Paula Marama

Paula Marama
Country (sports) New Zealand
Born (1984-02-13) 13 February 1984 (age 40)
Wellington, New Zealand
Turned pro1998
Retired2006
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$13,321
Singles
Career record38–35
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 443 (27 September 2004)
Doubles
Career record54-18
Career titles10 ITF

Paula Marama (born 13 February 1984) is a retired New Zealand female tennis player.

In her career, she won one singles title and ten doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 27 September 2004, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 443. On 26 April 2004, she peaked at No. 289 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for New Zealand in the Fed Cup, Marama has a win–loss record of 5–3.[1]

ITF Circuit finals

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Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (1–0)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 15 March 2004 Yarrawonga, Australia Grass China Yuan Meng w/o

Doubles (10–2)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 16 June 2003 Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal Hard New Zealand Eden Marama Hungary Zsuzsanna Babos
Spain Gabriela Velasco Andreu
6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–0
Winner 2. 27 July 2003 Dublin, Ireland Carpet New Zealand Eden Marama Republic of Ireland Yvonne Doyle
Republic of Ireland Karen Nugent
6–4, 7–5
Winner 3. 24 August 2003 Coimbra, Portugal Hard Israel Danielle Steinberg United Kingdom Hannah Collin
Portugal Neuza Silva
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Winner 4. 22 September 2003 Volos, Greece Grass New Zealand Eden Marama Romania Laura-Ramona Husaru
Ukraine Viktoria Lytovchenko
6–2, 6–4
Winner 5. 5 October 2003 Vertou, France Hard (i) New Zealand Eden Marama France Iryna Brémond
Ukraine Yevgenia Savranska
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 1. 8 December 2003 Cairo, Egypt Clay New Zealand Eden Marama Russia Ekaterina Bychkova
Russia Raissa Gourevitch
0–6, 6–7(2–7)
Winner 6. 15 December 2003 Cairo, Egypt Clay New Zealand Eden Marama Russia Raissa Gourevitch
Russia Ekaterina Kozhokina
6–3, 6–0
Winner 7. 1 March 2004 Warrnambool, Australia Grass New Zealand Eden Marama Australia Casey Dellacqua
Australia Jaslyn Hewitt
6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Winner 8. 9 March 2004 Benalla, Australia Grass New Zealand Eden Marama Australia Lauren Breadmore
United States Kaysie Smashey
7–5, 6–1
Winner 9. 8 August 2004 Wrexham, Wales Hard New Zealand Eden Marama India Rushmi Chakravarthi
India Sania Mirza
7–6(7–4), 7–5
Runner-up 2. 3 August 2005 Wrexham, Wales Hard India Rushmi Chakravarthi United Kingdom Rebecca Llewellyn
United Kingdom Anna Smith
3–6, 5–7
Winner 10. 12 February 2006 Wellington, New Zealand Hard New Zealand Kairangi Vano New Zealand Leanne Baker
New Zealand Ellen Barry
6–3, 6–1

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