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Barbara Paulus

AUT Age 56 177 cm / 5'10" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1986–1998

Barbara Paulus represented Austria on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 10. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 232–140 and 6 singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

10 (Nov 18, 1996)

Elo peak

1958 (91st percentile)

Singles record

232–140 (62.4%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,294,445

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Barbara Paulus's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Nathalie Dechy #64	2-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 1998*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Iva Majoli #19	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 19, 1998*	R64	Canadian Open	Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000	Hard
Monica Seles #6	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 14, 1998*	R16	Manhattan Beach	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Hard
Naoko Sawamatsu #28	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 13, 1998*	R32	Manhattan Beach	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Hard
Mary Pierce #16	3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 6, 1998*	R32	San Diego	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Hard

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Barbara Paulus's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Conchita Martínez	2	4	6	Nov 3, 1996	H2H
Judith Wiesner	3	3	6	Oct 3, 1996	H2H
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	0	6	6	Apr 7, 1996	H2H
Alexandra Fusai	3	2	5	May 27, 1998	H2H
Amanda Coetzer	3	2	5	Jan 21, 1998	H2H

Singles Titles (6)

Barbara Paulus singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
1988	17	1	—	—	—	1	—	Geneva
1990	19	1	—	—	—	1	—	Geneva
1995	24	2	—	—	—	2	—	Pattaya, Warsaw
1996	25	1	—	—	—	1	—	Maria Lankowitz
1997	26	1	—	—	—	1	—	Warsaw
Total		6	—	—	—	6	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Olympic Singles Results (2)

Barbara Paulus Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1988	Seoul Olympics	Round of 16	2	1	Zina Garrison #9 def. Barbara Paulus #31 7-5 6-2	H2H	Match data
1992	Barcelona Olympics	Second Round	1	1	Anke Huber #10 def. Barbara Paulus #43 6-4 6-1	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Barbara Paulus career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1986	15	4	3	7	57.1%	392	165
1987	16	11	10	21	52.4%	166	70
1988	17	21	11	32	65.6%	71	27
1989	18	30	16	46	65.2%	27	24
1990	19	32	14	46	69.6%	24	15
1991	20	17	13	30	56.7%	15	25
1992	21	4	8	12	33.3%	23	209
1994	23	5	7	12	41.7%	163	108
1995	24	21	7	28	75.0%	107	23
1996	25	38	16	54	70.4%	28	10
1997	26	32	16	48	66.7%	15	24
1998	27	17	19	36	47.2%	23	45
Career		232	140	372	62.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Barbara Paulus career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1986	15	—	—	—	—	4	3	7	57.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	3	7	57.1%
1987	16	—	—	—	—	11	8	19	57.9%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	11	10	21	52.4%
1988	17	6	2	8	75.0%	14	7	21	66.7%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	21	11	32	65.6%
1989	18	11	6	17	64.7%	19	9	28	67.9%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	30	16	46	65.2%
1990	19	16	7	23	69.6%	9	1	10	90.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	7	4	11	63.6%	32	14	46	69.6%
1991	20	9	9	18	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	7	3	10	70.0%	17	13	30	56.7%
1992	21	1	5	6	16.7%	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	8	12	33.3%
1994	23	5	7	12	41.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	7	12	41.7%
1995	24	9	2	11	81.8%	9	3	12	75.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	21	7	28	75.0%
1996	25	8	5	13	61.5%	22	6	28	78.6%	—	—	—	—	8	5	13	61.5%	38	16	54	70.4%
1997	26	5	4	9	55.6%	18	7	25	72.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	8	4	12	66.7%	32	16	48	66.7%
1998	27	5	8	13	38.5%	10	8	18	55.6%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	17	19	36	47.2%
Career	—	75	55	130	57.7%	120	56	176	68.2%	2	6	8	25.0%	35	23	58	60.3%	232	140	372	62.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Barbara Paulus career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1986	15	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
1987	16	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	3	4	7	42.9%	7	9	16	43.8%
1988	17	1	2	3	33.3%	2	4	6	33.3%	7	2	9	77.8%	7	3	10	70.0%	17	11	28	60.7%
1989	18	2	5	7	28.6%	4	3	7	57.1%	7	4	11	63.6%	10	2	12	83.3%	23	14	37	62.2%
1990	19	2	5	7	28.6%	4	2	6	66.7%	14	6	20	70.0%	6	0	6	100.0%	26	13	39	66.7%
1991	20	1	3	4	25.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	6	4	10	60.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	14	12	26	53.8%
1992	21	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	4	6	10	40.0%
1994	23	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	6	9	33.3%
1995	24	0	0	—	—	4	2	6	66.7%	3	2	5	60.0%	13	1	14	92.9%	20	5	25	80.0%
1996	25	2	5	7	28.6%	6	4	10	60.0%	15	2	17	88.2%	11	4	15	73.3%	34	15	49	69.4%
1997	26	0	5	5	0.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	17	7	24	70.8%	6	0	6	100.0%	28	15	43	65.1%
1998	27	2	5	7	28.6%	2	5	7	28.6%	10	8	18	55.6%	1	1	2	50.0%	15	19	34	44.1%
Career		10	31	41	24.4%	31	29	60	51.7%	88	44	132	66.7%	63	24	87	72.4%	192	128	320	60.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 320/372 (86.0%) of Barbara Paulus's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Barbara Paulus advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1986	15	1529	102.3	—	—	—	—	—	+50	—	52.9%	-0.47	2–1 (67%)	2–0	—	+0.85
1987	16	1594	117.4	—	—	—	—	—	+61	—	52.2%	-0.02	2–4 (33%)	1–0	—	+2.31
1988	17	1756	133.5	—	—	—	—	-127	+35	—	61.1%	+0.69	6–2 (75%)	5–2 (71%)	107.4	+1.41
1989	18	1836	142.8	—	—	—	—	-99	+10	—	58.0%	+0.71	15–5 (75%)	1–5 (17%)	103.7	-1.57
1990	19	1896	143.9	—	—	—	—	-23	+25	—	63.7%	+0.76	13–8 (62%)	5–3 (63%)	103.5	+1.16
1991	20	1847	140.0	—	—	—	—	-1	—	—	53.8%	+0.29	6–3 (67%)	5–4 (56%)	101.6	-1.04
1992	21	1720	104.5	—	—	—	—	+20	+127	—	37.0%	-1.19	1–2 (33%)	1–1	—	+0.05
1994	23	1660	112.9	—	—	—	—	+4	—	—	31.8%	-0.82	1–1	1–3 (25%)	—	-0.39
1995	24	1799	130.3	—	—	—	—	-17	+64	—	67.2%	+1.11	7–1 (88%)	4–0 (100%)	110.4	+2.58
1996	25	1869	151.5	—	—	—	—	-65	+97	—	67.2%	+1.23	9–12 (43%)	3–3 (50%)	94.9	+0.39
1997	26	1878	149.1	—	—	—	—	-57	+105	—	64.8%	+1.27	9–6 (60%)	4–4 (50%)	100.4	+3.06
1998	27	1751	136.6	—	—	—	—	+25	+129	—	46.3%	-0.34	7–5 (58%)	2–1 (67%)	100.4	-0.80
Career		1958	145.3	—	—	—	—	-35	+69	—	58.7%	+0.60	78–50 (61%)	34–26 (57%)	105.4	+2.17

