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 15 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. The twins lost their first-round match against Alizé Cornet and Pauline Parmentier.

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. 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.

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 1 (title) LegendWTA 250 (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Monterrey Open, MexicoWTA 250Hard Yuliana Lizarazo Kimberly Birrell Fernanda Contreras Gómez6–3, 5–7, [10–5]

WTA 125 finals Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Barranquilla Open, ColombiaHard Yuliana Lizarazo Valentini Grammatikopoulou Despina Papamichail6–7(2–7), 5–7Loss0–2Buenos Aires Open, ArgentinaClay Sofia Sewing María Lourdes Carlé Despina Papamichail3–6, 6–4, [9–11]

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) Legend$15,000 tournaments (0–2)Finals by surfaceHard (0–2) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Jun 2019ITF Tabarka, Tunisia15,000Hard Margaux Rouvroy4–6, 3–6Loss0–2Nov 2019ITF Guatemala City, Guatemala15,000Hard Caroline Roméo2–6, 6–7(5)

Doubles: 42 (15 titles, 27 runner-ups) LegendW60/75 tournaments (0–2)W40/50 tournaments (0–3)W25/35 tournaments (3–9)W10/15 tournaments (12–13)Finals by surfaceHard (1–8)Clay (14–19) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Nov 2012ITF Barranquilla, Colombia10,000 Clay Paula Andrea Pérez Nadia Echeverría Alam Blair Shankle 5–7, 6–7(1)Win 1–1 Jun 2013ITF Breda, Netherlands10,000 Clay María Herazo González Elke Lemmens Sviatlana Pirazhenka 1–6, 7–6(2), [12–10]Win 2–1 Dec 2013ITF Barranquilla, Colombia10,000 Clay Paula Andrea Pérez Andrea Koch Benvenuto Daniella Roldan 6–1, 6–4Loss 2–2 Jun 2014ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico10,000 Hard Paula Andrea Pérez Camila Fuentes Marcela Zacarías 2–6, 2–6Win 3–2 Aug 2014ITF Quito, Ecuador10,000 Clay Paula Andrea Pérez Nathaly Kurata Eduarda Piai 7–5, 7–6(5)Loss 3–3 Oct 2014ITF Lima, Peru10,000 Clay Paula Andrea Pérez Fernanda Brito Eduarda Piai 6–7(0), 4–6Loss 3–4 Oct 2016ITF Pereira, Colombia10,000 Clay Paula Andrea Pérez Fernanda Brito Camila Giangreco Campiz 1–6, 2–6Loss 3–5 Oct 2016ITF Cúcuta, Colombia10,000 Clay Paula Andrea Pérez Bárbara Gatica Daniela Macarena López 4–6, 6–4, [4–10]Win 4–5 Jun 2017ITF Hammamet, Tunisia15,000 Clay Paula Andrea Pérez Nathaly Kurata Eduarda Piai 6–3, 6–3Loss 4–6 Mar 2018ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000 Hard Paula Andrea Pérez Mariam Bolkvadze Barbora Štefková 2–6, 6–7(6)Win 5–6 Nov 2018ITF Cúcuta, Colombia15,000 Clay Paula Andrea Pérez Ana Maria Becerra Daniela Carrillo 6–1, 6–1Loss 5–7 Dec 2018ITF Bogota, Egypt15,000 Hard Paula Andrea Pérez Allura Zamarripa Maribella Zamarripa 5–7, 4–6Win 6–7 Apr 2019ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador15,000 Clay Fernanda Brito Mara Schmidt Anastasia Shaulskaya 6–3, 7–6(3)Win 7–7 Apr 2019ITF Bucaramanga, Colombia15,000 Clay Fernanda Brito Yuliana Lizarazo Antonia Samudio 6–2, 6–2Loss 7–8 Jun 2019ITF Tabarka, Tunisia15,000 Clay Julieta Lara Estable Carla Touly Anna Turati 7–6(5), 5–7, [8–10]Win 8–8 Sep 2019ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina15,000 Clay Jessica Plazas Eugenia Ganga Raphaëlle Lacasse 7–6(8), 6–4Loss 