Paula Cristina Gonçalves

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is de Araújo and the second or paternal family name is Gonçalves.

Paula Cristina de Araújo Gonçalves (born August 11, 1990 in São Paulo) is a professional Brazilian tennis player .

Gonçalves has won one WTA title in doubles, four ITF titles in singles, and seventeen in doubles. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 226, which she reached on 22 February 2016. Her career high in doubles is 98, which she reached on 16 November 2015.

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 title.

Partnering Sanaz Marand, Gonçalves won her first $75,000 ITF tournament in September 2015 at the Albuquerque, defeating Tamira Paszek and Anna Tatishvili in the final.

2016

Paula made her first WTA singles quarterfinal at the 2016 Rio Open after straight sets wins over Shahar Pe'er, Alizé Lim, Julia Glushko, Johanna Larsson. Her run was ended by Shelby Rogers.

Paula made her first WTA singles semifinal two months later at the 2016 Copa Colsanitas after wins over Verónica Cepede Royg, Tatjana Maria and Alexandra Panova.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Tier II / Premier (0–0) Tier III, IV & V / International (1–0)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (1–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	19 April 2015	Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Irina Falconi Shelby Rogers	6–3, 3–6, [10–6]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (4–4)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	7 June 2010	Brasília, Brazil	Clay	Fernanda Faria	7–6 3–6 4–6
Winner	1.	3 October 2011	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Bárbara Luz	6–2 6–3
Winner	2.	1 December 2012	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Julia Cohen	0–6 6–3 6–4
Winner	3.	15 July 2013	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	María Irigoyen	3–6 7–5 6–1
Winner	4.	31 March 2014	São José dos Campos, Brazil	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	6–2 3–6 6–2
Runner-up	2.	7 April 2014	São José dos Campos, Brazil	Clay	Gabriela Cé	1–1 ret.
Runner-up	3.	9 June 2014	Padua, Italy	Clay	Louisa Chirico	2–6 6–1 6–7
Runner-up	4.	25 October 2015	Florence, United States	Hard	Grace Min	2–6, 6–4, 6–7(2–7)

Doubles: 36 (17–19)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	6 October 2008	Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil	Clay	Monique Albuquerque	Karen Castiblanco Aranza Salut	3–6 1–6
Runner-up	2.	27 July 2009	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Clay	Monique Albuquerque	Larissa Carvalho Vivian Segnini	6–3 1–6 7–10
Runner-up	3.	30 November 2009	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Fernanda Faria	Mailen Auroux Veronica Spiegel	0–6 0–6
Runner-up	4.	22 March 2010	Gonesse, France	Clay (i)	Fernanda Faria	Audrey Bergot Iryna Brémond	3–6 3–6
Runner-up	5.	31 May 2010	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Fernanda Faria	Ekaterina Shulaeva Roxane Vaisemberg	3–6 3–6
Winner	6.	7 June 2010	Brasília, Brazil	Clay	Fernanda Faria	Gabriella Barbosa-Costa Silva Natalia Cheng	6–4 6–4
Winner	7.	26 July 2010	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	Fernanda Faria	Monique Albuquerque Roxane Vaisemberg	6–3 6–2
Runner-up	8.	2 Aug 2010	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Fernanda Faria	Monique Albuquerque Fernanda Hermenegildo	6–7 4–6
Winner	9.	22 November 2010	Barueri, Brazil	Clay	Fernanda Faria	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Aranza Salut	7–5 4–6 7–5
Winner	10.	13 June 2011	Montpellier, France	Clay	Maryna Zanevska	Mădălina Gojnea Inés Ferrer Suárez	6–4 7–5
Winner	11.	18 June 2011	Ribeirão Preto, Brazil	Clay	Fernanda Faria	Andrea Benítez Raquel Piltcher	2–6 6–2 6–2
Runner-up	12.	3 October 2011	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Flávia Dechandt Araújo	Maria Fernanda Alves Gabriela Cé	2–6 4–6
Winner	13.	24 October 2011	Goiânia, Brazil	Clay	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Flávia Dechandt Araújo Karina Venditti	6–4 5–7 12–10
Runner-up	14.	16 July 2012	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	Roxane Vaisemberg	Monique Adamczak Maria Fernanda Alves	6–4 3–6 [3–10]
Winner	15.	30 July 2012	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Roxane Vaisemberg	Aranza Salut Carolina Zeballos	6–2 6–2
Runner-up	16.	26 November 2012	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Roxane Vaisemberg	Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	17.	18 March 2013	Innisbrook, United States	Clay	María Irigoyen	Ashleigh Barty Alizé Lim	1–6 3–6
Runner-up	18.	23 June 2013	Montpellier, France	Clay	Inés Ferrer Suárez	Irina Khromacheva Renata Voráčová	1–6 4–6
Winner	19.	15 July 2013	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	María Irigoyen	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Maria Fernanda Alves	7–5 6–3
Winner	20.	23 September 2013	Sevilla, Spain	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Cecilia Costa Melgar Gaia Sanesi	6–3 7–5
Winner	21.	9 December 2013	Mata de São João, Brazil	Clay	Laura Pigossi	Montserrat González Carolina Zeballos	6–2 6–2
Winner	22.	16 December 2013	Bertioga, Brazil	Hard	Laura Pigossi	Verónica Cepede Royg María Irigoyen	2–6 6–4 10–7
Runner–up	23.	16 February 2014	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Mariana Duque	Beatriz García Vidagany Dinah Pfizenmaier	6–7 6–4 8–10
Winner	24.	31 March 2014	São José dos Campos, Brazil	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	Gabriela Cé Eduarda Piai	7–6 7–5
Winner	25.	7 April 2014	São José do Rio Preto, Brazil	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	Carolina Alves Ingrid Gamarra Martins	6–2 6–0
Runner-up	26.	9 June 2014	Padua, Italy	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Gioia Barbieri Sofia Shapatava	4–6 6–0 12–14
Winner	27.	30 June 2014	Denain, France	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Nicola Slater Karolina Wlodarczak	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	28.	1 February 2015	Sunrise, United States	Clay	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Katerina Stewart Anna Kalinskaya	6-7 7-5 6-10
Runner-up	29.	9 February 2015	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Tatiana Búa	Danka Kovinić Andreea Mitu	2-6 5-7
Runner-up	30.	28 February 2015	Campinas, Brazil	Clay	Andrea Gámiz	Pauline Parmentier Olivia Rogowska	5–7, 6–4, [8–10]
Winner	31.	23 March 2015	Palm Harbor, United States	Clay	Petra Krejsová	María Irigoyen Paula Ormaechea	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	32.	20 April 2015	Dothan, United States	Clay	Petra Krejsová	Johanna Konta Maria Sanchez	3–6, 4–6
Winner	33.	21 September 2015	Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Sanaz Marand	Tamira Paszek Anna Tatishvili	4–6, 6–2, [10–3]
Runner-up	34.	28 September 2015	Las Vegas, United States	Clay	Sanaz Marand	Julia Boserup Nicole Gibbs	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	35.	31 October 2015	Macon, United States	Hard (i)	Sanaz Marand	Jan Abaza Viktorija Golubic	6–7(3–7), 5–7
Winner	36.	18 January 2016	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Laura Pigossi Jil Teichmann	6–7(3–7), 7–5, [10–7]

External links

• Paula Cristina Gonçalves at the Women's Tennis Association
• Paula Cristina Gonçalves at the Fed Cup