Paula Maria Kania-Choduń (; born 6 November 1992) is a former professional Polish tennis player.

Kania-Choduń won one title in doubles on the WTA Tour, as well as five titles in singles and fourteen in doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 15 June 2015, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 128, and on 2 May 2016, she peaked at No. 58 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Tennis career Paula was born to Paweł and Zdzisława Kania. She has one sister, Zuzanna. Paula began playing tennis at the age of seven and her favourite surface is hardcourt. She became a professional player in 2008.

She was coached by husband and physiotherapist Pawel Chodun and her tennis idol growing up were Martina Hingis and Serena Williams.

2012 Kania and Polina Pekhova won the Tashkent Open title defeating Anna Chakvetadze and Vesna Dolonc in the final when their opponents retired, after losing the first set 2–6. This was Kania's first WTA Tour title of any kind.

2014 Having qualified for her first Grand Slam main draw at Wimbledon, Kania lost in the first round to world No. 2, Li Na, in straight sets. The match was also her first singles main draw of any event, after participating in qualifying at 20 tournaments. Kania continued her momentum by qualifying for another main draw a month later, at the Stanford Classic.

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles Tournament2013201420152016...2022W–LWin % Australian OpenAQ2Q1Q2A0–0 French OpenQ3Q22RQ1A1–1 WimbledonQ11RQ11RA0–2 US OpenQ21RQ2Q2A0–1Win–loss0–00–21–10–10–01–4

Doubles Tournament2014201520162017...2022W–LWin % Australian OpenAA1RAA0–1 French OpenA3R2RAA3–2 WimbledonA1R1R1RA0–3 US Open2RA2RAA2–2Win–loss1–12–22–40–10–05–8

