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Paula Kania
Polish tennis player

Paula Kania

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Polish tennis player
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Place of birth
Sosnowiec
Age
32 years
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Sosnowiec
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Biography

Paula Kania (born 6 November 1992) is a professional Polish tennis player.

Kania has won one WTA title in doubles, five ITF titles in singles, and twelve in doubles. On 15 June 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 128, and on 22 June 2015, she reached her best doubles ranking of world number 62.

Personal life

Paula was born to Paweł and Zdzisława Kania on 6 November 1992 in Sosnowiec. She has one sister – Zuzanna. She began playing tennis aged 7 and her favourite surface is hard. Her personal interests include music and reading. She has named Martina Hingis as the player she admires most. She became a professional tennis player in 2008. Her ambition in tennis is advance to the WTA top 10.

Career

2012

Kania and Polina Pekhova won the title on 2012 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

Kania qualified for her first main draw of a Grand Slam at 2014 Wimbledon Championships, losing to World No. 2 Li Na in straight sets in the first round. The match was not only Kania's first Grand Slam main draw, but her first singles main draw of any WTA Tour event after participating in qualifying at 20 tournaments. Kania continued her momentum by qualifying for another WTA main draw a month later: the 2014 Bank of the West Classic.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–1)
International (1–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.15 September 2012Tashkent Open, Tashkent, UzbekistanHardBelarus Polina PekhovaRussia Anna Chakvetadze
Serbia Vesna Dolonc
6–2, retired
Runner-up1.20 July 2014İstanbul Cup, Istanbul, TurkeyHardGeorgia (country) Oksana KalashnikovaJapan Misaki Doi
Ukraine Elina Svitolina
4–6, 0–6
Runner-up2.3 August 2014Bank of the West Classic, Stanford, United StatesHardCzech Republic Kateřina SiniakováSpain Garbiñe Muguruza
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro
2–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Runner-up3.31 July 2015Brasil Tennis Cup, Florianópolis, BrazilClayArgentina María IrigoyenGermany Annika Beck
Germany Laura Siegemund
3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Runner-up4.20 September 2015Coupe Banque Nationale, Quebec City, CanadaHard (i)Argentina María IrigoyenCzech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
Belgium An-Sophie Mestach
6–4, 3–6, [10–12]
Runner-up5.29 April 2016J&T Banka Prague Open, Prague, Czech RepublicClayArgentina María IrigoyenRussia Margarita Gasparyan
Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
4–6, 2–6

Single career statistics

Tournament2013201420152016W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian OpenAQ2Q1Q20–0
French OpenQ3Q22RQ11–1
WimbledonQ11RQ11R0–2
US OpenQ21RQ20–1
Win–Loss0–00–21–1

