Noelia Zeballos Melgar (Spanish pronunciation: [noˈelja seˈβaʝos melˈɣaɾ]; born 2 May 1994) is a Bolivian tennis player.[1]

Noelia Zeballos
Full nameNoelia Zeballos Melgar
Country (sports) Bolivia
Born (1994-05-02) 2 May 1994 (age 30)
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$105,595
Singles
Career record255–241
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 440 (8 May 2023)
Current rankingNo. 613 (16 September 2024)
Doubles
Career record268–201
Career titles19 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 258 (29 July 2024)
Current rankingNo. 323 (16 September 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup34–34
Medal record
Representing  Bolivia
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima Mixed doubles
Last updated on: 16 September 2024.

Zeballos has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 440, reached on 8 May 2023. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 272, achieved on 21 August 2023. Zeballos has won three singles and 19 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Playing for Bolivia Fed Cup team, she has an overall win–loss record of 34–34 (as of July 2024).

Her brother Federico is also a professional tennis player.

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner–ups)

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Legend
W25 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2019 ITF Lima, Peru W15 Clay   Nadia Echeverría Alam 6–3, 6–1
Win 2–0 Oct 2019 ITF Tabarka, Tunisia W15 Clay   Irene Lavino 6–2, 6–3
Loss 2–1 Dec 2019 ITF Heraklion, Greece W15 Clay   Darya Astakhova 2–6, 0–6
Loss 2–2 May 2022 ITF São Paulo, Brazil W15 Clay   Martina Capurro Taborda 6–2, 3–6, 0–6
Loss 2–3 Aug 2022 ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil W25 Clay   Gabriela Cé 6–4, 5–7, 3–6
Win 3–3 Nov 2022 ITF Lima, Peru W15 Clay   Sofia Sewing 3–6, 6–3, 6–0
Loss 3–4 May 2024 ITF Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic
W35 Hard   Victoria Hu 7–5, 3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 47 (19 titles, 27 runner–ups)

