Paula Smith

Paula Smith

Country	United States
Born	10 January 1957 (1957-01-10)
Singles
Career record	54–103
Doubles
Career record	304–214
Career titles	12
Last updated on: 17 November 2010.

Paula Smith (born January 10, 1957) is a former American tennis player.

Smith played 100 tour singles matches and 47 doubles matches between 1976 and 1988. She reached the finals of the French Open once in 1981, partnering Candy Reynolds, and again in mixed doubles in 1985, partnering Francisco González and losing to Martina Navratilova and Heinz Günthardt. She also reached the finals of the 1982 Toyota Series Championships, the 1983 Family Circle Cup and the final of the doubles in Indiana, 1985.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles 26 (12–14)

Legend
Grand Slam	0
WTA Championships	1
Tier I	0
Tier II	0
Tier III	0
Tier IV & V	0
Olympic Games	0

Titles by Surface
Hard	5
Clay	5
Grass	0
Carpet	2

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	20 August 1978	Canadian Open, Canada	Hard	Chris O'Neil	Regina Maršíková Pam Teeguarden	5–7, 7–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	12 August 1979	US Clay Courts, USA	Clay	Penny Johnson	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	3.	13 April 1980	Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA	Clay	Candy Reynolds	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	2–6, 1–6
Winner	4.	10 August 1980	US Clay Courts, USA	Clay	Anne Smith	Virginia Ruzici Renáta Tomanová	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	5.	17 October 1980	Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Hard	Pam Shriver	Ann Kiyomura Candy Reynolds	6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	16 November 1980	Tampa, Florida, USA	Hard	Anne Smith	Rosie Casals Candy Reynolds	6–7, 5–7
Winner	7.	26 April 1981	Amelia Island, Florida, USA	Clay	Kathy Jordan	JoAnne Russell Virginia Ruzici	6–3, 5–7, 7–6
Winner	8.	10 May 1981	Perugia, Italy	Clay	Candy Reynolds	Chris Evert-Lloyd Virginia Ruzici	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	9.	17 May 1981	Lugano, Switzerland	Clay	Candy Reynolds	Rosalyn Fairbank Tanya Harford	6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	10.	7 June 1981	French Open, France	Clay	Candy Reynolds	Rosalyn Fairbank Tanya Harford	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	11.	9 August 1981	US Clay Courts, USA	Clay	Sue Barker	JoAnne Russell Virginia Ruzici	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	12.	18 October 1981	Deerfield Beach, Florida, USA	Hard	Pam Shriver	Mary-Lou Daniels Wendy White	1–6, 6–3, 5–7
Winner	13.	16 May 1982	Lugano, Switzerland	Clay	Candy Reynolds	JoAnne Russell Virginia Ruzici	6–2, 6–4
Winner	14.	1 August 1982	San Diego, California, USA	Hard	Kathy Jordan	Patricia Medrado Claudia Monteiro	6–3, 5–7, 7–6
Winner	15.	17 October 1982	Tampa, Florida, USA	Hard	Ann Kiyomura	Mary-Lou Daniels Wendy White	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	16.	19 December 1982	East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA	Hard	Candy Reynolds	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	17.	6 February 1983	Palm Beach, Florida, USA	Clay	Kathy Jordan	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Runner-up	18.	6 March 1983	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Hard	Alycia Moulton	Rosalyn Fairbank Candy Reynolds	4–6, 6–7
Winner	19.	14 March 1983	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Carpet	Candy Reynolds	Iwona Kuczyńska Trey Lewis	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	20.	10 April 1983	Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA	Clay	Andrea Jaeger	Martina Navratilova Candy Reynolds	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	21.	9 January 1984	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Hard	Mary-Lou Daniels	Sherry Acker Candy Reynolds	7–5, 6–7, 6–7
Winner	22.	11 August 1984	US Clay Courts, USA	Clay	Beverly Mould	Elise Burgin JoAnne Russell	6–2, 7–5
Winner	23.	23 September 1984	San Diego, California, USA	Hard	Betsy Nagelsen	Terry Holladay Iwona Kuczyńska	6–2, 6–4
Winner	24.	28 October 1984	Brighton, England	Carpet	Alycia Moulton	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	6–7, 6–3, 7–5
Winner	25.	6 January 1985	Port St. Lucie, Florida, USA	Hard	Betsy Nagelsen	Christiane Jolissaint Marcella Mesker	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	26.	27 July 1985	US Clay Courts, USA	Clay	Penny Barg	Katerina Maleeva Manuela Maleeva	6–3, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles 1

Legend
Grand Slam	0
WTA Championships	0
Tier I	0
Tier II	0
Tier III	0
Tier IV & V	0
Olympic Games	0

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	9 June 1985	French Open, France	Clay	Francisco González	Heinz Gunthardt Martina Navratilova	6–2, 3–6, 2–6

References

• ITF site
• http://www.tenniscorner.net/index.php?corner=w&action=matchstats&playerid=SMP001
• http://sportsline.com/tennis/history/french/mx