Paula Ormaechea

Paula Ormaechea
	Ormaechea at the 2019 Wimbledon Qualifying
Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	28 September 1992 (age 29); Sunchales, Argentina
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 840,487
Singles
Career record	338–221 (60.5%)
Career titles	15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 59 (21 October 2013)
Current ranking	No. 184 (10 January 2022)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2012)
French Open	3R (2013, 2014)
Wimbledon	1R (2014)
US Open	2R (2013)
Doubles
Career record	136–122 (52.7%)
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 188 (22 July 2013)
Current ranking	No. 327 (14 June 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2014)
Wimbledon	1R (2013)
US Open	1R (2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	20–13 (60.6%)
Medal record
Representing Argentina
Women's Tennis
Pan American Games
	Last updated on: 14 June 2021.

Paula Ormaechea (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpawla oɾmaeˈtʃea]; born 28 September 1992) is an Argentine tennis player. She has won 15 singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 21 October 2013, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 59.^[1]

Ormaechea has a 20–13 win/loss record for the Argentina Fed Cup team.^[2]

Personal life[]

Paula Ormaechea was born on 28 September 1992 in Sunchales, Santa Fe to Mirna and Marcelo Ormaechea.^[3] She also has two sisters, Valentina and Sofía.^[3] Juan Pablo Guzmán, former ATP tennis player, serves as her coach. Ormaechea cites Roger Federer, Serena and Venus Williams as her role models,^[4] and also admires Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras.^[4]

Career review[]

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.^[5] Ormaechea won her next title at Uruguay Bowl in March 2009. She also played at the 2009 French Open and 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 in straight sets.^[6] Ormaechea made her singles debut in 2010 World Group II rubber against Estonia.^[7] She lost her first match to world No. 61, Kaia Kanepi,^[8] and the second one to Maret Ani.^[9] Ormaechea also played in the rubber against Canada, and lost both of her singles matches — against Aleksandra Wozniak and Valérie Tétreault.^[10]

2011[]

Her first tournament was an ITF event in Colombia, where she lost to Alexandra Cadanțu 4–6, 0–6 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 6–4, 3–6, 2–6.

Paula then played the qualifying for the Brussels 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. 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.

2012[]

Ormaechea began new season at the Sydney International where she lost in the second round of qualifying to 13th seed Vania King. Following this loss, she headed to Melbourne for the Australian Open. She successfully qualified for her first Grand Slam main draw beating seventh seed CoCo Vandeweghe, Hsieh Su-wei, and 19th seed Yvonne Meusburger. In the first round of the main draw, she overcame Simona Halep in three sets.^[11] In the second round, however, she was sent crashing out by eighth seed Agnieszka Radwańska, in straight sets.^[12] Due to her strong beginning of the new season, her ranking peaked at over No. 140 for the first time.

Grand Slam performance timelines[]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	P	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles[]

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2019	2020	2021	2022	W–L
Australian Open	2R	Q1	1R	Q2	Q2	A	A	Q1	1–2
French Open	1R	3R	3R	Q1	A	A	A		4–3
Wimbledon	Q1	Q2	1R	A	Q1	NH	A		0–1
US Open	Q3	2R	1R	A	Q1	A	Q1		1–2
Win–Loss	1–2	3–2	2–4	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	6–8

Doubles[]

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	1R	0–1
French Open	A	A	1R	0–1
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	Q1	0–1
US Open	A	1R	A	0–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–2	0–2	0–4

WTA career finals[]

Singles: 1 (runner-up)[]

