![]() Ormaechea at the2022 Wimbledon Championships | |||||||||||||||
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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 | 16ITF | ||||||||||||||
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
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Last updated on: 2 September 2024. |
Paula Ormaechea (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈpawlaoɾmaeˈtʃea]; born 28 September 1992) is an Argentinetennis player based inItaly. She has won sixteen singles and nine doubles titles on theITF Circuit. On 21 October 2013, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 59.[1]
Ormaechea has a 21–13 win–loss record, playing forArgentina Fed Cup team.[2] She plays in the Italian Tennis Serie A1 (major circuit) in the Tennis Club Rungg ofEppan an der Weinstraße, inSouth Tyrol nearBolzano.[3]
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 citesRoger Federer,Serena andVenus Williams as her role models,[5] and also admiresAndre Agassi andPete Sampras.[5]
Ormaechea entered professional junior tournaments in 2006. She defeatedKristina Mladenovic in the semifinals of the Banana Bowl, but lost toAna Bogdan in the final.[6][7] Ormaechea won her next title at the Uruguay Bowl in March 2009. She also played at theFrench Open andUS Open, but fell toBianca Botto andRichèl Hogenkamp in the first round, respectively. In addition, she won four doubles events, her last junior doubles title came atCanadian Open championship in September 2009.
Ormaechea made her debut forArgentina Fed Cup team on 26 April 2009 in the2009 World Group Playoff againstUkraine. She partneredMaría Irigoyen, losing toMariya Koryttseva andOlga Savchuk in straight sets.[8] Ormaechea made her singles debut in2010 World Group II rubber againstEstonia.[9] She lost her first match to world No. 61,Kaia Kanepi,[10] and the second one toMaret Ani.[11] Ormaechea also played in the rubber againstCanada, and lost both of her singles matches — againstAleksandra Wozniak andValérie Tétreault.[12]
Her first tournament was an ITF event in Colombia, where she lost toAlexandra Cadanțu in straight sets in the first round of qualifying. After this, she played theCopa 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 seedLucie Hradecká.
Paula then played the qualifying for theBrussels Open, her first Premier tournament. She got to the final round of qualifying after defeatingCatalina Castaño andAndrea Hlaváčková, but was then swept aside by doubles specialistAbigail Spears, 6–1, 6–1.
Following this loss, she headed to Rome to play a $25k tournament, but lost in the second round toSofia Shapatava. Then, following another loss in the quarterfinals of an ITF event in Poland and an early elimination in the qualifying at theBudapest Grand Prix, Paula's form improved when she qualified for theGastein Ladies in Kitzbühel, Austria. She there lost in the first round of the main draw toMaría José Martínez Sánchez, in straight sets.
Paula then took a break from theWTA Tour, playing eight ITF events from August to October, winning two of them.
Ormaechea began new season at theSydney International where she lost in the second round of qualifying to 13th seedVania King. Following this loss, she headed to Melbourne for theAustralian Open where she qualified for her first Grand Slam main draw beating seventh seedCoCo Vandeweghe,Hsieh Su-wei, and 19th seedYvonne Meusburger. In the first round of the main draw, she overcameSimona Halep in three sets.[13] In the second round, however, she was sent crashing out by eighth seedAgnieszka 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.
She made her debut in the top 100 on 10 June 2013, at world No. 81, following the2013 French Open where she reached the third round.
She reached a career-high of No. 59, on 21 October 2013.
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
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.
Current through the 2023 Charleston Open.
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ... | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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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[a] | 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[b] | 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% |
Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | W–L |
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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 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2013 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | International[c] | Clay | ![]() | 1–6, 2–6 |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2023 | Copa Cali, Colombia | Clay | ![]() | 4–6, 2–6 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2009 | ITF Juárez, Mexico | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Nov 2009 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
Win | 2–1 | Nov 2009 | ITF Asunción, Paraguay | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 2–2 | Dec 2009 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 5–7, 1–6 |
Loss | 2–3 | Jun 2010 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | 1–6, 5–7 |
Win | 3–3 | Jun 2010 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 4–3 | Jul 2010 | Open Bogotá, Colombia | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 7–5, 6–2 |
Win | 5–3 | Jul 2010 | ITF Brasília, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | 3–6, 7–6(1), 7–6(6) |
Win | 6–3 | Mar 2011 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–2, 7–6(4) |
Loss | 6–4 | May 2011 | Prague Open, Czech Republic | 50,000 | Clay | ![]() | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 7–4 | Sep 2011 | Royal Cup, Montenegro | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–1, 6–1 |
Win | 8–4 | Sep 2011 | ITF Foggia, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 8–5 | Oct 2011 | ITF Villa de Madrid, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 9–5 | May 2013 | Open Saint-Gaudens, France | 50,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
Win | 10–5 | Jun 2015 | ITF Padua, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 11–5 | Apr 2016 | ITF Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 6–1 |
