Paula Badosa

Paula Badosa Gibert is a Spanish professional tennis player. As of January 2025, she has been ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which she achieved on 25 April 2022, and No. 145 in doubles, which she attained on the same date. She has won four career WTA Tour singles titles, including the 2024 Washington Open.

Badosa produced her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament by reaching the semifinals of the 2025 Australian Open. She created the biggest upset in the quarterfinal by eliminating top seed Coco Gauff by 7-5, 6-4. She was named 2024 WTA Comeback Player of the Year by bouncing in the ranking list from No. 66 and finished World No. 12 in the year-end rankings.

Badosa's other notable wins include reaching the semifinals of the 2021 WTA Finals, where she lost to Garbine Muguruza. She advanced to the semifinal of the 2024 Ningbo Open, where she lost to Daria Kasatkina by giving her a walkover due to injury.

In 2021, she won the Indian Wells Masters, a WTA 1000 tournament and her biggest career title to date by registering a win over Victoria Azarenka by 7-6, 2-6, 7-6. Badosa made new strides in 2021 after a breakthrough clay swing in which she contested her first WTA 500 semifinal in Charleston, a WTA 1000 semifinal in Madrid, and a WTA 250 final in Belgrade, where she won her maiden WTA title.

Badosa is an aggressive baseliner whose game is centred around her powerful serve and groundstrokes. She has described her serve as her favourite shot and a major weapon. Her first serve has been recorded as high as 122 mph (196 km/h), allowing her to serve multiple aces in any given match and dictate play from the first stroke. Due to her effective first-serve, she typically wins a high percentage of first-serve points.

Badosa's strongest groundstroke is her two-handed backhand, with which she dominates opponents on the court, and she hits large numbers of winners with this shot. Badosa's forehand is also powerful, being hit with relentless depth and power. Due to her aggressive playing style, clay court prowess, mental toughness, physical appearance, and the similarity in the mechanics of their serves, she has been frequently compared to her idol, Maria Sharapova.

Paula Badosa Personal Information

Paula Badosa Early Life

Badosa started her tennis career by competing at the Club Tennis d'Aro (Platja d'Aro). She played her first ITF junior circuit tournament when she was 14 and is a former No. 8 in the junior category. She lifted her maiden junior singles title at the 2014 Grade-1 Mediterranee Avenir in Casablanca.

Badosa competed in her debut ITF Women's Circuit tournament in 2012 and won her first title at the 2013 Sant Jordi. She received a wildcard entry in her first Premier-level tournament, the 2015 Miami Open.

Paula Badosa Personal Life

Paula Badosa was born in Manhattan, New York, to Spanish parents Mireia Gibert Baró and Josep Badosa Codolar. Both of her parents worked in fashion. When she was seven, Badosa and her family moved to Barcelona. She then started playing tennis, at Club Tennis. At the age of 14, she moved to Valencia in order to progress in tennis. At the age of 17, she returned to Barcelona. She is multilingual, speaking four languages fluently: Spanish, Catalan, English, and French.

Paula Badosa Family Background

Mireia Gibert Baró and Josep Badosa Codolar are parents of Spanish tennis sensation Paula Badosa. Originating from Spain, Badosa's parents moved to the United States and started working in the fashion industry, including working with high-profile celebrities in the 1990s and early 2000s. Josep Badosa Codolar has worked on various art projects, such as projects at the famous 111 First Street Art Center in Manhattan. Paula Badosa's mother, Mireia Gibert Baro, owns a clothing brand in Begur, Girona, along with her husband, Josep Badosa Codolar. She has also appeared as a cover girl for various magazines in clothing brands prominent in the 90's.

Paula Badosa Boyfriend

Stefanos Tsitsipas is the boyfriend of Paula Badosa, who is a professional tennis player from Greece. As of January 2025, Tsitsipas has lifted 11 ATP titles in the singles category. He registered his best grand slam performance by reaching the final of the 2023 Australian Open and the 2021 French Open. His major accomplishments include winning the 2019 Nitto ATP Finals by defeating Dominic Thiem in the final by 6–7, 6–2, 7–6. He is ranked No. 12 as of January 2025 with a career-high ranking of No. 3, which he achieved on August 9, 2021. He advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2024 Paris Olympics, where he lost to eventual gold medalist Novak Djokovic.

Paula Badosa Social Media

Instagram: @paulabadosa

Twitter: @paulbadosa

Paula Badosa Net Worth

According to Forbes, Paula Badosa has a net worth of $6.2 million as of January 2025.

Paula Badosa Prize Money

According to WTA's official website, Paula Badosa has won over $7,895,679 in prize money till date, including over $34,470 so far in January 2025.

Paula Badosa Brand Ambassadors

Being one of the most successful Spanish tennis players, Paula Badosa has roped in various endorsement deals in her career. She has signed a shoes and apparel deal with sports brand Nike and wears the Nike Air Zoom Vapor 11 shoes. For tennis equipment and accessories, she has joined hands with Wilson and uses a Wilson Blade 98 tennis racquet. Renowned power company named Iberdrola has signed an agreement with Badosa. She also promotes a hair care brand named Kerastase on her social media handle.

Paula Badosa Career Stats

Badosa holds a career singles record of 362 - 201. In the 2025 season, she served 12 aces and won 68.2% of her service games. She also wins 66.3% of her first-serve points and 45.5% of her second serve points.

Paula Badosa Achievements

Some of Badosa's achievements are as follows:

World No. 2 Player

With her powerful performance, Badosa achieved the career-high ranking of No.2 on April 25, 2022. By registering a win over Ons Jabeur at the semifinals of the 2022 Stuttgart Open, she secured a spot in the top-ranking list. However, she received a loss to Aryna Sabalenka in the final.

Awards

Badosa was awarded the Comeback Player of the Year award in 2024. After starting the season as World No. 66 and dropping as low as No. 140, she finished the year as World No. 12.

Olympics Quarterfinals

Paula Badosa reached the quarterfinal of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, where she lost to Marketa Vondrousova.

WTA Finals

At the 2021 WTA Finals, Badosa reached the semifinal of the tournament, where she faced a defeat against Garbiñe Muguruza by 6-3, 6-3.

Paula Badosa Best finish at each Grand Slams

Australian Open: SF (2024)

French Open: QF (2021)

Wimbledon: 4R (2021,2022, 2024)

US Open: QF (2024)

Paula Badosa Titles Won

As of January 2025, Paula Badosa has won four WTA singles titles, including the Washington Open (2024), the Sydney Open (2022), the Indian Wells Open (2021) and the Belgrade Open (2021). Her biggest win was recorded at the 2021 Indian Wells Open, where she registered a win over Victoria Azarenka in the final by 7-6, 2-6, 7-6.

Paula Badosa Coaching Staff

Paula Badosa is working under the guidance and leadership of Pol Toledo Bagué.

Toledo Bagué is a former professional tennis player who achieved his career-high ranking of World No. 372 on August 6, 2018. He is a right-handed player who has won around $128,415 in prize money in his career as of January 2025. He has appeared in 18 career singles and 40 doubles finals, with a win-loss record of 24-16. He has won one Challenger title at the 2017 San Benedetto Tennis Cup.

Paula Badosa House

Paula Badosa resides in a beautiful place in Dubai. Besides a house in Dubai, she also owns a house in Spain.

Paula Badosa Cars

Paula Badosa is a big car lover and owns a Range Rover, a Chevrolet and a Jaguar.