Paula Ormaechea

Paula Ormaechea (born 28 September 1992) is an Argentine tennis player. She has won nine singles and five doubles ITF titles in her career, and, on 21 October 2013, reached a singles ranking high of world number 59. Ormaechea has a 12–12 record for the Argentina Fed Cup team.

Paula Ormaechea was born on 28 September 1992 in Sunchales, Santa Fe to Mirna and Marcelo Ormaechea. She also has two sisters, Valentina and Sofía. Juan Pablo Guzmán, former ATP tennis player, serves as her coach. Ormaechea cites Roger Federer, Serena and Venus Williams as her role models, and also admires Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras. A fan of football, she supports Boca Juniors.

Junior career

Ormaechea entered professional junior tournaments in 2006 Ana Bogdan in the final of Banana Bowl, 6–2, 6–4, previously defeating Kristina Mladenovic 6–4, 6–2 in the semifinals. Ormaechea won her next title at Uruguay Bowl in March 2009. She also played at 2009 French Open and 2009 US Open, but fell to, respectively, Bianca Botto and Richèl Hogenkamp in the first round. Also winning four doubles events, her last junior doubles title came at Canadian Open Junior Championship in September 2009.

Fed Cup

Ormaechea made her debut for Argentina Fed Cup team on 26 April 2009 in the 2009 World Group Playoff against Ukraine. She partnered María Irigoyen, losing to Mariya Koryttseva and Olga Savchuk 6–2, 6–0. Ormaechea made her singles debut in 2010 World Group II rubber against Estonia. She lost her first match to World No. 61 Kaia Kanepi 6–1, 7–5, and the second one to Maret Ani 6–2, 6–3. Ormaechea also played in the rubber against Canada, and lost both of her singles matches — against Aleksandra Wozniak 6–4, 6–2, and Valérie Tétreault 7–6, 1–6, 1–6.

Ormaechea's first tournament was an ITF event in Colombia, where she lost to Alexandra Cadanțu 6–4 6–0 in the first round of qualifying. After this, she played the Copa Colsanitas, but again lost during qualifications, this time in the second round. Despite her bad run, Paula rebounded and won an ITF tournament in Santiago, Chile one month later. She then played four ITF events during May, reaching the final of one, but losing to top seed Lucie Hradecká 4–6 6–3 6–2.

Paula then played in the qualifications for the Brussels Ladies Open, her first premium tournament. She got to the final round of qualifying after defeating Catalina Castaño and Andrea Hlaváčková, but was then swept aside by doubles specialist Abigail Spears 6–1 6–1.

Following this loss, she headed to Rome to play a 25K tournament, but lost in the second round to Sofia Shapatava 2–6 7–6 (5) 6–4. Then, following another loss in the Quarterfinals of an ITF event in Poland and an early elimination in the qualifications at the Budapest Grand Prix, Paula's form improved when she qualified for the Gastein Ladies in Kitzbühel, Austria. She then lost in the first round of the main draw to María José Martínez Sánchez in straight sets.

Paula then took a break from the WTA Tour, playing eight ITF tournaments from August to October, winning two of them.

Paula Ormaechea in May 2012 at the French Open

Ormaechea began her 2012 season at the Apia International Sydney, losing to Vania King in straight sets in the second round of qualifying. Following this loss, she headed to Melbourne for the Australian Open. In the first round of qualifications, she had a decisive victory 6–1 6–4 over seventh qualifying seed Coco Vandeweghe, backed up by another win over Su-Wei Hsieh. In the final round of qualifying, she crushed Austrian Yvonne Meusburger 6–1 6–3 to gain entry into her first Grand Slam main draw.

In the first round of the main draw, she overcame Romanian Simona Halep in three sets. In the second round, however, she was sent crashing out by eighth seed Agnieszka Radwańska in straight sets. Due to her strong beginning of the new season, her ranking peaked at over one hundred and forty for the first time.

Ormaechea's next tournament was the Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, Colombia. She defeated Teliana Pereira and Corinna Dentoni to qualify. She reached the quarterfinals of the tournament, posting wins over Jelena Dokić and Petra Rampre, before being knocked out by eventual champion Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino.

