Paula Ormaechea (; 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.Paula Ormaechea at the Women's Tennis Association
Ormaechea has a 21–13 win–loss record, playing for Argentina Fed Cup team. 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.
Personal life Paula Ormaechea was born 1992 to Mirna and Marcelo Ormaechea.Paola Ormaechea at the International Tennis Federation She 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,El Tenis Que No Vemos: Conociendo a… Paula Ormaechea (3 August 2009) and also admires Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras.
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. 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.Fed Cup: World Group Playoff: Ukraine defeated Argentina 5–0 in Argentina Ormaechea made her singles debut in 2010 World Group II rubber against Estonia.Fed Cup: Ani & Kanepi lead Estonian debut (4 February 2010) She lost her first match to world No. 61, Kaia Kanepi,Fed Cup: Estonia in driving seat (6 February 2010) and the second one to Maret Ani.Fed Cup: Estonia seals Playoff spot (7 February 2010) Ormaechea also played in the rubber against Canada, and lost both of her singles matches — against Aleksandra Wozniak and Valérie Tétreault.Fed Cup World Group II Playoffs: Canada vs. Argentina 5–0
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. 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 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 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. Tournament201020112012201320142015...20192020202120222023SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAA2RQ11RQ2Q2AAQ1Q10 / 21–2French OpenAA1R3R3RQ1AAAQ1Q10 / 34–3WimbledonAAQ1Q21RAQ1NHAQ1Q10 / 10–1US OpenAAQ32R1RAQ1AQ1AA0 / 21–2Win–loss0–00–01–23–22–40–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 86–8WTA 1000Dubai / Qatar OpenAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Indian Wells OpenAAQ2A1RQ1ANHQ1AA0 / 10–1Miami OpenAAQ1Q12RAANHAAA0 / 11–1Madrid OpenAAQ1AQ1AANHAA0 / 00–0Italian OpenAAQ2A2RAAAAQ10 / 11–1Canadian OpenAAAQ2Q1AANHAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati OpenAAAQ1Q1AAAAA0 / 00–0Pan Pacific / Wuhan OpenAAA1RAAANH0 / 10–1China OpenAAAQ1AAANH0 / 00–0Guadalajara OpenNHA0 / 00–0Career statisticsTournaments015617220311Career total: 38Overall win–loss0–20–14–510–711–192–31–21–02–30–10–10 / 3830–44
Doubles Tournament201220132014W–L Australian OpenAA1R0–1 French OpenAA1R0–1 WimbledonQ11RQ10–1 US OpenA1RA0–1Win–loss0–00–20–20–4
WTA Tour finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) LegendGrand SlamWTA 1000WTA 500WTA 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Feb 2013Copa Colsanitas, ColombiaInternationalClay Jelena Janković1–6, 2–6
WTA Challenger finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Copa Cali, ColombiaClay Nadia Podoroska4–6, 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 surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (16–15) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Oct 2009ITF Juárez, Mexico10,000 Clay Mailen Auroux 6–4, 4–6, 2–6Win 1–1 Nov 2009ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina10,000 Clay Verónica Spiegel 6–4, 3–6, 6–2Win 2–1 Nov 2009ITF Asunción, Paraguay10,000 Clay Andrea Koch Benvenuto 4–6, 6–4, 6–2Loss 2–2 Dec 2009ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina25,000 Clay Rossana de los Ríos 5–7, 1–6Loss 2–3 Jun 2010ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina10,000 Clay Mailen Auroux 1–6, 5–7Win 3–3 Jun 2010ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina10,000 Clay Lucía Jara Lozano 6–2, 6–2Win 4–3 Jul 2010Open Bogotá, Colombia25,000 Clay Julia Cohen 7–5, 6–2Win 5–3 Jul 2010ITF Brasília, Brazil10,000 Clay Ana Clara Duarte 3–6, 7–6(1), 7–6(6)Win 6–3 Mar 2011ITF Santiago, Chile10,000 Clay Catalina Pella 6–2, 7–6(4)Loss 6–4 May 2011Prague Open, Czech Republic50,000 Clay Lucie Hradecká 4–6, 6–3, 6–2Win 7–4 Sep 2011Royal Cup, Montenegro25,000 Clay Danka Kovinić 6–1, 6–1Win 8–4 Sep 2011ITF Foggia, Italy25,000 Clay Renata Voráčová 6–4, 6–4Loss 8–5 Oct 2011ITF Villa de Madrid, Spain25,000 Clay Nastassja Burnett 2–6, 3–6Win 9–5 May 2013Open Saint-Gaudens, France50,000 Clay Dinah Pfizenmaier 6–3, 3–6, 6–4Win 10–5 Jun 2015ITF Padua, Italy25,000 Clay Réka Luca Jani 6–3, 6–4Win 11–5 Apr 2016ITF Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil10,000 Clay Laura Pigossi 6–4, 6–1Win 12–5 Apr 2016ITF Lins, Brazil10,000 Clay Harmony