Barbara Paulus

Barbara Paulus (born 1 September 1970) is a former professional 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 of her 22 matches.

Barbara Paulus

Country (sports)	Austria
Residence	Hinterbrühl
Born	(1970-09-01) 1 September 1970 (age 54) 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	$1,294,445
Singles
Career record	280–166
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 10 (18 November 1996)[1]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1990, 1995)
French Open	4R (1997)
Wimbledon	2R (1995, 1997)
US Open	4R (1989, 1990)
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)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	Record 9–13

Career

Paulus is one of the most successful Austrian female tennis players, being one of only two to be ranked in the top 10 (along with Barbara Schett), despite having a career plagued with injuries. She won six singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour. Her best results include victories over Chris Evert, Mary Pierce, Gabriela Sabatini, Conchita Martínez, and Jana Novotná.^[2]

After reaching as high as No. 12 in the world in 1990,^[2] she sustained injuries to her knee and both wrists which required her to have surgery and kept her sidelined for many months through 1992 and 1993.^[2][3] Her comeback from injury eventually bore her much success, with four WTA titles between 1995 and 1997, a top-ten ranking, and reaching her biggest career final at the Tier I Family Circle Cup, where she lost in three sets to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.^[4]

Her career effectively ended in 1998 after an elbow injury, though she made a brief return in 2001.^[5]

Awards

• 1990: Golden Needle Award from Austrian Tennis Federation^[6]

WTA career 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)

Finals by surface Hard (1–4) Grass (0–0) Clay (5–5) Carpet (0–2)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 1988	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Lori McNeil	6–4, 5–7, 6–1
Loss	1–1	Aug 1988	Sofia, Bulgaria	Hard	Conchita Martínez	6–1, 6–2
Loss	1–2	Jul 1989	Arcachon, Spain	Clay	Judith Wiesner	6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–1
Loss	1–3	Jan 1990	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Natasha Zvereva	4–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win	2–3	May 1990	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Helen Kelesi	2–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	2–4	Jul 1990	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Isabel Cueto	6–2, 6–3
Loss	2–5	Oct 1990	Filderstadt, Germany	Hard (i)	Mary Joe Fernández	6–1, 6–3
Win	3–5	Sep 1995	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Alexandra Fusai	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–1
Win	4–5	Nov 1995	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Yi Jingqian	6–4, 6–3
Loss	4–6	Jan 1996	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Sandra Cacic	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Loss	4–7	Apr 1996	Hilton Head Island, US	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–2, 2–6, 6–2
Loss	4–8	May 1996	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Lindsay Davenport	6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Win	5–8	Aug 1996	Maria Lankowitz, Austria	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	40–15 ret.
Loss	5–9	Sep 1996	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Henrieta Nagyová	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss	5–10	Oct 1996	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Conchita Martínez	6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Win	6–10	Jul 1997	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Henrieta Nagyová	6–4, 6–4
Loss	6–11	Oct 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)

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 1988	Sofia, Bulgaria	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Sabrina Goleš Katerina Maleeva	1–6, 6–1, 6–4

ITF finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles (2–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	16 November 1987	Wels, Austria	Hard (i)	Denisa Krajčovičová	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	27 September 1993	Kirchheim, Austria	Clay	Laurence Courtois	1–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	29 August 1994	Maribor, Slovenia	Hard (i)	Maja Živec-Škulj	4–6, 6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	2.	4 March 1996	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Martina Hingis	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	27 January 1996	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	Karina Habšudová	7–6(9–7), 1–6, 3–6

Doubles (0–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	25 August 1986	Wels, Austria	Clay	Bettina Diesner	Paulette Moreno Karin Oberleitner	5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up	2.	16 November 1987	Wels, Austria	Hard (i)	Petra Schwarz	Petra Hentschl Eva-Maria Schürhoff	4–6, 4–6