Barbara Paulus

Barbara Paulus
Nation:	Austria
Birthday:	September 1, 1970
Size:	177 cm
1st professional season:	1986
Resignation:	2001
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 1,289,777
singles
Career record:	280: 166
Career title:	6 WTA , 2 ITF
Highest ranking:	10 (November 18 1996)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	26:43
Career title:	1 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking:	83 (July 17 1989)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Barbara Paulus (born September 1, 1970 in Vienna ) is a former Austrian tennis player .

Career

In 1985 she played her first tennis tournament on an international level after training at the performance center in Südstadt .

She won six tournaments on the WTA Tour in her career , made it to a final twelve times and was listed in the top 10 of the world rankings for the first time on November 18, 1996.

From 1989 to 1997 she played for the Austrian Fed Cup team , for which you get nine wins (with 13 defeats).

In 1998 she resigned from professional tennis because of problems with her wrists and elbows. In 2001 she dared a comeback, but left it at one try (first round defeat).

Barbara Paulus is married to the table tennis player Martin Doppler and has one son.

successes

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 22, 1988	Geneva	WTA Tier V	sand	Lori McNeil	6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 1
2.	May 27, 1990	Geneva	WTA Tier IV	sand	Helen Kelesi	2: 6, 7: 5, 7: 6
3.	May 17, 1995	Warsaw	WTA Tier III	sand	Alexandra Fusai	7: 6, 4: 6, 6: 1
4th	November 19, 1995	Pattaya	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Yi Jingqian	6: 4, 6: 3
5.	August 11, 1996	Maria Lankowitz	WTA Tier IV	sand	Sandra Cecchini	0-0 task
6th	July 27, 1997	Warsaw	WTA Tier III	sand	Henrieta Nagyová	6: 4, 6: 4

further finals (12)

• 1988: Sofia
• 1989: Arcachon
• 1990: Sydney
• 1990: Palermo
• 1990: Filderstadt
• 1996: Moscow
• 1996: Auckland
• 1996: Hilton Head
• 1996: Strasbourg
• 1996: Warsaw
• 1996: Moscow
• 1997: Luxembourg

Double

Tournament victory

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	August 14, 1988	Sofia	WTA Tier V	sand	Conchita Martínez	Sabrina Goleš Katerina Maleewa	1: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4

Awards

• 2002: Gold medal for services to the federal state of Lower Austria

Web links

• WTA profile of Barbara Paulus (English)
• ITF profile Barbara Paulus (English)
• Fed Cup Statistics for Barbara Paulus (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Christian Hackl: I never liked being in the spotlight. The March 18, 2012 standard