Paula Cristina Gonçalves

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

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is de Araújo and the second or paternal family name is Gonçalves.

For the Portuguese footballer, see Paula Cristina.

Paula Cristina Gonçalves

At Wimbledon, 2016
Full name	Paula Cristina Araújo Gonçalves
Country (sports)	Brazil
Residence	São Paulo, Brazil
Born	(1990-08-11) 11 August 1990 São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$219,377
Singles
Career record	320–221 (59.1%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 158 (15 August 2016)
Current ranking	No. 454 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2017)
French Open	Q1 (2016)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2016)
US Open	Q1 (2016)
Doubles
Career record	227–165 (57.9%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 24 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 95 (29 February 2016)
Current ranking	No. 229 (16 March 2020)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	15–4
Medal record Representing  BRA Women's Tennis South American Games 2014 Santiago Singles 2014 Santiago Doubles
Last updated on: 9 August 2020.

She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as seven singles and 24 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 15 August 2016, Gonçalves achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 158. On 29 February 2016, she peaked at No. 95 in the doubles rankings.

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 $75k tournament in September at the Albuquerque defeating Tamira Paszek and Anna Tatishvili in the final.

2016

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

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

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 Premier International

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (1–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2015	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Irina Falconi Shelby Rogers	6–3, 3–6, [10–6]

