Paula Ormaechea
Paula Ormaechea (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpawla oɾmaeˈtʃea]; born 28 September 1992) is an Argentine tennis player. She has won 15 singles and nine doubles ITF titles, and, on 21 October 2013, reached a singles ranking high of world No. 59.[1] Ormaechea has a 20–13 record for the Argentina Fed Cup team.[2]
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Residence | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||||||||||||
Born | Sunchales, Argentina | 28 September 1992|||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
Turned pro | 2007 | |||||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||||||
Prize money | US$ 817,633 | |||||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||||
Career record | 319–203 (61.1%) | |||||||||||||
Career titles | 15 ITF | |||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 59 (21 October 2013) | |||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 264 (16 March 2020) | |||||||||||||
Grand Slam Singles results | ||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 2R (2012) | |||||||||||||
French Open | 3R (2013, 2014) | |||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 1R (2014) | |||||||||||||
US Open | 2R (2013) | |||||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||||
Career record | 127–115 (52.5%) | |||||||||||||
Career titles | 9 ITF | |||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 188 (22 July 2013) | |||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 344 (16 March 2020) | |||||||||||||
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
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Last updated on: 24 April 2020. |
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] A fan of football, she supports Boca Juniors.[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 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 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
Ormaechea's 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 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. 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 her 2012 season at the Apia International Sydney. She lost in the second round of qualifying to thirteenth 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 nineteenth seed Yvonne Meusburger. In the first round of the main draw, she overcame Romanian 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 one hundred and forty for the first time.
Grand Slam performance timelines
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | P | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | NH |
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
WTA Tour Championships (0–0) |
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) |
Premier (0–0) |
International (0–1) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2013 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | International | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 2–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 24 (15 titles, 9 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2009 | ITF Juárez, Mexico | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Nov 2009 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
Win | 2–1 | Nov 2009 | ITF Asunción, Paraguay | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 2–2 | Dec 2009 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 1–6 |
Loss | 2–3 | Jun 2010 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 5–7 |
Win | 3–3 | Jun 2010 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 4–3 | Jul 2010 | ITF Bogotá, Colombia | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 6–2 |
Win | 5–3 | Jul 2010 | ITF Brasília, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 7–6(1), 7–6(6) |
Win | 6–3 | Mar 2011 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 7–6(4) |
Loss | 6–4 | May 2011 | ITF Prague, Czech Republic | 50,000 | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 7–4 | Sep 2011 | ITF Podgorica, Montenegro | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–1 |
Win | 8–4 | Sep 2011 | ITF Foggia, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 8–5 | Oct 2011 | ITF Madrid, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 9–5 | May 2013 | ITF Saint-Gaudens, France | 50,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
Win | 10–5 | Jun 2015 | ITF Padua, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 11–5 | Apr 2016 | ITF Sao Jose Do Rio Preto, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–1 |
Win | 12–5 | Apr 2016 | ITF Lins, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 13–5 | Apr 2016 | ITF Bauru, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
Loss | 13–6 | Sep 2016 | ITF Podgorica, Montenegro | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 1–6 |
Loss | 13–7 | Dec 2017 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 7–6(5), 1–6 |
Win | 14–7 | Jul 2018 | ITF Baja, Hungary | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 7–5 |
Loss | 14–8 | Sep 2018 | ITF Zagreb, Croatia | 60,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 4–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 14–9 | Nov 2018 | ITF Colina, Chile | 60,000 | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 3–6 |
Win | 15–9 | Sep 2019 | ITF Sankt Pölten, Austria | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Doubles: 21 (9 titles, 12 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2008 | ITF Santa Cruz, Bolivia | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(5), 6–3, [9–11] |
Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2008 | ITF Lima, Peru | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Oct 2008 | ITF Lima, Peru | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7), 0–6, [3–10] |
Loss | 0–4 | Nov 2009 | ITF Lima, Peru | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1–4 | Jul 2010 | ITF Bogotá, Colombia | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–4, 7–5 |
Loss | 1–5 | Dec 2010 | ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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def. |
Win | 2–5 | Mar 2011 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 7–6(2) |
Win | 3–5 | Apr 2011 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–5, [10–4] |
Win | 4–5 | Jun 2011 | ITF Rome, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 5–5 | May 2013 | ITF Saint-Gaudens, France | 50,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 7–6(11) |
Loss | 5–6 | Mar 2015 | ITF Palm Harbor, United States | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 5–7 | Jun 2015 | ITF Padua, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 5–8 | Apr 2016 | ITF Lins, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 5–9 | Aug 2017 | ITF Oldenzaal, Netherlands | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 3–6 |
Win | 6–9 | Sep 2017 | ITF Trieste, Italy | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 7–5, [10–1] |
Loss | 6–10 | Dec 2017 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 7–10 | Jul 2018 | ITF Baja, Hungary | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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w/o |
Win | 8–10 | Oct 2018 | ITF Seville, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 7–6(5) |
Win | 9–10 | Sep 2019 | ITF Zagreb, Croatia | 60,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 7–5 |
Loss | 9–11 | Jan 2020 | ITF Daytona Beach, United States | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(4–7), 2–6 |
Loss | 9–12 | Sep 2020 | ITF Tarvisio, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 3–6 |
Fed Cup singles performances (12–10)
Fed Cup doubles performances (0–2)
Edition | Round | Date | Against | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Result | Score |
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2009 World Group Playoff | QF | 26 April 2009 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
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Loss | 6–2, 6–0 |
2014 Fed Cup World Group II | 1R | 9 February 2014 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
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Loss | 6–0, 6–4 |
References
- Paula Ormaechea at the Women's Tennis Association
- "Paula Ormaechea at the Fed Cup".
- Paola Ormaechea at the International Tennis Federation
- El Tenis Que No Vemos: Conociendo a… Paula Ormaechea (3 August 2009)
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- 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.
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