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Paula Cristina Gonçalves

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Paula Cristina Gonçalves
At Wimbledon, 2016
Full namePaula Cristina Araújo Gonçalves
Country (sports) Brazil
ResidenceSão Paulo, Brazil
Born (1990-08-11) 11 August 1990 (age 34)
São Paulo
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$219,377
Singles
Career record320–221
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 158 (15 August 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2017)
French OpenQ1 (2016)
WimbledonQ1 (2016)
US OpenQ1 (2016)
Doubles
Career record227–165
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 95 (29 February 2016)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup15–4
Medal record
Representing  BRA
Women's Tennis
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Santiago Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Santiago Doubles

Paula Cristina de Araújo Gonçalves (born 11 August 1990) is a Brazilian former tennis player.

In her career, she won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as seven singles and 24 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 15 August 2016, Gonçalves achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 158. On 29 February 2016, she peaked at No. 95 in the doubles rankings.

Career

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2015

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Gonçalves and Beatriz Haddad Maia won the title on Copa Colsanitas defeating Irina Falconi and Shelby Rogers in the final. This was her first WTA Tour title.

Partnering Sanaz Marand, Gonçalves won her first $75k tournament in September at the Albuquerque defeating Tamira Paszek and Anna Tatishvili in the final.

2016

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Paula made her first WTA singles quarterfinal at the Rio Open after straight-sets wins over Shahar Pe'er, Alizé Lim, Julia Glushko, Johanna Larsson. Her run was ended by Shelby Rogers.

She made her first WTA singles semifinal two months later at the Copa Colsanitas after wins over Verónica Cepede Royg, Tatjana Maria and Alexandra Panova.

WTA Tour finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (0–0)
WTA 250[a] (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (1–0)
Indoor (0–0)
Result    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win Apr 2015 Copa Colsanitas,
Colombia
International[a] Clay Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia United States Irina Falconi
United States Shelby Rogers
6–3, 3–6, [10–6]

ITF Circuit finals

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Legend
$75/80,000 tournaments
$50/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments

