Paula Ormaechea

Ormaechea's first tournament was an ITF event in Colombia, where she lost to Alexandra Cadanțu 4–6, 0–6 in the first round of qualifying. After this, she played the Copa Colsanitas, but again lost during qualifications, this time in the second round. Despite her bad run, Paula rebounded and won an ITF tournament in Santiago, Chile one month later. She then played four ITF events during May, reaching the final of one, but losing to top seed Lucie Hradecká 6–4, 3–6, 2–6.

Paula then played in the qualifications for the Brussels Ladies Open, her first premium tournament. She got to the final round of qualifying after defeating Catalina Castaño and Andrea Hlaváčková, but was then swept aside by doubles specialist Abigail Spears 6–1, 6–1.

Ormaechea began her 2012 season at the Apia International Sydney. She lost in the second round of qualifying to thirteenth seed Vania King. Following this loss, she headed to Melbourne for the Australian Open. She successfully qualified for her first Grand Slam main draw beating seventh seed CoCo Vandeweghe, Hsieh Su-wei, and nineteenth seed Yvonne Meusburger. In the first round of the main draw, she overcame Romanian Simona Halep in three sets. In the second round, however, she was sent crashing out by eighth seed Agnieszka Radwańska in straight sets. Due to her strong beginning of the new season, her ranking peaked at over one hundred and forty for the first time.

Ormaechea made her debut for Argentina Fed Cup team on 26 April 2009 in the 2009 World Group Playoff against Ukraine. She partnered María Irigoyen, losing to Mariya Koryttseva and Olga Savchuk in straight sets. Ormaechea made her singles debut in 2010 World Group II rubber against Estonia. She lost her first match to world No. 61 Kaia Kanepi, and the second one to Maret Ani. Ormaechea also played in the rubber against Canada, and lost both of her singles matches — against Aleksandra Wozniak and Valérie Tétreault.

Ormaechea entered professional junior tournaments in 2006 Ana Bogdan in the final of Banana Bowl, 6–2, 6–4, previously defeating Kristina Mladenovic 6–4, 6–2 in the semifinals. Ormaechea won her next title at Uruguay Bowl in March 2009. She also played at 2009 French Open and 2009 US Open, but fell to, respectively, Bianca Botto and Richèl Hogenkamp in the first round. Also winning four doubles events, her last junior doubles title came at Canadian Open junior championship in September 2009.

Paula Ormaechea (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpawla oɾmaeˈtʃea] ; born 28 September 1992) is an Argentine tennis player. She has won 15 singles and nine doubles ITF titles, and, on 21 October 2013, reached a singles ranking high of world No. 59. Ormaechea has a 20–13 record for the Argentina Fed Cup team.

Paula Ormaechea was born on 28 September 1992 in Sunchales, Santa Fe to Mirna and Marcelo Ormaechea. She also has two sisters, Valentina and Sofía. Juan Pablo Guzmán, former ATP tennis player, serves as her coach. Ormaechea cites Roger Federer, Serena and Venus Williams as her role models, and also admires Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras. A fan of football, she supports Boca Juniors.