Paula Hermida
Full namePaula Hermida Velo
Country (sports) Spain
Born (1977-10-24) 24 October 1977
Ferrol, Spain
Retired2001
Prize money$92,380
Singles
Career record212-129
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 148 (13 May 1996)
Doubles
Career record56-65
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 230 (24 July 1995)

Paula Hermida Velo (born 24 October 1977) is a Spanish former professional tennis player.

Biography

Hermida comes from the Galician city of Ferrol and was coached by her father. She won the Spanish Junior Championships as an 11-year old in 1988.[1]

As a professional she won 10 ITF singles titles, reaching a best ranking of 148 in the world. She featured in the main draw of the Birmingham Classic WTA Tour tournament in 1996 and during her career played in the qualifying event at all four grand slams.[2][1]

Retiring from professional tennis in 2001, Hermida went on to compete in the sport of padel tennis.[1]

ITF finals

Singles (10–6)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 24 January 1994 Pontevedra, Spain Carpet Italy Germana Di Natale 7–6, 3–6, 6–2
Loss 2. 31 July 1994 A Coruña, Spain Clay Luxembourg Anne Kremer 5–7, 1–6
Win 3. 23 January 1995 Pontevedra Spain Hard Belarus Olga Barabanschikova 6–1, 6–7(5), 6–4
Win 4. 13 February 1995 Faro, Portugal Hard France Amelie Cocheteux 7–5, 6–3
Win 5. 20 February 1995 Carvoeiro, Portugal Hard France Vanina Casanova 6–1, 6–3
Win 6. 4 September 1995 Cáceres, Spain Clay Spain Alicia Ortuño 6–3, 6–2
Loss 7. 3 December 1995 Limoges, France Hard (i) Bulgaria Elena Pampoulova 5–7, 3–6
Loss 8. 14 April 1997 Elvas, Portugal Hard Spain Alicia Ortuño 4–6, 3–6
DNP 4 May 1997 Azeméis, Portugal Clay Spain Alicia Ortuño
Win 9. 9 February 1998 Faro, Portugal Hard Portugal Sofia Prazeres 6–4, 6–4
Win 10. 30 March 1998 Pontevedra, Spain Hard Bulgaria Maria Geznenge 6–1, 6–2
Win 11. 18 May 1998 Azeméis, Portugal Hard Kazakhstan Irina Selyutina 6–1, 6–1
Loss 12. 24 May 1999 Guimarães, Portugal Hard Israel Tzipora Obziler 0–6, 4–6
Win 13. 22 August 1999 Alghero, Italy Clay Italy Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 6–4
Win 14. 4 October 1999 Vila do Conde, Portugal Hard Slovakia Stanislava Hrozenská 6–2, 6–2
Loss 15. 17 October 1999 Welwyn, United Kingdom Hard (i) France Laurence Andretto 0–6, 3–6
Loss 16. 23 July 2000 Valladolid, Spain Hard Spain María José Martínez Sánchez 4–6, 2–6

Doubles (5–4)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 31 July 1994 A Coruña, Spain Clay Spain Sandra de Rafael France Olivia de Camaret
Tunisia Selima Sfar
6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 2. 16 January 1995 Ourense, Spain Hard Belarus Olga Barabanschikova Netherlands Stephanie Gomperts
Netherlands Henriëtte van Aalderen
5–7, 1–6
Win 3. 23 January 1995 Pontevedra, Spain Hard Belarus Olga Barabanschikova Italy Katia Altilia
France Stephanie Content
6–3, 6–3
Loss 4. 20 February 1995 Carvoeiro, Portugal Hard Italy Katia Altilia Germany Renata Kochta
Germany Martina Pawlik
5–7, 4–6
Win 5. 18 February 1996 Cali, Colombia Clay Spain Eva Bes Brazil Miriam D'Agostini
Paraguay Larissa Schaerer
6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Win 6. 4 May 1997 Azeméis, Portugal Clay Canada Aneta Soukup Israel Shiri Burstein
Israel Limor Gabai
6–0, 6–4
Win 7. 14 September 1997 Madrid, Spain Clay Spain Patricia Aznar Spain Marta Cano
Spain Gala León García
5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Win 8. 3 May 1998 Guimarães, Portugal Hard Spain Marina Escobar Brazil Bruna Colósio
Portugal Cristina Correia
7–6, 6–4
Loss 9. 10 May 1998 Elvas, Portugal Hard Spain Marina Escobar Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Netherlands Debby Haak
W/O

References

  1. 1 2 3 Antón, B (26 January 2009). "Paula Hermida: Ahora ya no soy tan buena y por eso me cuesta coger la raqueta". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish).
  2. "Tennis - DPS Classic - Birmingham". The Post-Standard. newspaperarchive.com. 11 June 1996.
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