Catalina Pella (Spanish pronunciation: [kataˈlina ˈpela]; born 31 January 1993) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. Her brother Guido competes on the ATP World Tour.

Catalina Pella
Country (sports) Argentina
Born (1993-01-31) 31 January 1993 (age 31)
Argentina
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$152,457
Singles
Career record327–182
Career titles11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 173 (7 November 2016)
Doubles
Career record169–123
Career titles11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 123 (23 October 2017)
Team competitions
Fed Cup13–8
Medal record
Representing  ARG
South American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Medellín Women's doubles

In her career, Pella won eleven singles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 7 November 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 173. On 23 October 2017, she peaked at No. 123 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Playing for Argentina Fed Cup team, Pella has a win–loss record of 13–8.

ITF Circuit finals

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 25 (11 titles, 14 runner–ups)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2010 ITF São Paulo, Brazil 10,000 Clay   Roxane Vaisemberg 6–7(7), 6–4, 4–6
Win 1–1 Feb 2011 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Mailen Auroux 6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Loss 1–2 Mar 2011 ITF Santiago, Chile 10,000 Clay   Paula Ormaechea 2–6, 6–7(4)
Loss 1–3 Mar 2011 ITF Rancagua, Chile 10,000 Clay   Aleksandrina Naydenova 6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Loss 1–4 Apr 2011 ITF Córdoba, Argentina 10,000 Hard   Andrea Benítez 3–6, 3–6
Loss 1–5 Jul 2012 ITF Gardone Val Trompia, Italy 10,000 Clay   Yuliana Lizarazo 5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 1–6 Sep 2012 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Fernanda Brito 3–6, 6–0, 5–7
Win 2–6 Sep 2012 ITF Villa Allende, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Camila Silva 3–6, 7–5, 7–6(4)
Loss 2–7 Nov 2013 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Vanesa Furlanetto 6–7(5), 6–3, 6–7(4)
Win 3–7 Dec 2013 ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil 10,000 Clay   Ulrikke Eikeri 6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–8 Dec 2013 ITF Mata de São João, Brazil 25,000 Clay   Montserrat González 3–6, 1–6
Loss 3–9 Jul 2015 ITF Maaseik, Belgium 10,000 Clay   Natela Dzalamidze 1–6, 7–5, 1–6
Win 4–9 Nov 2015 ITF Caracas, Venezuela 10,000 Hard   Julieta Estable 6–2, 6–3
Win 5–9 Nov 2015 ITF Caracas 10,000 Hard   Victoria Bosio 3–6, 6–4, 6–0
Loss 5–10 Nov 2015 ITF Santiago, Chile 10,000 Clay   Daniela Seguel 2–6, 6–2, ret.
Loss 5–11 Jan 2016 ITF Bertioga, Brazil 25,000 Hard   Sorana Cîrstea 1–6, 7–6(4), 3–6
Win 6–11 Mar 2016 ITF Curitiba, Brazil 25,000 Clay   Cindy Burger 5–7, 6–4, 6–2
Win 7–11 May 2017 ITF Benavídez, Argentina 15,000 Hard   Stephanie Petit 6–4, 6–1
Win 8–11 Jan 2018 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay   Michele Alexandra Zmău 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–4
Loss 8–12 Jun 2018 Open de Montpellier, France 25,000 Clay   Fiona Ferro 4–6, 3–6
Loss 8–13 Sep 2018 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina 15,000 Clay   Fernanda Brito 1–6, 4–6
Win 9–13 Nov 2018 ITF Solarino, Italia 15,000 Carpet   Amanda Carreras 4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win 10–13 Dec 2018 ITF Solarino 15,000 Carpet   Federica Bilardo 6–1, 6–2
Loss 10–14 Dec 2018 ITF Solarino 15,000 Carpet   Lou Adler 3–6, 4–6
Win 11–14 Jul 2019 ITF Lima, Peru 15,000 Clay   Lara Escauriza 4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 23 (11 titles, 12 runner-ups)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2010 ITF Tandil, Argentina Clay   Jordana Lujan   Lucia Jara Lozano
  Carla Lucero
6–4, 4–6, [3–10]
Loss 0–2 Feb 2011 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Fernanda Brito   Verónica Cepede Royg
  Luciana Sarmenti
0–6, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Apr 2011 ITF Córdoba, Argentina Hard   Luciana Sarmenti   Andrea Benítez
  Tatiana Búa
3–6, 4–6
Win 1. Jul 2012 ITF Viserba, Italy Clay   Maria Masini   Clelia Melena
  Alice Moroni
6–1, 6–2
Win 2. Sep 2012 ITF Villa Allende, Argentina Clay   Victoria Bosio   Andrea Benítez
  Luciana Sarmenti
7–6(6), 6–7(3), [10–7]
Win 3. Nov 2013 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Sofía Luini   Fernanda Brito
  Carolina de los Santos
6–4, 6–4
Loss 4. Jul 2015 ITF Horb, Germany Clay   Guadalupe Pérez Rojas   Carolin Daniels
  Lidziya Marozava
6–7(3), 6–4, [7–10]
Win 4. Sep 2015 ITF San Carlos Centro, Argentina Clay   María Fernanda Álvarez   Bárbara Gatica
  Stephanie Petit
6–2, 6–0
Loss 5. Sep 2015 ITF Santa Fe, Argentina Clay   Daniela Seguel   María Fernanda Álvarez
  Laura Pigossi
6–2, 2–6, [3–10]
Win 5. Nov 2015 ITF Caracas, Venezuela Hard   Laura Pigossi   Jaqueline Cristian
  Aymet Uzcátegui
5–7, 6–1, [10–4]
Win 6. Nov 2015 ITF Caracas, Venezuela Hard   Laura Pigossi   Julieta Estable
  Ana Victoria Gobbi Monllau
1–1 ret.
Loss 6. Nov 2015 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay   Daniela Seguel   Montserrat González
  Ana Sofía Sánchez
4–6, 6–7(3)
Win 7. Feb 2016 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay   Daniela Seguel   Tara Moore
  Conny Perrin
6–3, 6–1
Win 8. Mar 2016 ITF Curitiba, Brazil Clay   Daniela Seguel   Martina Caregaro
  Réka Luca Jani
6–3, 7–6(5)
Win 9. Mar 2017 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay   Daniela Seguel   Gabriela Cé
  Andrea Gámiz
7–5, 3–6, [10–5]
Win 10. Apr 2017 Charlottesville Clay Court Classic, United States Clay   Jovana Jakšić   Madison Brengle
  Danielle Collins
6–4, 7–6(5)
Loss 7. Jun 2017 ITF Padua, Italy Clay   Gabriela Cé   Cristiana Ferrando
  Alice Matteucci
6–2, 0–6, [9–11]
Loss 8. Jun 2017 ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland Clay   Gabriela Cé   Amra Sadiković
  Nina Stadler
6–2, 4–6, [1–10]
Loss 9. Sep 2017 ITF Pula, Italy Clay   Gabriela Cé   Claudia Giovine
  Tereza Mrdeža
3–6, 1–6
Loss 10. Jan 2018 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia Clay   Despina Papamichail   Karin Kennel
  Maria Marfutina
5–7, 2–6
Loss 11. Sep 2018 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Julieta Estable   Fernanda Brito
  Yuliia Sokolovskaya
5–7, 6–7(2)
Win 11. Nov 2018 ITF Solarino, Italia Carpet   Miriana Tona   Ekaterina Reyngold
  Camila Giangreco Campiz
6–4, 6–2
Loss 12. Nov 2019 ITF Guatemala City Hard   Warona Mdlulwa   Melissa Morales
  Kirsten-Andrea Weedon
3–6, 6–7(4)

