Valentina Mediorreal

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Valentina Mediorreal
Full nameValentina Mediorreal Arias
Country (sports)Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Residence Bogotá, Colombia
Born (2007-03-02) 2 March 2007 (age 17) [1]
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$2020
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open  Junior2R (2024)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Women's tennis
Bolivarian Youth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Sucre Singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 SucreDoubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 SucreMixed doubles
Last updated on: 16 April 2024.

Valentina Mediorreal Arias (born 2 March 2007) is a Colombian tennis player. [2] [3]

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Early life

She began playing tennis at the age of four.

Career

Junior career

In 2021, she became South American U14 doubles champion alongside Mariana Higuita. [4]

In 2023, she won a J100 tournament in Medellin. [5] She won the singles and the doubles titles at the J300 event in Medellín in March 2024. In the singles she defeated Luna Cinalli in three sets in the final. In the doubles she won alongside her regular playing partner of five years, and compatriot, Mariana Isabel Higuita Barraza. [6] She represented Colombia in the Junior Billie Jean King Cup. [7]

Pro career

She was awarded a wildcard for the 2024 Copa Colsanitas into the Bogotá in the singles and doubles competitions, for her WTA Tour main draw debut. In the singles she was drawn against Kamilla Rakhimova of Russia. In the doubles, she and her regular partner from the junior events Mariana Higuita were drawn against their compatriots Emiliana Arango and María Paulina Pérez. [8]

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