Paula Kania-Choduń

Paula Kania-Choduń
	Kania at the 2015 French Open
Full name	Paula Maria Kania-Choduń
Country (sports)	Poland
Residence	Sosnowiec, Poland
Born	6 November 1992 (age 32); Sosnowiec
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 683,546
Singles
Career record	243–212
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 128 (15 June 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2014, 2016)
French Open	2R (2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2014, 2016)
US Open	1R (2014)
Doubles
Career record	244–187
Career titles	1 WTA, 14 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 58 (2 May 2016)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2016)
French Open	3R (2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2015, 2016, 2017)
US Open	2R (2014, 2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	2–6

Paula Maria Kania-Choduń (Polish pronunciation: [ˈpau̯la ˈkaɲa]; born 6 November 1992) is a former professional Polish tennis player.

Kania-Choduń won one title in doubles on the WTA Tour, as well as five titles in singles and fourteen in doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 15 June 2015, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 128, and on 2 May 2016, she peaked at No. 58 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Tennis career

Paula was born to Paweł and Zdzisława Kania. She has one sister, Zuzanna. Paula began playing tennis at the age of seven and her favourite surface is hardcourt. She became a professional player in 2008.

She was coached by husband and physiotherapist Pawel Chodun and her tennis idol growing up were Martina Hingis and Serena Williams.^[1]

2012

Kania and Polina Pekhova won the Tashkent Open title defeating Anna Chakvetadze and Vesna Dolonc in the final when their opponents retired, after losing the first set 2–6. This was Kania's first WTA Tour title of any kind.

2014

Having qualified for her first Grand Slam main draw at Wimbledon, Kania lost in the first round to world No. 2, Li Na, in straight sets. The match was also her first singles main draw of any event, after participating in qualifying at 20 tournaments.^[2] Kania continued her momentum by qualifying for another main draw a month later, at the Stanford Classic.

Grand Slam performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2022	W–L	Win %
Australian Open	A	Q2	Q1	Q2	A	0–0	–
French Open	Q3	Q2	2R	Q1	A	1–1	50%
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	Q1	1R	A	0–2	0%
US Open	Q2	1R	Q2	Q2	A	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–4	20%

Doubles

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2022	W–L	Win %
Australian Open	A	A	1R	A	A	0–1	0%
French Open	A	3R	2R	A	A	3–2	60%
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	1R	A	0–3	0%
US Open	2R	A	2R	A	A	2–2	50%
Win–loss	1–1	2–2	2–4	0–1	0–0	5–8	38%