National representation

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Pella made her Fed Cup debut for Argentina in 2016, while the team was competing in the Americas Zone Group I, when she was 23 years and three days old.[1]

Fed Cup (13–8)

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Group membership
World Group Play-off
World Group II Play-off
Americas Group (13–8)
Matches by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (10–5)
Matches by type
Singles (6–6)
Doubles (7–2)
Matches by setting
Indoors (2–2)
Outdoors (11–6)

Singles (6–6)

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Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score
2016 Fed Cup
Americas Zone Group I
Promotional Play-off 6 February 2016 Santa Cruz, Bolivia   Paraguay Clay Camila Giangreco Campiz W 6–0, 6–2
2017 Fed Cup
Americas Zone Group I
Pool B 6 February 2017 Metepec, Mexico   Chile Hard Daniela Seguel L 3–6, 4–6
7 February 2017   Colombia Mariana Duque Mariño W 1–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
8 February 2017   Mexico Renata Zarazúa L 3–6, 0–6
9 February 2017   Brazil Teliana Pereira L 6–3, 4–6, 2–6
2018 Fed Cup
Americas Zone Group I
Pool B 7 February 2018 Asunción, Paraguay   Guatemala Clay Kirsten-Andrea Weedon W 6–0, 6–7(6–8), 6–2
8 February 2018   Venezuela Andrea Gámiz W 4–6, 6–0, 6–1
9 February 2018   Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia L 2–6, 6–4, 4–6
2019 Fed Cup
Americas Zone Group I
Pool B 6 February 2019 Medellín, Colombia   Puerto Rico Clay Lauren Anzalotta Kynoch W 6–3, 6–1
7 February 2019   Chile Fernanda Brito L 4–6, 3–6
8 February 2019   Brazil Carolina Meligeni Alves L 4–6, 4–6
Relegation Play-off 9 February 2019   Ecuador Mell Reasco W 7–5, 6–2

Doubles (7–2)

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Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Score
2016 Fed Cup
Americas Zone Group I
Pool B 3 February 2016 Santa Cruz, Bolivia   Ecuador Clay María Irigoyen Rafaella Baquerizo
Marie Elise Casares
W 6–0, 6–0
4 February 2016   Peru Bianca Botto
Dominique Schaefer
W 6–1, 6–1
5 February 2016   Brazil Paula Cristina Gonçalves
Beatriz Haddad Maia
W 6–3, 6–3
2017 Fed Cup
Americas Zone Group I
Pool B 8 February 2017 Metepec, Mexico   Ecuador Hard Giuliana Olmos
Renata Zarazúa
W 6–7(2–7), 7–5, 6–2
9 February 2017   Brazil Gabriela Cé
Teliana Pereira
W 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
2018 Fed Cup
Americas Zone Group I
Pool B 9 February 2018 Asunción, Paraguay   Brazil Clay Beatriz Haddad Maia
Luisa Stefani
L 1–6, 6–3, 2–6
2019 Fed Cup
Americas Zone Group I
Pool B 6 February 2019 Medellín, Colombia   Puerto Rico Clay Victoria Bosio Lauren Anzalotta Kynoch
Monica Puig
W 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–1
8 February 2019   Brazil Jazmín Ortenzi Beatriz Haddad Maia
Luisa Stefani
L 5–7, 3–6
Relegation Play-off 9 February 2019   Ecuador Victoria Bosio Mell Reasco
Charlotte Römer
W 6–1, 6–2

References

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  1. ^ "Catalina Pella: "No me imaginaba este gran comienzo de año"" (in Spanish). www.tenisay.com.ar. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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