Paula Kania

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.

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.

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	15 September 2012	Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Polina Pekhova	Anna Chakvetadze Vesna Dolonc	6–2, retired
Runner-up	1.	20 July 2014	İstanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Oksana Kalashnikova	Misaki Doi Elina Svitolina	4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	2.	3 August 2014	Bank of the West Classic, Stanford, United States	Hard	Kateřina Siniaková	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	2–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Runner-up	3.	31 July 2015	Brasil Tennis Cup, Florianópolis, Brazil	Clay	María Irigoyen	Annika Beck Laura Siegemund	3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Runner-up	4.	20 September 2015	Coupe Banque Nationale, Quebec City, Canada	Hard (i)	María Irigoyen	Barbora Krejčíková An-Sophie Mestach	6–4, 3–6, [10–12]
Runner-up	5.	29 April 2016	J&T Banka Prague Open, Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	María Irigoyen	Margarita Gasparyan Andrea Hlaváčková	4–6, 2–6

Singles (5–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	30 August 2010	Gliwice, Poland	Clay	Anna Korzeniak	7–6(2), 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up	1.	14 March 2011	Amiens, France	Clay	Nastassja Burnett	6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	18 July 2011	Horb am Neckar, Germany	Clay	Carina Witthöft	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	7 November 2011	Opole, Poland	Carpet	Ana Vrljić	3–6, 6–2, 6–7(4)
Runner-up	3.	8 July 2012	Toruń, Poland	Clay	Danka Kovinić	3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner	3.	7 July 2013	Toruń, Poland	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	6–4, 6–4
Winner	4.	2 November 2013	Taipei, Taiwan	Clay	Zarina Diyas	6–1, 6–3
Winner	5.	10 August 2014	Landisville, United States	Hard	Ons Jabeur	5–7, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles (12–14)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	12 July 2010	Piešťany, Slovakia	Clay	Weronika Domagała	Gabriela Horáčková Petra Krejsová	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	27 September 2010	Tbilisi, Georgia	Clay	Zsófia Susányi	Tatia Mikadze Sofia Shapatava	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	8 November 2010	Minsk, Belarus	Hard	Katarzyna Piter	Elena Bovina Ekaterina Bychkova	4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	3.	15 November 2010	Opole, Poland	Carpet	Magda Linette	Oksana Kalashnikova Polina Pekhova	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	24 January 2011	Kaarst, Germany	Carpet	Marina Melnikova	Nikola Fraňková Tereza Hladíková	6–3, 6–7(1), [8–10]
Winner	2.	14 March 2011	Amiens, France	Clay	Barbara Sobaszkiewicz	Iveta Gerlová Lucie Kriegsmannová	3–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Winner	3.	18 July 2011	Horb am Neckar, Germany	Clay	Katarzyna Kawa	Vaszilisza Bulgakova Christina Shakovets	1–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Runner-up	5.	15 August 2011	Piešťany, Slovakia	Clay	Martina Kubičíková	Simona Dobrá Lucie Kriegsmannová	4–6 2–6
Runner-up	6.	7 November 2011	Opole, Poland	Carpet	Magda Linette	Naomi Broady Kristina Mladenovic	6–7(5), 4–6
Winner	4.	16 January 2012	Stuttgart-Stammheim, Germany	Hard	Ksenia Lykina	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok	6–4, 6–3
Winner	5.	5 March 2012	Fort Walton Beach, United States	Hard	Madison Brengle	Elena Bovina Alizé Lim	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	16 April 2012	Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Naomi Broady	Oksana Kalashnikova Marta Sirotkina	6–2, 7–5
Winner	6.	30 April 2012	Moscow, Russia	Hard	Polina Pekhova	Tatiana Kotelnikova Lidziya Marozava	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	8.	11 June 2012	Craiova, Romania	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	Renata Voráčová Lenka Wienerová	2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Winner	7.	15 October 2012	Seville, Spain	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Aleksandrina Naydenova Teliana Pereira	5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
Runner-up	9.	29 April 2013	Civitavecchia, Italy	Clay	Magda Linette	Stephanie Vogt Renata Voráčová	3–6, 4–6
Winner	8.	27 May 2013	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Magda Linette	Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen	6–3, 6–0
Winner	9.	10 June 2013	Padua, Italy	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	Cristina Dinu Maša Zec Peškirič	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	10.	24 June 2013	Zlín, Czech Republic	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Martina Borecká Tereza Smitková	1–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Winner	10.	6 July 2013	Toruń, Poland	Clay	Magda Linette	Yuliya Beygelzimer Elena Bogdan	6–2, 4–6, [10–5]
Winner	11.	25 October 2013	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Valeria Solovyeva	Cecilia Costa Melgar Anastasia Grymalska	7–6(7–3), 6–4
Winner	12.	4 May 2015	Tunis, Tunisia	Clay	Maria Irigoyen	Julie Coin Stephanie Foretz	6-1, 6–3
Runner-up	11.	18 December 2015	Ankara, Turkey	Hard (i)	Lesley Kerkhove	Marina Melnikova María José Martínez Sánchez	4–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Runner-up	12.	15 January 2017	Daytona Beach United States	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Robin Anderson Anhelina Kalinina	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	13.	21 January 2017	Orlando, United States	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Sophie Chang Madeleine Kobelt	3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Runner-up	14.	24 June 2017	Ilkley, United Kingdom	Grass	Maryna Zanevska	Anna Blinkova Alla Kudryavtseva	1–6, 4–6