Paula Badosa

Paula Badosa Gibert (ˈpawlə βaˈðozə χiˈβɛɾt;[lower-alpha 1] born 15 November 1997) is a Spanish tennis player. She won the 2015 French Open girls' singles title by defeating Anna Kalinskaya in the final. On 23 September 2019, Badosa reached her best singles ranking of world No. 86.[1] On 29 July 2019, she peaked at No. 475 in the doubles rankings.[1]

Paula Badosa Gibert
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceBegur, Spain
Born (1997-11-15) 15 November 1997
New York, United States
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
PlaysRight-handed
(two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 570,955
Singles
Career record223–128 (63.5%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 86 (23 September 2019)
Current rankingNo. 94 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2020)
French OpenQ1 (2019)
Wimbledon1R (2019)
US Open1R (2019)
Doubles
Career record7–10 (41.2%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 475 (29 July 2019)
Current rankingNo. 660 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open JuniorQF (2014)
Wimbledon Junior1R (2014)
US Open Junior2R (2014)
Last updated on: 31 March 2020.

She was given a wild card into the main draw of 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 was born in Manhattan[3] to Mireia Gibert and Josep Badosa.[4] She started playing tennis at the age of seven.[5]

Career

She won the girls' singles title at the 2015 French Open.[5]

She played her first qualifying competition on the WTA Tour in 2013, at Palermo.[4]

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records.

Singles

Current through the suspension of the 2020 WTA Tour.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments[6]
Australian Open A A A A 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
French Open A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0   
Wimbledon A A A Q1 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open Q2 A A Q2 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open A A A A Q1 P 0 / 0 0–0   
Miami Open 3R 1R 1R A Q1 P 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Madrid Open 1R 1R Q1 Q1 A P 0 / 2 0–2 0%
China Open A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0   
Career statistics[7]
Tournaments 3 3 1 2 9 1 Career total: 19
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Overall Win–Loss 2–3 0–3 0–1 2–2 7–9 1–1 0 / 19 12–19 39%
Year-end ranking 220 314 247 143 97 $570,955

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2015 French Open Clay Anna Kalinskaya 6–3, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (7 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (2–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2013 ITF Sant Jordi, Spain (Balearic Islands) 10,000 Hard Lucía Cervera Vázquez 7–5, 6–0
Loss 1–1 Oct 2014 ITF Ciudad Victoria, Mexico 25,000 Hard Diāna Marcinkēviča 7–6(2), 3–6, 1–6
Win 2–1 Jul 2015 ITF Denain, France 25,000 Clay Irina Ramialison 7–5, 6–0
Loss 2–2 Apr 2016 ITF Jackson, United States 25,000 Clay Grace Min 6–1, 2–6, 4–6
Loss 2–3 May 2017 ITF Caserta, Italy 25,000 Clay Claire Liu 3–6, 3–6
Win 3–3 Aug 2017 ITF El Espinar, Spain 25,000 Hard Ayla Aksu 6–2, 6–4
Win 4–3 Feb 2018 ITF Glasgow, Great Britain 25,000 Hard Maia Lumsden 2–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win 5–3 May 2018 ITF Les Franqueses del Valles, Spain 25,000 Hard Margarita Gasparyan 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Win 6–3 Sep 2018 Valencia Open, Spain 60,000+H Clay Aliona Bolsova 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 6–4 Oct 2018 ITF Oslo, Norway 25,000 Clay Harriet Dart 2–6, 0–1 ret.
Loss 6–5 Jan 2019 Burnie International, Australia 60,000 Hard Belinda Woolcock 6–7(3), 6–7(4)
Loss 6–6 May 2019 ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain 60,000 Hard Katy Dunne 5–7, 3–6
Loss 6–7 Jun 2019 Essen Open, Germany 25,000 Clay Tereza Martincová 2–6, 6–7(4)
Win 7–7 Oct 2019 ITF Makinohara, Japan 25,000 Carpet Nagi Hanatani 7–5, 6–1
Loss 7–8 Oct 2019 ITF Hamamatsu, Japan 25,000 Carpet Eri Hozumi 6–7(1–7), 5–4, ret.

Notes

  1. In isolation, Badosa and Gibert are pronounced [βəˈðoszə] and [ʒiˈβɛɾt] respectively.

References

  1. "WTA Rankings History – Paula Badosa". wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  2. "News". Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  3. "Paula Badosa Gibert - Pro Profile". ITF Tennis - ProCircuit. 3 September 2017.
  4. "Paula Badosa Gibert". WTA Tennis. 3 September 2017.
  5. "Paula Badosa Gibert - Junior Profile". ITF Tennis - JUNIORS. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  6. "Grand Slam performances - Singles & Doubles".
  7. "Player & Career overview".


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