# Paula Cristina Gonçalves

Paula Cristina de Araújo Gonçalves (born 11 August 1990) is a Brazilian former tennis player.
In her career, she won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as seven singles and 24 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 15 August 2016, Gonçalves achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 158. On 29 February 2016, she peaked at No. 95 in the doubles rankings.

## Career
### 2015

Gonçalves and Beatriz Haddad Maia won the title on Copa Colsanitas defeating Irina Falconi and Shelby Rogers in the final. This was her first WTA Tour title.
Partnering Sanaz Marand, Gonçalves won her first $75k tournament in September at the Albuquerque defeating Tamira Paszek and Anna Tatishvili in the final.

### 2016

Paula made her first WTA singles quarterfinal at the Rio Open after straight-sets wins over Shahar Pe'er, Alizé Lim, Julia Glushko, Johanna Larsson. Her run was ended by Shelby Rogers.
She made her first WTA singles semifinal two months later at the Copa Colsanitas after wins over Verónica Cepede Royg, Tatjana Maria and Alexandra Panova.

## WTA Tour finals
### Doubles: 1 (1 title)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0–0)
* WTA 1000 (0–0)
* WTA 500 (0–0)
* WTA 250 (1–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (1–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoor (1–0)
* Indoor (0–0)
| Result | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | Apr 2015 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | International | Clay | Beatriz Haddad Maia | Irina Falconi Shelby Rogers | 6–3, 3–6, [10–6] |

## ITF Circuit finals

* Legend
* $75/80,000 tournaments
* $50/60,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $10/15,000 tournaments

### Singles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner–ups)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2010 | ITF Brasília, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Fernanda Faria | 7–6$^{(5)}$, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Oct 2011 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Bárbara Luz | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–1 | Dec 2012 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 25,000 | Clay | Julia Cohen | 0–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–1 | Jul 2013 | ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil | 25,000 | Hard | María Irigoyen | 3–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
| Win | 4–1 | Apr 2014 | ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Maria Fernanda Alves | 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4–2 | Apr 2014 | ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Gabriela Cé | 1–1 ret. |
| Loss | 4–3 | Jun 2014 | ITF Padua, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Louisa Chirico | 2–6, 6–1, 6–7$^{(3)}$ |
| Loss | 4–4 | Oct 2015 | ITF Florence, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Grace Min | 2–6, 6–4, 6–7$^{(2)}$ |
| Win | 5–4 | Nov 2016 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | Daniela Seguel | 4–6, 4–4 ret. |
| Loss | 5–5 | Dec 2016 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 25,000 | Clay | Tamara Zidanšek | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 6–5 | Apr 2017 | ITF Campinas, Brazil | 15,000 | Clay | Stephanie Petit | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 7–5 | Aug 2018 | ITF Cuneo, Italy | 15,000 | Clay | Bianca Turati | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 7–6 | Jun 2019 | ITF Padua, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Martina Caregaro | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 7–7 | Jun 2019 | ITF Tarvisio, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Bianca Turati | 3–6, 1–6 |

