Paula Kania

Paula Kania (Polish pronunciation: [ˈpau̯la ˈkaɲa]; born 6 November 1992) is a professional Polish tennis player.

Paula Kania
Paula Kania in Wimbledon, 2014
Full namePaula Maria Kania
Country (sports) Poland
ResidenceSosnowiec, Poland
Born (1992-11-06) 6 November 1992
Sosnowiec, Poland
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro2008
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 622,475
Singles
Career record235–198 (54.3%)
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 128 (15 June 2015)
Current rankingNo. 685 (22 July 2019)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2014, 2016)
French Open2R (2015)
Wimbledon1R (2014, 2016)
US Open1R (2014)
Doubles
Career record194–150 (56.4%)
Career titles1 WTA, 12 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 58 (2 May 2016)
Current rankingNo. 156 (22 July 2019)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2016)
French Open3R (2015)
Wimbledon1R (2016, 2017)
US Open2R (2014, 2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup2–5
Last updated on: 27 July 2019.

Kania has won one WTA title in doubles, as well as five titles in singles and twelve in doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 15 June 2015, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 128, and on 2 May 2016, she reached her best doubles ranking of No. 58.

Tennis career

Paula was born to Paweł and Zdzisława Kania. She has one sister – Zuzanna. Paula began playing tennis at the age of seven and her favourite surface is hard court. She became a professional player in 2008.

2012

Kania and Polina Pekhova won the title on Tashkent Open defeating Anna Chakvetadze and Vesna Dolonc in the final, when their opponents retired after losing the first set 2–6. This was her first WTA title of any kind.

2014

Having qualified for her first main draw of a Grand Slam tournament at Wimbledon, Kania lost in the first round to world No. 2 Li Na in straight sets. The match was also her first singles main draw of any WTA Tour event, after participating in qualifying at 20 tournaments.[1] Kania continued her momentum by qualifying for another main draw a month later, at the Bank of the West Classic.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–1)
International (1–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2012 Tashkent Open,
Uzbekistan		 International Hard Polina Pekhova Anna Chakvetadze
Vesna Dolonc		 6–2, ret.
Loss 1–1 Jul 2014 İstanbul Cup,
Turkey		 International Hard Oksana Kalashnikova Misaki Doi
Elina Svitolina		 4–6, 0–6
Loss 1–2 Aug 2014 Bank of the West Classic Stanford,
United States		 Premier Hard Kateřina Siniaková Garbiñe Muguruza
Carla Suárez Navarro		 2–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss 1–3 Jul 2015 Brasil Cup Florianópolis,
Brazil		 International Clay María Irigoyen Annika Beck
Laura Siegemund		 3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss 1–4 Sep 2015 Coupe Banque Nationale Quebec,
Canada		 International Hard (i) María Irigoyen Barbora Krejčíková
An-Sophie Mestach		 6–4, 3–6, [10–12]
Loss 1–5 Apr 2016 Prague Open,
Czech Republic		 International Clay María Irigoyen Margarita Gasparyan
Andrea Hlaváčková		 4–6, 2–6