Ormaechea then played two premium events at the BNP Paribas Open and the Sony Ericsson Open, losing in the second and first qualifying rounds, respectively. Despite these early losses, her recent success gave her a career high ranking of one hundred and eleventh.

She then headed to Charleston, South Carolina for the Family Circle Cup. She had to qualify, and she did so by defeating Emily J. Harman and Shelby Rogers. In the main draw, she posted a win over fifteenth seed Chanelle Scheepers in the first round, before being swept aside by Kazakh Galina Voskoboeva in the second round. She then played at the Fed Cup in World Group II Play Offs against China, winning both her singles matches and helping Argentina win by a score of 4–1.

At the French Open, she was handed a tough draw to face American and seven-time grand slam champion Venus Williams in the first round. After playing an outstanding first set to win 6–4, Williams then upped her level and Paula eventually lost 4–6, 6–1, 6–3.

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner–up	1.	24 February 2013	Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Jelena Janković	1–6, 2–6

Singles (13–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner–up	1.	000000002009-10-03-00003 October 2009	Juárez, Mexico	Clay	Mailen Auroux	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	000000002009-11-07-00007 November 2009	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Verónica Spiegel	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	2.	000000002009-11-21-000021 November 2009	Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Andrea Koch Benvenuto	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner–up	2.	000000002009-12-06-00006 December 2009	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Rossana de los Ríos	5–7, 1–6
Runner–up	3.	000000002010-06-20-000020 June 2010	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Mailen Auroux	1–6, 5–7
Winner	3.	000000002010-06-27-000027 June 2010	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Lucía Jara Lozano	6–2, 6–2
Winner	4.	000000002010-07-18-000018 July 2010	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Julia Cohen	7–5, 6–2
Winner	5.	000000002010-07-25-000025 July 2010	Brasília, Brazil	Clay	Ana Clara Duarte	3–6, 7–6(7–1), 7–6(8–6)
Winner	6.	000000002011-03-20-000020 March 2011	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Catalina Pella	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Runner–up	4.	000000002011-05-08-00008 May 2011	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	7.	000000002011-09-11-000011 September 2011	Podgorica, Montenegro	Clay	Danka Kovinić	6–1, 6–1
Winner	8.	000000002011-09-25-000025 September 2011	Foggia, Italy	Clay	Renata Voráčová	6–4, 6–4
Runner–up	5.	000000002011-10-02-00002 October 2011	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Nastassja Burnett	2–6, 3–6
Winner	9.	000000002013-05-19-000019 May 2013	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Dinah Pfizenmaier	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	10.	8 June 2015	Padua, Italy	Clay	Réka-Luca Jani	6–3, 6–4
Winner	11.	000000002016-04-10-000010 April 2016	Sao Jose Do Rio Preto, Brazil	Clay	Laura Pigossi	6–4, 6–1
Winner	12.	000000002016-04-17-000017 April 2016	Lins, Brazil	Clay	Harmony Tan	6–3, 6–2
Winner	13.	000000002016-04-23-000023 April 2016	Bauru, Brazil	Clay	Julieta Lara Estable	1–6, 6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	6.	24 September 2016	Podgorica, Montenegro	Clay	Quirine Lemoine	5–7, 1–6