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2013	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Jelena Janković	1–6, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 28 (15 titles, 13 runner–ups)[]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$50/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (15–12)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2009	ITF Juárez, Mexico	10,000	Clay	Mailen Auroux	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Nov 2009	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	10,000	Clay	Verónica Spiegel	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Win	2–1	Nov 2009	ITF Asunción, Paraguay	10,000	Clay	Andrea Koch Benvenuto	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	2–2	Dec 2009	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	25,000	Clay	Rossana de los Ríos	5–7, 1–6
Loss	2–3	Jun 2010	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	10,000	Clay	Mailen Auroux	1–6, 5–7
Win	3–3	Jun 2010	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	10,000	Clay	Lucía Jara Lozano	6–2, 6–2
Win	4–3	Jul 2010	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	25,000	Clay	Julia Cohen	7–5, 6–2
Win	5–3	Jul 2010	ITF Brasília, Brazil	10,000	Clay	Ana Clara Duarte	3–6, 7–6⁽¹⁾, 7–6⁽⁶⁾
Win	6–3	Mar 2011	ITF Santiago, Chile	10,000	Clay	Catalina Pella	6–2, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Loss	6–4	May 2011	ITF Prague, Czech Republic	50,000	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	7–4	Sep 2011	ITF Podgorica, Montenegro	25,000	Clay	Danka Kovinić	6–1, 6–1
Win	8–4	Sep 2011	ITF Foggia, Italy	25,000	Clay	Renata Voráčová	6–4, 6–4
Loss	8–5	Oct 2011	ITF Madrid, Spain	25,000	Clay	Nastassja Burnett	2–6, 3–6
Win	9–5	May 2013	ITF Saint-Gaudens, France	50,000	Clay	Dinah Pfizenmaier	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win	10–5	Jun 2015	ITF Padua, Italy	25,000	Clay	Réka Luca Jani	6–3, 6–4
Win	11–5	Apr 2016	ITF Sao Jose Do Rio Preto, Brazil	10,000	Clay	Laura Pigossi	6–4, 6–1
Win	12–5	Apr 2016	ITF Lins, Brazil	10,000	Clay	Harmony Tan	6–3, 6–2
Win	13–5	Apr 2016	ITF Bauru, Brazil	10,000	Clay	Julieta Lara Estable	1–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss	13–6	Sep 2016	ITF Podgorica, Montenegro	25,000	Clay	Quirine Lemoine	5–7, 1–6
Loss	13–7	Dec 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Tena Lukas	4–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 1–6
Win	14–7	Jul 2018	ITF Baja, Hungary	25,000	Clay	Nina Potočnik	6–3, 7–5
Loss	14–8	Sep 2018	ITF Zagreb, Croatia	60,000	Clay	Tereza Mrdeža	6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Loss	14–9	Nov 2018	ITF Colina, Chile	60,000	Clay	Xu Shilin	5–7, 3–6
Win	15–9	Sep 2019	ITF Sankt Pölten, Austria	25,000	Clay	Réka Luca Jani	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	15–10	Mar 2021	ITF Amiens, France	15,000	Clay (i)	Seone Mendez	4–6, 2–6
Loss	15–11	Jun 2021	ITF Denain, France	25,000	Clay	Dalma Gálfi	7–5, 2–6, 4–6
Loss	15–12	Jul 2021	ITF Olomouc, Czech Republic	60,000	Clay	Sara Bejlek	0–6, 0–6
Loss	15–13	Jan 2022	ITF Traralgon, Australia	60,000+H	Hard	Yuan Yue	3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 23 (9 titles, 14 runner–ups)[]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$50/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (9–14)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2008	ITF Santa Cruz, Bolivia	10,000	Clay	Claudia Razzeto	Rocio Galarza Gabriela Roux	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–3, [9–11]
Loss	0–2	Oct 2008	ITF Lima, Peru	10,000	Clay	Marina Giral Lores	Andrea Koch Benvenuto Karen Castiblanco	2–6, 1–6
Loss	0–3	Oct 2008	ITF Lima, Peru	10,000	Clay	Marina Giral Lores	Andrea Koch Benvenuto Karen Castiblanco	7–6⁽⁷⁾, 0–6, [3–10]
Loss	0–4	Nov 2009	ITF Lima, Peru	10,000	Clay	Agustina Eskenazi	Cecilia Costa Melgar Andrea Koch Benvenuto	1–6, 3–6
Win	1–4	Jul 2010	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	25,000	Clay	Andrea Gámiz	Mailen Auroux Karen Castiblanco	5–7, 6–4, 7–5
Loss	1–5	Dec 2010	ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Alizé Lim	Maria Fernanda Alves Ana Clara Duarte	def.
Win	2–5	Mar 2011	ITF Santiago, Chile	10,000	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	Barbara Rush Carolina Zeballos	6–3, 7–6⁽²⁾
Win	3–5	Apr 2011	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	25,000	Clay	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán	María Irigoyen Florencia Molinero	4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Win	4–5	Jun 2011	ITF Rome, Italy	25,000	Clay	Verónica Cepede Royg	Marina Shamayko Sofia Shapatava	7–5, 6–4
Win	5–5	May 2013	ITF Saint-Gaudens, France	50,000	Clay	Julia Glushko	Stéphanie Dubois Kurumi Nara	7–5, 7–6⁽¹¹⁾
Loss	5–6	Mar 2015	ITF Palm Harbor, United States	25,000	Clay	María Irigoyen	Petra Krejsová Paula Cristina Gonçalves	2–6, 4–6
Loss	5–7	Jun 2015	ITF Padua, Italy	25,000	Clay	Réka Luca Jani	María Irigoyen Barbora Krejčíková	4–6, 2–6
Loss	5–8	Apr 2016	ITF Lins, Brazil	10,000	Clay	Constanza Vega	Bárbara Gatica Stephanie Petit	5–7, 3–6
Loss	5–9	Aug 2017	ITF Oldenzaal, Netherlands	15,000	Clay	Ana Sofía Sánchez	Deborah Kerfs Chiara Scholl	5–7, 3–6
Win	6–9	Sep 2017	ITF Trieste, Italy	15,000	Clay	Martina Caregaro	Alice Balducci Camilla Scala	5–7, 7–5, [10–1]
Loss	6–10	Dec 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Dia Evtimova	Cristina Dinu Mia Eklund	3–6, 2–6
Win	7–10	Jul 2018	ITF Baja, Hungary	25,000	Clay	Natalija Kostić	Nicoleta-Catalina Dascalu Isabella Shinikova	w/o
Win	8–10	Oct 2018	ITF Seville, Spain	25,000	Clay	Andrea Gámiz	Başak Eraydın Anastasiya Komardina	7–5, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Win	9–10	Sep 2019	ITF Zagreb, Croatia	60,000	Clay	Anna Bondár	Amandine Hesse Daniela Seguel	7–5, 7–5
Loss	9–11	Jan 2020	ITF Daytona Beach, United States	25,000	Clay	Prarthana Thombare	Dalma Gálfi Kimberley Zimmermann	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 2–6
Loss	9–12	Sep 2020	ITF Tarvisio, Italy	25,000	Clay	Anna Bondár	Marie Benoît Alexandra Cadanțu	1–6, 3–6
Loss	9–13	Jun 2021	ITF Denain, France	25,000	Clay	Dalma Gálfi	Anna Danilina Valeriya Strakhova	5–7, 6–3, [4–10]
Loss	9–14	Oct 2021	ITF Lisbon, Portugal	25,000	Clay	Natalija Stevanović		6–3, 3–6, [4–10]

