January - Played Australian Open for first time in three years, l.
1r to No. 7 seed Hantuchova 75 67 64
February - Won hometown tournament in Bogota for third time with 3s win
over No. 1 seed Suarez and straight-sets win over Medina Garrigues in final;
dedicated title to her country, Colombia, 'a country that cries, that
suffers, but doesn't give up.'; l. 1r at Acapulco to No. 4 seed Srebotnik
March - Had consecutive 2r losses: at Indian Wells to No. 1 seed and eventual
tournament champion Clijsters and at Miami to No. 15 seed Pistolesi
April - Withdrew from Estorial and Budapest due to left-wrist tendonitis;
member of Colombian Fed Cup team that l. to France 5-0 in 1r; en route to
Warsaw QF (l. to Chladkova) upset No. 3 seed and world No. 9 Hantuchova in
her opening match (following a 1r bye) for the second Top 10 win of
Zuluaga's career
May - Reached 3r at German Open as a qualifier (ranked No. 52) by upsetting
No. 14 seed and world No. 19 Shaughnessy 36 64 61 in 2r before falling to
No. 1 seed Clijsters; following German Open, cracked Top 50 for first time
since February 2000 at No. 45; qualified for Italian Open and d. Stevenson
before l. 2r to former No. 1 Capriati; fell in 2r at Madrid to No. 5 seed
Suarez; l. in 3r at Roland Garros to No. 5 seed Mauresmo
June - After d. C. Fernandez, l. to No. 2 seed Clijsters in 2r at Wimbledon
August - As world No. 37 at Los Angeles, d. No. 49 Pisnik before l. in 2r to
No. 19 Shaughnessy (No. 10 seed); at Canadian Open, as world No. 35,
eliminated world No. 162 qualifier Tu and world No. 24 Dechy (No. 15 seed)
before l. 3r to world No. 6 Mauresmo (No. 3 seed); as world No. 37, reached
3r at US Open (best performance there to date), d. world No. 76 Morigami and
world No. 72 Casanova before l. to world No. 36 Likhovtseva
September - As world No. 37 at Leipzig, l. 1r to world No. 27 Krasnoroutskaya
76(5) 76(3)
October - As a world No. 39 qualifier, l. 1r at Filderstadt to world No. 31
Bovina; withdrew from Philadelphia due to a left wrist injury