71 Facts About Paula Badosa

Paula Badosa has been ranked as high as world No 2 in singles by the WTA and No 124 in doubles, achieved on 25 April 2022.

Paula Badosa has won four WTA Tour singles titles, including a WTA 1000 event in Indian Wells, and reached a major semifinal at the 2025 Australian Open.

Paula Badosa made new strides in 2021 after a breakthrough clay swing when she won her first career title in Belgrade.

Paula Badosa entered the top ten following a WTA 1000 title at Indian Wells, and peaked at world No 2 in early 2022.

Subsequent injury struggles led Paula Badosa dropping out of the world's top 100 in early 2024 before resurging in the latter half of the season, returning to the top 15 and being named the Comeback Player of the Year.

Paula Badosa is an aggressive baseliner, whose game style is centered around her big serve and groundstrokes.

Paula Badosa then started playing tennis, at Club Tennis d'Aro.

Paula Badosa's idols growing up were Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova.

Paula Badosa has said she is a huge admirer of Simona Halep.

Paula Badosa made her debut at the ITF Junior Circuit in September 2012, at the age of 14.

Paula Badosa then reached the quarterfinals in the juniors division at Wimbledon in singles.

Paula Badosa completed her junior career at the 2015 French Open, where she won the girls' singles title.

Paula Badosa made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit in May 2012 in Getxo.

Paula Badosa followed this by reaching the semifinals of the WTA 125 Karlsruhe Open.

Paula Badosa then lost to world No 7, Petra Kvitova.

Paula Badosa faced top seed and world No 1, Ashleigh Barty, in the semifinals, where Barty got her revenge.

Paula Badosa beat Lauren Davis and Danka Kovinic in straight sets before facing Ana Bogdan.

Paula Badosa then faced former finalist and 20th seed Marketa Vondrousova, whom she defeated in three sets to move into the quarterfinals of a major for the first time.

Paula Badosa represented Spain in the 2020 Summer Olympics women's singles and women's doubles events.

In singles, Paula Badosa won her first three matches against French Kristina Mladenovic, Polish Iga Swiatek and Argentinian Nadia Podoroska.

On 12 August 2021, Paula Badosa parted ways with her coach Javier Marti whom she had worked with for eleven months.

On 17 October 2021, Paula Badosa defeated former two-time champion Victoria Azarenka in a three-hour thriller match to win the Indian Wells tournament, for her first WTA 1000 title.

Paula Badosa started the season at the Adelaide International 1, where she suffered a first round, straight sets loss to Victoria Azarenka in a rematch of the previous year Indian Wells final, with whom she reached the semifinals at doubles before Azarenka gave a walkover due to injury.

Paula Badosa claimed her third title at WTA level defeating reigning French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova in three sets.

Paula Badosa was defeated in the round of 16 by Madison Keys in straight sets, in a match where she clearly could not serve due to shoulder pain she sustained from the Kostyuk's match.

Paula Badosa lost to Maria Sakkari in three sets, failing to defend the Indian Wells title as every title holder had since Martina Navratilova defended it in 1991.

Paula Badosa started the clay court swing at the Charleston Open, where she reached the quarterfinals with wins over Anna Bondar and Claire Liu.

Paula Badosa arrived at her home tournament in Madrid as the co-favorite to win the title alongside Swiatek, who was on a 23-match winning streak at that time.

Paula Badosa got a very hard draw with her potential path to the final consisting of Veronika Kudermetova, Simona Halep, Coco Gauff, Jabeur and Sabalenka.

Paula Badosa reappeared at the Eastbourne International, where she was the top seed at a tour-level tournament for the first time in her career.

Paula Badosa made her Centre Court debut in the third round match against two-time champion Petra Kvitova.

Paula Badosa started the US hard court swing by reaching the semifinals at the Silicon Valley Classic with wins over qualifier Elizabeth Mandlik and sixth seed Gauff, losing to eventual champion Kasatkina.

Paula Badosa ended her season playing the BJKC Finals at Glasgow for Spain.

Paula Badosa started the season representing Spain at the United Cup.

Paula Badosa came back from a set down to defeat Harriet Dart in the first round robin tie against Great Britain.

Paula Badosa was scheduled to play the mixed doubles alongside Rafa Nadal, but both withdrew as Spain had already lost the tie.

Paula Badosa had to withdraw from her semifinal match against Daria Kasatkina due to a tight injury.

Paula Badosa recovered in time for the middle east swing, but had to withdraw from the Abu Dhabi Open ahead of her first round match against Liudmila Samsonova due to illness.

