Paula Kania
Paula Kania is a professional Polish tennis player.
Kania has won one WTA title in doubles, as well as five titles in singles and twelve in doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 15 June 2015, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 128, and on 2 May 2016, she reached her best doubles ranking of No. 58.
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. Kania continued her momentum by qualifying for another main draw a month later, at the Bank of the West Classic.Grand Slam performance timeline
Singles
WTA career finals
Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)
| 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, |
| Loss | 1–3 | Jul 2015 | Brasil Cup, Brazil | International | Clay |  María Irigoyen |  Annika Beck Laura Siegemund | 3–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Sep 2015 | Coupe Banque Nationale, Canada | International | Hard | María Irigoyen | Barbora Krejčíková  An-Sophie Mestach | 6–4, 3–6, |
| Loss | 1–5 | Apr 2016 | Prague Open, Czech Republic | International | Clay | María Irigoyen | Margarita Gasparyan Andrea Hlaváčková | 4–6, 2–6 |
ITF finals
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, 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 |  Ana Vrljić | 3–6, 6–2, 6–7 |
| 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 | Caesar & Imperial 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: 27 (12 titles, 15 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 | Magda Linette | Oksana Kalashnikova  Polina Pekhova | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Jan 2011 | ITF Kaarst, Germany | 10,000 | Carpet | Marina Melnikova | Nikola Fraňková Tereza Hladíková | 6–3, 6–7, |
| Win | 2–4 | Mar 2011 | ITF Amiens, France | 10,000 | Clay | Barbara Sobaszkiewicz | Iveta Gerlová Lucie Kriegsmannová | 3–6, 6–4, |
| Win | 3–4 | Jul 2011 | ITF Horb, Germany | 10,000 | Clay | Katarzyna Kawa | Vaszilisza Bulgakova Christina Shakovets | 1–6, 6–3, |
| 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 | Magda Linette |  Naomi Broady  Kristina Mladenovic | 6–7, 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, |
| Loss | 6–8 | Jun 2012 | Trofeul Popeci, Romania | 50,000 | Clay | Irina Khromacheva | Renata Voráčová  Lenka Wienerová | 2–6, 6–3, |
| Win | 7–8 | Oct 2012 | ITF Seville, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | Katarzyna Piter |  Aleksandrina Naydenova  Teliana Pereira | 5–7, 6–4, |
| 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, |
| Win | 10–10 | Jul 2013 | ITF Toruń, Poland | 25,000 | Clay | Magda Linette | Yuliya Beygelzimer  Elena Bogdan | 6–2, 4–6, |
| Win | 11–10 | Oct 2013 | ITF Casablanca, Morocco | 25,000 | Clay | Valeria Solovyeva |  Cecilia Costa Melgar Anastasia Grymalska | 7–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 12–10 | May 2015 | Nana Trophy, Tunisia | 50,000 | Clay | Maria Irigoyen | Julie Coin Stephanie Foretz | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 12–11 | Dec 2015 | Ankara Cup, Turkey | 50,000 | Hard |  Lesley Kerkhove | Marina Melnikova María José Martínez Sánchez | 4–6, 7–5, |
| Loss | 12–12 | Jan 2017 | ITF Daytona Beach, United States | 15,000 | 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, |
| Loss | 12–14 | Jun 2017 | Ilkley Trophy, Great Britain | 100,000 | Grass | Maryna Zanevska | Anna Blinkova Alla Kudryavtseva | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 12–15 | Feb 2020 | Zed Tennis Open, Egypt | 60,000 | Hard | Anastasiya Shoshyna | Marta Kostyuk Kamilla Rakhimova | 3–6, 6–2, |