Doubles (5–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner–up	1.	06 October 2008	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	Clay	Claudia Razzeto	Rocio Galarza Gabriela Roux	6–7(5–7), 6–3, [9–11]
Runner–up	2.	13 October 2008	Lima, Peru	Clay	Marina Giral Lores	Andrea Koch Benvenuto Karen Castiblanco	2–6, 1–6
Runner–up	3.	20 October 2008	Lima, Peru	Clay	Marina Giral Lores	Andrea Koch Benvenuto Karen Castiblanco	7–6(9–7), 0–6, [3–10]
Runner–up	4.	000000002009-11-28-000028 November 2009	Lima, Peru	Clay	Agustina Eskenazi	Cecilia Costa Melgar Andrea Koch Benvenuto	1–6, 3–6
Winners	1.	000000002010-07-18-000018 July 2010	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Andrea Gámiz	Mailen Auroux Karen Castiblanco	5–7, 6–4, 7–5
Runner–up	5.	000000002010-12-04-00004 December 2010	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Alizé Lim	Maria Fernanda Alves Ana Clara Duarte	Default
Winners	2.	000000002011-03-18-000018 March 2011	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	Barbara Rush Carolina Zeballos	6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Winners	3.	000000002011-04-02-00002 April 2011	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán	María Irigoyen Florencia Molinero	4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Winners	4.	000000002011-06-24-000024 June 2011	Rome, Italy	Clay	Verónica Cepede Royg	Marina Shamayko Sofia Shapatava	7–5, 6–4
Winners	5.	000000002013-05-18-000018 May 2013	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Julia Glushko	Stéphanie Dubois Kurumi Nara	7–5, 7–6(13–11)
Runner-up	6.	23 March 2015	Palm Harbor, United States	Clay	María Irigoyen	Petra Krejsová Paula Cristina Gonçalves	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	8 June 2015	Padua, Italy	Clay	Réka-Luca Jani	María Irigoyen Barbora Krejčíková	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	000000002016-04-17-000017 April 2016	Lins, Brazil	Clay	Constanza Vega	Bárbara Gatica Stephanie Petit	5-7, 3-6

Fed Cup singles performances (12–10)

Edition	Round	Location	Surface	Against	Opponent	Score	Result
2010 Fed Cup	World Group II	Tallinn	Hard (i)	Estonia	Kaia Kanepi	1–6, 5–7	1–4
					Maret Ani	2–6, 3–6
	World Group II Play-offs	Montreal	Carpet (i)	Canada	Aleksandra Wozniak	4–6, 2–7	0–5
					Valérie Tétreault	7–6(8–6), 1–6, 1–6
2012 Fed Cup	Americas Zone	Curitiba	Clay	Bahamas	Larikah Russell	6–3, 6–0	3–0
				Canada	Aleksandra Wozniak	7–5, 6–4	3–0
				Peru	Ferny Ángeles Paz	6–1, 6–0	3–0
				Colombia	Catalina Castaño	6–2, 6–4	2–0
	World Group II Play-offs	Buenos Aires	Clay	China	Yi-Miao Zhou	6–2, 6–2	4–1
					Qiang Wang	6–4, 6–2
2013 Fed Cup	World Group II	Buenos Aires	Clay	Sweden	Johanna Larsson	6–3, 6–0	2–3
					Sofia Arvidsson	5–7, 7–6(8–6), 2–3, ret.
	World Group II Play-offs	Buenos Aires	Clay	Great Britain	Johanna Konta	6–3, 6–2	3–1
					Laura Robson	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
2014 Fed Cup	World Group II	Pilar	Clay	Japan	Misaki Doi	6–2, 3–6, 6–3	3–0
					Kurumi Nara	6–3 6–4
	World Group Play-offs	Sochi	Clay	Russia	Elena Vesnina	3–6, 3–6	0–4
					Ekaterina Makarova	1–6, 2–6
2015 Fed Cup	World Group II	Buenos Aires	Clay	United States	Venus Williams	3–6, 2–6	1–4
					Coco Vandeweghe	6–4, 6–4
	World Group II Play-offs	Buenos Aires	Clay	Spain	Sara Sorribes Tormo	6–4, 6–7(2–7), 1–6	0–4
					Lara Arruabarrena	1–6, 6–4, 7–9

Fed Cup doubles performances (0–2)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Outcome	Result
2009 World Group Playoff	QF	26 April 2009	Ukraine	Hard	María Irigoyen	Mariya Koryttseva Olga Savchuk	Loss	6–2, 6–0
2014 Fed Cup World Group II	1R	9 February 2014	Japan	Clay	María Irigoyen	Shuko Aoyama Risa Ozaki	Loss	6–0, 6–4