Paula Badosa arrived at Indian Wells without a coach, as she parted ways with Jorge Garcia.

At the Miami Open, she defeated Laura Siegemund in the second round in a three-hour, three-set match, in a match where Siegemund took an 11-minute toilet break after losing the first set, and a long medical timeout in the middle of the third set that made Paula Badosa had to warm up with a ball kid while waiting for the match to resume.

Paula Badosa reached the quarterfinals with another routine win against fellow Spaniard Cristina Bucsa, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka in three sets.

At her home tournament in Madrid, Paula Badosa defeated Elisabetta Cocciaretto in three sets in her opening match.

Paula Badosa scored her second top 10 win of the season in the third round with a win over Coco Gauff.

Paula Badosa lost in the fourth round to Maria Sakkari, in straight sets.

Paula Badosa tried to came back at the Canadian Open first, where she was scheduled to play Haddad Maia, and at the US Open later, where she was scheduled to play Venus Williams.

Paula Badosa came back at the Qatar Ladies Open with a wildcard, defeating Ashlyn Krueger in a two-day rain delayed first round but losing in the second round to Leylah Fernandez.

Paula Badosa ended the Middle East swing ranked No 72.

Paula Badosa was awarded a wildcard for Indian Wells, but had to withdraw ahead of her first-round match against Krueger, after the doctors told her it would be very complicated to continue her career, with regular cortisone shots being the solution to manage the pain.

Halep dominated the first set, just like she did their first two encounters back in 2022, but this time Paula Badosa was able to turn the match around and secure a comeback win in three sets.

Paula Badosa then lost in the second round to Aryna Sabalenka, ending the Sunshine Double ranked No 82.

Paula Badosa started the clay court season with a first round loss to Miami champion Danielle Collins in straight sets at Charleston.

Paula Badosa started to turn around her season at the Italian Open, where she reached the round of 16 with wins over Mirra Andreeva, 21st seed Emma Navarro and Diana Shnaider, before losing to third seed Coco Gauff.

Paula Badosa received a wildcard for the Washington Open and reached the final with wins over Grand Slam champions Sofia Kenin and Emma Raducanu, third seed Liudmila Samsonova and Caroline Dolehide.

Paula Badosa won her fourth career title and her second at the WTA 500 level, with a three-set win over Marie Bouzkova.

Paula Badosa returned to the top 50 in the rankings on 5 August 2024 after 47 weeks, to No 40.

At the US Open, Paula Badosa reached the second Grand Slam quarterfinal of her career and the first at this major with wins over Viktorija Golubic, Taylor Townsend, qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse in a match that went to a deciding set tiebreak and Wang Yafan in straight sets in the round of 16.

Paula Badosa lost in the last eight to Emma Navarro.

Paula Badosa withdrew from her first round match against Ajla Tomljanovic at the Wuhan Open due to gastroenteritis.

Paula Badosa later announced she was withdrawing from the last WTA 500 of the season in Tokyo, where she was scheduled to play Katie Boulter in the first round, ending her WTA Tour season.

Paula Badosa finished the year at the BJKC finals representing Spain.

Paula Badosa is an aggressive baseliner whose game is centred around her powerful serve and groundstrokes.

Paula Badosa has described her serve as her favourite shot, with her serve being a major weapon.

Paula Badosa possesses effective and reliable kick and slice serves that she deploys as second serves, preventing opponents from scoring free points off her second serve; she is proficient at defending her second serve.

When Paula Badosa is nervous she takes risks on her second serve, occasionally leading to a relatively high double fault count.

Paula Badosa's forehand is powerful, being hit with relentless depth and power; she frequently utilises the reverse forehand, known as the 'buggy-whip' forehand, allowing her to generate extreme angles, and hit winners from defensive positions.

Paula Badosa possesses an effective drop shot, and will employ the sliced backhand to change the pace of rallies, and disrupt her opponent's rhythm.

Paula Badosa is a formidable opponent on the court, known for her mental toughness, composure, and strength under pressure.

Paula Badosa is endorsed by Nike for clothing, shoes, and apparel, after having been previously endorsed by Adidas.

Paula Badosa is endorsed by Wilson for racquets, specifically using the Wilson Blade 98.

Paula Badosa has been signed as a brand ambassador for Iberdrola, a Spanish power company.

Paula Badosa appeared in Season 1 of the tennis docuseries Break Point, which premiered on Netflix on 13 January 2023.