Paula Badosa Gibert

Paula Badosa Gibert
Badosa Gibert at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)  Spain
Residence Begur, Spain
Born (1997-11-15) 15 November 1997
New York City, U.S.
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money US$75,966
Singles
Career record 108–63
Career titles 0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking 163 (11 June 2018)
Current ranking 177 (2 July 2018)
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon Q1 (2018)
US Open Q2 (2015, 2018)
French Open Junior W (2015)
Doubles
Career record 2–5
Career titles 0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking 713 (29 December 2014)
Current ranking –
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open Junior QF (2014)
Wimbledon Junior 1R (2014)
US Open Junior 2R (2014)
Last updated on: 24 July 2017.

Paula Badosa Gibert (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaula βaˈðosa ʝiˈβeɾt];[lower-alpha 1] born 15 November 1997) is a Spanish tennis player. Badosa won the 2015 French Open girls' singles title after defeating Anna Kalinskaya in the final.

On 21 – 28 September 2015, Badosa reached her best singles ranking of world number 193.[1] On 29 December 2014, Badosa reached her best doubles ranking of world number 713.

She was given a main draw wildcard into the 2015 Miami Open and reached the third round, defeating Petra Cetkovská and Zheng Saisai, before falling to Karolína Plíšková.[2]

Biography

Early years

Paula Badosa Gibert was born in Manhattan, New York, USA[3] to Mireia Gibert and José Badosa.[4]

Badosa started playing tennis at the age of seven.[5]

Junior career

She won the 2015 Roland Garros Junior French Championships[5]..

Pro career

She played her first WTA Qualifying in 2013, at Palermo.[4]

ITF finals

Singles: 9 (6–3)

Legend
Category
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (4–1)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Category Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 17 November 2013 $10,000 Sant Jordi, Spain Hard Spain Lucía Cervera Vázquez 7–5, 6–0
Runner-up 1. 26 October 2014 $25,000 Ciudad Victoria, Mexico Hard Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 1–6
Winner 2. 5 July 2015 $25,000 Denain, France Clay France Irina Ramialison 7–5, 6–0
Runner-up 2. 10 April 2016 $25,000 Jackson, United States Clay United States Grace Min 6–1, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 3. 28 May 2017 $25,000 Caserta, Italy Clay United States Claire Liu 3–6, 3–6
Winner 3. 5 August 2017 $25,000 El Espinar, Spain Hard Turkey Ayla Aksu 6–2, 6–4
Winner 4. 4 February 2018 $25,000 Glasgow, United Kingdom Hard United Kingdom Maia Lumsden 2–6, 6–1, 6–3
Winner 5. 27 May 2018 $25,000 Les Franqueses del Valles, Spain Hard Russia Margarita Gasparyan 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Winner 6. 30 Sep 2018 $60,000 Valencia, Spain Clay Spain Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov 6–1, 4–6, 6–2

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Winner 2015 French Open Clay Russia Anna Kalinskaya 6–3, 6–3

Notes

  1. ↑ In isolation, Badosa and Gibert are pronounced [baˈðosa] and [ɟʝiˈβeɾt] respectively.

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-08. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  2. ↑ "News". Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Paula Badosa Gibert - Pro Profile". ITF Tennis - ProCircuit. 3 September 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Paula Badosa Gibert". WTA Tennis. 3 September 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Paula Badosa Gibert - Junior Profile". ITF Tennis - JUNIORS. Retrieved 3 September 2017.


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