Paula Cristina Gonçalves

Paula Cristina Gonçalves

Full name	Paula Cristina Araújo Gonçalves
Country (sports)	Brazil
Residence	São Paulo, Brazil
Born	(1990-08-11) August 11, 1990 São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Plays	Right Handed (Double Handed Backhand)
Prize money	US$ 152,928
Singles
Career record	223-167
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 174 (June 27, 2016)
Current ranking	No. 177 (August 1, 2016)
Doubles
Career record	178-127
Career titles	1 WTA, 17 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 95 (February 29, 2016)
Current ranking	No. 155 (August 1, 2016)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2016)
Medal record Representing  Brazil Women's Tennis South American Games 2014 Santiago Singles 2014 Santiago Doubles
Last updated on: 5 August 2016.

Paula Cristina de Araújo Gonçalves (born August 11, 1990 in São Paulo) is a professional Brazilian tennis player .

Career

2015

Gonçalves and Beatriz Haddad Maia won the title on Copa Colsanitas defeating Irina Falconi and Shelby Rogers in the final. This was her first WTA title.

Partnering Sanaz Marand, Gonçalves won her first $75,000 ITF tournament in September 2015 at the Albuquerque, defeating Tamira Paszek and Anna Tatishvili in the final.

2016

Paula made her first WTA singles quarterfinal at the 2016 Rio Open after straight sets wins over Shahar Pe'er, Alizé Lim, Julia Glushko, Johanna Larsson. Her run was ended by Shelby Rogers.