Tan 6–3, 6–2Win 13–5 Apr 2016ITF Bauru, Brazil10,000 Clay Julieta Lara Estable 1–6, 6–3, 7–5Loss 13–6 Sep 2016Royal Cup, Montenegro25,000 Clay Quirine Lemoine 5–7, 1–6Loss 13–7 Dec 2017ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000 Clay Tena Lukas 4–6, 7–6(5), 1–6Win 14–7 Jul 2018ITF Baja, Hungary25,000 Clay Nina Potočnik 6–3, 7–5Loss 14–8 Sep 2018Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia60,000 Clay Tereza Mrdeža 6–2, 4–6, 5–7Loss 14–9 Nov 2018Copa Colina, Chile60,000 Clay Xu Shilin 5–7, 3–6Win 15–9 Sep 2019ITF Sankt Pölten, Austria25,000 Clay Réka Luca Jani 2–6, 6–3, 6–3Loss 15–10 Mar 2021ITF Amiens, France15,000 Clay (i) Seone Mendez 4–6, 2–6Loss 15–11 Jun 2021ITF Denain, France25,000 Clay Dalma Gálfi 7–5, 2–6, 4–6Loss 15–12 Jul 2021ITS Cup, Czech Republic60,000 Clay Sara Bejlek 0–6, 0–6Loss 15–13 Jan 2022Traralgon International, Australia60,000+H Hard Yuan Yue 3–6, 2–6Loss 15–14 Feb 2022ITF Tucumán, Argentina25,000 Clay Brenda Fruhvirtová 3–6, 6–1, 4–6Loss 15–15 Mar 2022ITF Anapoima, Colombia25,000 Clay Marina Melnikova 2–6, 1–6Loss 15–16 Sep 2022ITF Otočec, Slovenia 25,000 Clay Miriam Bulgaru 5–7, 4–6Win 16–16 Oct 2022ITF Tucumán, Argentina25,000 Clay Valeriya Strakhova 6–2, 6–3
Doubles: 25 (10 titles, 15 runner–ups) Legend$60,000 tournaments (2–0)$25/35 tournaments (6–8)$10/15 tournaments (2–7)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (10–15) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Oct 2008ITF Santa Cruz, Bolivia10,000 Clay Claudia Razzeto Rocio Galarza Gabriela Roux 6–7(5), 6–3, [9–11]Loss 0–2 Oct 2008ITF Lima, Peru10,000 Clay Marina Giral Lores Andrea Koch Benvenuto Karen Castiblanco 2–6, 1–6Loss 0–3 Oct 2008ITF Lima, Peru10,000 Clay Marina Giral Lores Andrea Koch Benvenuto Karen Castiblanco 7–6(7), 0–6, [3–10]Loss 0–4 Nov 2009ITF Lima, Peru10,000 Clay Agustina Eskenazi Cecilia Costa Melgar Andrea Koch Benvenuto 1–6, 3–6Win 1–4 Jul 2010ITF Bogotá, Colombia25,000 Clay Andrea Gámiz Mailen Auroux Karen Castiblanco 5–7, 6–4, [10–8]Loss 1–5 Dec 2010ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil25,000 Clay Alizé Lim Maria Fernanda Alves Ana Clara Duarte defaultWin 2–5 Mar 2011ITF Santiago, Chile10,000 Clay Maria Fernanda Alves Barbara Rush Carolina Zeballos 6–3, 7–6(2)Win 3–5 Apr 2011ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina25,000 Clay María Fernanda Álvarez Terán María Irigoyen Florencia Molinero 4–6, 7–5, [10–4]Win 4–5 Jun 2011ITF Rome, Italy25,000 Clay Verónica Cepede Royg Marina Shamayko Sofia Shapatava 7–5, 6–4Win 5–5 May 2013Open Saint-Gaudens, France50,000 Clay Julia Glushko Stéphanie Dubois Kurumi Nara 7–5, 7–6(11)Loss 5–6 Mar 2015ITF Palm Harbor, United States25,000 Clay María Irigoyen Petra Krejsová Paula Cristina Gonçalves 2–6, 4–6Loss 5–7 Jun 2015ITF Padua, Italy25,000 Clay Réka Luca Jani María Irigoyen Barbora Krejčíková 4–6, 2–6Loss 5–8 Apr 2016ITF Lins, Brazil10,000 Clay Constanza Vega Bárbara Gatica Stephanie Petit 5–7, 3–6Loss 5–9 Aug 2017ITF Oldenzaal, Netherlands15,000 Clay Ana Sofía Sánchez Deborah Kerfs Chiara Scholl 5–7, 3–6Win 6–9 Sep 2017ITF Trieste, Italy15,000 Clay Martina Caregaro Alice Balducci Camilla Scala 5–7, 7–5, [10–1]Loss 6–10 Dec 2017ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000 Clay Dia Evtimova Cristina Dinu Mia Eklund 3–6, 2–6Win 7–10 Jul 2018ITF Baja, Hungary25,000 Clay Natalija Kostić Nicoleta Dascalu Isabella Shinikova w/oWin 8–10 Oct 2018ITF Seville, Spain25,000 Clay Andrea Gámiz Başak Eraydın Anastasiya Komardina 7–5, 7–6(5)Win 9–10 Sep 2019Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia60,000 Clay Anna Bondár Amandine Hesse Daniela Seguel 7–5, 7–5Loss 9–11 Jan 2020ITF Daytona Beach, United States25,000 Clay Prarthana Thombare Dalma Gálfi Kimberley Zimmermann 6–7(4), 2–6Loss 9–12 Sep 2020ITF Tarvisio, Italy25,000 Clay Anna Bondár Marie Benoît Alexandra Cadanțu 1–6, 3–6Loss 9–13 Jun 2021ITF Denain, France25,000 Clay Dalma Gálfi Anna Danilina Valeriya Strakhova 5–7, 6–3, [4–10]Loss 9–14 Oct 2021ITF Lisbon, Portugal 25,000 Clay Natalija Stevanović Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Ángela Fita Boluda 6–3, 3–6, [4–10]Loss 9–15 Feb 2022ITF Tucumán, Argentina25,000 Clay Andrea Gámiz Bárbara Gatica Rebeca Pereira 3–6, 5–7Win 10–15 Jun 2026ITF San Gregorio, ItalyW35 Clay Anastasia Abbagnato Ema Kovacevic Carolina Troiano 6–3, 6–7(3), [10–7]
National team participation Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup Singles (12–10)