Singles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner–ups)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2010 ITF Brasília, Brazil 10,000 Clay Brazil Fernanda Faria 7–6(5), 3–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Oct 2011 ITF São Paulo, Brazil 10,000 Clay Portugal Bárbara Luz 6–2, 6–3
Win 2–1 Dec 2012 ITF Santiago, Chile 25,000 Clay United States Julia Cohen 0–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 3–1 Jul 2013 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil 25,000 Hard Argentina María Irigoyen 3–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win 4–1 Apr 2014 ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil 10,000 Clay Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves 6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Loss 4–2 Apr 2014 ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil 10,000 Clay Brazil Gabriela Cé 1–1 ret.
Loss 4–3 Jun 2014 ITF Padua, Italy 25,000 Clay United States Louisa Chirico 2–6, 6–1, 6–7(3)
Loss 4–4 Oct 2015 ITF Florence, United States 25,000 Hard United States Grace Min 2–6, 6–4, 6–7(2)
Win 5–4 Nov 2016 ITF Santiago, Chile 10,000 Clay Chile Daniela Seguel 4–6, 4–4 ret.
Loss 5–5 Dec 2016 ITF Santiago, Chile 25,000 Clay Slovenia Tamara Zidanšek 1–6, 4–6
Win 6–5 Apr 2017 ITF Campinas, Brazil 15,000 Clay Argentina Stephanie Petit 6–4, 6–4
Win 7–5 Aug 2018 ITF Cuneo, Italy 15,000 Clay Italy Bianca Turati 6–4, 6–2
Loss 7–6 Jun 2019 ITF Padua, Italy 25,000 Clay Italy Martina Caregaro 4–6, 4–6
Loss 7–7 Jun 2019 ITF Tarvisio, Italy 25,000 Clay Italy Bianca Turati 3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 44 (24 titles, 20 runner–ups)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 11 October 2008 ITF Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil Clay Brazil Monique Albuquerque Colombia Karen Castiblanco
Argentina Aranza Salut
3–6, 1–6
Loss 2. 1 August 2009 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil Clay Brazil Monique Albuquerque Brazil Larissa Carvalho
Brazil Vivian Segnini
6–3, 1–6, [7–10]
Loss 3. 5 December 2009 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Brazil Fernanda Faria Argentina Mailen Auroux
Argentina Veronica Spiegel
0–6, 0–6
Loss 4. 27 March 2010 ITF Gonesse, France Clay (i) Brazil Fernanda Faria France Audrey Bergot
France Iryna Brémond
3–6, 3–6
Loss 5. 5 June 2010 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay Brazil Fernanda Faria Canada Ekaterina Shulaeva
Brazil Roxane Vaisemberg
3–6, 3–6
Win 1. 11 June 2010 ITF Brasília, Brazil Clay Brazil Fernanda Faria Brazil Gabriella Barbosa-Costa Silva
Brazil Natalia Cheng
6–4, 6–4
Win 2. 26 July 2010 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil Hard Brazil Fernanda Faria Brazil Monique Albuquerque
Brazil Roxane Vaisemberg
6–3, 6–2
Loss 6. 7 August 2010 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay Brazil Fernanda Faria Brazil Monique Albuquerque
Brazil Fernanda Hermenegildo
6–7, 4–6
Win 3. 26 November 2010 ITF Barueri, Brazil Clay Brazil Fernanda Faria Bolivia María Fernanda Álvarez Terán
Argentina Aranza Salut
7–5, 4–6, [10–3]
Win 4. 18 June 2011 Open de Montpellier, France Clay Ukraine Maryna Zanevska Romania Mădălina Gojnea
Spain Inés Ferrer Suárez
6–4, 7–5
Win 5. 22 July 2011 ITF Ribeirão Preto, Brazil Clay Brazil Fernanda Faria Argentina Andrea Benítez
Brazil Raquel Piltcher
2–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Loss 7. 7 October 2011 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay Brazil Flávia Dechandt Araújo Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves
Brazil Gabriela Cé
2–6, 4–6
Win 6. 28 October 2011 ITF Goiânia, Brazil Clay Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia Brazil Flávia Dechandt Araújo
Brazil Karina Venditti
6–4, 5–7, [12–10]
Loss 8. 21 July 2012 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil Hard Brazil Roxane Vaisemberg Australia Monique Adamczak
Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves
6–4, 3–6, [3–10]
Win 7. 3 August 2012 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay Brazil Roxane Vaisemberg Argentina Aranza Salut
Argentina Carolina Zeballos
6–2, 6–2
Loss 9. 30 November 2012 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay Brazil Roxane Vaisemberg Argentina Mailen Auroux
Argentina María Irigoyen
4–6, 2–6
Loss 10. 23 March 2013 ITF Innisbrook, United States Clay Argentina María Irigoyen Australia Ashleigh Barty
France Alizé Lim
1–6, 3–6
