Paula Kania-Choduń

Paula Kania-Choduń
	Kania in Wimbledon qualifying, 2014
Full name	Paula Maria Kania-Choduń
Country (sports)	Poland
Residence	Sosnowiec, Poland
Born	6 November 1992; Sosnowiec, Poland
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$643,205
Singles
Career record	239–203 (54.1%)
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 128 (15 June 2015)
Current ranking	No. 750 (19 October 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2014, 2016)
French Open	2R (2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2014, 2016)
US Open	1R (2014)
Doubles
Career record	209–155 (57.4%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 12 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 58 (2 May 2016)
Current ranking	No. 133 (19 October 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2016)
French Open	3R (2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2016, 2017)
US Open	2R (2014, 2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	2–5
	Last updated on: 19 October 2020.

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

Kania-Choduń has won one WTA title in doubles, as well as five titles in singles and twelve in doubles on the ITF Circuit. On 15 June 2015, she reached her 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 hard court. She became a professional player in 2008.

2012

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

2014

Having qualified for her first main-draw of a Grand Slam tournament 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 WTA Tour event, after participating in qualifying at 20 tournaments.[1] Kania continued her momentum by qualifying for another main-draw a month later, at the Bank of the West Classic.

Grand Slam performance timeline

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

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

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	W–L
Australian Open	A	Q2	Q1	Q2	0–0
French Open	Q3	Q2	2R	Q1	1–1
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	Q1	1R	0–2
US Open	Q2	1R	Q2	Q2	0–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–4

WTA career finals

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

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
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	İstanbul Cup, Turkey	International	Hard	Oksana Kalashnikova	Misaki Doi Elina Svitolina	4–6, 0–6
Loss	1–2	Aug 2014	Bank of the West 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^(1–7)
Loss	1–4	Sep 2015	Coupe Banque Nationale, 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

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner–ups)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2010	ITF Gliwice, Poland	10,000	Clay	Anna Korzeniak	7–6^(7–2), 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^(4–7)
Loss	2–3	Jul 2012	ITF Toruń, Poland	25,000	Clay	Danka Kovinić	3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	3–3	Jul 2013	ITF Toruń, Poland	25,000	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	6–4, 6–4
Win	4–3	Nov 2013	ITF Taipei, 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: 31 (13 titles, 18 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$50,000/$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

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^(1–7), [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^(5–7), 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, United States	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	ITF Maribor, 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	ITF Toruń, 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^(7–3), 6–4
Win	12–10	May 2015	ITF Tunis, Tunisia	50,000	Clay	Maria Irigoyen	Julie Coin Stéphanie Foretz	6–1, 6–3
Loss	12–11	Dec 2015	ITF Ankara, 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, United States	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	ITF Ilkley, Great Britain	100,000	Grass	Maryna Zanevska	Anna Blinkova Alla Kudryavtseva	1–6, 4–6
Loss	12–15	Feb 2020	ITF Cairo, Egypt	60,000	Hard	Anastasiya Shoshyna	Marta Kostyuk Kamilla Rakhimova	3–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Win	13–15	Sep 2020	ITF Saint-Malo, France	60,000	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Magdalena Fręch Viktorija Golubic	6–2, 6–4
Loss	13–16	Sep 2020	ITF Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	80,000	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Samantha Murray Sharan Julia Wachaczyk	5–7, 2–6
Loss	13–17	Nov 2020	ITF Tyler, United States	80,000	Hard	Katarzyna Piter	Allura Zamarripa Maribella Zamarripa	3–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Loss	13–18	Jan 2021	ITF Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	60,000	Hard (i)	Katarina Zavatska	Lu Jiajing You Xiaodi	3–6, 4–6

Personal life

In June 2020, she married Paweł Choduń and changed her name to Paula Kania-Choduń, the ceremony took place in Krapkowice.[2]

References

Battersby, Kate (23 June 2014). "Li Na Overcomes Doubts to See Off Qualifier Paula Kania". Wimbledon official website. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
"Ślub w maseczce. Polska tenisistka Paula Kania wyszła za mąż" (in Polish). SportoweFakty. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

External links

Paula Kania-Choduń at the Women's Tennis Association
Paula Kania-Choduń at the International Tennis Federation
Paula Kania-Choduń at the Billie Jean King Cup

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[2014Wimbledon-1] Battersby, Kate (23 June 2014). "Li Na Overcomes Doubts to See Off Qualifier Paula Kania". Wimbledon official website. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.

[2] "Ślub w maseczce. Polska tenisistka Paula Kania wyszła za mąż" (in Polish). SportoweFakty. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

Women's Tennis Association: Top Polish female doubles tennis players as of 18 January 2021
1. Alicja Rosolska (54 ) 2. Iga Świątek (75 ) 3. Paula Kania-Choduń (130 2) 4. Katarzyna Piter (138 1) 5. Magda Linette (163 )
6. Katarzyna Kawa (175 ) 7. Magdalena Fręch (262 ) 8. Anastasiya Shoshyna (296 ) 9. Anna Hertel (367 2) 10. Maja Chwalińska (388 1)