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''"La Negra"'' Suárez began playing professional tennis at the age of fifteen, in 1991 . In 1994 , she joined the professional tour as a singles player. It wasn't until the 2000s , however, that she became an international figure in her sport, by reaching the semis of the aforementioned French Open, a prestigious Grand Slam tournament. Suárez won four WTA titles (2004 Canberra, 2003 Vienna, 1998 & 2001 Bogota) and 12 other minor tournaments. In 2004, Paola hoped to obtain the French Open title that would become her first grand slam championship, but lost in the semi-finals against Elena Dementieva . That year, she was ranked number nine in the world among women tennis players by the WTA, which has been her highest ranking as a singles player thus far. But it was in doubles where she had the best results, playing with Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain in 32 of her 39 titles. They won several tournaments, including the French Open on four occasions, the US Open three times, the Australian Open in 2004 , and many others. With Virginia, they have been the No. 1 female couple since September 9 , 2002 ( WTA Tour Doubles Team Of The Year 2002, 2003, 2004). They also reached nine straight Grand Slam finals, two short of Navratilova - Shriver 's 11 straight Slam finals. Suárez has earned $4,837,968 Dollars in her career, with four single WTA titles, and 8 doubles grand slams. In hip clinical intervention, with a recovering time of 3 to 4 months. She restarted playing in Sydney in January 2006 with Ruano Pascual, reaching the final, but suffered Calf Muscle injury short after. GRAND SLAM DOUBLES Titles (8)
Finals (5)
Performance Timeline Doubles ''Note: if not otherwise noted, tournament played with Ruano Pascual '' #''with Laura Montalvo '' #''with Maja Muric '' EXTERNAL LINKS |
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