{{short description|Ecuadorian tennis player}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Mariana Correa | image = | full_name = | country_represented = {{ECU}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|11|04|df=yes}} | birth_place = Miami, Florida, United States | death_date = | death_place = | height = | plays = Right-handed | careerprizemoney = $32,584 | singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=116|lost=172}} | singlestitles = 0 | highestsinglesranking = No. 558 (27 February 2006) | doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=72|lost=133}} | doublestitles = 3 ITF | highestdoublesranking = No. 501 (24 December 2001) }}
'''Mariana Correa''' (born 4 November 1984) is an Ecuadorian former professional tennis player.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mariana Correa, tenista con futuro |url=https://lahora.com.ec/noticia/1000049238/mariana-correa-tenista-con-futuro |work=La Hora |date=21 January 2002 |language=Spanish}}</ref>
==Biography== Although born in Miami, Correa mostly grew up in Ecuador's capital Quito, where she moved as a child in 1992. She is a dual citizen of both Ecuador and the United States.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mariana Correa suma en ránking mundial |url=https://lahora.com.ec/noticia/1000113960/mariana-correa-suma-en-rc3a1nking-mundial |work=La Hora |date=16 October 2002 |language=Spanish}}</ref> As a junior she attained a highest ranking of 26 in the world.<ref>{{cite news |title=Players Ready to Compete at Choice Wireless VI Tennis Tournament |url=https://stthomassource.com/content/2015/02/10/players-ready-to-compete-at-choice-wireless-vi-tennis-tournament/ |work=St. Thomas Source |date=10 February 2015}}</ref>
Correa, a right-handed player, made her WTA Tour main draw debut at the 2002 Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, winning her way through qualifying, before being beaten in the first round by María Sánchez Lorenzo.
Originally retiring from the tour in 2006, she has since made multiple comebacks.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tenis: Mariana Correa avanza a cuartos de final del torneo Futuro |url=http://www.eldiario.ec/noticias-manabi-ecuador/138357-tenis-mariana-correa-avanza-a-cuartos-de-final-del-torneo-futuro/ |work=El Diario Ecuador |date=17 December 2009 |language=Spanish}}</ref>
In 2010, she featured in five Fed Cup ties for Ecuador and won all three of her singles matches, as well as three of her four doubles rubbers.
==ITF finals== {|class=wikitable style="font-size:85%" |- style="background:#ccccff;" | $15,000 tournaments |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | $10,000 tournaments |}
===Singles (0–1)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% |- ! Result ! No. ! Date ! Tournament ! Surface ! Opponent ! Score |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | 13 February 2006 | San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico | Hard | {{flagicon|AUT}} Petra Russegger | 3–6, 2–6 |}
===Doubles (3–3)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! Result ! No. ! Date ! Tournament ! Surface ! Partner ! Opponents ! class="unsortable"|Score |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | 25 November 2001 | Cali, Colombia | Clay | {{flagicon|COL}} Romy Farah | {{flagicon|BRA}} Livia Azzi <br /> {{flagicon|BRA}} Maria Fernanda Alves | 5–7, 1–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1. | 30 August 2004 | Mexico City | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Lauren Barnikow | {{flagicon|MEX}} Melissa Torres Sandoval <br /> {{flagicon|MEX}} Marcela Arroyo | 7–6<sup>(7)</sup>, 7–5 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2. | 30 November 2009 | Havana, Cuba | Hard | {{flagicon|RUS}} Angelina Gabueva | {{flagicon|AUT}} Lisa Summerer <br /> {{flagicon|AUT}} Janina Toljan | 6–2, 7–6<sup>(6)</sup> |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 3. | 14 December 2009 | Quito, Ecuador | Clay | {{flagicon|CHI}} Andrea Koch Benvenuto | {{flagicon|ECU}} Alejandra Álvarez <br /> {{flagicon|ECU}} Marie Elise Casares | 7–6<sup>(3)</sup>, 6–2 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2. | 25 June 2011 | Alcobaça, Portugal | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Danielle Mills | {{flagicon|AUS}} Alenka Hubacek <br /> {{flagicon|DEN}} Malou Ejdesgaard | 2–6, 5–7 |- style="background:#ccf;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 3. | 7 October 2017 | Villa del Dique, <br />Argentina | Clay | {{flagicon|BRA}} Flávia Guimarães Bueno | {{flagicon|CHI}} Fernanda Brito <br /> {{flagicon|PAR}} Camila Giangreco Campiz | 3–6, 3–6 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{WTA}} * {{ITF}} * {{Fed Cup player}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Correa, Mariana}} Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:Ecuadorian female tennis players Category:American emigrants to Ecuador Category:Tennis players from Miami Category:Sportspeople from Quito Category:21st-century Ecuadorian sportswomen