# Paula Ormaechea

Paula Ormaechea (Spanish pronunciation:; 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.
Ormaechea has a 21–13 win–loss record, playing for Argentina Fed Cup team. 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.

## Personal life

Paula Ormaechea was born 1992 to Mirna and Marcelo Ormaechea. She has two sisters, Valentina and Sofía. Juan Pablo Guzmán, former ATP tennis player, serves as her coach. Ormaechea cites Roger Federer, Serena and Venus Williams as her role models, and also admires Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras.

## 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. 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. Ormaechea made her singles debut in 2010 World Group II rubber against Estonia. She lost her first match to world No. 61, Kaia Kanepi, and the second one to Maret Ani. Ormaechea also played in the rubber against Canada, and lost both of her singles matches — against Aleksandra Wozniak and Valérie Tétreault.

### 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. In the second round, however, she was sent crashing out by eighth seed Agnieszka Radwańska, in straight sets. 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

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only 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.
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ... | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 2R | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | | Q2 | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| French Open | A | A | 1R | 3R | 3R | Q1 | | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | 57% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | A | | Q1 | NH | A | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| US Open | A | A | Q3 | 2R | 1R | A | | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 8 | 6–8 | 43% |
| WTA 1000 ||||||||||||||||
| Dubai / Qatar Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Indian Wells Open | A | A | Q2 | A | 1R | Q1 | | A | NH | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Miami Open | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | 2R | A | | A | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Madrid Open | A | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | | A | NH | A | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Italian Open | A | A | Q2 | A | 2R | A | | A | A | A | Q1 | | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | A | | A | NH | A | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | | A | A | A | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | | A | NH | NH | NH | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| China Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | | A | NH | NH | NH | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Guadalajara Open | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Career statistics ||||||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 2 | | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Career total: 38 | Career total: 38 | Career total: 38 |
| Overall win–loss | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–5 | 10–7 | 11–19 | 2–3 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 38 | 30–44 | 41% |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | W–L |
| 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)

* Legend
* Grand Slam
* WTA 1000
* WTA 500
* WTA 250 (0–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (0–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2013 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | International | Clay | Jelena Janković | 1–6, 2–6 |

## WTA Challenger finals
### Singles: 1 (runner-up)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2023 | Copa Cali, Colombia | Clay | Nadia Podoroska | 4–6, 2–6 |

## ITF Circuit finals
### Singles: 32 (16 titles, 16 runner–ups)

* Legend
* $60,000 tournaments (1–5)
* $25,000 tournaments (7–7)
* $10/15,000 tournaments (8–4)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (16–15)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2009 | ITF Juárez, Mexico | 10,000 | Clay | Mailen Auroux | 6–4, 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Nov 2009 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | 10,000 | Clay | Verónica Spiegel | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–1 | Nov 2009 | ITF Asunción, Paraguay | 10,000 | Clay | Andrea Koch Benvenuto | 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Dec 2009 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | 25,000 | Clay | Rossana de los Ríos | 5–7, 1–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Jun 2010 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | 10,000 | Clay | Mailen Auroux | 1–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 3–3 | Jun 2010 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | 10,000 | Clay | Lucía Jara Lozano | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–3 | Jul 2010 | Open Bogotá, Colombia | 25,000 | Clay | Julia Cohen | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 5–3 | Jul 2010 | ITF Brasília, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Ana Clara Duarte | 3–6, 7–6$^{(1)}$, 7–6$^{(6)}$ |
| Win | 6–3 | Mar 2011 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | Catalina Pella | 6–2, 7–6$^{(4)}$ |
| Loss | 6–4 | May 2011 | Prague Open, Czech Republic | 50,000 | Clay | Lucie Hradecká | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 7–4 | Sep 2011 | Royal Cup, Montenegro | 25,000 | Clay | Danka Kovinić | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 8–4 | Sep 2011 | ITF Foggia, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Renata Voráčová | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 8–5 | Oct 2011 | ITF Villa de Madrid, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | Nastassja Burnett | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 9–5 | May 2013 | Open Saint-Gaudens, France | 50,000 | Clay | Dinah Pfizenmaier | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 10–5 | Jun 2015 | ITF Padua, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Réka Luca Jani | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 11–5 | Apr 2016 | ITF Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Laura Pigossi | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 12–5 | Apr 2016 | ITF Lins, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Harmony Tan | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 13–5 | Apr 2016 | ITF Bauru, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Julieta Lara Estable | 1–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 13–6 | Sep 2016 | Royal Cup, Montenegro | 25,000 | Clay | Quirine Lemoine | 5–7, 1–6 |
| Loss | 13–7 | Dec 2017 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 15,000 | Clay | Tena Lukas | 4–6, 7–6$^{(5)}$, 1–6 |
| Win | 14–7 | Jul 2018 | ITF Baja, Hungary | 25,000 | Clay | Nina Potočnik | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 14–8 | Sep 2018 | Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia | 60,000 | Clay | Tereza Mrdeža | 6–2, 4–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 14–9 | Nov 2018 | Copa Colina, Chile | 60,000 | Clay | Xu Shilin | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 15–9 | Sep 2019 | ITF Sankt Pölten, Austria | 25,000 | Clay | Réka Luca Jani | 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 15–10 | Mar 2021 | ITF Amiens, France | 15,000 | Clay (i) | Seone Mendez | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 15–11 | Jun 2021 | ITF Denain, France | 25,000 | Clay | Dalma Gálfi | 7–5, 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 15–12 | Jul 2021 | ITS Cup, Czech Republic | 60,000 | Clay | Sara Bejlek | 0–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 15–13 | Jan 2022 | Traralgon International, Australia | 60,000+H | Hard | Yuan Yue | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 15–14 | Feb 2022 | ITF Tucumán, Argentina | 25,000 | Clay | Brenda Fruhvirtová | 3–6, 6–1, 4–6 |
| Loss | 15–15 | Mar 2022 | ITF Anapoima, Colombia | 25,000 | Clay | Marina Melnikova | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 15–16 | Sep 2022 | ITF Otočec, Slovenia | 25,000 | Clay | Miriam Bulgaru | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 16–16 | Oct 2022 | ITF Tucumán, Argentina | 25,000 | Clay | Valeriya Strakhova | 6–2, 6–3 |

