Paula Badosa's Success and Achievements in Timeline

A success timeline featuring the most significant achievements of Paula Badosa.

Paula Badosa Gibert is a Spanish professional tennis player who achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 2 in singles. Noted for her powerful game, Badosa has won four WTA Tour singles titles, highlighted by a WTA 1000 victory at Indian Wells. Furthermore, she demonstrated her Grand Slam potential by reaching a major semifinal at the 2025 Australian Open.

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Full Timeline Career & Achievements Success & Recognition

November 2013: First Title in Sant Jordi

In November 2013, Paula Badosa won her first title in Sant Jordi.

February 2014: First Junior Singles Title

In February 2014, Paula Badosa won her first junior singles title at the Grade-1 Mediterranee Avenir in Casablanca.

April 2014: Doubles Title at Trofeo Juan Carlos Ferrero

In April 2014, Paula Badosa won the doubles title at the Grade-1 Trofeo Juan Carlos Ferrero tournament in Villena.

2015: French Open Girls' Singles Title

In 2015, Paula Badosa completed her junior career by winning the girls' singles title at the French Open.

2015: French Open Junior Champion

In 2015, Paula Badosa was the French Open junior champion and was ranked as high as No. 8 in the world as a junior.

2018: Quarterfinals at Morocco Open and Valencia Title

In 2018, Paula Badosa reached the quarterfinals at the Morocco Open, losing to Aleksandra Krunić. In September, she won the $60k Open de Valencia, defeating Aliona Bolsova in the final.

2019: Broke into Top 100

In 2019, Paula Badosa broke into the top 100 in professional tennis rankings.

2020: Highest Ranked Spanish Player

In 2020, after reaching the second week of the Australian Open and Garbiñe Muguruza's second round exit, Paula Badosa became the highest ranked Spanish player for the first time in her career.

October 2021: Indian Wells Tournament Win

On 17 October 2021, Paula Badosa defeated Victoria Azarenka to win the Indian Wells tournament, securing her first WTA 1000 title.

2021: First Career Title and Top Ten Ranking

In 2021, Paula Badosa won her first career title in Belgrade and entered the top ten following a WTA 1000 title at Indian Wells.

April 2022: Achieved Career High Ranking in Doubles

In April 2022, Paula Badosa achieved a career-high ranking of No. 124 in doubles.

2022: Peaked at World No. 2

In early 2022, Paula Badosa peaked at world No. 2 in the WTA rankings.

January 2023: Return to Top 15 in Rankings

Paula Badosa's fourth round win over Pegula at the China Open was her 12th top 10 win, her first since defeating Ons Jabeur at the 2023 Italian Open. With this result she came back to the top 15 in the rankings for the first time since January 2023.

August 2024: Washington Open Title and Return to Top 50

In August 2024, Paula Badosa won the Washington Open, her fourth career title, and returned to the top 50 in the rankings, reaching No. 40 after 47 weeks.

2024: Comeback Player of the Year Nomination

In early 2024, Paula Badosa dropped out of the world's top 100 due to injury struggles, before resurging in the latter half of the season, returning to the top 15 and being named the Comeback Player of the Year.