Full name | Paula Ormaechea | ||||||||||||
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Country (sports) | Argentina | ||||||||||||
Residence | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||
Born |
Sunchales, Argentina |
28 September 1992 ||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||
Turned pro | 2007 | ||||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||
Prize money | $712,914 | ||||||||||||
Singles | |||||||||||||
Career record | 218–148 | ||||||||||||
Career titles | 0 WTA, 13 ITF | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 59 (21 October 2013) | ||||||||||||
Current ranking | 411 (10 April 2017) | ||||||||||||
Grand Slam Singles results | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | 2R (2012) | ||||||||||||
French Open | 3R (2013, 2014) | ||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 1R (2014) | ||||||||||||
US Open | 2R (2013) | ||||||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||||||
Career record | 83–80 | ||||||||||||
Career titles | 0 WTA, 5 ITF | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 188 (22 July 2013) | ||||||||||||
Current ranking | 532 (10 April 2017) | ||||||||||||
Grand Slam Doubles results | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | 1R (2014) | ||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 1R (2013) | ||||||||||||
US Open | 1R (2013) | ||||||||||||
Team competitions | |||||||||||||
Fed Cup | 12–12 | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 10 April 2017. |
Paula Ormaechea (born 28 September 1992) is an Argentine tennis player. She has won nine singles and five doubles ITF titles in her career, and, on 21 October 2013, reached a singles ranking high of world number 59. Ormaechea has a 12–12 record for the Argentina Fed Cup team.
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.
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.
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 6–2, 6–0. Ormaechea made her singles debut in 2010 World Group II rubber against Estonia. She lost her first match to World No. 61 Kaia Kanepi 6–1, 7–5, and the second one to Maret Ani 6–2, 6–3. Ormaechea also played in the rubber against Canada, and lost both of her singles matches — against Aleksandra Wozniak 6–4, 6–2, and Valérie Tétreault 7–6, 1–6, 1–6.