Paula Kania

Paula Kania

Kania at the 2009 US Open
Full name	Paula Maria Kania
Country	Poland
Residence	Sosnowiec, Poland
Born	(1992-11-06) 6 November 1992 Sosnowiec, Poland
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	2008
Plays	Right-handed (double-handed backhand)
Prize money	$124,980
Singles
Career record	141–101
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	170 (11 November 2013)
Current ranking	171 (3 February 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2014)
French Open	Q3 (2013)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2013)
US Open	Q2 (2013)
Australian Open Junior	2R (2010)
French Open Junior	1R (2010)
Wimbledon Junior	—
US Open Junior	1R (2009)
Doubles
Career record	105–64
Career titles	1 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking	110 (9 September 2013)
Current ranking	144 (3 February 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open Junior	QF (2010)
French Open Junior	QF (2010)
Wimbledon Junior	—
US Open Junior	2R (2009)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	1–1
Last updated on: 3 February 2014.

Paula Kania (born 6 November 1992 in Sosnowiec) is a professional Polish tennis player.

Kania has won one WTA title in doubles, four ITF titles in singles, and eleven in doubles. On 11 November 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 170. On 9 September 2013, she peaked at world number 110 in the doubles rankings.^[1]

Personal life

Paula was born to Paweł and Zadzisława Kania on 6 November 1992 in Sosnowiec, Poland. She has one sister – Zuzanna. She began playing tennis aged seven and her favourite surface is hard. Her personal interests include music and reading. She has named Martina Hingis as the player she admires most. She became a professional tennis player in 2008. Her ambition in tennis is advance to the WTA top 10.^[2]

WTA finals

Doubles (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	15 September 2012	Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Polina Pekhova	Anna Chakvetadze Vesna Dolonc	6–2, retired

ITF finals

Singles (4–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	30 August 2010	Gliwice, Poland	Clay	Anna Korzeniak	7–6(2), 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	14 March 2011	Amiens, France	Clay	Nastassja Burnett	6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	18 July 2011	Horb am Neckar, Germany	Clay	Carina Witthöft	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	7 November 2011	Opole, Poland	Carpet	Ana Vrljić	3–6, 6–2, 6–7(4)
Runner-up	5.	8 July 2012	Toruń, Poland	Clay	Danka Kovinić	3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner	6.	7 July 2013	Toruń, Poland	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	6–4, 6–4
Winner	7.	2 November 2013	Taipei, Taiwan	Clay	Zarina Diyas	6–1, 6–3

Doubles (11–9)

Outcome	#	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	12 July 2010	Piešťany, Slovakia	Clay	Weronika Domagała	Gabriela Horáčková Petra Krejsová	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	27 September 2010	Tbilisi, Georgia	Clay	Zsófia Susányi	Tatia Mikadze Sofia Shapatava	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	8 November 2010	Minsk, Belarus	Hard	Katarzyna Piter	Elena Bovina Ekaterina Bychkova	4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	4.	15 November 2010	Opole, Poland	Carpet	Magda Linette	Oksana Kalashnikova Polina Pekhova	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	24 January 2011	Kaarst, Germany	Carpet	Marina Melnikova	Nikola Fraňková Tereza Hladíková	6–3, 6–7(1), [8–10]
Winner	6.	14 March 2011	Amiens, France	Clay	Barbara Sobaszkiewicz	Iveta Gerlová Lucie Kriegsmannová	3–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Winner	7.	18 July 2011	Horb am Neckar, Germany	Clay	Katarzyna Kawa	Vaszilisza Bulgakova Christina Shakovets	1–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Runner-up	8.	7 November 2011	Opole, Poland	Carpet	Magda Linette	Naomi Broady Kristina Mladenovic	6–7(5), 4–6
Winner	9.	16 January 2012	Stuttgart-Stammheim, Germany	Hard	Ksenia Lykina	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok	6–4, 6–3
Winner	10.	5 March 2012	Fort Walton Beach, United States	Hard	Madison Brengle	Elena Bovina Alizé Lim	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	11.	16 April 2012	Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Naomi Broady	Oksana Kalashnikova Marta Sirotkina	6–2, 7–5
Winner	12.	30 April 2012	Moscow, Russia	Hard	Polina Pekhova	Tatiana Kotelnikova Lidziya Marozava	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	13.	11 June 2012	Craiova, Romania	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	Renata Voráčová Lenka Wienerová	2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Winner	14.	15 October 2012	Seville, Spain	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Aleksandrina Naydenova Teliana Pereira	5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
Runner-up	15.	29 April 2013	Civitavecchia, Italy	Clay	Magda Linette	Stephanie Vogt Renata Voráčová	3–6, 4–6
Winner	16.	27 May 2013	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Magda Linette	Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen	6–3, 6–0
Winner	17.	10 June 2013	Padua, Italy	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	Cristina Dinu Maša Zec Peškirič	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	18.	24 June 2013	Zlín, Czech Republic	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Martina Borecká Tereza Smitková	1–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Winner	19.	6 July 2013	Toruń, Poland	Clay	Magda Linette	Yuliya Beygelzimer Elena Bogdan	6–2, 4–6, [10–5]
Winner	20.	25 October 2013	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Valeria Solovyeva	Cecilia Costa Melgar Anastasia Grymalska	7–6(7–3), 6–4

References

External links

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v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top ten Polish female singles tennis players as of 3 February 2014 1. Agnieszka Radwańska (4 ) 2. Urszula Radwańska (45 1) 3. Katarzyna Piter (110 1) 4. Magda Linette (116 ) 5. Paula Kania (171 ) 6. Sandra Zaniewska (298 2) 7. Katarzyna Kawa (316 4) 8. Justyna Jegiołka (328 3) 9. Marta Domachowska (449 18) 10. Natalia Siedliska (691 9)