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup performance[]

Singles: 22 (12–10)[]

Edition	Round	Location	Surface	Against	Opponent	W/L	Score
2010	WG2	Tallinn (EST)	Hard (i)	Estonia	Kaia Kanepi	L	1–6, 5–7
	WG2	Tallinn (EST)	Hard (i)	Estonia	Maret Ani	L	2–6, 3–6
	WG2 PO	Montreal (CAN)	Carpet (i)	Canada	Aleksandra Wozniak	L	4–6, 2–6
	WG2 PO	Montreal (CAN)	Carpet (i)	Canada	Valérie Tétreault	L	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 1–6, 1–6
2012	Z1 RR	Curitiba (BRA)	Clay	Bahamas	Larikah Russell	W	6–3, 6–0
				Canada	Aleksandra Wozniak	W	7–5, 6–4
				Peru	Ferny Ángeles Paz	W	6–1, 6–0
				Colombia	Catalina Castaño	W	6–2, 6–4
	WG2 PO	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Clay	China	Yi-Miao Zhou	W	6–2, 6–2
	WG2 PO	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Clay	China	Qiang Wang	W	6–4, 6–2
2013	WG2	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Clay	Sweden	Johanna Larsson	W	6–3, 6–0
	WG2	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Clay	Sweden	Sofia Arvidsson	L	5–7, 7–6⁽⁶⁾, 2–3 ret.
	WG2 PO	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Clay	Great Britain	Johanna Konta	W	6–3, 6–2
	WG2 PO	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Clay	Great Britain	Laura Robson	W	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
2014	WG2	Pilar (ARG)	Clay	Japan	Misaki Doi	W	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
	WG2	Pilar (ARG)	Clay	Japan	Kurumi Nara	W	6–3, 6–4
	WG PO	Sochi (RUS)	Clay	Russia	Elena Vesnina	L	3–6, 3–6
	WG PO	Sochi (RUS)	Clay	Russia	Ekaterina Makarova	L	1–6, 2–6
2015	WG2	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Clay	United States	Venus Williams	L	3–6, 2–6
	WG2	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Clay	United States	CoCo Vandeweghe	W	6–4, 6–4
	WG2 PO	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Clay	Spain	Sara Sorribes Tormo	L	6–4, 6–7⁽²⁾, 1–6
	WG2 PO	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Clay	Spain	Lara Arruabarrena	L	1–6, 6–4, 7–9