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Legend
W40 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2014 ITF Santa Cruz, Bolivia W10 Clay   Sara Giménez   Sofía Luini
  Guadalupe Pérez Rojas
6–7(3), 6–4, [10–8]
Loss 1–1 Aug 2015 ITF Bursa, Turkey W10 Hard   María Álvarez Terán   Katharina Hering
  Mirabelle Njoze
6–7(4), 4–6
Loss 1–2 Mar 2016 ITF São José, Brazil W10 Clay   María Herazo González   Carolina Alves
  Camila Giangreco Campiz
3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Oct 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia W10 Clay   Fernanda Brito   Carolina Alves
  Karin Kennel
2–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Loss 1–4 Oct 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia W10 Clay   Fernanda Brito   Alice Bacquié
  Pia König
4–6, 1–6
Loss 1–5 Nov 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia W10 Clay   Carolina Alves   Diana Enache
  Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie
6–3, 1–6, [8–10]
Loss 1–6 Nov 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia W10 Clay   Carolina Alves   Tamara Čurović
  Déborah Kerfs
6–7(5), 3–6
Win 2–6 May 2017 ITF Pula, Italy W15 Clay   Fernanda Brito   Maria Masini
  Lisa Ponomar
6–3, 0–6, [10–3]
Loss 2–7 Jun 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay   Ena Kajević   Georgia Crăciun
  Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie
w/o
Loss 2–8 Jun 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia W15 Clay   Fernanda Brito   Hsieh Yu-chieh
  Wu Fang-hsien
7–5, 3–6, [9–11]
Win 3–8 Jun 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia W15 Clay   Fernanda Brito   Lucía de la Puerta Uribe
  Guiomar Maristany
6–1, 6–3
Loss 3–9 Jul 2017 ITF Getxo, Spain W25 Clay   Cristina Bucșa   Andrea Gámiz
  Aleksandrina Naydenova
2–6, 4–6
Loss 3–10 Oct 2017 ITF Lambaré, Paraguay W15 Clay   Thaisa Grana Pedretti   Fernanda Brito
  Camila Giangreco Campiz
w/o
Loss 3–11 Nov 2017 ITF Cúcuta, Colombia W15 Clay   Sofía Múnera Sánchez   Emily Appleton
  María Portillo Ramírez
3–6, 6–7(2)
Win 4–11 Dec 2017 ITF Luque, Paraguay W15 Hard   Thaisa Grana Pedretti   Montserrat González
  Ana Sofía Sánchez
6–2, 6–4
Win 5–11 Aug 2018 ITF Caslano, Switzerland W15 Clay   Alba Carrillo Marín   Natasha Piludu
  Maya Tahan
6–4, 6–4
Loss 5–12 Nov 2018 ITF Lousada, Portugal W15 Hard (i)   Alba Carrillo Marín   Olga Parres Azcoitia
  Ioana Loredana Roșca
2–6, 2–6
Finalist[a] 5–13 Nov 2018 ITF Castellón, Spain W15 Clay   Noelia Bouzó Zanotti   Claudia Hoste Ferrer
  Michele Alexandra Zmău
cancelled
Win 6–13 Dec 2018 ITF Solarino, Italy W15 Carpet   Lou Adler   Maria Masini
  Manca Pislak
2–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Win 7–13 May 2019 ITF Cantanhede, Portugal W15 Carpet   Alba Carrillo Marín   Francisca Jorge
  Anna Ureke
6–3, 4–6, [10–6]
Win 8–13 Jun 2019 ITF Tabarka, Tunisia W15 Clay   Noelia Bouzó Zanotti   Maria Marfutina
  Anastasiya Poplavska
6–0, 6–3
Loss 8–14 Jul 2019 ITF Tabarka, Tunisia W15 Clay   Alica Rusová   Ioana Gașpar
  Yuliana Lizarazo
5–7, 3–6
Win 9–14 Aug 2019 ITF Santa Cruz, Bolivia W15 Clay   Jazmín Ortenzi   Elizaveta Koklina
  Anna Morgina
6–1, 4–6, [11–9]
Win 10–14 Aug 2019 ITF La Paz, Bolivia W15 Clay   Jazmín Ortenzi   Romina Ccuno
  Antonia Samudio
6–2, 1–6, [10–4]
Win 11–14 Aug 2019 ITF Lambaré, Paraguay W15 Clay   Montserrat González   Fernanda Brito
  Sofía Luini
6–0, 6–4
Win 12–14 Sep 2019 ITF Tabarka, Tunisia W15 Clay   Natalia Siedliska   Martina Colmegna
  María Herazo González
7–5, 6–1
Win 13–14 Nov 2019 ITF Heraklion, Greece W15 Clay   Noelia Bouzó Zanotti   Lexie Stevens
  Draginja Vuković
6–4, 5–7, [10–6]
Loss 13–15 Nov 2019 ITF Heraklion, Greece W15 Clay   Oana Gavrilă   Ani Amiraghyan
  Julia Stamatova
1–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss 13–16 Aug 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Noelia Bouzó Zanotti   Tiphanie Lemaître
  Akvilė Paražinskaitė
2–6, 1–6
Loss 13–17 Sep 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Elena Milovanović   Choi Ji-hee
  Jeong Yeong-won
4–6, 6–3, [5–10]
Win 14–17 Nov 2021 ITF Curitiba, Brazil W15 Clay   Lara Escauriza   Nathaly Kurata
  Eduarda Piai
6–3, 6–1
Loss 14–18 Feb 2022 ITF Tucumán, Argentina W25 Hard   Nicole Fossa Huergo   María Carlé
  Julieta Estable
6–3, 0–6, [7–10]
Loss 14–19 Feb 2022 ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador W25 Hard   Nicole Fossa Huergo   Andrea Gámiz
  Sofia Sewing
4–6, 5–7
Loss 14–20 May 2022 ITF Curitiba, Brazil W15 Clay   Ana Filipa Santos   Martina Capurro Taborda
  Fernanda Labraña
1–6, 4–6
Loss 14–20 May 2022 ITF São Paulo, Brazil W15 Clay   Romina Ccuno   Martina Capurro Taborda
  Fernanda Labraña
6–7(1), 6–3, [7–10]
Win 15–21 Aug 2022 ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil W25 Clay   Thaísa Grana Pedretti   Riya Bhatia
  María Paulina Pérez
6–3, 6–1
Loss 15–22 Sep 2022 ITF Pula, Italy W25 Clay   Jennifer Ruggeri   Angelica Moratelli
  Camilla Rosatello
4–6, 4–6
Loss 15–23 Jul 2023 ITF Getxo, Spain W25 Clay   Nicole Fossa Huergo   Diletta Cherubini
  Anna Sisková
2–6, 4–6
Win 16–23 Aug 2023 ITF Arequipa, Peru W40 Clay   Natalia Siedliska   Ana Candiotto
  Anastasia Iamachkine
5–7, 6–2, [10–8]
Loss 16–24 Jan 2024 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina W35 Clay   Melany Krywoj   Nicole Fossa Huergo
  Miriana Tona
5–7, 3–6
Loss 16–25 Feb 2024 ITF Tucumán, Argentina W15 Clay   Ana Candiotto   Justina González Daniele
  Camila Romero
6–4, 6–7(6), [8–10]
Win 17–25 May 2024 ITF Sopo, Colombia W35 Clay   María Portillo Ramírez   Yuliana Lizarazo
  Rebeca Pereira
6–4, 6–4
Loss 17–26 Jun 2024 ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic W15 Hard   Jessica Hinojosa Gómez   Julia García
  Sofía Camila Rojas
4–6, 6–7(6)
Loss 17–27 Aug 2024 ITF Pilar, Argentina W35 Clay   María Paulina Pérez   Alicia Herrero Liñana
  Melany Krywoj
1–6, 3–6
Win 18–27 Sep 2024 ITF Piracicaba, Brazil W35 Clay   Miriana Tona   María Paulina Pérez
  Aurora Zantedeschi
5–7, 6–1, [12–10]
Win 19–27 Sep 2024 ITF Leme,, Brazil W35 Clay   Miriana Tona   Rebeca Pereira
  Camila Romero
4–6, 6–4, [10–4]

Notes

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  1. ^ The final wasn't played due to bad weather.

References

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  1. ^ Nicholas, Stephon (2019-04-21). "TT finish fourth in Fed Cup - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday". newsday.co.tt. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
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