### Doubles: 44 (24 titles, 20 runner–ups)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 1. | 11 October 2008 | ITF Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil | Clay | Monique Albuquerque | Karen Castiblanco Aranza Salut | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 2. | 1 August 2009 | ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil | Clay | Monique Albuquerque | Larissa Carvalho Vivian Segnini | 6–3, 1–6, [7–10] |
| Loss | 3. | 5 December 2009 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Fernanda Faria | Mailen Auroux Veronica Spiegel | 0–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 4. | 27 March 2010 | ITF Gonesse, France | Clay (i) | Fernanda Faria | Audrey Bergot Iryna Brémond | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 5. | 5 June 2010 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | Fernanda Faria | Ekaterina Shulaeva Roxane Vaisemberg | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1. | 11 June 2010 | ITF Brasília, Brazil | Clay | Fernanda Faria | Gabriella Barbosa-Costa Silva Natalia Cheng | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 2. | 26 July 2010 | ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil | Hard | Fernanda Faria | Monique Albuquerque Roxane Vaisemberg | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 6. | 7 August 2010 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | Fernanda Faria | Monique Albuquerque Fernanda Hermenegildo | 6–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 3. | 26 November 2010 | ITF Barueri, Brazil | Clay | Fernanda Faria | María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Aranza Salut | 7–5, 4–6, [10–3] |
| Win | 4. | 18 June 2011 | Open de Montpellier, France | Clay | Maryna Zanevska | Mădălina Gojnea Inés Ferrer Suárez | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 5. | 22 July 2011 | ITF Ribeirão Preto, Brazil | Clay | Fernanda Faria | Andrea Benítez Raquel Piltcher | 2–6, 6–2, [10–6] |
| Loss | 7. | 7 October 2011 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | Flávia Dechandt Araújo | Maria Fernanda Alves Gabriela Cé | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 6. | 28 October 2011 | ITF Goiânia, Brazil | Clay | Beatriz Haddad Maia | Flávia Dechandt Araújo Karina Venditti | 6–4, 5–7, [12–10] |
| Loss | 8. | 21 July 2012 | ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil | Hard | Roxane Vaisemberg | Monique Adamczak Maria Fernanda Alves | 6–4, 3–6, [3–10] |
| Win | 7. | 3 August 2012 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | Roxane Vaisemberg | Aranza Salut Carolina Zeballos | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 9. | 30 November 2012 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | Roxane Vaisemberg | Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 10. | 23 March 2013 | ITF Innisbrook, United States | Clay | María Irigoyen | Ashleigh Barty Alizé Lim | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 11. | 21 June 2013 | Open de Montpellier, France | Clay | Inés Ferrer Suárez | Irina Khromacheva Renata Voráčová | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 8. | 20 July 2013 | ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil | Hard | María Irigoyen | María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Maria Fernanda Alves | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Win | 9. | 27 September 2013 | ITF Sevilla, Spain | Clay | Florencia Molinero | Cecilia Costa Melgar Gaia Sanesi | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 10. | 13 December 2013 | ITF Mata de São João, Brazil | Clay | Laura Pigossi | Montserrat González Carolina Zeballos | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 11. | 21 December 2013 | ITF Bertioga, Brazil | Hard | Laura Pigossi | Verónica Cepede Royg María Irigoyen | 2–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
| Loss | 12. | 16 February 2014 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | Mariana Duque Mariño | Beatriz García Vidagany Dinah Pfizenmaier | 6–7$^{(8)}$, 6–4, [8–10] |
| Win | 12. | 4 April 2014 | ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil | Clay | Maria Fernanda Alves | Gabriela Cé Eduarda Piai | 7–6$^{(0)}$, 7–5 |
| Win | 13. | 11 April 2014 | ITF São José do Rio Preto, Brazil | Clay | Maria Fernanda Alves | Carolina Alves Ingrid Martins | 6–2, 6–0 |
| Loss | 13. | 13 June 2014 | ITF Padua, Italy | Clay | Florencia Molinero | Gioia Barbieri Sofia Shapatava | 4–6, 6–0, [12–14] |
| Win | 14. | 5 July 2014 | ITF Denain, France | Clay | Florencia Molinero | Nicola Slater Karolina Wlodarczak | 7–6$^{(3)}$, 7–6$^{(4)}$ |
| Loss | 14. | 1 February 2015 | ITF Sunrise, United States | Clay | Beatriz Haddad Maia | Katerina Stewart Anna Kalinskaya | 6–7$^{(6)}$, 7–5, [6–10] |
| Loss | 15. | 13 February 2015 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | Tatiana Búa | Danka Kovinić Andreea Mitu | 2–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 16. | 28 February 2015 | ITF Campinas, Brazil | Clay | Andrea Gámiz | Pauline Parmentier Olivia Rogowska | 5–7, 6–4, [8–10] |
| Win | 15. | 29 March 2015 | ITF Innisbrook, United States | Clay | Petra Krejsová | María Irigoyen Paula Ormaechea | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 17. | 26 April 2015 | Dothan Pro Classic, United States | Clay | Petra Krejsová | Johanna Konta Maria Sanchez | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 16. | 27 September 2015 | Albuquerque Championships, United States | Hard | Sanaz Marand | Tamira Paszek Anna Tatishvili | 4–6, 6–2, [10–3] |
| Loss | 18. | 4 October 2015 | Las Vegas Open, United States | Clay | Sanaz Marand | Julia Boserup Nicole Gibbs | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 19. | 31 October 2015 | Tennis Classic of Macon, United States | Hard (i) | Sanaz Marand | Jan Abaza Viktorija Golubic | 6–7$^{(3)}$, 5–7 |
| Win | 17. | 18 January 2016 | ITF Guarujá, Brazil | Hard | Beatriz Haddad Maia | Laura Pigossi Jil Teichmann | 6–7$^{(3)}$, 7–5, [10–7] |
| Win | 18. | 10 July 2017 | ITF Turin, Italy | Clay | Estrella Cabeza Candela | Irene Burillo Escorihuela Yvonne Cavallé Reimers | 5–7, 6–0, [10–8] |
| Win | 19. | 17 July 2017 | ITF Imola, Italy | Carpet | Estrella Cabeza Candela | Eleni Kordolaimi Seone Mendez | 6–3, 1–6, [10–3] |
| Loss | 20. | 28 October 2017 | Tennis Classic of Macon, United States | Hard | Sanaz Marand | Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria | 1–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 20. | 16 March 2019 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | Luisa Stefani | Martina di Giuseppe Thaisa Grana Pedretti | 6–7$^{(4)}$, 6–0, [10–8] |
| Win | 21. | 23 March 2019 | ITF Curitiba, Brazil | Clay | Luisa Stefani | Ekaterine Gorgodze Daniela Seguel | 6–7$^{(3)}$, 7–6$^{(0)}$, [10–2] |
| Win | 22. | 8 June 2019 | Internazionali di Brescia, Italy | Clay | Andrea Gámiz | Anastasia Grymalska Giorgia Marchetti | 6–3, 4–6, [12–10] |
| Win | 23. | 29 June 2019 | ITF Tarvisio, Italy | Clay | Gabriela Cé | Gloria Ceschi Rasheeda McAdoo | 6–2, 4–6, [10–3] |
| Win | 24. | 20 July 2019 | ITF Imola, Italy | Carpet | Nina Stadler | Rasheeda McAdoo Sandra Samir | 6–4, 6–2 |