Loss 11. 21 June 2013 Open de Montpellier, France Clay Spain Inés Ferrer Suárez Russia Irina Khromacheva
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
1–6, 4–6
Win 8. 20 July 2013 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil Hard Argentina María Irigoyen Bolivia María Fernanda Álvarez Terán
Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves
7–5, 6–3
Win 9. 27 September 2013 ITF Sevilla, Spain Clay Argentina Florencia Molinero Chile Cecilia Costa Melgar
Italy Gaia Sanesi
6–3, 7–5
Win 10. 13 December 2013 ITF Mata de São João, Brazil Clay Brazil Laura Pigossi Paraguay Montserrat González
Argentina Carolina Zeballos
6–2, 6–2
Win 11. 21 December 2013 ITF Bertioga, Brazil Hard Brazil Laura Pigossi Paraguay Verónica Cepede Royg
Argentina María Irigoyen
2–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Loss 12. 16 February 2014 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay Colombia Mariana Duque Mariño Spain Beatriz García Vidagany
Germany Dinah Pfizenmaier
6–7(8), 6–4, [8–10]
Win 12. 4 April 2014 ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil Clay Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves Brazil Gabriela Cé
Brazil Eduarda Piai
7–6(0), 7–5
Win 13. 11 April 2014 ITF São José do Rio Preto, Brazil Clay Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves Brazil Carolina Alves
Brazil Ingrid Martins
6–2, 6–0
Loss 13. 13 June 2014 ITF Padua, Italy Clay Argentina Florencia Molinero Italy Gioia Barbieri
Georgia (country) Sofia Shapatava
4–6, 6–0, [12–14]
Win 14. 5 July 2014 ITF Denain, France Clay Argentina Florencia Molinero United Kingdom Nicola Slater
Australia Karolina Wlodarczak
7–6(3), 7–6(4)
Loss 14. 1 February 2015 ITF Sunrise, United States Clay Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia United States Katerina Stewart
Russia Anna Kalinskaya
6–7(6), 7–5, [6–10]
Loss 15. 13 February 2015 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay Argentina Tatiana Búa Montenegro Danka Kovinić
Romania Andreea Mitu
2–6, 5–7
Loss 16. 28 February 2015 ITF Campinas, Brazil Clay Venezuela Andrea Gámiz France Pauline Parmentier
Australia Olivia Rogowska
5–7, 6–4, [8–10]
Win 15. 29 March 2015 ITF Innisbrook, United States Clay Czech Republic Petra Krejsová Argentina María Irigoyen
Argentina Paula Ormaechea
6–2, 6–4
Loss 17. 26 April 2015 Dothan Pro Classic,
United States
Clay Czech Republic Petra Krejsová United Kingdom Johanna Konta
United States Maria Sanchez
3–6, 4–6
Win 16. 27 September 2015 Albuquerque Championships,
United States
Hard United States Sanaz Marand Austria Tamira Paszek
United States Anna Tatishvili
4–6, 6–2, [10–3]
Loss 18. 4 October 2015 Las Vegas Open,
United States
Clay United States Sanaz Marand United States Julia Boserup
United States Nicole Gibbs
3–6, 4–6
Loss 19. 31 October 2015 Tennis Classic of Macon, United States Hard (i) United States Sanaz Marand United States Jan Abaza
Switzerland Viktorija Golubic
6–7(3), 5–7
Win 17. 18 January 2016 ITF Guarujá, Brazil Hard Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia Brazil Laura Pigossi
Switzerland Jil Teichmann
6–7(3), 7–5, [10–7]
Win 18. 10 July 2017 ITF Turin, Italy Clay Spain Estrella Cabeza Candela Spain Irene Burillo Escorihuela
Spain Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
5–7, 6–0, [10–8]
Win 19. 17 July 2017 ITF Imola, Italy Carpet Spain Estrella Cabeza Candela Greece Eleni Kordolaimi
Australia Seone Mendez
6–3, 1–6, [10–3]
Loss 20. 28 October 2017 Tennis Classic of Macon,
United States
Hard United States Sanaz Marand United States Kaitlyn Christian
United States Sabrina Santamaria
1–6, 0–6
Win 20. 16 March 2019 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay Brazil Luisa Stefani Italy Martina di Giuseppe
Brazil Thaisa Grana Pedretti
6–7(4), 6–0, [10–8]
Win 21. 23 March 2019 ITF Curitiba, Brazil Clay Brazil Luisa Stefani Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze
Chile Daniela Seguel
6–7(3), 7–6(0), [10–2]
Win 22. 8 June 2019 Internazionali di Brescia, Italy Clay Venezuela Andrea Gámiz Italy Anastasia Grymalska
Italy Giorgia Marchetti
6–3, 4–6, [12–10]
Win 23. 29 June 2019 ITF Tarvisio, Italy Clay Brazil Gabriela Cé Italy Gloria Ceschi
United States Rasheeda McAdoo
6–2, 4–6, [10–3]
Win 24. 20 July 2019 ITF Imola, Italy Carpet Switzerland Nina Stadler United States Rasheeda McAdoo
Egypt Sandra Samir
6–4, 6–2

Notes

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  1. ^ a b The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.

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