Paula Ormaechea
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Paula Ormaechea (Script error: No such module "IPA".; born 28 September 1992) is an Argentine tennis player based in Italy. She has won sixteen 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 21–13 win–loss record, playing for Argentina Fed Cup team.[2] She plays in the Italian Tennis Serie A1 (major circuit) in the Tennis Club Rungg of Eppan an der Weinstraße, in South Tyrol near Bolzano.[3]
Personal life
Paula Ormaechea was born 1992 to Mirna and Marcelo Ormaechea.[4] She has two sisters, Valentina and Sofía.[4] Juan Pablo Guzmán, former ATP tennis player, serves as her coach. Ormaechea cites Roger Federer, Serena and Venus Williams as her role models,[5] and also admires Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras.[5]
Career review
Junior career
Ormaechea entered professional junior tournaments in 2006. She defeated Kristina Mladenovic in the semifinals of the Banana Bowl, but lost to Ana Bogdan in the final.[6][7] Ormaechea won her next title at the Uruguay Bowl in March 2009. She also played at the French Open and US Open, but fell to Bianca Botto and Richèl Hogenkamp in the first round, respectively. In addition, she won four doubles events, her last junior doubles title came at Canadian Open championship in September 2009.
Fed Cup / BJK 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.[8] Ormaechea made her singles debut in 2010 World Group II rubber against Estonia.[9] She lost her first match to world No. 61, Kaia Kanepi,[10] and the second one to Maret Ani.[11] Ormaechea also played in the rubber against Canada, and lost both of her singles matches — against Aleksandra Wozniak and Valérie Tétreault.[12]
2011
Her first tournament was an ITF event in Colombia, where she lost to Alexandra Cadanțu in straight sets in the first round of qualifying. After this, she played the Copa Colsanitas, but again lost in qualifying, 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.
Paula then played the qualifying for the Brussels Open, her first Premier 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 qualifying at the Budapest Grand Prix, Paula's form improved when she qualified for the Gastein Ladies in Kitzbühel, Austria. She there 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 events 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 where she 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.[13] In the second round, however, she was sent crashing out by eighth seed Agnieszka Radwańska, in straight sets.[14] Due to her strong beginning of the new season, her ranking peaked at over No. 140 for the first time.
2013: French Open 3rd round, top 100 and new career-high rankings
She made her debut in the top 100 on 10 June 2013, at world No. 81, following the 2013 French Open where she reached the third round.
She reached a career-high of No. 59, on 21 October 2013.
Performance timelines
Template:Performance keyOnly main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles
Current through the 2023 Charleston Open.
Doubles
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | W–L |
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| 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 Tour finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
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| Result | W–L | Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2013 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | InternationalTemplate:Efn | Clay | Template:Flagicon Jelena Janković | 1–6, 2–6 |
WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | [[2023 Copa Oster – Singles|Template:Dts]] | Copa Cali, Colombia | Clay | Template:Flagicon Nadia Podoroska | 4–6, 2–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 32 (16 titles, 16 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2009 | ITF Juárez, Mexico | 10,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Mailen Auroux | 6–4, 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Nov 2009 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | 10,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Verónica Spiegel | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–1 | Nov 2009 | ITF Asunción, Paraguay | 10,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Andrea Koch Benvenuto | 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Dec 2009 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | 25,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Rossana de los Ríos | 5–7, 1–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Jun 2010 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | 10,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Mailen Auroux | 1–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 3–3 | Jun 2010 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | 10,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Lucía Jara Lozano | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–3 | Jul 2010 | Open Bogotá, Colombia | 25,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Julia Cohen | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 5–3 | Jul 2010 | ITF Brasília, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Ana Clara Duarte | 3–6, 7–6(1), 7–6(6) |
| Win | 6–3 | Mar 2011 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Catalina Pella | 6–2, 7–6(4) |
