Barbara Paulus (born 1 September 1970) is a former professional top-ten tennis player from Austria. She began playing on the

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in 1986 and retired in 2001. During her career, she won a total of seven WTA tournaments (six singles titles, one doubles title). Paulus competed for the

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on 21 occasions in singles and doubles, winning nine of her 22 matches.

Career

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), despite having a career plagued with injuries. She won six singles titles and one doubles title on the

. Her best results include victories over

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, and

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. After reaching as high as No. 12 in the world in 1990, she sustained injuries to her knee and both wrists which required her to have surgery and kept her sidelined for many months through 1992 and 1993. Her comeback from injury eventually bore her much success, with four WTA titles between 1995 and 1997, a top-ten ranking, and reaching her biggest career final at the Tier I

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, where she lost in three sets to

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. Her career effectively ended in 1998 after an elbow injury, though she made a brief return in 2001.

Awards

* 1990: Golden Needle Award from Austrian Tennis FederationBarbara Paulus
at the

's official website

WTA career finals

Singles: 17 (6–11)

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

ITF finals

Singles (2–3)

Doubles (0–2)

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Paulus, Barbara 1970 births Living people Austrian female tennis players Hopman Cup competitors Olympic tennis players of Austria People from Mödling District Tennis players from Vienna Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Lower Austria