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Barbara Paulus Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1987	16	—	R32	R128	—	2–2 (50%)
1988	17	—	R32	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1989	18	—	R64	—	R16	4–2 (67%)
1990	19	R16	—	R128	R16	6–3 (67%)
1991	20	R64	—	—	R64	2–2 (50%)
1992	21	R128	—	—	R128	0–2 (0%)
1995	24	R16	R128	R64	R64	5–4 (56%)
1996	25	R64	R32	—	R32	5–3 (62%)
1997	26	—	R16	R64	R128	4–3 (57%)
1998	27	R128	R128	R128	R128	0–4 (0%)
W-L		8–6 (57%)	10–7 (59%)	2–5 (29%)	10–8 (56%)	30–26 (54%)

WTA 1000

Barbara Paulus WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	ITA	BER	BOC	CAN	BER	HIL	KEY	KRE	W-L Win %
1990	19	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1991	20	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	2–2 (50%)
1994	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
1996	25	—	—	—	—	—	QF	F	R32	—	7–3 (70%)
1997	26	R32	SF	R64	—	—	—	R16	SF	R32	11–6 (65%)
1998	27	R32	R32	QF	—	R64	—	R32	R32	—	7–6 (54%)
W-L		2–2 (50%)	5–2 (71%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	7–3 (70%)	9–5 (64%)	0–1 (0%)	29–19 (60%)

WTA 500

Barbara Paulus WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	EAS	HAM	IW	PAR	ITA	SDG	AME	BER	BRI	CAN	POR	HAN	LEI	MAN	OAK	PHI	STR	SYD	W-L Win %
1987	16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	1–2 (33%)
1988	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1989	18	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7–4 (64%)
1990	19	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	4–3 (57%)
1991	20	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–3 (57%)
1995	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1996	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1997	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	SF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	4–3 (57%)
1998	27	—	R32	—	QF	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	7–7 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	5–2 (71%)	2–1 (67%)	4–2 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	31–26 (54%)