8–9 Apr 2021ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Clay María Portillo Ramírez Jang Su-jeong Lee So-ra 2–6, 6–2, [7–10]Win 9–9 Apr 2021ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Clay Federica Rossi Victoria Mikhaylova Ekaterina Shalimova 2–6, 6–4, [10–6]Loss 9–10 May 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Emma Davis Dalayna Hewitt Chiara Scholl 4–6, 2–6Loss 9–11 Aug 2021ITF Cairo, EgyptW15 Clay Mell Reasco Zhibek Kulambayeva Sandra Samir 5–7, 3–6Loss 9–12 Oct 2021ITF Lima, PeruW25 Clay Jessica Plazas María Lourdes Carlé Laura Pigossi 1–6, 1–6Win 10–12 Oct 2021ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador W25 Clay María Herazo González Dea Herdželaš Victoria Rodríguez 6–3, 4–6, [10–7]Loss 10–12 Dec 2021ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicW15 Hard María Herazo González Dasha Ivanova Chanelle Van Nguyen 4–6, 3–6Win 11–12 Dec 2021ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicW15 Hard María Herazo González Paris Corley Ingrid Vojčináková 7–64, 3–6, [12–10]Loss 11–13 Mar 2022ITF Salinas, EcuadorW25 Hard María Herazo González Bárbara Gatica Rebeca Pereira 4–6, 0–6Loss 11–14 Aug 2022ITF Rio de Janeiro, BrazilW25 Clay Riya Bhatia Thaísa Grana Pedretti Noelia Zeballos 3–6, 1–6Win 12–14 Sep 2022ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador W15 Clay Sofia Sewing Romina Ccuno María Herazo González 6–4, 1–6, [10–2]Loss 12–15 Oct 2022ITF Guayaquil, EcuadorW15 Clay Sofia Sewing Romina Ccuno María Herazo González 2–6, 7–5, [9–11]Loss 12–16 Oct 2022ITF Bucaramanga, ColombiaW15 Clay Romina Ccuno Lexie Stevens Valeriya Strakhova 6–7(4), 3–6Win 13–16 Oct 2022ITF Ibagué, ColombiaW25 Clay Yuliana Lizarazo María Herazo González Sofia Sewing 6–4, 7–5Loss 13–17 Jan 2023ITF Buenos Aires, ArgentinaW25 Clay Yuliana Lizarazo Amina Anshba Valeriya Strakhova 6–1, 4–6, [7–10]Loss 13–18 Feb 2023ITF Mexico City, MexicoW40 Hard Yuliana Lizarazo Despina Papamichail Raluca Șerban 6–3, 4–6, [4–10]Loss 13–19 Jul 2023Internazionale di Roma, ItalyW60 Clay Yuliana Lizarazo Yuliya Hatouka Zhibek Kulambayeva 4–6, 4–6Loss 13–20 Jun 2024Internazionali di Caserta, ItalyW75 Clay Ali Collins Yuliana Lizarazo Despina Papamichail 6–4, 3–6, [3–10]Loss 13–21 Aug 2024ITF Pilar, ArgentinaW35 Clay Noelia Zeballos Alicia Herrero Liñana Melany Krywoj 1–6, 3–6Loss 13–22 Sep 2024ITF Piracicaba, Brazil W35 Clay Aurora Zantedeschi Miriana Tona Noelia Zeballos 7–5, 1–6, [10–12]Loss 13–23 Sep 2024ITF San Miguel de Tucumán, ArgentinaW50 Clay Aurora Zantedeschi Nicole Fossa Huergo Zhibek Kulambayeva 3–6, 6–4, [7–10]Win 14–23 May 2025ITF Båstad, SwedenW35 Clay Yuliana Lizarazo Anastasia Tikhonova Lisa Zaar 6–3, 6–2Loss 14–24 Jun 2025ITF Palma del Río, SpainW50 Hard Victoria Rodríguez Feng Shuo Liang En-shuo 2–6, 3–6Loss 14–25 Aug 2025ITF Cuiabá, BrazilW35 Clay Romina Ccuno Martina Capurro Taborda Marian Gómez Pezuela Cano 4–6, 3–6Loss 14–26 Sep 2025ITF São Paulo, BrazilW35 Clay Jazmín Ortenzi Ana Candiotto Nauhany Vitória Leme da Silva 4–6, 2–6Win 15–26 Oct 2025ITF São João da Boa Vista, BrazilW15 Clay Jazmín Ortenzi Naná Silva Rebeca Pereira 6–3, 6–7(3), [10–7]Loss 15–27 May 2026ITF Båstad, SwedenW35 Clay Fernanda Navarro Britt du Pree Sarah van Emst 4–6, 3–4 ret.

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