Paula Cristina Gonçalves
Brazilian tennis player (born 1990)
Paula Cristina Gonçalves At Wimbledon, 2016
Full name Paula Cristina Araújo Gonçalves Country (sports) Brazil Residence São Paulo , BrazilBorn (1990-08-11 ) 11 August 1990 (age 34) São PauloHeight 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Plays Right (two-handed backhand) Prize money $219,377 Career record 320–221 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 158 (15 August 2016) Australian Open Q2 (2017 ) French Open Q1 (2016 ) Wimbledon Q1 (2016 ) US Open Q1 (2016 ) Career record 227–165 Career titles 1 Highest ranking No. 95 (29 February 2016) Olympic Games 1R (2016 ) Fed Cup 15–4
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
2015
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
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
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
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)
ITF Circuit finals
Legend
$75/80,000 tournaments
$50/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Singles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner–ups)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Jun 2010
ITF Brasília, Brazil
10,000
Clay
Fernanda Faria
7–6(5) , 3–6, 4–6
Win
1–1
Oct 2011
ITF São Paulo, Brazil
10,000
Clay
Bárbara Luz
6–2, 6–3
Win
2–1
Dec 2012
ITF Santiago, Chile
25,000
Clay
Julia Cohen
0–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win
3–1
Jul 2013
ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil
25,000
Hard
María Irigoyen
3–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win
4–1
Apr 2014
ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil
10,000
Clay
Maria Fernanda Alves
6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Loss
4–2
Apr 2014
ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil
10,000
Clay
Gabriela Cé
1–1 ret.
Loss
4–3
Jun 2014
ITF Padua, Italy
25,000
Clay
Louisa Chirico
2–6, 6–1, 6–7(3)
Loss
4–4
Oct 2015
ITF Florence, United States
25,000
Hard
Grace Min
2–6, 6–4, 6–7(2)
Win
5–4
Nov 2016
ITF Santiago, Chile
10,000
Clay
Daniela Seguel
4–6, 4–4 ret.
Loss
5–5
Dec 2016
ITF Santiago, Chile
25,000
Clay
Tamara Zidanšek
1–6, 4–6
Win
6–5
Apr 2017
ITF Campinas, Brazil
15,000
Clay
Stephanie Petit
6–4, 6–4
Win
7–5
Aug 2018
ITF Cuneo, Italy
15,000
Clay
Bianca Turati
6–4, 6–2
Loss
7–6
Jun 2019
ITF Padua, Italy
25,000
Clay
Martina Caregaro
4–6, 4–6
Loss
7–7
Jun 2019
ITF Tarvisio, Italy
25,000
Clay
Bianca Turati
3–6, 1–6
Doubles: 44 (24 titles, 20 runner–ups)
Result
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
1.
11 October 2008
ITF Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil
Clay
Monique Albuquerque
Karen Castiblanco Aranza Salut
3–6, 1–6
Loss
2.
1 August 2009
ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil
Clay
Monique Albuquerque
Larissa Carvalho Vivian Segnini
6–3, 1–6, [7–10]
Loss
3.
5 December 2009
ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina
Clay
Fernanda Faria
Mailen Auroux Veronica Spiegel
0–6, 0–6
Loss
4.
27 March 2010
ITF Gonesse, France
Clay (i)
Fernanda Faria
Audrey Bergot Iryna Brémond
3–6, 3–6
Loss
5.
5 June 2010
ITF São Paulo, Brazil
Clay
Fernanda Faria
Ekaterina Shulaeva Roxane Vaisemberg
3–6, 3–6
Win
1.
11 June 2010
ITF Brasília, Brazil
Clay
Fernanda Faria
Gabriella Barbosa-Costa Silva Natalia Cheng
6–4, 6–4
Win
2.
26 July 2010
ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil
Hard
Fernanda Faria
Monique Albuquerque Roxane Vaisemberg
6–3, 6–2
Loss
6.
7 August 2010
ITF São Paulo, Brazil
Clay
Fernanda Faria
Monique Albuquerque Fernanda Hermenegildo
6–7, 4–6
Win
3.
26 November 2010
ITF Barueri, Brazil
Clay
Fernanda Faria
María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Aranza Salut
7–5, 4–6, [10–3]
Win
4.
18 June 2011
Open de Montpellier , France
Clay
Maryna Zanevska
Mădălina Gojnea Inés Ferrer Suárez
6–4, 7–5
Win
5.
22 July 2011
ITF Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Clay
Fernanda Faria
Andrea Benítez Raquel Piltcher
2–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Loss
7.
7 October 2011
ITF São Paulo, Brazil
Clay
Flávia Dechandt Araújo
Maria Fernanda Alves Gabriela Cé
2–6, 4–6
Win
6.
28 October 2011
ITF Goiânia, Brazil
Clay
Beatriz Haddad Maia
Flávia Dechandt Araújo Karina Venditti
6–4, 5–7, [12–10]
Loss
8.
21 July 2012
ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil
Hard
Roxane Vaisemberg
Monique Adamczak Maria Fernanda Alves
6–4, 3–6, [3–10]
Win
7.