WTA 250

Barbara Paulus WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BAD	BAR	BRI	BUE	EST	GEN	HAM	KIT	NAP	PAR	ITA	SDG	SOF	TKY	ARC	ATH	BAY	BOC	BRE	POR	GUA	HOB	HOP	JAK	KAR	KEY	KRE	LEI	LIN	LUX	MAR	NIC	PAL	PAT	SÃO	SCH	SIN	STR	STY	SUR	SYD	TAI	TAR	WAR	ZUR	W-L Win %
1986	15	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–3 (57%)
1987	16	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	8–6 (57%)
1988	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	F	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	17–8 (68%)
1989	18	—	R32	R16	—	—	QF	SF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	QF	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19–10 (66%)
1990	19	—	—	—	R32	—	—	W	—	—	R16	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	21–6 (78%)
1991	20	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	9–6 (60%)
1992	21	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
1994	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	4–6 (40%)
1995	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	W	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	W	—	14–2 (88%)
1996	25	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	F	—	—	SF	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	24–7 (77%)
1997	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	QF	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	13–4 (76%)
1998	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	3–2 (60%)
W-L		4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	4–2 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	13–1 (93%)	5–3 (62%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	4–2 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	6–2 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	7–2 (78%)	9–2 (82%)	2–1 (67%)	8–3 (73%)	7–1 (88%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	8–3 (73%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	14–2 (88%)	0–2 (0%)	139–65 (68%)

WTA Finals

Barbara Paulus WTA Finals results by season
Season	Age	WTA	W-L Win %
1990	19	R16	0–1 (0%)
1996	25	R16	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Nov 18, 1996

First Top 100

Jun 8, 1987

First Top 50

May 23, 1988

First Top 20

Jan 22, 1990

First Top 10

Nov 18, 1996

Ranking History Matrix

Barbara Paulus ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1986	15	—	—	—	392	395	408	198	194	192	187	190	165
1987	16	165	171	170	174	114	87	104	106	105	86	96	70
1988	17	70	73	70	63	41	40	38	33	31	29	25	27
1989	18	30	31	31	36	34	24	25	26	21	22	24	24
1990	19	20	19	15	15	14	16	18	16	18	13	15	15
1991	20	14	14	16	16	17	16	16	17	20	26	25	25
1992	21	30	30	41	42	43	45	43	49	47	200	206	209
1993	22	262	272	277	278	282	282	388	—	—	—	—	—
1994	23	—	—	—	158	153	141	127	129	112	125	108	108
1995	24	72	68	72	84	86	88	73	70	35	28	23	23
1996	25	25	24	25	17	16	17	16	14	14	12	10	13
1997	26	17	16	13	18	18	18	14	16	18	20	24	24
1998	27	19	25	27	26	24	29	34	34	35	44	45	45
1999	28	56	67	83	110	210	211	334	347	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

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Stephanie Rehe	USA	#10	2,005	232	134	98	57.8%	$579,168	5	1981–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Dominique Monami	BEL	#9	1,974	366	208	158	56.8%	$2,013,032	4	1991–2000	Rivalries	Match log
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Naoko Sawamatsu	JPN	#14	1,970	312	183	129	58.7%	$1,107,264	4	1989–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Karina Habsudova	SVK	#10	1,953	346	172	174	49.7%	$1,878,228	1	1990–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Sandrine Testud	FRA	#9	2,003	546	309	237	56.6%	$3,782,307	3	1990–2004	Rivalries	Match log
Silvia Farina Elia	ITA	#11	1,944	681	369	312	54.2%	$3,688,252	3	1989–2005	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Barbara Paulus?: Barbara Paulus is 56 years old, born on September 1, 1970.
Which country does Barbara Paulus represent?: Barbara Paulus represents Austria in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Barbara Paulus?: Barbara Paulus is 177 cm / 5'10".
Does Barbara Paulus use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Barbara Paulus uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Barbara Paulus left-handed or right-handed?: Barbara Paulus plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Barbara Paulus won?: Barbara Paulus has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Barbara Paulus won?: TennisDB does not group any of Barbara Paulus's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Barbara Paulus won?: Barbara Paulus has won 6 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Warsaw in 1997.
What is Barbara Paulus' highest WTA ranking?: Barbara Paulus' career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 10, first achieved on November 18, 1996.
What is Barbara Paulus' career win-loss record?: Barbara Paulus has a career WTA singles record of 232 wins and 140 losses (62.4%).
How much career prize money has Barbara Paulus earned?: Barbara Paulus has earned at least $1,294,445 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Barbara Paulus's career appear in TennisDB?: Barbara Paulus appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1986 through 1998.
On which surface does Barbara Paulus have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Barbara Paulus's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 68.2% (120–56).
Who has Barbara Paulus faced most often?: Barbara Paulus' most frequent opponent is Conchita Martínez, with a head-to-head record of 2–4 across 6 meetings.