{{short description|Chilean tennis player}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Bárbara Castro | image = | country_represented = {{CHI}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|9|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | plays = | careerprizemoney = $16,854 | singlesrecord = | singlestitles = 0 | highestsinglesranking = No. 340 (15 July 1996) | doublesrecord = | doublestitles = 3 ITF | highestdoublesranking = No. 217 (20 May 1996) | Team = yes | FedCupresult = {{tennis record|won=28|lost=27}} }}
'''Bárbara Castro''' (born 8 September 1975) is a Chilean former professional tennis player.
==Biography== Castro trained at the Santa Rosa de Las Condes in Santiago and was later based in Spain during her career.
From 1992 to 2000, Castro featured in a total of 36 Fed Cup ties for Chile. Her doubles partnership with Paula Cabezas resulted in 15 wins, which is a national record. She has a younger sister, Valentina, who also represented Chile in Fed Cup tennis.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tenis: Bárbara Castro campeona en el Stade Francais |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/2000/05/28/22192/tenis-barbara-castro-campeona-en-el-stade-francais.html |work=El Mercurio |date=28 May 2000 |language=Spanish}}</ref>
Castro partnered with Paula Cabezas in the women's doubles event at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, where they lost their first round match to Hungary's Virág Csurgó and Andrea Temesvári in three sets. With the same partner, Castro won a silver medal for Chile at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg.<ref>{{cite news |title=Duplas recém-formadas dão dois ouros ao Brasil no tênis |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/esporte/fk06089909.htm |work=Folha de S.Paulo |date=6 August 1999 |language=Portuguese}}</ref>
==ITF finals== ===Singles (0–1)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !Result !No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Opponent !class="unsortable" |Score |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | 4 May 1995 | ITF Nitra, Slovakia | Clay | {{flagicon|SWI}} Patty Schnyder | 6–1, 2–6, 3–6 |}
===Doubles (3–8)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% |- ! Result ! No. ! Date ! Tournament ! Surface ! Partner ! Opponents ! class="unsortable" |Score |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | 2 May 1993 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | {{nowrap|{{flagicon|CHI}} María-Alejandra Quezada}} | {{flagicon|ARG}} Maria Inés Araiz <br/> {{flagicon|ARG}} Pamela Zingman | 1–6, 4–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2. | {{nowrap|13 September 1993}} | ITF Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | {{flagicon|PAR}} Magalí Benítez | {{flagicon|GRE}} Christina Zachariadou <br /> {{nowrap|{{flagicon|ECU}} María Dolores Campana}} | 3–6, 2–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 3. | 11 October 1993 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | {{flagicon|ECU}} María Dolores Campana | {{flagicon|ARG}} Paola Suárez <br/> {{flagicon|ARG}} Pamela Zingman | 1–6, 6–3, 0–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 4. | 10 October 1994 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | {{nowrap|{{flagicon|CHI}} María-Alejandra Quezada}} | {{flagicon|ARG}} Mariana Eberle <br/> {{flagicon|ARG}} María Fernanda Landa | 3–6, 6–4, 5–7 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 5. | 31 October 1994 | ITF Freeport, Bahamas | Clay | {{nowrap|{{flagicon|CHI}} María-Alejandra Quezada}} | {{flagicon|USA}} Ingrid Kurta <br/> {{flagicon|NED}} Martine Vosseberg | {{nowrap|6–4, 4–6, 6–7<sup>(2)</sup>}} |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 6. | 7 November 1994 | {{nowrap|ITF Santo Domingo, <br/>Dominican Republic}} | Clay | {{nowrap|{{flagicon|CHI}} María-Alejandra Quezada}} | {{flagicon|DOM}} Joelle Schad <br/> {{flagicon|ESP}} Noelia Serra | 1–5 ret. |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1. | 20 November 1994 | ITF San Salvador, El Salvador | Hard | {{flagicon|PUR}} Emilie Viqueira | {{flagicon|USA}} Kellie Dorman-Tyrone <br/> {{flagicon|IRL}} Philippa Palmer | 6–2, 6–2 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2. | 25 September 1995 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | Clay | {{nowrap|{{flagicon|CHI}} María-Alejandra Quezada}} | {{flagicon|ARG}} Mariana Díaz Oliva <br /> {{flagicon|BRA}} Eugenia Maia | 7–6<sup>(5)</sup>, 6–1 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 7. | 8 October 1995 | ITF Lima, Peru | Hard | {{nowrap|{{flagicon|CHI}} María-Alejandra Quezada}} | {{nowrap|{{flagicon|SWE}} Maria-Farnes Capistrano}} <br /> {{flagicon|FIN}} Linda Jansson | 2–6, 6–2, 3–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 8. | 30 October 1995 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | {{nowrap|{{flagicon|CHI}} María-Alejandra Quezada}} | {{flagicon|BRA}} Miriam D'Agostini <br/> {{flagicon|BRA}} Katalin Marosi | 0–6, 3–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 3. | 6 May 1996 | ITF Amazonas, Brazil | Hard | {{flagicon|CHI}} Paula Cabezas | {{flagicon|ARG}} Sandra De Amelio <br/> {{flagicon|ARG}} Paula Racedo | 6–1, 6–3 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{WTA}} * {{ITF}} * {{Fed Cup player}}
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