Paula Kania

Paula Kania

Kania in 2014
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 (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$280,449
Singles
Career record	168–126
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	155 (29 September 2014)
Current ranking	157 (6 April 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2014)
French Open	Q3 (2013)
Wimbledon	1R (2014)
US Open	1R (2014)
Doubles
Career record	127–79
Career titles	1 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking	67 (13 October 2014)
Current ranking	68 (2 February 2015)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	–
French Open	–
Wimbledon	–
US Open	2R (2014)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	1–1
Last updated on: 4 February 2015.

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

Kania has won one WTA title in doubles, five ITF titles in singles, and eleven in doubles. On 29 September 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 155 and best doubles ranking of world number 67.^[1]

Personal life

Paula was born to Paweł and Zadzisława Kania on 6 November 1992 in Sosnowiec. She has one sister – Zuzanna. She began playing tennis aged 7 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]

Career

2012

Kania and Polina Pekhova won the title on 2012 Tashkent Open defeating Anna Chakvetadze and Vesna Dolonc in the final, when their opponents retired after losing the first set 2–6. This was her first WTA title of any kind.

2014

Kania qualified for her first main draw of a Grand Slam at 2014 Wimbledon Championships, losing to World No. 2 Li Na in straight sets in the first round. The match was not only Kania's first Grand Slam main draw, but her first singles main draw of any WTA Tour event after participating in qualifying at 20 tournaments.^[3] Kania continued her momentum by qualifying for another WTA main draw a month later: the 2014 Bank of the West Classic.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

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
Runner-up	1.	20 July 2014	İstanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Oksana Kalashnikova	Misaki Doi Elina Svitolina	4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	2.	3 August 2014	Bank of the West Classic, Stanford, United States	Hard	Kateřina Siniaková	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	2–6, 6–4, [5–10]

Single career statistics

ITF finals

Singles (5–3)

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
Winner	8.	10 August 2014	Landisville, United States	Hard	Ons Jabeur	5–7, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles (11–10)

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.	15 August 2011	Piešťany, Slovakia	Clay	Martina Kubičíková	Simona Dobrá Lucie Kriegsmannová	4-6 2-6
Runner-up	9.	7 November 2011	Opole, Poland	Carpet	Magda Linette	Naomi Broady Kristina Mladenovic	6–7(5), 4–6
Winner	10.	16 January 2012	Stuttgart-Stammheim, Germany	Hard	Ksenia Lykina	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok	6–4, 6–3
Winner	11.	5 March 2012	Fort Walton Beach, United States	Hard	Madison Brengle	Elena Bovina Alizé Lim	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	12.	16 April 2012	Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Naomi Broady	Oksana Kalashnikova Marta Sirotkina	6–2, 7–5
Winner	13.	30 April 2012	Moscow, Russia	Hard	Polina Pekhova	Tatiana Kotelnikova Lidziya Marozava	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	14.	11 June 2012	Craiova, Romania	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	Renata Voráčová Lenka Wienerová	2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Winner	15.	15 October 2012	Seville, Spain	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Aleksandrina Naydenova Teliana Pereira	5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
Runner-up	16.	29 April 2013	Civitavecchia, Italy	Clay	Magda Linette	Stephanie Vogt Renata Voráčová	3–6, 4–6
Winner	17.	27 May 2013	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Magda Linette	Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen	6–3, 6–0
Winner	18.	10 June 2013	Padua, Italy	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	Cristina Dinu Maša Zec Peškirič	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	19.	24 June 2013	Zlín, Czech Republic	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Martina Borecká Tereza Smitková	1–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Winner	20.	6 July 2013	Toruń, Poland	Clay	Magda Linette	Yuliya Beygelzimer Elena Bogdan	6–2, 4–6, [10–5]
Winner	21.	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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Women's Tennis Association: Top Polish female singles tennis players as of 27 April 2015 1. Agnieszka Radwańska (9 ) 2. Magda Linette (104 6) 3. Urszula Radwańska (112 4) 4. Paula Kania (163 3) 5. Katarzyna Piter (205 2) 6. Sandra Zaniewska (336 14) 7. Justyna Jegiołka (337 4) 8. Magdalena Fręch (431 4) 9. Katarzyna Kawa (457 1) 10. Natalia Siedliska (779 2)