia	Clay	Ximena Rodríguez	Carla Rodriguez Lorena Rodriguez	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	15 November 1993	San Salvador, El Salvador	Hard	Ximena Rodríguez	María Dolores Campana Joanne Moore	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	8 August 1994	Paderborn, Germany	Clay	Nannie de Villiers	Nora Kovarciková Simona Nedorostová	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	15 August 1994	Bergisch, Germany	Clay	Nannie de Villiers	Sabine Gerke Elisabeth Habeler	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	4 December 1994	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Paula Umaña	Vanessa Menga Luciana Tella	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	11 September 1995	Bucaramanga, Colombia	Clay	Mariana Mesa	Joanne Moore Ximena Rodríguez	5–7, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	1.	8 April 1996	Calvi, France	Hard	Ximena Rodríguez	Alida Gallovits Petra Plačková	w/o
Runner-up	9.	30 September 1996	Bogota, Colombia	Clay	Joanne Moore	Giana Gutiérrez Romina Ottoboni	6–1, 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	10.	16 June 1997	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Paula Racedo	Limor Gabai Lioudmila Skavronskaia	3–6, 3–6

References

1. "Santiago Giraldo va por más en su carrera deportiva". El País (in Spanish). 18 July 2012.
2. "Colombia, Fácil Presa De Alemania Al Caer 3 Por 0". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 19 July 1994.
3. "Two Clemson Players Named To 2002 All-ACC Women's Tennis Team". Clemson Tigers Official Athletics Site. 29 April 2002.
4. "Garbin, Plischke lose in Colombia". United Press International. 20 February 2001.

External links

• Carmiña Giraldo at the Women's Tennis Association
• Carmiña Giraldo at the International Tennis Federation
• Carmiña Giraldo at the Billie Jean King Cup