### Doubles: 24 (9 titles, 15 runner–ups)

* Legend
* $60,000 tournaments (2–0)
* $25,000 tournaments (5–8)
* $10/15,000 tournaments (2–7)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (9–15)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2008 | ITF Santa Cruz, Bolivia | 10,000 | Clay | Claudia Razzeto | Rocio Galarza Gabriela Roux | 6–7$^{(5)}$, 6–3, [9–11] |
| Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2008 | ITF Lima, Peru | 10,000 | Clay | Marina Giral Lores | Andrea Koch Benvenuto Karen Castiblanco | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Oct 2008 | ITF Lima, Peru | 10,000 | Clay | Marina Giral Lores | Andrea Koch Benvenuto Karen Castiblanco | 7–6$^{(7)}$, 0–6, [3–10] |
| Loss | 0–4 | Nov 2009 | ITF Lima, Peru | 10,000 | Clay | Agustina Eskenazi | Cecilia Costa Melgar Andrea Koch Benvenuto | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–4 | Jul 2010 | ITF Bogotá, Colombia | 25,000 | Clay | Andrea Gámiz | Mailen Auroux Karen Castiblanco | 5–7, 6–4, [10–8] |
| Loss | 1–5 | Dec 2010 | ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | Alizé Lim | Maria Fernanda Alves Ana Clara Duarte | default |
| Win | 2–5 | Mar 2011 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | Maria Fernanda Alves | Barbara Rush Carolina Zeballos | 6–3, 7–6$^{(2)}$ |
| Win | 3–5 | Apr 2011 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | 25,000 | Clay | María Fernanda Álvarez Terán | María Irigoyen Florencia Molinero | 4–6, 7–5, [10–4] |
| Win | 4–5 | Jun 2011 | ITF Rome, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Verónica Cepede Royg | Marina Shamayko Sofia Shapatava | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–5 | May 2013 | Open Saint-Gaudens, France | 50,000 | Clay | Julia Glushko | Stéphanie Dubois Kurumi Nara | 7–5, 7–6$^{(11)}$ |
| Loss | 5–6 | Mar 2015 | ITF Palm Harbor, United States | 25,000 | Clay | María Irigoyen | Petra Krejsová Paula Cristina Gonçalves | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5–7 | Jun 2015 | ITF Padua, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Réka Luca Jani | María Irigoyen Barbora Krejčíková | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 5–8 | Apr 2016 | ITF Lins, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Constanza Vega | Bárbara Gatica Stephanie Petit | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 5–9 | Aug 2017 | ITF Oldenzaal, Netherlands | 15,000 | Clay | Ana Sofía Sánchez | Deborah Kerfs Chiara Scholl | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 6–9 | Sep 2017 | ITF Trieste, Italy | 15,000 | Clay | Martina Caregaro | Alice Balducci Camilla Scala | 5–7, 7–5, [10–1] |
| Loss | 6–10 | Dec 2017 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 15,000 | Clay | Dia Evtimova | Cristina Dinu Mia Eklund | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 7–10 | Jul 2018 | ITF Baja, Hungary | 25,000 | Clay | Natalija Kostić | Nicoleta Dascalu Isabella Shinikova | w/o |
| Win | 8–10 | Oct 2018 | ITF Seville, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | Andrea Gámiz | Başak Eraydın Anastasiya Komardina | 7–5, 7–6$^{(5)}$ |
| Win | 9–10 | Sep 2019 | Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia | 60,000 | Clay | Anna Bondár | Amandine Hesse Daniela Seguel | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Loss | 9–11 | Jan 2020 | ITF Daytona Beach, United States | 25,000 | Clay | Prarthana Thombare | Dalma Gálfi Kimberley Zimmermann | 6–7$^{(4)}$, 2–6 |
| Loss | 9–12 | Sep 2020 | ITF Tarvisio, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Anna Bondár | Marie Benoît Alexandra Cadanțu | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 9–13 | Jun 2021 | ITF Denain, France | 25,000 | Clay | Dalma Gálfi | Anna Danilina Valeriya Strakhova | 5–7, 6–3, [4–10] |
| Loss | 9–14 | Oct 2021 | ITF Lisbon, Portugal | 25,000 | Clay | Natalija Stevanović | Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Ángela Fita Boluda | 6–3, 3–6, [4–10] |
| Loss | 9–15 | Feb 2022 | ITF Tucumán, Argentina | 25,000 | Clay | Andrea Gámiz | Bárbara Gatica Rebeca Pereira | 3–6, 5–7 |

