Paula Cristina Gonçalves

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

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

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

edit

2015

edit

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

edit

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

edit

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

edit
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   Beatriz Haddad Maia   Irina Falconi
  Shelby Rogers
6–3, 3–6, [10–6]

ITF Circuit finals

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

Singles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner–ups)

edit
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)

edit
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

Notes

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

References

edit
edit