Win | 12–5 | Apr 2016 | ITF Lins, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 13–5 | Apr 2016 | ITF Bauru, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | 1–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
Loss | 13–6 | Sep 2016 | Royal Cup, Montenegro | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 5–7, 1–6 |
Loss | 13–7 | Dec 2017 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() | 4–6, 7–6(5), 1–6 |
Win | 14–7 | Jul 2018 | ITF Baja, Hungary | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 7–5 |
Loss | 14–8 | Sep 2018 | Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia | 60,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–2, 4–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 14–9 | Nov 2018 | Copa Colina, Chile | 60,000 | Clay | ![]() | 5–7, 3–6 |
Win | 15–9 | Sep 2019 | ITF Sankt Pölten, Austria | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 15–10 | Mar 2021 | ITF Amiens, France | 15,000 | Clay (i) | ![]() | 4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 15–11 | Jun 2021 | ITF Denain, France | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 7–5, 2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 15–12 | Jul 2021 | ITS Cup, Czech Republic | 60,000 | Clay | ![]() | 0–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 15–13 | Jan 2022 | Traralgon International, Australia | 60,000+H | Hard | ![]() | 3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 15–14 | Feb 2022 | ITF Tucumán, Argentina | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 3–6, 6–1, 4–6 |
Loss | 15–15 | Mar 2022 | ITF Anapoima, Colombia | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 15–16 | Sep 2022 | ITF Otočec, Slovenia | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 5–7, 4–6 |
Win | 16–16 | Oct 2022 | ITF Tucumán, Argentina | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–2, 6–3 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2008 | ITF Santa Cruz, Bolivia | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7(5), 6–3, [9–11] |
Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2008 | ITF Lima, Peru | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Oct 2008 | ITF Lima, Peru | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(7), 0–6, [3–10] |
Loss | 0–4 | Nov 2009 | ITF Lima, Peru | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1–4 | Jul 2010 | ITF Bogotá, Colombia | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–7, 6–4, [10–8] |
Loss | 1–5 | Dec 2010 | ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | default |
Win | 2–5 | Mar 2011 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 7–6(2) |
Win | 3–5 | Apr 2011 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 7–5, [10–4] |
Win | 4–5 | Jun 2011 | ITF Rome, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 5–5 | May 2013 | Open Saint-Gaudens, France | 50,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 7–6(11) |
Loss | 5–6 | Mar 2015 | ITF Palm Harbor, United States | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 5–7 | Jun 2015 | ITF Padua, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 5–8 | Apr 2016 | ITF Lins, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 5–9 | Aug 2017 | ITF Oldenzaal, Netherlands | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–7, 3–6 |
Win | 6–9 | Sep 2017 | ITF Trieste, Italy | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–7, 7–5, [10–1] |
Loss | 6–10 | Dec 2017 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 7–10 | Jul 2018 | ITF Baja, Hungary | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | w/o |
Win | 8–10 | Oct 2018 | ITF Seville, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 7–6(5) |
Win | 9–10 | Sep 2019 | Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia | 60,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 7–5 |
Loss | 9–11 | Jan 2020 | ITF Daytona Beach, United States | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7(4), 2–6 |
Loss | 9–12 | Sep 2020 | ITF Tarvisio, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 9–13 | Jun 2021 | ITF Denain, France | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–7, 6–3, [4–10] |
Loss | 9–14 | Oct 2021 | ITF Lisbon, Portugal | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 3–6, [4–10] |
Loss | 9–15 | Feb 2022 | ITF Tucumán, Argentina | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 5–7 |
Edition | Round | Date | Location | Surface | Against | Opponent | W/L | Score |
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2010 | WG2 | Feb 2010 | Tallinn (EST) | Hard (i) | ![]() | Kaia Kanepi | L | 1–6, 5–7 |
Maret Ani | L | 2–6, 3–6 | ||||||
WG2 PO | Apr 2010 | Montreal (CAN) | Carpet (i) | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Larikah Russell | W | 6–3, 6–0 |
![]() | Aleksandra Wozniak | W | 7–5, 6–4 | |||||
![]() | Ferny Ángeles Paz | W | 6–1, 6–0 | |||||
![]() | Catalina Castaño | W | 6–2, 6–4 | |||||
WG2 PO | Apr 2012 | Buenos Aires (ARG) | Clay | ![]() | Yi-Miao Zhou | W | 6–2, 6–2 | |
Qiang Wang | W | 6–4, 6–2 | ||||||
2013 | WG2 | Feb 2013 | Buenos Aires (ARG) | Clay | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Johanna Konta | W | 6–3, 6–2 | |
Laura Robson | W | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 | ||||||
2014 | WG2 | Feb 2014 | Pilar (ARG) | Clay | ![]() | Misaki Doi | W | 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 |
Kurumi Nara | W | 6–3, 6–4 | ||||||
WG PO | Apr 2014 | Sochi (RUS) | Clay | ![]() | Elena Vesnina | L | 3–6, 3–6 | |
Ekaterina Makarova | L | 1–6, 2–6 | ||||||
2015 | WG2 | Feb 2015 | Buenos Aires (ARG) | Clay | ![]() | Venus Williams | L | 3–6, 2–6 |
CoCo Vandeweghe | W | 6–4, 6–4 | ||||||
WG2 PO | Apr 2015 | Buenos Aires (ARG) | Clay | ![]() | Sara Sorribes Tormo | L | 6–4, 6–7(2), 1–6 | |
Lara Arruabarrena | L | 1–6, 6–4, 7–9 |
Edition | Round | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Partner | Opponents | W/L | Score |
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2009 | WG PO | Apr 2009 | Mar del Plata (ARG) | ![]() | Hard | María Irigoyen | Mariya Koryttseva Olga Savchuk | L | 6–2, 6–0 |
2014 | WG2 | Feb 2014 | Pilar (ARG) | ![]() | Clay | María Irigoyen | Shuko Aoyama Risa Ozaki | L | 6–0, 6–4 |