Paula made her first WTA singles semifinal two months later at the 2016 Copa Colsanitas after wins over Verónica Cepede Royg, Tatjana Maria and Alexandra Panova.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	19 April 2015	Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Irina Falconi Shelby Rogers	6–3, 3–6, [10–6]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (5–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	7 June 2010	Brasília, Brazil	Clay	Fernanda Faria	7–6 3–6 4–6
Winner	1.	3 October 2011	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Bárbara Luz	6–2 6–3
Winner	2.	1 December 2012	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Julia Cohen	0–6 6–3 6–4
Winner	3.	15 July 2013	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	María Irigoyen	3–6 7–5 6–1
Winner	4.	31 March 2014	São José dos Campos, Brazil	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	6–2 3–6 6–2
Runner-up	2.	7 April 2014	São José dos Campos, Brazil	Clay	Gabriela Cé	1–1 ret.
Runner-up	3.	9 June 2014	Padua, Italy	Clay	Louisa Chirico	2–6 6–1 6–7
Runner-up	4.	25 October 2015	Florence, United States	Hard	Grace Min	2–6, 6–4, 6–7(2–7)
Winner	5.	27 November 2016	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Daniela Seguel	4–6, 4–4, ret.
Runner-up	5.	4 December 2016	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Tamara Zidansek	1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 36 (17–19)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	6 October 2008	Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil	Clay	Monique Albuquerque	Karen Castiblanco Aranza Salut	3–6 1–6
Runner-up	2.	27 July 2009	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Clay	Monique Albuquerque	Larissa Carvalho Vivian Segnini	6–3 1–6 7–10
Runner-up	3.	30 November 2009	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Fernanda Faria	Mailen Auroux Veronica Spiegel	0–6 0–6
Runner-up	4.	22 March 2010	Gonesse, France	Clay (i)	Fernanda Faria	Audrey Bergot Iryna Brémond	3–6 3–6
Runner-up	5.	31 May 2010	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Fernanda Faria	Ekaterina Shulaeva Roxane Vaisemberg	3–6 3–6
Winner	6.	7 June 2010	Brasília, Brazil	Clay	Fernanda Faria	Gabriella Barbosa-Costa Silva Natalia Cheng	6–4 6–4
Winner	7.	26 July 2010	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	Fernanda Faria	Monique Albuquerque Roxane Vaisemberg	6–3 6–2
Runner-up	8.	2 Aug 2010	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Fernanda Faria	Monique Albuquerque Fernanda Hermenegildo	6–7 4–6
Winner	9.	22 November 2010	Barueri, Brazil	Clay	Fernanda Faria	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Aranza Salut	7–5 4–6 7–5
Winner	10.	13 June 2011	Montpellier, France	Clay	Maryna Zanevska	Mădălina Gojnea Inés Ferrer Suárez	6–4 7–5
Winner	11.	18 June 2011	Ribeirão Preto, Brazil	Clay	Fernanda Faria	Andrea Benítez Raquel Piltcher	2–6 6–2 6–2
Runner-up	12.	3 October 2011	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Flávia Dechandt Araújo	Maria Fernanda Alves Gabriela Cé	2–6 4–6
Winner	13.	24 October 2011	Goiânia, Brazil	Clay	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Flávia Dechandt Araújo Karina Venditti	6–4 5–7 12–10
Runner-up	14.	16 July 2012	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	Roxane Vaisemberg	Monique Adamczak Maria Fernanda Alves	6–4 3–6 [3–10]
Winner	15.	30 July 2012	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Roxane Vaisemberg	Aranza Salut Carolina Zeballos	6–2 6–2
Runner-up	16.	26 November 2012	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Roxane Vaisemberg	Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	17.	18 March 2013	Innisbrook, United States	Clay	María Irigoyen	Ashleigh Barty Alizé Lim	1–6 3–6
Runner-up	18.	23 June 2013	Montpellier, France	Clay	Inés Ferrer Suárez	Irina Khromacheva Renata Voráčová	1–6 4–6
Winner	19.	15 July 2013	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	María Irigoyen	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Maria Fernanda Alves	7–5 6–3
Winner	20.	23 September 2013	Sevilla, Spain	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Cecilia Costa Melgar Gaia Sanesi	6–3 7–5
Winner	21.	9 December 2013	Mata de São João, Brazil	Clay	Laura Pigossi	Montserrat González Carolina Zeballos	6–2 6–2
Winner	22.	16 December 2013	Bertioga, Brazil	Hard	Laura Pigossi	Verónica Cepede Royg María Irigoyen	2–6 6–4 10–7
Runner–up	23.	16 February 2014	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Mariana Duque	Beatriz García Vidagany Dinah Pfizenmaier	6–7 6–4 8–10
Winner	24.	31 March 2014	São José dos Campos, Brazil	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	Gabriela Cé Eduarda Piai	7–6 7–5
Winner	25.	7 April 2014	São José do Rio Preto, Brazil	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	Carolina Alves Ingrid Gamarra Martins	6–2 6–0
Runner-up	26.	9 June 2014	Padua, Italy	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Gioia Barbieri Sofia Shapatava	4–6 6–0 12–14
Winner	27.	30 June 2014	Denain, France	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Nicola Slater Karolina Wlodarczak	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	28.	1 February 2015	Sunrise, United States	Clay	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Katerina Stewart Anna Kalinskaya	6-7 7-5 6-10
Runner-up	29.	9 February 2015	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Tatiana Búa	Danka Kovinić Andreea Mitu	2-6 5-7
Runner-up	30.	28 February 2015	Campinas, Brazil	Clay	Andrea Gámiz	Pauline Parmentier Olivia Rogowska	5–7, 6–4, [8–10]
Winner	31.	23 March 2015	Palm Harbor, United States	Clay	Petra Krejsová	María Irigoyen Paula Ormaechea	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	32.	20 April 2015	Dothan, United States	Clay	Petra Krejsová	Johanna Konta Maria Sanchez	3–6, 4–6
Winner	33.	21 September 2015	Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Sanaz Marand	Tamira Paszek Anna Tatishvili	4–6, 6–2, [10–3]
Runner-up	34.	28 September 2015	Las Vegas, United States	Clay	Sanaz Marand	Julia Boserup Nicole Gibbs	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	35.	31 October 2015	Macon, United States	Hard (i)	Sanaz Marand	Jan Abaza Viktorija Golubic	6–7(3–7), 5–7
Winner	36.	18 January 2016	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Laura Pigossi Jil Teichmann	6–7(3–7), 7–5, [10–7]

References

External links

• Paula Cristina Gonçalves at the Women's Tennis Association
• Paula Cristina Gonçalves at the International Tennis Federation
• Paula Cristina Gonçalves at the Fed Cup
  

Women's Tennis Association: Top Brazilian female singles tennis players as of 5 December 2016
1. Beatriz Haddad Maia (171 ) 2. Paula Cristina Gonçalves (176 ) 3. Teliana Pereira (205 ) 4. Laura Pigossi (398 ) 5. Gabriela Cé (518 )
6. Carolina Meligeni Alves (580 ) 7. Nathaly Kurata (644 ) 8. Luisa Stefani (698 ) 9. Ingrid Gamarra Martins (762 ) 10. Nathália Rossi (808 )