ITF finals

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2010 ITF Gliwice, Poland 10,000 Clay Anna Korzeniak 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 7–5
Loss 1–1 Mar 2011 ITF Amiens, France 10,000 Clay Nastassja Burnett 6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Win 2–1 Jul 2011 ITF Horb, Germany 10,000 Clay Carina Witthöft 4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss 2–2 Nov 2011 ITF Opole, Poland 25,000 Carpet (i) Ana Vrljić 3–6, 6–2, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 2–3 Jul 2012 ITF Toruń, Poland 25,000 Clay Danka Kovinić 3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 3–3 Jul 2013 ITF Toruń, Poland 25,000 Clay Katarzyna Piter 6–4, 6–4
Win 4–3 Nov 2013 ITF Taipei, Taiwan 50,000 Clay Zarina Diyas 6–1, 6–3
Win 5–3 Aug 2014 ITF Landisville, United States 25,000 Hard Ons Jabeur 5–7, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 27 (12 titles, 15 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2010 ITF Piešťany, Slovakia 10,000 Clay Weronika Domagała Gabriela Horáčková
Petra Krejsová		 6–1, 6–1
Loss 1–1 Sep 2010 ITF Tbilisi, Georgia 25,000 Clay Zsófia Susányi Tatia Mikadze
Sofia Shapatava		 3–6, 2–6
Loss 1–2 Nov 2010 ITF Minsk, Belarus 25,000 Hard Katarzyna Piter Elena Bovina
Ekaterina Bychkova		 4–6, 0–6
Loss 1–3 Nov 2010 ITF Opole, Poland 25,000 Carpet (i) Magda Linette Oksana Kalashnikova
Polina Pekhova		 3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Jan 2011 ITF Kaarst, Germany 10,000 Carpet (i) Marina Melnikova Nikola Fraňková
Tereza Hladíková		 6–3, 6–7(1–7), [8–10]
Win 2–4 Mar 2011 ITF Amiens, France 10,000 Clay Barbara Sobaszkiewicz Iveta Gerlová
Lucie Kriegsmannová		 3–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Win 3–4 Jul 2011 ITF Horb, Germany 10,000 Clay Katarzyna Kawa Vaszilisza Bulgakova
Christina Shakovets		 1–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Loss 3–5 Aug 2011 ITF Piešťany, Slovakia 10,000 Clay Martina Kubičíková Simona Dobrá
Lucie Kriegsmannová		 4–6, 2–6
Loss 3–6 Nov 2011 ITF Opole, Poland 25,000 Carpet (i) Magda Linette Naomi Broady
Kristina Mladenovic		 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win 4–6 Jan 2012 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 10,000 Hard Ksenia Lykina Lyudmyla Kichenok
Nadiya Kichenok		 6–4, 6–3
Win 5–6 Mar 2012 ITF Fort Walton Beach,
United States		 25,000 Hard Madison Brengle Elena Bovina
Alizé Lim		 6–3, 6–4
Loss 5–7 Apr 2012 ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard Naomi Broady Oksana Kalashnikova
Marta Sirotkina		 6–2, 7–5
Win 6–7 Apr 2012 ITF Moscow, Russia 25,000 Hard Polina Pekhova Tatiana Kotelnikova
Lidziya Marozava		 6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss 6–8 Jun 2012 ITF Craiova, Romania 50,000 Clay Irina Khromacheva Renata Voráčová
Lenka Wienerová		 2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win 7–8 Oct 2012 ITF Seville, Spain 25,000 Clay Katarzyna Piter Aleksandrina Naydenova
Teliana Pereira		 5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss 7–9 Apr 2013 ITF Civitavecchia, Italy 25,000 Clay Magda Linette Stephanie Vogt
Renata Voráčová		 3–6, 4–6
Win 8–9 May 2013 ITF Maribor, Slovenia 25,000 Clay Magda Linette Mailen Auroux
María Irigoyen		 6–3, 6–0
Win 9–9 Jun 2013 ITF Padua, Italy 25,000 Clay Irina Khromacheva Cristina Dinu
Maša Zec Peškirič		 6–3, 6–1
Loss 9–10 Jun 2013 ITF Zlín, Czech Republic 25,000 Clay Katarzyna Piter Martina Borecká
Tereza Smitková		 1–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Win 10–10 Jul 2013 ITF Toruń, Poland 25,000 Clay Magda Linette Yuliya Beygelzimer
Elena Bogdan		 6–2, 4–6, [10–5]
Win 11–10 Oct 2013 ITF Casablanca, Morocco 25,000 Clay Valeria Solovyeva Cecilia Costa Melgar
Anastasia Grymalska		 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Win 12–10 May 2015 ITF Tunis, Tunisia 50,000 Clay Maria Irigoyen Julie Coin
Stephanie Foretz		 6–1, 6–3
Loss 12–11 Dec 2015 ITF Ankara, Turkey 50,000 Hard (i) Lesley Kerkhove Marina Melnikova
María José Martínez Sánchez		 4–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss 12–12 Jan 2017 ITF Daytona Beach United States 15,000 Clay Katarzyna Piter Robin Anderson
Anhelina Kalinina		 4–6, 1–6
Loss 12–13 Jan 2017 ITF Orlando, United States 25,000 Clay Katarzyna Piter Sophie Chang
Madeleine Kobelt		 3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss 12–14 Jun 2017 ITF Ilkley, Great Britain 100,000 Grass Maryna Zanevska Anna Blinkova
Alla Kudryavtseva		 1–6, 4–6
Loss 12–15 Feb 2020 ITF Cairo, Egypt 60,000 Hard Anastasiya Shoshyna Marta Kostyuk
Kamilla Rakhimova		 3–6, 6–2, [6–10]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline
Tournament2013201420152016W–L
Australian Open A Q2 Q1 Q2 0–0
French Open Q3 Q2 2R Q1 1–1
Wimbledon Q1 1R Q1 1R 0–2
US Open Q2 1R Q2 Q2 0–1
Win–Loss 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–4

References
  1. Battersby, Kate (23 June 2014). "Li Na Overcomes Doubts to See Off Qualifier Paula Kania". Wimbledon official website. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
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