Paula Kania-Choduń

Paula Kania

Kania at the 2009 US Open
Full name	Paula Kania
Country (sports)	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 (double-handed backhand)
Prize money	$53,671
Singles
Career record	105–73
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	207 (5 November 2012)
Current ranking	230 (19 November 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior	2R (2010)
French Open Junior	1R (2010)
Wimbledon Junior	—
US Open Junior	1R (2009)
Doubles
Career record	78–47
Career titles	1 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	118 (29 October 2012)
Current ranking	123 (19 November 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior	QF (2010)
French Open Junior	QF (2010)
Wimbledon Junior	—
US Open Junior	2R (2009)
Last updated on: 19 November 2012.

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

Kania has won one WTA title in doubles, two ITF titles in singles, and seven in doubles. On 5 November 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 207. On 29 October 2012, she peaked at world number 118 in the doubles rankings.

Personal life

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

Career statistics

WTA doubles finals (1–0)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (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.	15 September 2012	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Polina Pekhova	Anna Chakvetadze Vesna Dolonc	6–2, retired

ITF singles finals (2–3)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

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

ITF doubles finals (7–7)

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 Franková 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.	7 November 2011	Opole, Poland	Carpet	Magda Linette	Naomi Broady Kristina Mladenovic	6–7(5), 4–6
Winner	9.	16 January 2012	Stuttgart-Stammheim, Germany	Hard	Ksenia Lykina	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok	6–4, 6–3
Winner	10.	5 March 2012	Fort Walton Beach, United States	Hard	Madison Brengle	Elena Bovina Alizé Lim	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	11.	16 April 2012	Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Naomi Broady	Oksana Kalashnikova Marta Sirotkina	6–2, 7–5
Winner	12.	30 April 2012	Moscow, Russia	Hard	Polina Pekhova	Tatiana Kotelnikova Lidziya Marozava	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	13.	11 June 2012	Craiova, Romania	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	Renata Voráčová Lenka Wienerová	2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Winner	14.	15 October 2012	Seville, Spain	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Aleksandrina Naydenova Teliana Pereira	5–7, 6–4, [10–6]

External links

• Paula Kania at the Women's Tennis Association