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Paula Kania-Choduń
Polish tennis player (born 1992) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Paula Maria Kania-Choduń (Polish pronunciation: [ˈpau̯la ˈkaɲa]; born 6 November 1992) is a former professional Polish tennis player.
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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.
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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.
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Grand Slam performance timeline
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
Doubles
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WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner–ups)
Doubles: 32 (14 titles, 18 runner–ups)
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Personal life
In June 2020, she married Paweł Choduń and changed her name to Kania-Choduń. The ceremony took place in Krapkowice.[3]
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External links
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