Paula Cristina Gonçalves Explained

Paula Cristina de Araújo Gonçalves (born 11 August 1990) is a Brazilian former 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 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 (title)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments Premier M & Premier 5 Premier International (1–0)

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

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75/80,000 tournaments
$50/60,000 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 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)

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Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	11 October 2008	ITF Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil	Clay	Monique Albuquerque	Karen Castiblanco Aranza Salut	3–6, 1–6
Loss	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, 0–6
Loss	4.	27 March 2010	ITF Gonesse, France	Clay (i)	Fernanda Faria	Audrey Bergot Iryna Brémond	3–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	5 June 2010	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Fernanda Faria	Ekaterina Shulaeva Roxane Vaisemberg	3–6, 3–6
Win	1.	11 June 2010	ITF Brasília, Brazil	Clay	Fernanda Faria	Gabriella Barbosa-Costa Silva Natalia Cheng	6–4, 6–4
Win	2.	26 July 2010	ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	Fernanda Faria	Monique Albuquerque Roxane Vaisemberg	6–3, 6–2
Loss	6.	7 August 2010	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Fernanda Faria	Monique Albuquerque Fernanda Hermenegildo	6–7, 4–6
Win	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, 7–5
Win	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, 4–6
Win	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, 6–2
Loss	9.	30 November 2012	ITF Santiago, Chile	Clay	Roxane Vaisemberg	Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen	4–6, 2–6
Loss	10.	23 March 2013	ITF Innisbrook, United States	Clay	María Irigoyen	Ashleigh Barty Alizé Lim	1–6, 3–6
Loss	11.	21 June 2013	Open de Montpellier, France	Clay	Inés Ferrer Suárez	Irina Khromacheva Renata Voráčová	1–6, 4–6
Win	8.	20 July 2013	ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	María Irigoyen	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Maria Fernanda Alves	7–5, 6–3
Win	9.	27 September 2013	ITF Sevilla, Spain	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Cecilia Costa Melgar Gaia Sanesi	6–3, 7–5
Win	10.	13 December 2013	ITF Mata de São João, Brazil	Clay	Laura Pigossi	Montserrat González Carolina Zeballos	6–2, 6–2
Win	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	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), 7–5
Win	13.	11 April 2014	ITF São José do Rio Preto, Brazil	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	Carolina Alves Ingrid Gamarra Martins	6–2, 6–0
Loss	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, 5–7
Loss	16.	28 February 2015	ITF Campinas, Brazil	Clay		Pauline Parmentier Olivia Rogowska	5–7, 6–4, [8–10]
Win	15.	29 March 2015	ITF Innisbrook, United States	Clay			6–2, 6–4
Loss	17.	26 April 2015	ITF Dothan, United States	Clay	Petra Krejsová	Johanna Konta Maria Sanchez	3–6, 4–6
Win	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, 4–6
Loss	19.	31 October 2015	Classic of Macon, United States	Hard (i)	Sanaz Marand	Jan Abaza Viktorija Golubic	6–7(3), 5–7
Win	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	Classic of Macon, United States	Hard	Sanaz Marand	Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria	1–6, 0–6
Win	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	ITF 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