Paula Maria Kania-Choduń (; born 6 November 1992) is a professional Polish

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player. Kania-Choduń has won one title in doubles on the

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, as well as five titles in singles and fourteen in doubles on the

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. On 15 June 2015, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 128, and on 2 May 2016, she peaked at No. 58 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Tennis career

Paula was born to Paweł and Zdzisława Kania. She has one sister, Zuzanna. Paula began playing tennis at the age of seven and her favourite surface is

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. She became a professional player in 2008.

2012

Kania and

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won the

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title defeating

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and

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in the final, when their opponents retired after losing the first set 2–6. This was Kanias first

title of any kind.

2014

Having qualified for her first Grand Slam main draw at

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, Kania lost in the first round to world No. 2,

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, in straight sets. The match was also her first singles main draw of any event, after participating in qualifying at 20 tournaments. Kania continued her momentum by qualifying for another main draw a month later, at the Stanford Classic.

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

Doubles

WTA career finals

Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Doubles: 32 (14 titles, 18 runner–ups)

Personal life

In June 2020, she married Paweł Choduń and changed her name to Paula Kania-Choduń. The ceremony took place in

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