Paula Hermida

Paula Hermida Velo (born 24 October 1977) is a Spanish former professional tennis player.

Biography Hermida comes from the Galician city of Ferrol and was coached by her father. She won the Spanish Junior Championships as an 11-year old in 1988.

As a professional she won 10 ITF singles titles, reaching a best ranking of 148 in the world. She featured in the main draw of the Birmingham Classic WTA Tour tournament in 1996 and during her career played in the qualifying event at all four grand slams.

Retiring from professional tennis in 2001, Hermida went on to compete in the sport of padel tennis.

ITF finals Singles (10–6) $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 24 January 1994 Pontevedra, Spain Carpet Germana Di Natale 7–6, 3–6, 6–2Loss 2. 31 July 1994 A Coruña, Spain Clay Anne Kremer 5–7, 1–6Win 3. 23 January 1995 Pontevedra Spain Hard Olga Barabanschikova 6–1, 6–7(5), 6–4Win 4. 13 February 1995 Faro, Portugal Hard Amelie Cocheteux 7–5, 6–3Win 5. 20 February 1995 Carvoeiro, Portugal Hard Vanina Casanova 6–1, 6–3Win 6. 4 September 1995 Cáceres, Spain Clay Alicia Ortuño 6–3, 6–2Loss 7. 3 December 1995 Limoges, France Hard (i) Elena Pampoulova 5–7, 3–6 Loss 8. 14 April 1997 Elvas, Portugal Hard Alicia Ortuño 4–6, 3–6 4 May 1997 Azeméis, Portugal Clay Alicia Ortuño Win 9. 9 February 1998 Faro, Portugal Hard Sofia Prazeres 6–4, 6–4Win 10. 30 March 1998 Pontevedra, Spain Hard Maria Geznenge 6–1, 6–2Win 11. 18 May 1998 Azeméis, Portugal Hard Irina Selyutina 6–1, 6–1Loss 12. 24 May 1999 Guimarães, Portugal Hard Tzipora Obziler 0–6, 4–6Win 13. 22 August 1999 Alghero, Italy Clay Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 6–4Win 14. 4 October 1999 Vila do Conde, Portugal Hard Stanislava Hrozenská 6–2, 6–2Loss 15. 17 October 1999 Welwyn, United Kingdom Hard (i) Laurence Andretto 0–6, 3–6Loss 16. 23 July 2000 Valladolid, Spain Hard María José Martínez Sánchez 4–6, 2–6

Doubles (5–4) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 31 July 1994 A Coruña, Spain Clay Sandra de Rafael Olivia de Camaret Selima Sfar 6–4, 2–6, 3–6Loss 2. 16 January 1995 Ourense, Spain Hard Olga Barabanschikova Stephanie Gomperts Henriëtte van Aalderen 5–7, 1–6Win 3. 23 January 1995 Pontevedra, Spain Hard Olga Barabanschikova Katia Altilia Stephanie Content 6–3, 6–3Loss 4. 20 February 1995 Carvoeiro, Portugal Hard Katia Altilia Renata Kochta Martina Pawlik 5–7, 4–6Win 5. 18 February 1996 Cali, Colombia Clay Eva Bes Miriam D'Agostini Larissa Schaerer 6–3, 2–6, 6–3Win 6. 4 May 1997 Azeméis, Portugal Clay Aneta Soukup Shiri Burstein Limor Gabai 6–0, 6–4Win 7. 14 September 1997 Madrid, Spain Clay Patricia Aznar Marta Cano Gala León García 5–7, 6–3, 6–3Win 8. Guimarães, Portugal Hard Marina Escobar Bruna Colósio Cristina Correia 7–6, 6–4Loss 9. 10 May 1998 Elvas, Portugal Hard Marina Escobar Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Debby Haak W/O