Doubles: 2 (0–2)[]

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2009	WG QF	Apr 2009		Ukraine	Hard	María Irigoyen	Mariya Koryttseva Olga Savchuk	L	6–2, 6–0
2014	WG2	Feb 2014		Japan	Clay	María Irigoyen	Shuko Aoyama Risa Ozaki	L	6–0, 6–4

References[]

^ Paula Ormaechea at the Women's Tennis Association
^ "Paula Ormaechea at the Fed Cup".
^ ^a ^b Paola Ormaechea at the International Tennis Federation
^ ^a ^b El Tenis Que No Vemos: Conociendo a… Paula Ormaechea (3 August 2009)
^ name="ITFA"
^ Fed Cup: World Group Playoff: Ukraine defeated Argentina 5–0 in Argentina
^ Fed Cup: Ani & Kanepi lead Estonian debut (4 February 2010)
^ Fed Cup: Estonia in driving seat (6 February 2010)
^ Fed Cup: Estonia seals Playoff spot (7 February 2010)
^ Fed Cup World Group II Playoffs: Canada vs. Argentina 5–0
^ "Australian Open – Simona Halep goes out in first round". 16 January 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ "Australian Open – Radwanska, Jankovic win in straight sets". 19 January 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

External links[]

Paula Ormaechea at the Women's Tennis Association
Paula Ormaechea at the International Tennis Federation
Paula Ormaechea at the Billie Jean King Cup

[WTA-1] Paula Ormaechea at the Women's Tennis Association

[2] "Paula Ormaechea at the Fed Cup".

[ITF-3] Paola Ormaechea at the International Tennis Federation

[PO-4] El Tenis Que No Vemos: Conociendo a… Paula Ormaechea (3 August 2009)

[5] ="ITFA"

[FC-6] Fed Cup: World Group Playoff: Ukraine defeated Argentina 5–0 in Argentina

[FC2-7] Fed Cup: Ani & Kanepi lead Estonian debut (4 February 2010)

[FC3-8] Fed Cup: Estonia in driving seat (6 February 2010)

[FC4-9] Fed Cup: Estonia seals Playoff spot (7 February 2010)

[FC5-10] Fed Cup World Group II Playoffs: Canada vs. Argentina 5–0

[11] "Australian Open – Simona Halep goes out in first round". 16 January 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[12] "Australian Open – Radwanska, Jankovic win in straight sets". 19 January 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

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v t Women's Tennis Association: Top ten female singles tennis players from Latin America
as of 17 January 2022
1. Camila Osorio (50 3) 2. Beatriz Haddad Maia (83 5) 3. Nadia Podoroska (99 10) 4. Renata Zarazúa (130 2) 5. Paula Ormaechea (180 4)
6. Laura Pigossi (195 ) 7. Verónica Cepede Royg (197 ) 8. Daniela Seguel (205 1) 9. Emiliana Arango (241 1) 10. Carolina Alves (253 )

v t Women's Tennis Association: Top Argentine female singles tennis players
as of 23 August 2021
1. Nadia Podoroska (37 ) 2. Paula Ormaechea (210 1) 3. María Carlé (290 2) 4. Victoria Bosio (438 16) 5. Guillermina Naya (565 )
6. Jazmín Ortenzi (715 24) 7. Eugenia Ganga (816 1) 8. Julieta Estable (845 11) 9. Julia Riera (911 1) 10. Melany Krywoj (935 1)