Barbara Paulus

Barbara Paulus

Country (sports)	Austria
Residence	Hinterbrühl, Austria
Born	(1970-09-01) 1 September 1970 Vienna, Austria
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	July 1986
Retired	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money	US$1,294,945
Singles
Career record	280–166
Career titles	6 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 10 (18 November 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1995)
French Open	4R (1997)
Wimbledon	2R (1995, 1997)
US Open	3R (1996)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	RR (1990, 1996)
Olympic Games	3R (1988)
Doubles
Career record	26–43
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 83 (17 July 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1990)
French Open	1R (1989)
Wimbledon	1R (1990)
US Open	1R (1989, 1990)

Barbara Paulus (born 1 September 1970 in Vienna) is a former professional top 10 female tennis player from Austria. She began playing on the WTA Tour in 1986 and retired in 2001. During her career she won a total of seven WTA tournaments (six singles titles, one doubles title). Paulus competed for the Austria Fed Cup team on 21 occasions in singles and doubles, winning nine matches and losing thirteen.

Private life

Paulus was born in Austrian capital Vienna, and resides in Hinterbrühl. Her father, Gerhard, is a computer sales manager; her mother Brigitte is a housewife; her brother, Werner, plays basketball. Paulus graduated in 1990.

She enjoys visiting Florida, because of the climate.

Awards

• 1990: Golden Needle Award from Austrian Tennis Federation

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 17 (6–11)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I (0–1) Tier II (0–1) Tier III (2–5) Tier IV (3–2) Tier V (1–2)

Titles by Surface Hard (1–4) Grass (0–0) Clay (5–5) Carpet (0–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	16 May 1988	Geneva	Clay	Lori McNeil	6–4, 5–7, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	8 August 1988	Sofia	Hard	Conchita Martínez	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	10 July 1989	Arcachon	Clay	Judith Wiesner	6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–1
Runner-up	3.	8 January 1990	Sydney	Hard	Natasha Zvereva	4–6, 6–1, 6–3
Winner	2.	21 May 1990	Geneva	Clay	Helen Kelesi	2–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up	4.	9 July 1990	Palermo	Clay	Isabel Cueto	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	15 October 1990	Filderstadt	Hard (I)	Mary Joe Fernández	6–1, 6–3
Winner	3.	11 September 1995	Warsaw	Clay	Alexandra Fusai	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–1
Winner	4.	13 November 1995	Pattaya	Hard	Yi Jingqian	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	1 January 1996	Auckland	Hard	Sandra Cacic	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	1 April 1996	Hilton Head Island	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–2, 2–6, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	20 May 1996	Strasbourg	Clay	Lindsay Davenport	6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Winner	5.	5 August 1996	Maria Lankowitz	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	40–15 ret.
Runner-up	9.	16 September 1996	Warsaw	Clay	Henrieta Nagyová	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	10.	28 October 1996	Moscow	Carpet (I)	Conchita Martínez	6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	6.	21 July 1997	Warsaw	Clay	Henrieta Nagyová	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	11.	20 October 1997	Luxembourg	Carpet (I)	Amanda Coetzer	6–4, 3–6, 7–5

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I (0–0) Tier II (0–0) Tier III (0–0) Tier IV (0–0) Tier V (1–0)

Titles by Surface Hard (1–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	8 August 1988	Sofia	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Sabrina Goleš Katerina Maleeva	1–6, 6–1, 6–4

External links

• Barbara Paulus at the Women's Tennis Association
• Barbara Paulus at the Billie Jean King Cup