3 August 2012
ITF São Paulo, Brazil
Clay
Roxane Vaisemberg
Aranza Salut Carolina Zeballos
6–2, 6–2
Loss
9.
30 November 2012
ITF Santiago, Chile
Clay
Roxane Vaisemberg
Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen
4–6, 2–6
Loss
10.
23 March 2013
ITF Innisbrook, United States
Clay
María Irigoyen
Ashleigh Barty Alizé Lim
1–6, 3–6
Loss
11.
21 June 2013
Open de Montpellier, France
Clay
Inés Ferrer Suárez
Irina Khromacheva Renata Voráčová
1–6, 4–6
Win
8.
20 July 2013
ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil
Hard
María Irigoyen
María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Maria Fernanda Alves
7–5, 6–3
Win
9.
27 September 2013
ITF Sevilla, Spain
Clay
Florencia Molinero
Cecilia Costa Melgar Gaia Sanesi
6–3, 7–5
Win
10.
13 December 2013
ITF Mata de São João, Brazil
Clay
Laura Pigossi
Montserrat González Carolina Zeballos
6–2, 6–2
Win
11.
21 December 2013
ITF Bertioga, Brazil
Hard
Laura Pigossi
Verónica Cepede Royg María Irigoyen
2–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Loss
12.
16 February 2014
ITF São Paulo, Brazil
Clay
Mariana Duque Mariño
Beatriz García Vidagany Dinah Pfizenmaier
6–7(8) , 6–4, [8–10]
Win
12.
4 April 2014
ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil
Clay
Maria Fernanda Alves
Gabriela Cé Eduarda Piai
7–6(0) , 7–5
Win
13.
11 April 2014
ITF São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
Clay
Maria Fernanda Alves
Carolina Alves Ingrid Martins
6–2, 6–0
Loss
13.
13 June 2014
ITF Padua, Italy
Clay
Florencia Molinero
Gioia Barbieri Sofia Shapatava
4–6, 6–0, [12–14]
Win
14.
5 July 2014
ITF Denain, France
Clay
Florencia Molinero
Nicola Slater Karolina Wlodarczak
7–6(3) , 7–6(4)
Loss
14.
1 February 2015
ITF Sunrise, United States
Clay
Beatriz Haddad Maia
Katerina Stewart Anna Kalinskaya
6–7(6) , 7–5, [6–10]
Loss
15.
13 February 2015
ITF São Paulo, Brazil
Clay
Tatiana Búa
Danka Kovinić Andreea Mitu
2–6, 5–7
Loss
16.
28 February 2015
ITF Campinas, Brazil
Clay
Andrea Gámiz
Pauline Parmentier Olivia Rogowska
5–7, 6–4, [8–10]
Win
15.
29 March 2015
ITF Innisbrook, United States
Clay
Petra Krejsová
María Irigoyen Paula Ormaechea
6–2, 6–4
Loss
17.
26 April 2015
Dothan Pro Classic , United States
Clay
Petra Krejsová
Johanna Konta Maria Sanchez
3–6, 4–6
Win
16.
27 September 2015
Albuquerque Championships , United States
Hard
Sanaz Marand
Tamira Paszek Anna Tatishvili
4–6, 6–2, [10–3]
Loss
18.
4 October 2015
Las Vegas Open , United States
Clay
Sanaz Marand
Julia Boserup Nicole Gibbs
3–6, 4–6
Loss
19.
31 October 2015
Tennis Classic of Macon , United States
Hard (i)
Sanaz Marand
Jan Abaza Viktorija Golubic
6–7(3) , 5–7
Win
17.
18 January 2016
ITF Guarujá, Brazil
Hard
Beatriz Haddad Maia
Laura Pigossi Jil Teichmann
6–7(3) , 7–5, [10–7]
Win
18.
10 July 2017
ITF Turin, Italy
Clay
Estrella Cabeza Candela
Irene Burillo Escorihuela Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
5–7, 6–0, [10–8]
Win
19.
17 July 2017
ITF Imola, Italy
Carpet
Estrella Cabeza Candela
Eleni Kordolaimi Seone Mendez
6–3, 1–6, [10–3]
Loss
20.
28 October 2017
Tennis Classic of Macon, United States
Hard
Sanaz Marand
Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria
1–6, 0–6
Win
20.
16 March 2019
ITF São Paulo, Brazil
Clay
Luisa Stefani
Martina di Giuseppe Thaisa Grana Pedretti
6–7(4) , 6–0, [10–8]
Win
21.
23 March 2019
ITF Curitiba, Brazil
Clay
Luisa Stefani
Ekaterine Gorgodze Daniela Seguel
6–7(3) , 7–6(0) , [10–2]
Win
22.
8 June 2019
Internazionali di Brescia, Italy
Clay
Andrea Gámiz
Anastasia Grymalska Giorgia Marchetti
6–3, 4–6, [12–10]
Win
23.
29 June 2019
ITF Tarvisio, Italy
Clay
Gabriela Cé
Gloria Ceschi Rasheeda McAdoo
6–2, 4–6, [10–3]
Win
24.
20 July 2019
ITF Imola, Italy
Carpet
Nina Stadler
Rasheeda McAdoo Sandra Samir
6–4, 6–2
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