Paula Hermida

Paula Hermida Velo (born 24 October 1977) is a Spanish former professional tennis player.

Paula Hermida

Full name	Paula Hermida Velo
Country (sports)	Spain
Born	(1977-10-24) 24 October 1977 (age 47) Ferrol, Spain
Retired	2001
Prize money	$92,380
Singles
Career record	212-129
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 148 (13 May 1996)
Doubles
Career record	56-65
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 230 (24 July 1995)

Biography

Hermida comes from the Galician city of Ferrol and was coached by her father. She won the Spanish Junior Championships as an 11-year old in 1988.^[1]

As a professional she won 10 ITF singles titles, reaching a best ranking of 148 in the world. She featured in the main draw of the Birmingham Classic WTA Tour tournament in 1996 and during her career played in the qualifying event at all four grand slams.^[2][1]

Retiring from professional tennis in 2001, Hermida went on to compete in the sport of padel tennis.^[1]

ITF finals

Singles (10–6)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	24 January 1994	Pontevedra, Spain	Carpet	Germana Di Natale	7–6, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	2.	31 July 1994	A Coruña, Spain	Clay	Anne Kremer	5–7, 1–6
Win	3.	23 January 1995	Pontevedra Spain	Hard	Olga Barabanschikova	6–1, 6–7(5), 6–4
Win	4.	13 February 1995	Faro, Portugal	Hard	Amelie Cocheteux	7–5, 6–3
Win	5.	20 February 1995	Carvoeiro, Portugal	Hard	Vanina Casanova	6–1, 6–3
Win	6.	4 September 1995	Cáceres, Spain	Clay	Alicia Ortuño	6–3, 6–2
Loss	7.	3 December 1995	Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Elena Pampoulova	5–7, 3–6
Loss	8.	14 April 1997	Elvas, Portugal	Hard	Alicia Ortuño	4–6, 3–6
DNP	—	4 May 1997	Azeméis, Portugal	Clay	Alicia Ortuño	—
Win	9.	9 February 1998	Faro, Portugal	Hard	Sofia Prazeres	6–4, 6–4
Win	10.	30 March 1998	Pontevedra, Spain	Hard	Maria Geznenge	6–1, 6–2
Win	11.	18 May 1998	Azeméis, Portugal	Hard	Irina Selyutina	6–1, 6–1
Loss	12.	24 May 1999	Guimarães, Portugal	Hard	Tzipora Obziler	0–6, 4–6
Win	13.	22 August 1999	Alghero, Italy	Clay	Flavia Pennetta	6–4, 6–4
Win	14.	4 October 1999	Vila do Conde, Portugal	Hard	Stanislava Hrozenská	6–2, 6–2
Loss	15.	17 October 1999	Welwyn, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Laurence Andretto	0–6, 3–6
Loss	16.	23 July 2000	Valladolid, Spain	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	4–6, 2–6

Doubles (5–4)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	31 July 1994	A Coruña, Spain	Clay	Sandra de Rafael	Olivia de Camaret Selima Sfar	6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	2.	16 January 1995	Ourense, Spain	Hard	Olga Barabanschikova	Stephanie Gomperts Henriëtte van Aalderen	5–7, 1–6
Win	3.	23 January 1995	Pontevedra, Spain	Hard	Olga Barabanschikova	Katia Altilia Stephanie Content	6–3, 6–3
Loss	4.	20 February 1995	Carvoeiro, Portugal	Hard	Katia Altilia	Renata Kochta Martina Pawlik	5–7, 4–6
Win	5.	18 February 1996	Cali, Colombia	Clay	Eva Bes	Miriam D'Agostini Larissa Schaerer	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Win	6.	4 May 1997	Azeméis, Portugal	Clay	Aneta Soukup	Shiri Burstein Limor Gabai	6–0, 6–4
Win	7.	14 September 1997	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Patricia Aznar	Marta Cano Gala León García	5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Win	8.	3 May 1998	Guimarães, Portugal	Hard	Marina Escobar	Bruna Colósio Cristina Correia	7–6, 6–4
Loss	9.	10 May 1998	Elvas, Portugal	Hard	Marina Escobar	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Debby Haak	W/O

References

1. Antón, B (26 January 2009). "Paula Hermida: Ahora ya no soy tan buena y por eso me cuesta coger la raqueta". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish).
2. "Tennis - DPS Classic - Birmingham". The Post-Standard. newspaperarchive.com. 11 June 1996.

External links

• Paula Hermida at the Women's Tennis Association
• Paula Hermida at the International Tennis Federation