ITF finals

Singles (5–3)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000/$80,000 tournaments
$50,000/$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000/$15,000 tournaments
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.30 August 2010Gliwice, PolandClayPoland Anna Korzeniak7–6(2), 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up1.14 March 2011Amiens, FranceClayItaly Nastassja Burnett6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Winner2.18 July 2011Horb am Neckar, GermanyClayGermany Carina Witthöft4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up2.7 November 2011Opole, PolandCarpetCroatia Ana Vrljić3–6, 6–2, 6–7(4)
Runner-up3.8 July 2012Toruń, PolandClayMontenegro Danka Kovinić3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner3.7 July 2013Toruń, PolandClayPoland Katarzyna Piter6–4, 6–4
Winner4.2 November 2013Taipei, TaiwanClayKazakhstan Zarina Diyas6–1, 6–3
Winner5.10 August 2014Landisville, United StatesHardTunisia Ons Jabeur5–7, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles (12–14)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScore
Winner1.12 July 2010Piešťany, SlovakiaClayPoland Weronika DomagałaCzech Republic Gabriela Horáčková
Czech Republic Petra Krejsová
6–1, 6–1
Runner-up1.27 September 2010Tbilisi, GeorgiaClayHungary Zsófia SusányiGeorgia (country) Tatia Mikadze
Georgia (country) Sofia Shapatava
3–6, 2–6
Runner-up2.8 November 2010Minsk, BelarusHardPoland Katarzyna PiterRussia Elena Bovina
Russia Ekaterina Bychkova
4–6, 0–6
Runner-up3.15 November 2010Opole, PolandCarpetPoland Magda LinetteGeorgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova
Belarus Polina Pekhova
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up4.24 January 2011Kaarst, GermanyCarpetRussia Marina MelnikovaCzech Republic Nikola Fraňková
Czech Republic Tereza Hladíková
6–3, 6–7(1), [8–10]
Winner2.14 March 2011Amiens, FranceClayPoland Barbara SobaszkiewiczCzech Republic Iveta Gerlová
Czech Republic Lucie Kriegsmannová
3–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Winner3.18 July 2011Horb am Neckar, GermanyClayPoland Katarzyna KawaHungary Vaszilisza Bulgakova
Germany Christina Shakovets
1–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Runner-up5.15 August 2011Piešťany, SlovakiaClayCzech Republic Martina KubičíkováCzech Republic Simona Dobrá
Czech Republic Lucie Kriegsmannová
4–6 2–6
Runner-up6.7 November 2011Opole, PolandCarpetPoland Magda LinetteUnited Kingdom Naomi Broady
France Kristina Mladenovic
6–7(5), 4–6
Winner4.16 January 2012Stuttgart-Stammheim, GermanyHardRussia Ksenia LykinaUkraine Lyudmyla Kichenok
Ukraine Nadiya Kichenok
6–4, 6–3
Winner5.5 March 2012Fort Walton Beach, United StatesHardUnited States Madison BrengleRussia Elena Bovina
France Alizé Lim
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up7.16 April 2012Namangan, UzbekistanHardUnited Kingdom Naomi BroadyGeorgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova
Russia Marta Sirotkina
6–2, 7–5
Winner6.30 April 2012Moscow, RussiaHardBelarus Polina PekhovaRussia Tatiana Kotelnikova
Belarus Lidziya Marozava
6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Runner-up8.11 June 2012Craiova, RomaniaClayRussia Irina KhromachevaCzech Republic Renata Voráčová
Slovakia Lenka Wienerová
2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Winner7.15 October 2012Seville, SpainClayPoland Katarzyna PiterBulgaria Aleksandrina Naydenova
Brazil Teliana Pereira
5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
Runner-up9.29 April 2013Civitavecchia, ItalyClayPoland Magda LinetteLiechtenstein Stephanie Vogt
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
3–6, 4–6
Winner8.27 May 2013Maribor, SloveniaClayPoland Magda LinetteArgentina Mailen Auroux
Argentina María Irigoyen
6–3, 6–0
Winner9.10 June 2013Padua, ItalyClayRussia Irina KhromachevaRomania Cristina Dinu
Slovenia Maša Zec Peškirič
6–3, 6–1
Runner-up10.24 June 2013Zlín, Czech RepublicClayPoland Katarzyna PiterCzech Republic Martina Borecká
Czech Republic Tereza Smitková
1–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Winner10.6 July 2013Toruń, PolandClayPoland Magda LinetteUkraine Yuliya Beygelzimer
Romania Elena Bogdan
6–2, 4–6, [10–5]
Winner11.25 October 2013Casablanca, MoroccoClayRussia Valeria SolovyevaChile Cecilia Costa Melgar
Italy Anastasia Grymalska
7–6(7–3), 6–4
Winner12.4 May 2015Tunis, TunisiaClayArgentina Maria IrigoyenFrance Julie Coin
France Stephanie Foretz
6-1, 6–3
Runner-up11.18 December 2015Ankara, TurkeyHard (i)Netherlands Lesley KerkhoveRussia Marina Melnikova
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
4–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Runner-up12.15 January 2017Daytona Beach United StatesClayPoland Katarzyna PiterUnited States Robin Anderson
Ukraine Anhelina Kalinina
4–6, 1–6
Runner-up13.21 January 2017Orlando, United StatesClayPoland Katarzyna PiterUnited States Sophie Chang
United States Madeleine Kobelt
3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Runner-up14.24 June 2017Ilkley, United KingdomGrassBelgium Maryna ZanevskaRussia Anna Blinkova
Russia Alla Kudryavtseva
1–6, 4–6
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