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000/$80,000 tournaments
$50,000/$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2010	ITF Brasília, Brazil	10,000	Clay	Fernanda Faria	7–6^(5), 3–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Oct 2011	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	10,000	Clay	Bárbara Luz	6–2, 6–3
Win	2–1	Dec 2012	ITF Santiago, Chile	25,000	Clay	Julia Cohen	0–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	3–1	Jul 2013	ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil	25,000	Hard	María Irigoyen	3–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win	4–1	Apr 2014	ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil	10,000	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	4–2	Apr 2014	ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil	10,000	Clay	Gabriela Cé	1–1 ret.
Loss	4–3	Jun 2014	ITF Padua, Italy	25,000	Clay	Louisa Chirico	2–6, 6–1, 6–7^(3)
Loss	4–4	Oct 2015	ITF Florence, United States	25,000	Hard	Grace Min	2–6, 6–4, 6–7^(2)
Win	5–4	Nov 2016	ITF Santiago, Chile	10,000	Clay	Daniela Seguel	4–6, 4–4 ret.
Loss	5–5	Dec 2016	ITF Santiago, Chile	25,000	Clay	Tamara Zidanšek	1–6, 4–6
Win	6–5	Apr 2017	ITF Campinas, Brazil	15,000	Clay	Stephanie Mariel Petit	6–4, 6–4
Win	7–5	Aug 2018	ITF Cuneo, Italy	15,000	Clay	Bianca Turati	6–4, 6–2
Loss	7–6	Jun 2019	ITF Padua, Italy	25,000	Clay	Martina Caregaro	4–6, 4–6
Loss	7–7	Jun 2019	ITF Tarvisio, Italy	25,000	Clay	Bianca Turati	3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 44 (24 titles, 20 runner–ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	11 October 2008	Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil	Clay	Monique Albuquerque	Karen Castiblanco Aranza Salut	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	1 August 2009	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Clay	Monique Albuquerque	Larissa Carvalho Vivian Segnini	6–3, 1–6, [7–10]
Runner-up	3.	5 December 2009	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Fernanda Faria	Mailen Auroux Veronica Spiegel	0–6, 0–6
Runner-up	4.	27 March 2010	Gonesse, France	Clay (i)	Fernanda Faria	Audrey Bergot Iryna Brémond	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	5 June 2010	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Fernanda Faria	Ekaterina Shulaeva Roxane Vaisemberg	3–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	11 June 2010	Brasília, Brazil	Clay	Fernanda Faria	Gabriella Barbosa-Costa Silva Natalia Cheng	6–4, 6–4
Winner	2.	26 July 2010	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	Fernanda Faria	Monique Albuquerque Roxane Vaisemberg	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	7 August 2010	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Fernanda Faria	Monique Albuquerque Fernanda Hermenegildo	6–7, 4–6
Winner	3.	26 November 2010	Barueri, Brazil	Clay	Fernanda Faria	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Aranza Salut	7–5, 4–6, [10–3]
Winner	4.	18 June 2011	Montpellier, France	Clay	Maryna Zanevska	Mădălina Gojnea Inés Ferrer Suárez	6–4, 7–5
Winner	5.	22 July 2011	Ribeirão Preto, Brazil	Clay	Fernanda Faria	Andrea Benítez Raquel Piltcher	2–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Runner-up	7.	7 October 2011	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Flávia Dechandt Araújo	Maria Fernanda Alves Gabriela Cé	2–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	28 October 2011	Goiânia, Brazil	Clay	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Flávia Dechandt Araújo Karina Venditti	6–4, 5–7, [12–10]
Runner-up	8.	21 July 2012	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	Roxane Vaisemberg	Monique Adamczak Maria Fernanda Alves	6–4, 3–6, [3–10]
Winner	7.	3 August 2012	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Roxane Vaisemberg	Aranza Salut Carolina Zeballos	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	9.	30 November 2012	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Roxane Vaisemberg	Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	10.	23 March 2013	Innisbrook, United States	Clay	María Irigoyen	Ashleigh Barty Alizé Lim	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	11.	21 June 2013	Montpellier, France	Clay	Inés Ferrer Suárez	Irina Khromacheva Renata Voráčová	1–6, 4–6
Winner	8.	20 July 2013	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	María Irigoyen	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Maria Fernanda Alves	7–5, 6–3
Winner	9.	27 September 2013	Sevilla, Spain	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Cecilia Costa Melgar Gaia Sanesi	6–3, 7–5
Winner	10.	13 December 2013	Mata de São João, Brazil	Clay	Laura Pigossi	Montserrat González Carolina Zeballos	6–2, 6–2
Winner	11.	21 December 2013	Bertioga, Brazil	Hard	Laura Pigossi	Verónica Cepede Royg María Irigoyen	2–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Runner-up	12.	16 February 2014	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Mariana Duque	Beatriz García Vidagany Dinah Pfizenmaier	6–7^(8), 6–4, [8–10]
Winner	12.	4 April 2014	São José dos Campos, Brazil	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	Gabriela Cé Eduarda Piai	7–6^(0), 7–5
Winner	13.	11 April 2014	São José do Rio Preto, Brazil	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	Carolina Alves Ingrid Gamarra Martins	6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	13.	13 June 2014	Padua, Italy	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Gioia Barbieri Sofia Shapatava	4–6, 6–0, [12–14]
Winner	14.	5 July 2014	Denain, France	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Nicola Slater Karolina Wlodarczak	7–6^(3), 7–6^(4)
Runner-up	14.	1 February 2015	Sunrise, United States	Clay	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Katerina Stewart Anna Kalinskaya	6–7^(6), 7–5, [6–10]
Runner-up	15.	13 February 2015	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Tatiana Búa	Danka Kovinić Andreea Mitu	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	16.	28 February 2015	Campinas, Brazil	Clay	Andrea Gámiz	Pauline Parmentier Olivia Rogowska	5–7, 6–4, [8–10]
Winner	15.	29 March 2015	Innisbrook, United States	Clay	Petra Krejsová	María Irigoyen Paula Ormaechea	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	17.	26 April 2015	Dothan, United States	Clay	Petra Krejsová	Johanna Konta Maria Sanchez	3–6, 4–6
Winner	16.	27 September 2015	Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Sanaz Marand	Tamira Paszek Anna Tatishvili	4–6, 6–2, [10–3]
Runner-up	18.	4 October 2015	Las Vegas, United States	Clay	Sanaz Marand	Julia Boserup Nicole Gibbs	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	19.	31 October 2015	Macon, United States	Hard (i)	Sanaz Marand	Jan Abaza Viktorija Golubic	6–7^(3), 5–7
Winner	17.	18 January 2016	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Laura Pigossi Jil Teichmann	6–7^(3), 7–5, [10–7]
Winner	18.	10 July 2017	Turin, Italy	Clay	Estrella Cabeza Candela	Irene Burillo Escorihuela Yvonne Cavallé Reimers	5–7, 6–0, [10–8]
Winner	19.	17 July 2017	Imola, Italy	Carpet	Estrella Cabeza Candela	Eleni Kordolaimi Seone Mendez	6–3, 1–6, [10–3]
Runner-up	20.	28 October 2017	Macon, United States	Hard	Sanaz Marand	Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria	1–6, 0–6
Winner	20.	16 March 2019	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Luisa Stefani	Martina Di Giuseppe Thaisa Grana Pedretti	6–7^(4), 6–0, [10–8]
Winner	21.	23 March 2019	Curitiba, Brazil	Clay	Luisa Stefani	Ekaterine Gorgodze Daniela Seguel	6–7^(3), 7–6^(0), [10–2]
Winner	22.	8 June 2019	Brescia, Italy	Clay	Andrea Gámiz	Anastasia Grymalska Giorgia Marchetti	6–3, 4–6, [12–10]
Winner	23.	29 June 2019	Tarvisio, Italy	Clay	Gabriela Cé	Gloria Ceschi Rasheeda McAdoo	6–2, 4–6, [10–3]
Winner	24.	20 July 2019	Imola, Italy	Carpet	Nina Stadler	Rasheeda McAdoo Sandra Samir	6–4, 6–2

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