Paula Ormaechea
Paula Ormaechea is an Argentine tennis player. She has won 15 singles and nine doubles ITF titles, and, on 21 October 2013, reached a singles ranking high of world No. 59. Ormaechea has a 20–13 record for the 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. Juan Pablo Guzmán, 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 review
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 Richèl 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 in straight sets. Ormaechea made her singles debut in 2010 World Group II rubber against Estonia. She lost her first match to world No. 61 Kaia Kanepi, and the second one to Maret Ani. Ormaechea also played in the rubber against Canada, and lost both of her singles matches — against Aleksandra Wozniak and Valérie Tétreault.2011
Ormaechea's first tournament was an ITF event in Colombia, where she lost to Alexandra Cadanțu 4–6, 0–6 in the first round of qualifying. After this, she played the Copa Colsanitas, but again lost during qualifications, 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 6–4, 3–6, 2–6.Paula then played in the qualifications for the Brussels Ladies Open, her first premium 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 qualifications at the Budapest Grand Prix, Paula's form improved when she qualified for the Gastein Ladies in Kitzbühel, Austria. She then 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 tournaments from August to October, winning two of them.
2012
Ormaechea began her 2012 season at the Apia International Sydney. She lost in the second round of qualifying to thirteenth seed Vania King. Following this loss, she headed to Melbourne for the Australian Open. She successfully qualified for her first Grand Slam main draw beating seventh seed Coco Vandeweghe, Hsieh Su-wei, and nineteenth seed Yvonne Meusburger. In the first round of the main draw, she overcame Romanian Simona Halep in three sets. In the second round, however, she was sent crashing out by eighth seed Agnieszka Radwańska in straight sets. Due to her strong beginning of the new season, her ranking peaked at over one hundred and forty for the first time.Grand Slam performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2013 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | International | Clay |  Jelena Janković | 1–6, 2–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 24 (15 titles, 9 runner–ups)
| 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 | ITF 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, 7–6 |
| Win | 6–3 | Mar 2011 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | Catalina Pella | 6–2, 7–6 |
| Loss | 6–4 | May 2011 | ITF Prague, Czech Republic | 50,000 | Clay |  Lucie Hradecká | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 7–4 | Sep 2011 | ITF Podgorica, 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 Madrid, Spain | 25,000 | Clay |  Nastassja Burnett | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 9–5 | May 2013 | ITF 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 | ITF Podgorica, 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, 1–6 |
| Win | 14–7 | Jul 2018 | ITF Baja, Hungary | 25,000 | Clay |  Nina Potočnik | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 14–8 | Sep 2018 | ITF Zagreb, Croatia | 60,000 | Clay | Tereza Mrdeža | 6–2, 4–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 14–9 | Nov 2018 | ITF 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 |
Doubles: 20 (9 titles, 11 runner–ups)
| 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, 6–3, |
| 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, 0–6, |
| 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, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1–5 | Dec 2010 | ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | Alizé Lim | Maria Fernanda Alves Ana Clara Duarte | def. |
| Win | 2–5 | Mar 2011 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | Maria Fernanda Alves | Barbara Rush Carolina Zeballos | 6–3, 7–6 |
| Win | 3–5 | Apr 2011 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | 25,000 | Clay |  María Fernanda Álvarez Terán | María Irigoyen Florencia Molinero | 4–6, 7–5, |
| 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 | ITF Saint-Gaudens, France | 50,000 | Clay |  Julia Glushko |  Stéphanie Dubois  Kurumi Nara | 7–5, 7–6 |
| 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, |
| 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-Catalina 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 |
| Win | 9–10 | Sep 2019 | ITF Zagreb, 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 Galfi Kimberley Zimmermann | 6–7, 2–6 |