Paula Ormaechea

Paula Ormaechea (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpawla oɾmaeˈtʃea]; 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.^[1]

Paula Ormaechea

Ormaechea at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	(1992-09-28) 28 September 1992 (age 32) Sunchales, Argentina
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,074,572
Singles
Career record	411–280
Career titles	16 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 59 (21 October 2013)
Current ranking	No. 840 (26 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2012)
French Open	3R (2013, 2014)
Wimbledon	1R (2014)
US Open	2R (2013)
Doubles
Career record	147–134
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 188 (22 July 2013)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2014)
Wimbledon	1R (2013)
US Open	1R (2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	21–13
Medal record Representing  Argentina Women's Tennis Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Doubles
Last updated on: 2 September 2024.

Ormaechea has a 21–13 win–loss record, playing for Argentina Fed Cup team.^[2] 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.^[3]

Personal life

Paula Ormaechea was born 1992 to Mirna and Marcelo Ormaechea.^[4] She has two sisters, Valentina and Sofía.^[4] Juan Pablo Guzmán, former ATP tennis player, serves as her coach. Ormaechea cites Roger Federer, Serena and Venus Williams as her role models,^[5] and also admires Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras.^[5]

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.^[6][7] 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.^[8] Ormaechea made her singles debut in 2010 World Group II rubber against Estonia.^[9] She lost her first match to world No. 61, Kaia Kanepi,^[10] and the second one to Maret Ani.^[11] Ormaechea also played in the rubber against Canada, and lost both of her singles matches — against Aleksandra Wozniak and Valérie Tétreault.^[12]

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.^[13] In the second round, however, she was sent crashing out by eighth seed Agnieszka Radwańska, in straight sets.^[14] 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

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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[lower-alpha 1]	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[lower-alpha 2]	A	A	A	1R	A	A		A	NH				0 / 1	0–1	0%
China Open	A	A	A	Q1	A	A		A	NH				0 / 0	0–0	–
Guadalajara Open	NH										A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Career statistics
Tournaments	0	1	5	6	17	2		2	0	3	1	1	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[lower-alpha 3]	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
						Maret Ani	L	2–6, 3–6
	WG2 PO	Apr 2010	Montreal (CAN)	Carpet (i)	Canada	Aleksandra Wozniak	L	4–6, 2–6
						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
					Canada	Aleksandra Wozniak	W	7–5, 6–4
					Peru	Ferny Ángeles Paz	W	6–1, 6–0
					Colombia	Catalina Castaño	W	6–2, 6–4
	WG2 PO	Apr 2012	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Clay	China	Yi-Miao Zhou	W	6–2, 6–2
						Qiang Wang	W	6–4, 6–2
2013	WG2	Feb 2013	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Clay	Sweden	Johanna Larsson	W	6–3, 6–0
						Sofia Arvidsson	L	5–7, 7–6(6), 2–3 ret.
	WG2 PO	Apr 2013	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Clay	Great Britain	Johanna Konta	W	6–3, 6–2
						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
						Kurumi Nara	W	6–3, 6–4
	WG PO	Apr 2014	Sochi (RUS)	Clay	Russia	Elena Vesnina	L	3–6, 3–6
						Ekaterina Makarova	L	1–6, 2–6
2015	WG2	Feb 2015	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Clay	United States	Venus Williams	L	3–6, 2–6
						CoCo Vandeweghe	W	6–4, 6–4
	WG2 PO	Apr 2015	Buenos Aires (ARG)	Clay	Spain	Sara Sorribes Tormo	L	6–4, 6–7(2), 1–6
						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

Notes

1. The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The two tournaments have since alternated status every year. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
2. In 2014, the Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
3. The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.

References

1. Paula Ormaechea at the Women's Tennis Association
2. "Paula Ormaechea at the Fed Cup".
3. "Serie A1, Il Tennis Club Parioli torna sul tetto d'Italia". 13 December 2021.
4. Paola Ormaechea at the International Tennis Federation
5. El Tenis Que No Vemos: Conociendo a… Paula Ormaechea (3 August 2009)
6. "Banana Bowl, 2008, J1 Girls". Retrieved 24 September 2022.
7. "Argentine and Romanian win the Banana Bowl". 16 March 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
8. Fed Cup: World Group Playoff: Ukraine defeated Argentina 5–0 in Argentina
9. Fed Cup: Ani & Kanepi lead Estonian debut (4 February 2010)
10. Fed Cup: Estonia in driving seat (6 February 2010)
11. Fed Cup: Estonia seals Playoff spot (7 February 2010)
12. Fed Cup World Group II Playoffs: Canada vs. Argentina 5–0
13. "Australian Open – Simona Halep goes out in first round". 16 January 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
14. "Australian Open – Radwanska, Jankovic win in straight sets". 19 January 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

External links

• Paula Ormaechea at the Women's Tennis Association
• Paula Ormaechea at the International Tennis Federation
• Paula Ormaechea at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Paula Ormaechea at Wimbledon
• Paula Ormaechea at ESPN.com