Paula Ormaechea

Paula Ormaechea

Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	(1992-09-28) 28 September 1992 Sunchales, Argentina
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$47,745
Singles
Career record	108 - 44
Career titles	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	178 (17 October 2011)
Doubles
Career record	47–31
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	242 (11 July 2011)
Last updated on: 3 October 2011.

Paula Ormaechea (born 28 September 1992) is an Argentine tennis player. Ranked No. 215 as of 18 July 2011, she has won seven ITF singles titles and played for Argentina Fed Cup team.

Personal life

Paula Ormaechea was born on 28 September 1992 in Sunchales, Santa Fe to Mirna and Marcelo Ormaechea. She also has two sisters, Valentina and Sofía. Federico Paskvan, 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. A fan of football, she supports Boca Juniors.

career

Junior career

Ormaechea entered professional junior tournaments in 2006 Ana Bogdan in the final of Banana Bowl, 6–2, 6–4, previously defeating Kristina Mladenovic 6–4, 6–2 in the semifinals. Ormaechea won her next title at Uruguay Bowl in March 2009. She also played at 2009 French Open and 2009 US Open, but fell to, respectively, Bianca Botto and Richel Hogenkamp in the first round. Also winning four doubles events, her last junior doubles title came at Canadian Open Junior Championship in September 2009.

Fed 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 6–2, 6–0. Ormaechea made her singles debut in 2010 World Group II rubber against Estonia. She lost her first match to World No. 61 Kaia Kanepi 6–1, 7–5, and the second one to Maret Ani 6–2, 6–3. Ormaechea also played in the rubber against Canada, and lost both of her singles matches — against Aleksandra Wozniak 6–4, 6–2, and Valérie Tétreault 7–6(6), 1–6, 1–6.

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Outcome	#	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner–up	1.	3 October 2009	Juárez, Mexico	Clay	Mailen Auroux	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Winners	1.	7 November 2009	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Verónica Spiegel	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Winners	2.	21 November 2009	Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Andrea Koch-Benvenuto	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner–up	2.	6 December 2009	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Rossana de los Ríos	5–7, 1–6
Runner–up	3.	20 June 2010	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Mailen Auroux	1–6, 5–7
Winners	3.	27 June 2010	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Lucía Jara Lozano	6–2, 6–2
Winners	4.	18 July 2010	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Julia Cohen	7–5, 6–2
Winners	5.	25 July 2010	Brasília, Brazil	Clay	Ana-Clara Duarte	3–6, 7–6(1), 7–6(6)
Winners	6.	20 March 2011	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Catalina Pella	6–2, 7–6(4)
Runner–up	4.	8 May 2011	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winners	7.	11 September 2011	Podgorica, Montenegro	Clay	Danka Kovinic	6–1, 6–1
Winners	8	25 September 2011	Foggia, Italy	Clay	Renata Voráčová	6–4, 6–4
Runner–up	5.	2 October 2011	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Nastassja Burnett	2-6, 3–6

ITF doubles finals (4–2)

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Outcome	#	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner–up	1.	28 November 2009	Lima, Peru	Clay	Agustina Sol Eskenazi	Cecilia Costa Melgar Andrea Koch-Benvenuto	1–6, 3–6
Winners	1.	18 July 2010	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Andrea Gamiz	Mailen Auroux Karen Emilia Castiblanco Duarte	5–7, 6–4, 7–5
Runner–up	2.	4 December 2010	Rio De Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Alize Lim	Maria-Fernanda Alves Ana-Clara Duarte	Default
Winners	2.	18 March 2011	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Maria-Fernanda Alves	Barbara Rush Carolina Zeballos Duarte	6–3, 7–6(2)
Winners	3.	2 April 2011	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Maria-Fernanda Alvarez-Teran	Maria Irigoyen Florencia Molinero	4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Winners	4.	24 June 2011	Rome – Tevere Remo, Italy	Clay	Veronica Cepede Royg	Marina Shamayko Sofia Shapatava	7–5, 6–4

Fed Cup singles performances (0–4)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	Outcome	Result
2010 World Group II	Quarterfinals	6 February 2010	Estonia	Hard (i)	Kaia Kanepi	Loss	1–6, 5–7
		7 February 2010			Maret Ani	Loss	2–6, 3–6
2010 World Group II	Quarterfinals	24 April 2010	Canada	Carpet (i)	Aleksandra Wozniak	Loss	4–6, 2–6
		25 April 2010			Valérie Tétreault	Loss	7–6(6), 1–6, 1–6

Fed Cup doubles performances (0–1)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Outcome	Result
2009 World Group Playoff	Quarterfinals	26 April 2009	Ukraine	Hard	María Irigoyen	Mariya Koryttseva Olga Savchuk	Loss	6–2, 6–0

External links

• Paola Ormaechea at the Women's Tennis Association
• Paola Ormaechea at the International Tennis Federation
• Paola Ormaechea at the Fed Cup