Paula Cristina Gonçalves

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

In her career, she won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as seven singles and 24 doubles titles on the ITF Women's 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 Tour 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 Tour singles semifinal two months later at the Copa Colsanitas after wins over Verónica Cepede Royg, Tatjana Maria and Alexandra Panova.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (title) ResultDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinCopa Colsanitas, ColombiaInternationalClay Beatriz Haddad Maia Irina Falconi Shelby Rogers6–3, 3–6, [10–6]

ITF Circuit finals Legend$75/80,000 tournaments$50/60,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10/15,000 tournaments

Singles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Doubles: 44 (24 titles, 20 runner-ups) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 11 October 2008 ITF Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil Clay Monique Albuquerque Karen Castiblanco Aranza Salut 3–6, 1–6Loss 2. 1 August 2009 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil Clay Monique Albuquerque Larissa Carvalho Vivian Segnini 6–3, 1–6, [7–10]Loss 3. 5 December 2009 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Fernanda Faria Mailen Auroux Veronica Spiegel 0–6, 0–6Loss 4. 27 March 2010 ITF Gonesse, France Clay (i) Fernanda Faria Audrey Bergot Iryna Brémond 3–6, 3–6Loss 5. 5 June 2010 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay Fernanda Faria Ekaterina Shulaeva Roxane Vaisemberg 3–6, 3–6Win 1. 11 June 2010 ITF Brasília, Brazil Clay Fernanda Faria Gabriella Barbosa-Costa Silva Natalia Cheng 6–4, 6–4Win 2. 26 July 2010 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil Hard Fernanda Faria Monique Albuquerque Roxane Vaisemberg 6–3, 6–2Loss 6. 7 August 2010 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay Fernanda Faria Monique Albuquerque Fernanda Hermenegildo 6–7, 4–6Win 3. 26 November 2010 ITF Barueri, Brazil Clay Fernanda Faria María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Aranza Salut 7–5, 4–6, [10–3]Win 4. 18 June 2011 Open de Montpellier, France Clay Maryna Zanevska Mădălina Gojnea Inés Ferrer Suárez 6–4, 7–5Win 5. 22 July 2011 ITF Ribeirão Preto, Brazil Clay Fernanda Faria Andrea Benítez Raquel Piltcher 2–6, 6–2, [10–6]Loss 7. 7 October 2011 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay Flávia Dechandt Araújo Maria Fernanda Alves Gabriela Cé 2–6, 4–6Win 6. 28 October 2011 ITF Goiânia, Brazil Clay Beatriz Haddad Maia Flávia Dechandt Araújo Karina Venditti 6–4, 5–7, [12–10]Loss 8. 21 July 2012 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil Hard Roxane Vaisemberg Monique Adamczak Maria Fernanda Alves 6–4, 3–6, [3–10]Win 7. 3 August 2012 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay Roxane Vaisemberg Aranza Salut Carolina Zeballos 6–2, 6–2Loss 9. 30 November 2012 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay Roxane Vaisemberg Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen 4–6, 2–6Loss 10. 23 March 2013 ITF Innisbrook, United States Clay María Irigoyen Ashleigh Barty Alizé Lim 1–6, 3–6Loss 11. 21 June 2013 Open de Montpellier, France Clay Inés Ferrer Suárez Irina Khromacheva Renata Voráčová 1–6, 4–6Win 8. 20 July 2013 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil Hard María Irigoyen María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Maria Fernanda Alves 7–5, 6–3Win 9. 27 September 2013 ITF Sevilla, Spain Clay Florencia Molinero Cecilia Costa Melgar Gaia Sanesi 6–3, 7–5Win 10. 13 December 2013 ITF Mata de São João, Brazil Clay Laura Pigossi Montserrat González Carolina Zeballos 6–2, 6–2Win 11. 21 December 2013 ITF Bertioga, Brazil Hard Laura Pigossi Verónica Cepede Royg María Irigoyen 2–6, 6–4, [10–7]Loss 12. 16 February 2014 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay Mariana Duque Mariño Beatriz García Vidagany Dinah Pfizenmaier 6–7(8), 6–4, [8–10]Win 12. 4 April 2014 ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil Clay Maria Fernanda Alves Gabriela Cé Eduarda Piai 7–6(0), 7–5Win 13. 11 April 2014 ITF São José do Rio Preto, Brazil Clay Maria Fernanda Alves Carolina Alves Ingrid Martins 6–2, 6–0Loss 13. 13 June 2014 ITF Padua, Italy Clay Florencia Molinero Gioia Barbieri Sofia Shapatava 4–6, 6–0, [12–14]Win 14. 5 July 2014 ITF Denain, France Clay Florencia Molinero Nicola Slater Karolina Wlodarczak 7–6(3), 7–6(4)Loss 14. 1 February 2015 ITF Sunrise, United States Clay Beatriz Haddad Maia Katerina Stewart Anna Kalinskaya 6–7(6), 7–5, [6–10]Loss 15. 13 February 2015 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay Tatiana Búa Danka Kovinić Andreea Mitu 2–6, 5–7Loss 16. 28 February 2015 ITF Campinas, Brazil Clay Andrea Gámiz Pauline Parmentier Olivia Rogowska 5–7, 6–4, [8–10]Win 15. 29 March 2015 ITF Innisbrook, United States Clay Petra Krejsová María Irigoyen Paula Ormaechea 6–2, 6–4Loss 17. 26 April 2015 Dothan Pro Classic, United States Clay Petra Krejsová Johanna Konta Maria Sanchez 3–6, 4–6Win 16. 27 September 2015 Albuquerque Championships, United States Hard Sanaz Marand Tamira Paszek Anna Tatishvili 4–6, 6–2, [10–3]Loss 18. 4 October 2015 Las Vegas Open, United States Clay Sanaz Marand Julia Boserup Nicole Gibbs 3–6, 4–6Loss 19. 31 October 2015 Tennis Classic of Macon, United States Hard (i) Sanaz Marand Jan Abaza Viktorija Golubic 6–7(3), 5–7Win 17. 18 January 2016 ITF Guarujá, Brazil Hard Beatriz Haddad Maia Laura Pigossi Jil Teichmann 6–7(3), 7–5, [10–7]Win 18. 10 July 2017 ITF Turin, Italy Clay Estrella Cabeza Candela Irene Burillo Escorihuela Yvonne Cavallé Reimers 5–7, 6–0, [10–8]Win 19. 17 July 2017 ITF Imola, Italy Carpet Estrella Cabeza Candela Eleni Kordolaimi Seone Mendez 6–3, 1–6, [10–3]Loss 20. 28 October 2017 Tennis Classic of Macon, United States Hard Sanaz Marand Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria 1–6, 0–6Win 20. 16 March 2019 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay Luisa Stefani Martina di Giuseppe Thaisa Grana Pedretti 6–7(4), 6–0, [10–8]Win 21. 23 March 2019 ITF Curitiba, Brazil Clay Luisa Stefani Ekaterine Gorgodze Daniela Seguel 6–7(3), 7–6(0), [10–2]Win 22. 8 June 2019 Internazionali di Brescia, Italy Clay Andrea Gámiz Anastasia Grymalska Giorgia Marchetti 6–3, 4–6, [12–10]Win 23. 29 June 2019 ITF Tarvisio, Italy Clay Gabriela Cé Gloria Ceschi Rasheeda McAdoo 6–2, 4–6, [10–3]Win 24. 20 July 2019 ITF Imola, Italy Carpet Nina Stadler Rasheeda McAdoo Sandra Samir 6–4, 6–2