Paula Cristina Gonçalves
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Full name | Paula Cristina Araújo Gonçalves | ||||||||||||||||
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Residence | São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
Born | São Paulo | 11 August 1990||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||||
Prize money | $219,377 | ||||||||||||||||
Singles | |||||||||||||||||
Career record | 320–221 (59.1%) | ||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 0 WTA, 7 ITF | ||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 158 (15 August 2016) | ||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 478 (15 March 2021) | ||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam Singles results | |||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | Q2 (2017) | ||||||||||||||||
French Open | Q1 (2016) | ||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | Q1 (2016) | ||||||||||||||||
US Open | Q1 (2016) | ||||||||||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||||||||||
Career record | 227–165 (57.9%) | ||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 1 WTA, 24 ITF | ||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 95 (29 February 2016) | ||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 258 (15 March 2021) | ||||||||||||||||
Other doubles tournaments | |||||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | 1R (2016) | ||||||||||||||||
Team competitions | |||||||||||||||||
Fed Cup | 15–4 | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 16 March 2021. |
Paula Cristina de Araújo Gonçalves (born 11 August 1990) is a professional Brazilian tennis player.
She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as seven singles and 24 doubles titles on the ITF 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 career finals[]
Doubles: 1 (1 title)[]
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Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | Apr 2015 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia |
Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 3–6, [10–6] |
ITF Circuit finals[]
Legend |
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$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000/$80,000 tournaments |
$50,000/$60,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$15,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner–ups)[]
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2010 | ITF Brasília, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(5), 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Oct 2011 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 2–1 | Dec 2012 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
0–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 3–1 | Jul 2013 | ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
Win | 4–1 | Apr 2014 | ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 3–6, 6–2 |
Loss | 4–2 | Apr 2014 | ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
1–1 ret. |
Loss | 4–3 | Jun 2014 | ITF Padua, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 6–1, 6–7(3) |
Loss | 4–4 | Oct 2015 | ITF Florence, United States | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 6–4, 6–7(2) |
Win | 5–4 | Nov 2016 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 4–4 ret. |
Loss | 5–5 | Dec 2016 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 6–5 | Apr 2017 | ITF Campinas, Brazil | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 7–5 | Aug 2018 | ITF Cuneo, Italy | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 7–6 | Jun 2019 | ITF Padua, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 7–7 | Jun 2019 | ITF Tarvisio, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 1–6 |
Doubles: 44 (24 titles, 20 runner–ups)[]
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 11 October 2008 | ITF Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 2. | 1 August 2009 | ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 1–6, [7–10] |
Loss | 3. | 5 December 2009 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | ![]() |
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0–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 4. | 27 March 2010 | ITF Gonesse, France | Clay (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 5. | 5 June 2010 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1. | 11 June 2010 | Brasília, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 2. | 26 July 2010 | Campos do Jordão, Brazil | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 6. | 7 August 2010 | São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7, 4–6 |
Win | 3. | 26 November 2010 | Barueri, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 4–6, [10–3] |
Win | 4. | 18 June 2011 | Montpellier, France | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–5 |
Win | 5. | 22 July 2011 | Ribeirão Preto, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–2, [10–6] |
Loss | 7. | 7 October 2011 | São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 6. | 28 October 2011 | Goiânia, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 5–7, [12–10] |
Loss | 8. | 21 July 2012 | Campos do Jordão, Brazil | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, [3–10] |
Win | 7. | 3 August 2012 | São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–2 |
Loss | 9. | 30 November 2012 | Santiago, Chile | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 10. | 23 March 2013 | Innisbrook, United States | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 11. | 21 June 2013 | Montpellier, France | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 8. | 20 July 2013 | Campos do Jordão, Brazil | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–3 |
Win | 9. | 27 September 2013 | Sevilla, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 7–5 |
Win | 10. | 13 December 2013 | Mata de São João, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 11. | 21 December 2013 | Bertioga, Brazil | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
Loss | 12. | 16 February 2014 | São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(8), 6–4, [8–10] |
Win | 12. | 4 April 2014 | São José dos Campos, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(0), 7–5 |
Win | 13. | 11 April 2014 | São José do Rio Preto, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–0 |
Loss | 13. | 13 June 2014 | Padua, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–0, [12–14] |
Win | 14. | 5 July 2014 | Denain, France | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(3), 7–6(4) |
Loss | 14. | 1 February 2015 | Sunrise, United States | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(6), 7–5, [6–10] |
Loss | 15. | 13 February 2015 | São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 16. | 28 February 2015 | Campinas, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–4, [8–10] |
Win | 15. | 29 March 2015 | Innisbrook, United States | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 17. | 26 April 2015 | Dothan, United States | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 16. | 27 September 2015 | Albuquerque, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–2, [10–3] |
Loss | 18. | 4 October 2015 | Las Vegas, United States | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 19. | 31 October 2015 | Macon, United States | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–7(3), 5–7 |
Win | 17. | 18 January 2016 | Guarujá, Brazil | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(3), 7–5, [10–7] |
Win | 18. | 10 July 2017 | Turin, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–0, [10–8] |
Win | 19. | 17 July 2017 | Imola, Italy | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–3, 1–6, [10–3] |
Loss | 20. | 28 October 2017 | Macon, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 0–6 |
Win | 20. | 16 March 2019 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(4), 6–0, [10–8] |
Win | 21. | 23 March 2019 | ITF Curitiba, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(3), 7–6(0), [10–2] |
Win | 22. | 8 June 2019 | ITF Brescia, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 4–6, [12–10] |
Win | 23. | 29 June 2019 | ITF Tarvisio, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 4–6, [10–3] |
Win | 24. | 20 July 2019 | ITF Imola, Italy | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
References[]
External links[]
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Tennis players from São Paulo
- Brazilian female tennis players
- Tennis players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic tennis players of Brazil
- South American Games gold medalists for Brazil
- South American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
- South American Games medalists in tennis
- Competitors at the 2014 South American Games
- Pan American Games competitors for Brazil