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier (0–1)
International (1–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2012	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	International	Hard	Polina Pekhova	Anna Chakvetadze Vesna Dolonc	6–2, ret.
Loss	1–1	Jul 2014	Istanbul Cup, Turkey	International	Hard	Oksana Kalashnikova	Misaki Doi Elina Svitolina	4–6, 0–6
Loss	1–2	Aug 2014	Stanford Classic, United States	Premier	Hard	Kateřina Siniaková	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	2–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss	1–3	Jul 2015	Brasil Tennis Cup, Florianópolis	International	Clay	María Irigoyen	Annika Beck Laura Siegemund	3–6, 6–7⁽¹⁾
Loss	1–4	Sep 2015	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	International	Hard (i)	María Irigoyen	Barbora Krejčíková An-Sophie Mestach	6–4, 3–6, [10–12]
Loss	1–5	Apr 2016	Prague Open, Czech Republic	International	Clay	María Irigoyen	Margarita Gasparyan Andrea Hlaváčková	4–6, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2010	ITF Gliwice, Poland	10,000	Clay	Anna Korzeniak	7–6⁽²⁾, 3–6, 7–5
Loss	1–1	Mar 2011	ITF Amiens, France	10,000	Clay	Nastassja Burnett	6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Jul 2011	ITF Horb, Germany	10,000	Clay	Carina Witthöft	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss	2–2	Nov 2011	ITF Opole, Poland	25,000	Carpet (i)	Ana Vrljić	3–6, 6–2, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Loss	2–3	Jul 2012	Bella Cup, Poland	25,000	Clay	Danka Kovinić	3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	3–3	Jul 2013	Bella Cup, Poland	25,000	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	6–4, 6–4
Win	4–3	Nov 2013	Taipei Cup, Taiwan	50,000	Clay	Zarina Diyas	6–1, 6–3
Win	5–3	Aug 2014	ITF Landisville, United States	25,000	Hard	Ons Jabeur	5–7, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 32 (14 titles, 18 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2010	ITF Piešťany, Slovakia	10,000	Clay	Weronika Domagała	Gabriela Horáčková Petra Krejsová	6–1, 6–1
Loss	1–1	Sep 2010	ITF Tbilisi, Georgia	25,000	Clay	Zsófia Susányi	Tatia Mikadze Sofia Shapatava	3–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Nov 2010	ITF Minsk, Belarus	25,000	Hard	Katarzyna Piter	Elena Bovina Ekaterina Bychkova	4–6, 0–6
Loss	1–3	Nov 2010	ITF Opole, Poland	25,000	Carpet (i)	Magda Linette	Oksana Kalashnikova Polina Pekhova	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–4	Jan 2011	ITF Kaarst, Germany	10,000	Carpet (i)	Marina Melnikova	Nikola Fraňková Tereza Hladíková	6–3, 6–7⁽¹⁾, [8–10]
Win	2–4	Mar 2011	ITF Amiens, France	10,000	Clay	Barbara Sobaszkiewicz	Iveta Gerlová Lucie Kriegsmannová	3–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Win	3–4	Jul 2011	ITF Horb, Germany	10,000	Clay	Katarzyna Kawa	Vaszilisza Bulgakova Christina Shakovets	1–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Loss	3–5	Aug 2011	ITF Piešťany, Slovakia	10,000	Clay	Martina Kubičíková	Simona Dobrá Lucie Kriegsmannová	4–6, 2–6
Loss	3–6	Nov 2011	ITF Opole, Poland	25,000	Carpet (i)	Magda Linette	Naomi Broady Kristina Mladenovic	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 4–6
Win	4–6	Jan 2012	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	10,000	Hard	Ksenia Lykina	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok	6–4, 6–3
Win	5–6	Mar 2012	ITF Fort Walton Beach, U.S.	25,000	Hard	Madison Brengle	Elena Bovina Alizé Lim	6–3, 6–4
Loss	5–7	Apr 2012	ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Naomi Broady	Oksana Kalashnikova Marta Sirotkina	6–2, 7–5
Win	6–7	Apr 2012	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Hard	Polina Pekhova	Tatiana Kotelnikova Lidziya Marozava	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	6–8	Jun 2012	ITF Craiova, Romania	50,000	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	Renata Voráčová Lenka Wienerová	2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win	7–8	Oct 2012	ITF Seville, Spain	25,000	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Aleksandrina Naydenova Teliana Pereira	5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss	7–9	Apr 2013	ITF Civitavecchia, Italy	25,000	Clay	Magda Linette	Stephanie Vogt Renata Voráčová	3–6, 4–6
Win	8–9	May 2013	Maribor Open, Slovenia	25,000	Clay	Magda Linette	Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen	6–3, 6–0
Win	9–9	Jun 2013	ITF Padua, Italy	25,000	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	Cristina Dinu Maša Zec Peškirič	6–3, 6–1
Loss	9–10	Jun 2013	ITF Zlín, Czech Republic	25,000	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Martina Borecká Tereza Smitková	1–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Win	10–10	Jul 2013	Bella Cup, Poland	25,000	Clay	Magda Linette	Yuliya Beygelzimer Elena Bogdan	6–2, 4–6, [10–5]
Win	11–10	Oct 2013	ITF Casablanca, Morocco	25,000	Clay	Valeria Solovyeva	Cecilia Costa Melgar Anastasia Grymalska	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–4
Win	12–10	May 2015	Nana Trophy, Tunisia	50,000	Clay	Maria Irigoyen	Julie Coin Stéphanie Foretz	6–1, 6–3
Loss	12–11	Dec 2015	Ankara Cup, Turkey	50,000	Hard (i)	Lesley Kerkhove	Marina Melnikova María José Martínez Sánchez	4–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss	12–12	Jan 2017	ITF Daytona Beach, U.S.	25,000	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Robin Anderson Anhelina Kalinina	4–6, 1–6
Loss	12–13	Jan 2017	ITF Orlando, United States	25,000	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Sophie Chang Madeleine Kobelt	3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss	12–14	Jun 2017	Ilkley Trophy, UK	100,000	Grass	Maryna Zanevska	Anna Blinkova Alla Kudryavtseva	1–6, 4–6
Loss	12–15	Feb 2020	Cairo Open, Egypt	60,000	Hard	Anastasiya Shoshyna	Marta Kostyuk Kamilla Rakhimova	3–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Win	13–15	Sep 2020	Open de Saint-Malo, France	60,000	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Magdalena Fręch Viktorija Golubic	6–2, 6–4
Loss	13–16	Sep 2020	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	80,000	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Samantha Murray Sharan Julia Wachaczyk	5–7, 2–6
Loss	13–17	Nov 2020	Tyler Pro Classic, United States	80,000	Hard	Katarzyna Piter	Allura Zamarripa Maribella Zamarripa	3–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Loss	13–18	Jan 2021	Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	60,000	Hard (i)	Katarina Zavatska	Lu Jiajing You Xiaodi	3–6, 4–6
Win	14–18	Feb 2021	AK Ladies Open, Germany	25,000	Carpet (i)	Julia Wachaczyk	Viktorija Golubic Ylena In-Albon	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–4