Barbara Paulus

Barbara Paulus
Country (sports) Austria
ResidenceHinterbrühl
Born (1970-09-01) 1 September 1970
Vienna, Austria
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Turned proJuly 1986
Retired2001
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money$1,294,445
Singles
Career record280–166
Career titles6
Highest rankingNo. 10 (18 November 1996)[1]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (1990, 1995)
French Open4R (1997)
Wimbledon2R (1995, 1997)
US Open4R (1989, 1990)
Other tournaments
Tour FinalsRR (1990, 1996)
Olympic Games3R (1988)
Doubles
Career record26–43
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 83 (17 July 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1990)
French Open1R (1989)
Wimbledon1R (1990)
US Open1R (1989, 1990)
Team competitions
Fed CupRecord 9–13

Barbara Paulus (born 1 September 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Austria. She began playing on the WTA Tour in 1986 and retired in 2001. During her career, she won a total of seven WTA tournaments (six singles titles, one doubles title). Paulus competed for the Austria Fed Cup team on 21 occasions in singles and doubles, winning nine of her 22 matches.

Career

Paulus is one of the most successful Austrian female tennis players, being one of only two to be ranked in the top 10 (along with Barbara Schett), despite having a career plagued with injuries. She won six singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour. Her best results include victories over Chris Evert, Mary Pierce, Gabriela Sabatini, Conchita Martínez, and Jana Novotná.[2]

After reaching as high as No. 12 in the world in 1990,[2] she sustained injuries to her knee and both wrists which required her to have surgery and kept her sidelined for many months through 1992 and 1993.[2][3] Her comeback from injury eventually bore her much success, with four WTA titles between 1995 and 1997, a top-ten ranking, and reaching her biggest career final at the Tier I Family Circle Cup, where she lost in three sets to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.[4]

Her career effectively ended in 1998 after an elbow injury, though she made a brief return in 2001.[5]

Awards

  • 1990: Golden Needle Award from Austrian Tennis Federation[6]

WTA career finals

Singles: 17 (6–11)

Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–1)
Tier II (0–1)
Tier III (2–5)
Tier IV (3–2)
Tier V (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–4)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (5–5)
Carpet (0–2)
Result W/L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 1988 Geneva, Switzerland Tier V Clay Lori McNeil 6–4, 5–7, 6–1
Loss 1–1 Aug 1988 Sofia, Bulgaria Tier V Hard Conchita Martínez 6–1, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Jul 1989 Arcachon, Spain Tier V Clay Judith Wiesner 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–1
Loss 1–3 Jan 1990 Sydney, Australia Tier III Hard Natasha Zvereva 4–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win 2–3 May 1990 Geneva, Switzerland Tier IV Clay Helen Kelesi 2–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 2–4 Jul 1990 Palermo, Italy Tier IV Clay Isabel Cueto 6–2, 6–3
Loss 2–5 Oct 1990 Filderstadt, Germany Tier II Hard (i) Mary Joe Fernández 6–1, 6–3
Win 3–5 Sep 1995 Warsaw, Poland Tier III Clay Alexandra Fusai 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–1
Win 4–5 Nov 1995 Pattaya, Thailand Tier IV Hard Yi Jingqian 6–4, 6–3
Loss 4–6 Jan 1996 Auckland, New Zealand Tier IV Hard Sandra Cacic 6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Loss 4–7 Apr 1996 Hilton Head Island, US Tier I Clay Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–2, 2–6, 6–2
Loss 4–8 May 1996 Strasbourg, France Tier III Clay Lindsay Davenport 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Win 5–8 Aug 1996 Maria Lankowitz, Austria Tier IV Clay Sandra Cecchini 40–15 ret.
Loss 5–9 Sep 1996 Warsaw, Poland Tier III Clay Henrieta Nagyová 3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss 5–10 Oct 1996 Moscow, Russia Tier III Carpet (i) Conchita Martínez 6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Win 6–10 Jul 1997 Warsaw, Poland Tier III Clay Henrieta Nagyová 6–4, 6–4
Loss 6–11 Oct 1997 Luxembourg Tier III Carpet (i) Amanda Coetzer 6–4, 3–6, 7–5

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Winner – Legend'
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–0)
Tier IV (0–0)
Tier V (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W/L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 1988 Sofia, Bulgaria Tier V Hard Conchita Martínez Sabrina Goleš
Katerina Maleeva 		1–6, 6–1, 6–4

ITF finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (2–3)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 16 November 1987 Wels, Austria Hard (i) Denisa Krajčovičová 6–2, 6–2
Loss 1. 27 September 1993 Kirchheim, Austria Clay Laurence Courtois 1–6, 3–6
Win 2. 29 August 1994 Maribor, Slovenia Hard (i) Maja Živec-Škulj 4–6, 6–4, 6–0
Loss 2. 4 March 1996 Prostějov, Czech Republic Hard (i) Martina Hingis 1–6, 4–6
Loss 3. 27 January 1996 Prostějov, Czech Republic Carpet (i) Karina Habšudová 7–6(9–7), 1–6, 3–6

Doubles (0–2)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 25 August 1986 Wels, Austria Clay Bettina Diesner Paulette Moreno
Karin Oberleitner 		5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 2. 16 November 1987 Wels, Austria Hard (i) Petra Schwarz Petra Hentschl
Eva-Maria Schürhoff 		4–6, 4–6

References

  1. ^ Barbara Paulus at the ITF official website
  2. ^ a b c Admin (7 April 2017). "Barbara Paulus". WTA Tennis.
  3. ^ "Pierce, Martinez advance in Italian Open". Deseret News. Archived from the original on January 8, 2018.
  4. ^ "LaChappa Remains Hospitalized". Los Angeles Times. 8 April 1996.
  5. ^ ""Ich stand nie gerne im Rampenlicht"".
  6. ^ Barbara Paulus Archived 2018-12-15 at the Wayback Machine at the WTA Tour's official website
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