Paula Badosa is an American-born Spanish tennis player, born in 1997.
📜 Paula Badosa History
Growing up, Badosa idolised Russian star Maria Sharapova. As a junior, Badosa won multiple titles across both singles and doubles, with her biggest win coming in the 2015 girls' singles, at Roland-Garros. The 2015 season proved to be the Spaniard's break-out year: on top of the girls' singles title in Paris, she also made her WTA-level main draw debut in Miami, and also appeared at the Madrid Open.
It took another 4 years for Badosa to make her main draw debut at a Grand Slam, which she did so at the 2019 Australian Open, a feat which helped her on her way into the WTA top-100. A year later, at the same tournament, she recorded her first Grand Slam match win. Badosa's first singles trophy came in 2021, when she won the Serbia Open, but her biggest title to date came a few months later, at the BNP Paribas Open (Indian Wells), a WTA 1000 tournament. After such a successful 2021 season, and after adding to her trophy cabinet at the Sydney Tennis Classic in the new year, Paulo Badosa entered the top-5 for the first time in 2022.
Paula Badosa plays primarily from the baseline, using an aggressive, service-led style which puts her opponents on the back foot. As well as having a strong serve - she is capable of serving multiple aces per match - Badosa also employs very fierce forehand and backhand groundstrokes, often using them to shorten points and turn defence into attack. Like that of many Spaniards, Badosa's game is particularly potent on clay court surfaces.