| Loss | 6–4 | May 2011 | Prague Open, Czech Republic | 50,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Lucie Hradecká | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 7–4 | Sep 2011 | Royal Cup, Montenegro | 25,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Danka Kovinić | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 8–4 | Sep 2011 | ITF Foggia, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Renata Voráčová | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 8–5 | Oct 2011 | ITF Villa de Madrid, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Nastassja Burnett | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 9–5 | May 2013 | Open Saint-Gaudens, France | 50,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Dinah Pfizenmaier | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 10–5 | Jun 2015 | ITF Padua, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Réka Luca Jani | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 11–5 | Apr 2016 | ITF Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Laura Pigossi | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 12–5 | Apr 2016 | ITF Lins, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Harmony Tan | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 13–5 | Apr 2016 | ITF Bauru, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Julieta Lara Estable | 1–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 13–6 | Sep 2016 | Royal Cup, Montenegro | 25,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Quirine Lemoine | 5–7, 1–6 |
| Loss | 13–7 | Dec 2017 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 15,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Tena Lukas | 4–6, 7–6(5), 1–6 |
| Win | 14–7 | Jul 2018 | ITF Baja, Hungary | 25,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Nina Potočnik | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 14–8 | Sep 2018 | Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia | 60,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Tereza Mrdeža | 6–2, 4–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 14–9 | Nov 2018 | Copa Colina, Chile | 60,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Xu Shilin | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 15–9 | Sep 2019 | ITF Sankt Pölten, Austria | 25,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Réka Luca Jani | 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 15–10 | Mar 2021 | ITF Amiens, France | 15,000 | Clay (i) | Template:Flagicon Seone Mendez | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 15–11 | Jun 2021 | ITF Denain, France | 25,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Dalma Gálfi | 7–5, 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 15–12 | Jul 2021 | ITS Cup, Czech Republic | 60,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Sara Bejlek | 0–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 15–13 | Jan 2022 | Traralgon International, Australia | 60,000+H | Hard | Template:Flagicon Yuan Yue | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 15–14 | Feb 2022 | ITF Tucumán, Argentina | 25,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Brenda Fruhvirtová | 3–6, 6–1, 4–6 |
| Loss | 15–15 | Mar 2022 | ITF Anapoima, Colombia | 25,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Marina Melnikova | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 15–16 | Sep 2022 | ITF Otočec, Slovenia | 25,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Miriam Bulgaru | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 16–16 | Oct 2022 | ITF Tucumán, Argentina | 25,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Valeriya Strakhova | 6–2, 6–3 |
Doubles: 24 (9 titles, 15 runner–ups)
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National team participation
Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup
Singles (12–10)
| Edition | Round | Date | Location | Surface | Against | Opponent | W/L | Score |
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| 2010 | WG2 | Feb 2010 | Tallinn (EST) | Hard (i) | Template:Flagicon Estonia | Kaia Kanepi | L | 1–6, 5–7 |
| Maret Ani | L | 2–6, 3–6 | ||||||
| WG2 PO | Apr 2010 | Montreal (CAN) | Carpet (i) | Template:Flagicon Canada | Aleksandra Wozniak | L | 4–6, 2–6 | |
| Valérie Tétreault | L | 7–6(6), 1–6, 1–6 | ||||||
| 2012 | Z1 RR | Feb 2012 | Curitiba (BRA) | Clay | Template:Flagicon Bahamas | Larikah Russell | W | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Template:Flagicon Canada | Aleksandra Wozniak | W | 7–5, 6–4 | |||||
| Template:Flagicon Peru | Ferny Ángeles Paz | W | 6–1, 6–0 | |||||
| Template:Flagicon Colombia | Catalina Castaño | W | 6–2, 6–4 | |||||
| WG2 PO | Apr 2012 | Buenos Aires (ARG) | Clay | Template:Flagicon China | Yi-Miao Zhou | W | 6–2, 6–2 | |
| Qiang Wang | W | 6–4, 6–2 | ||||||
| 2013 | WG2 | Feb 2013 | Buenos Aires (ARG) | Clay | Template:Flagicon Sweden | Johanna Larsson | W | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Sofia Arvidsson | L | 5–7, 7–6(6), 2–3 ret. | ||||||
| WG2 PO | Apr 2013 | Buenos Aires (ARG) | Clay | Template:Flagicon Great Britain | Johanna Konta | W | 6–3, 6–2 | |
| Laura Robson | W | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 | ||||||
| 2014 | WG2 | Feb 2014 | Pilar (ARG) | Clay | Template:Flagicon Japan | Misaki Doi | W | 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Kurumi Nara | W | 6–3, 6–4 | ||||||
| WG PO | Apr 2014 | Sochi (RUS) | Clay | Template:Flagicon Russia | Elena Vesnina | L | 3–6, 3–6 | |
| Ekaterina Makarova | L | 1–6, 2–6 | ||||||
| 2015 | WG2 | Feb 2015 | Buenos Aires (ARG) | Clay | Template:Flagicon United States | Venus Williams | L | 3–6, 2–6 |
| CoCo Vandeweghe | W | 6–4, 6–4 | ||||||
| WG2 PO | Apr 2015 | Buenos Aires (ARG) | Clay | Template:Flagicon Spain | Sara Sorribes Tormo | L | 6–4, 6–7(2), 1–6 | |
| Lara Arruabarrena | L | 1–6, 6–4, 7–9 |
Doubles (0–2)
| Edition | Round | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Partner | Opponents | W/L | Score |
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| 2009 | WG PO | Apr 2009 | Mar del Plata (ARG) | Template:Flagicon Ukraine | Hard | María Irigoyen | Mariya Koryttseva Olga Savchuk |
L | 6–2, 6–0 |
| 2014 | WG2 | Feb 2014 | Pilar (ARG) | Template:Flagicon Japan | Clay | María Irigoyen | Shuko Aoyama Risa Ozaki |
L | 6–0, 6–4 |
Notes
References
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- ↑ Paula Ormaechea at the Women's Tennis Association
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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
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