Paula Badosa

Paula Badosa is a professional tennis player from Spain. She reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 2 in April 2022 and has won four WTA singles titles, including the Indian Wells Open in 2021. Badosa was a semifinalist at the 2025 Australian Open and a quarterfinalist at both the French Open and US Open.

Player Profile and Personal Life

Paula Badosa Gibert was born in New York City, USA, to Spanish parents Mireia Gibert Baró and Josep Badosa Codolar. She stands 180 cm tall and she is right-handed with a two-handed backhand. She is coached by Pol Toledo Bague and has earned more than US$8.8 million in prize money.

Her family moved to Barcelona when she was seven, where she began playing tennis at Club Tennis d'Aro.

She speaks Spanish, Catalan, English, and some French. Her childhood idols were Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova. Badosa is known for her aggressive baseline game and powerful serve. She has openly discussed her struggles with anxiety and depression.

As of May 2023, she has been in a relationship with fellow tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas, with a brief separation and reunion in 2024. She appeared in the Netflix series "Break Point" and is endorsed by Nike, Wilson, Iberdrola, and Kerastase.

Juniors

Badosa was a former junior World No. 8. She made her ITF Junior Circuit debut in 2012 and won her first junior singles title at the Mediterranee Avenir in Casablanca in 2014. She won the girls' singles title at the 2015 French Open and finished her junior career with three singles and one doubles title.

Career

Badosa turned professional in 2015 and made her WTA main-draw debut that year.

She broke into the top 100 in 2019 after reaching the semifinals at Palermo and Karlsruhe. Her breakthrough came in 2021 with her first WTA title in Belgrade, a WTA 1000 title at Indian Wells, and a quarterfinal at the French Open.

She qualified for the WTA Finals and ended the year in the top 10.

In 2022, Badosa won the Sydney title, reached the semifinals at Indian Wells, and achieved her career-high singles ranking of No. 2 in April. She reached the quarterfinals at the French Open and Wimbledon, the semifinals at the WTA Finals, and the quarterfinals at the Tokyo Olympics.

Injury setbacks in 2023 led to a drop in the rankings, but she returned in 2024 to win the Washington Open and reach the semifinals at Cincinnati, Beijing, and Ningbo, being named the 2024 WTA Comeback Player of the Year.

In 2025, Badosa was seeded 11th at the Australian Open and reached her first semifinal at the event, defeating Coco Gauff in the quarterfinals. This result returned her to the world’s top 10.

Career Record

Singles

• Career record: 373–206
• Career titles: 4
• Highest ranking: No. 2 (April 25, 2022)
• Current ranking: No. 10 (May 19, 2025)

Best Grand Slam Singles Performances

• Australian Open – SF (2025)
• French Open – QF (2021)
• Wimbledon – 4R (2021, 2022, 2024)
• US Open – QF (2024)

Other tournaments

• Tour Finals – SF (2021)
• Olympic Games – QF (2021)

Doubles

• Career record: 22–23
• Career titles: 0
• Highest ranking: No. 124 (April 25, 2022)
• Current ranking: No. 179 (May 19, 2025)

Best Grand Slam Doubles Performances

• Australian Open – 2R (2021)
• French Open – 1R (2020, 2021)
• Wimbledon – 2R (2021)

Other tournaments

• Olympic Games – 2R (2021)