## National team participation
### Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup
#### Singles (12–10)

| Edition | Round | Date | Location | Surface | Against | Opponent | W/L | Score |
| 2010 | WG2 | Feb 2010 | Tallinn (EST) | Hard (i) | Estonia | Kaia Kanepi | L | 1–6, 5–7 |
| 2010 | WG2 | Feb 2010 | Tallinn (EST) | Hard (i) | Estonia | Maret Ani | L | 2–6, 3–6 |
| 2010 | WG2 PO | Apr 2010 | Montreal (CAN) | Carpet (i) | Canada | Aleksandra Wozniak | L | 4–6, 2–6 |
| 2010 | WG2 PO | Apr 2010 | Montreal (CAN) | Carpet (i) | Canada | Valérie Tétreault | L | 7–6$^{(6)}$, 1–6, 1–6 |
| 2012 | Z1 RR | Feb 2012 | Curitiba (BRA) | Clay | Bahamas | Larikah Russell | W | 6–3, 6–0 |
| 2012 | Z1 RR | Feb 2012 | Curitiba (BRA) | Clay | Canada | Aleksandra Wozniak | W | 7–5, 6–4 |
| 2012 | Z1 RR | Feb 2012 | Curitiba (BRA) | Clay | Peru | Ferny Ángeles Paz | W | 6–1, 6–0 |
| 2012 | Z1 RR | Feb 2012 | Curitiba (BRA) | Clay | Colombia | Catalina Castaño | W | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 2012 | WG2 PO | Apr 2012 | Buenos Aires (ARG) | Clay | China | Yi-Miao Zhou | W | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 2012 | WG2 PO | Apr 2012 | Buenos Aires (ARG) | Clay | China | Qiang Wang | W | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 2013 | WG2 | Feb 2013 | Buenos Aires (ARG) | Clay | Sweden | Johanna Larsson | W | 6–3, 6–0 |
| 2013 | WG2 | Feb 2013 | Buenos Aires (ARG) | Clay | Sweden | Sofia Arvidsson | L | 5–7, 7–6$^{(6)}$, 2–3 ret. |
| 2013 | WG2 PO | Apr 2013 | Buenos Aires (ARG) | Clay | Great Britain | Johanna Konta | W | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 2013 | WG2 PO | Apr 2013 | Buenos Aires (ARG) | Clay | Great Britain | Laura Robson | W | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |
| 2014 | WG2 | Feb 2014 | Pilar (ARG) | Clay | Japan | Misaki Doi | W | 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 |
| 2014 | WG2 | Feb 2014 | Pilar (ARG) | Clay | Japan | Kurumi Nara | W | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 2014 | WG PO | Apr 2014 | Sochi (RUS) | Clay | Russia | Elena Vesnina | L | 3–6, 3–6 |
| 2014 | WG PO | Apr 2014 | Sochi (RUS) | Clay | Russia | Ekaterina Makarova | L | 1–6, 2–6 |
| 2015 | WG2 | Feb 2015 | Buenos Aires (ARG) | Clay | United States | Venus Williams | L | 3–6, 2–6 |
| 2015 | WG2 | Feb 2015 | Buenos Aires (ARG) | Clay | United States | CoCo Vandeweghe | W | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2015 | WG2 PO | Apr 2015 | Buenos Aires (ARG) | Clay | Spain | Sara Sorribes Tormo | L | 6–4, 6–7$^{(2)}$, 1–6 |
| 2015 | WG2 PO | Apr 2015 | Buenos Aires (ARG) | Clay | Spain | Lara Arruabarrena | L | 1–6, 6–4, 7–9 |

#### Doubles (0–2)

| Edition | Round | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Partner | Opponents | W/L | Score |
| 2009 | WG PO | Apr 2009 | Mar del Plata (ARG) | Ukraine | Hard | María Irigoyen | Mariya Koryttseva Olga Savchuk | L | 6–2, 6–0 |
| 2014 | WG2 | Feb 2014 | Pilar (ARG) | Japan | Clay | María Irigoyen | Shuko Aoyama Risa Ozaki | L | 6–0, 6–4 |