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournamentsPremier M & Premier 5Premier (0–1)International (1–4)Finals by surfaceHard (1–3)Clay (0–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Sep 2012 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Polina Pekhova Anna Chakvetadze Vesna Dolonc 6–2, ret.Loss 1–1 Jul 2014 Istanbul Cup, Turkey International Hard Oksana Kalashnikova Misaki Doi Elina Svitolina 4–6, 0–6Loss 1–2 Aug 2014Stanford Classic, United StatesPremier Hard Kateřina Siniaková Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro 2–6, 6–4, [5–10]Loss 1–3 Jul 2015 Brasil Tennis Cup, Florianópolis International Clay María Irigoyen Annika Beck Laura Siegemund 3–6, 6–7(1)Loss 1–4 Sep 2015 Tournoi de Québec, Canada International Hard (i) María Irigoyen Barbora Krejčíková An-Sophie Mestach 6–4, 3–6, [10–12]Loss 1–5 Apr 2016 Prague Open, Czech Republic International Clay María Irigoyen Margarita Gasparyan Andrea Hlaváčková 4–6, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals Legend$100,000 tournaments$80,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner–ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Aug 2010ITF Gliwice, Poland10,000 Clay Anna Korzeniak 7–6(2), 3–6, 7–5Loss 1–1 Mar 2011ITF Amiens, France10,000 Clay Nastassja Burnett 6–2, 1–6, 4–6Win 2–1 Jul 2011ITF Horb, Germany10,000 Clay Carina Witthöft 4–6, 6–4, 7–5Loss 2–2 Nov 2011ITF Opole, Poland25,000 Carpet (i) Ana Vrljić 3–6, 6–2, 6–7(4)Loss 2–3 Jul 2012Bella Cup, Poland25,000 Clay Danka Kovinić 3–6, 6–4, 3–6Win 3–3 Jul 2013Bella Cup, Poland25,000 Clay Katarzyna Piter 6–4, 6–4Win 4–3 Nov 2013Taipei Cup, Taiwan50,000 Clay Zarina Diyas 6–1, 6–3Win 5–3 Aug 2014ITF Landisville, United States25,000 Hard Ons Jabeur 5–7, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 32 (14 titles, 18 runner–ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Jul 2010ITF Piešťany, Slovakia10,000 Clay Weronika Domagała Gabriela Horáčková Petra Krejsová 6–1, 6–1Loss 1–1 Sep 2010ITF Tbilisi, Georgia25,000 Clay Zsófia Susányi Tatia Mikadze Sofia Shapatava 3–6, 2–6Loss 1–2 Nov 2010ITF Minsk, Belarus25,000 Hard Katarzyna Piter Elena Bovina Ekaterina Bychkova 4–6, 0–6Loss 1–3 Nov 2010ITF Opole, Poland25,000 Carpet (i) Magda Linette Oksana Kalashnikova Polina Pekhova 3–6, 4–6Loss 1–4 Jan 2011ITF Kaarst, Germany10,000 Carpet (i) Marina Melnikova Nikola Fraňková Tereza Hladíková 6–3, 6–7(1), [8–10]Win 2–4 Mar 2011ITF Amiens, France10,000 Clay Barbara Sobaszkiewicz Iveta Gerlová Lucie Kriegsmannová 3–6, 6–4, [10–6]Win 3–4 Jul 2011ITF Horb, Germany10,000 Clay Katarzyna Kawa Vaszilisza Bulgakova Christina Shakovets 1–6, 6–3, [10–2]Loss 3–5 Aug 2011ITF Piešťany, Slovakia10,000 Clay Martina Kubičíková Simona Dobrá Lucie Kriegsmannová 4–6, 2–6Loss 3–6 Nov 2011ITF Opole, Poland25,000 Carpet (i) Magda Linette Naomi Broady Kristina Mladenovic 6–7(5), 4–6Win 4–6 Jan 2012ITF Stuttgart, Germany10,000 Hard Ksenia Lykina Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok 6–4, 6–3Win 5–6 Mar 2012ITF Fort Walton Beach, U.S.25,000 Hard Madison Brengle Elena Bovina Alizé Lim 6–3, 6–4Loss 5–7 Apr 2012ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan25,000 Hard Naomi Broady Oksana Kalashnikova Marta Sirotkina 6–2, 7–5Win 6–7 Apr 2012ITF Moscow, Russia25,000 Hard Polina Pekhova Tatiana Kotelnikova Lidziya Marozava 6–4, 3–6, [10–7]Loss 6–8 Jun 2012ITF Craiova, Romania50,000 Clay Irina Khromacheva Renata Voráčová Lenka Wienerová 2–6, 6–3, [10–6]Win 7–8 Oct 2012ITF Seville, Spain25,000 Clay Katarzyna Piter Aleksandrina Naydenova Teliana Pereira 5–7, 6–4, [10–6]Loss 7–9 Apr 2013ITF Civitavecchia, Italy25,000 Clay Magda Linette Stephanie Vogt Renata Voráčová 3–6, 4–6Win 8–9 May 2013Maribor Open, Slovenia25,000 Clay Magda Linette Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen 6–3, 6–0Win 9–9 Jun 2013ITF Padua, Italy25,000 Clay Irina Khromacheva Cristina Dinu Maša Zec Peškirič 6–3, 6–1Loss 9–10 Jun 2013ITF Zlín, Czech Republic25,000 Clay Katarzyna Piter Martina Borecká Tereza Smitková 1–6, 7–5, [8–10]Win 10–10 Jul 2013Bella Cup, Poland25,000 Clay Magda Linette Yuliya Beygelzimer Elena Bogdan 6–2, 4–6, [10–5]Win 11–10 Oct 2013ITF Casablanca, Morocco25,000 Clay Valeria Solovyeva Cecilia Costa Melgar Anastasia Grymalska 7–6(3), 6–4Win 12–10 May 2015Nana Trophy, Tunisia50,000 Clay Maria Irigoyen Julie Coin Stéphanie Foretz 6–1, 6–3Loss 12–11 Dec 2015Ankara Cup, Turkey50,000 Hard (i) Lesley Kerkhove Marina Melnikova María José Martínez Sánchez 4–6, 7–5, [8–10]Loss 12–12 Jan 2017ITF Daytona Beach, U.S.25,000 Clay Katarzyna Piter Robin Anderson Anhelina Kalinina 4–6, 1–6Loss 12–13 Jan 2017ITF Orlando, United States25,000 Clay Katarzyna Piter Sophie Chang Madeleine Kobelt 3–6, 6–3, [6–10]Loss 12–14 Jun 2017Ilkley Trophy, UK100,000 Grass Maryna Zanevska Anna Blinkova Alla Kudryavtseva 1–6, 4–6Loss 12–15 Feb 2020Cairo Open, Egypt60,000 Hard Anastasiya Shoshyna Marta Kostyuk Kamilla Rakhimova 3–6, 6–2, [6–10]Win 13–15 Sep 2020Open de Saint-Malo, France60,000 Clay Katarzyna Piter Magdalena Fręch Viktorija Golubic 6–2, 6–4Loss 13–16 Sep 2020Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France80,000 Clay Katarzyna Piter Samantha Murray Sharan Julia Wachaczyk 5–7, 2–6Loss 13–17 Nov 2020Tyler Pro Classic, United States80,000 Hard Katarzyna Piter Allura Zamarripa Maribella Zamarripa 3–6, 7–5, [9–11]Loss 13–18 Jan 2021Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France60,000 Hard (i) Katarina Zavatska Lu Jiajing You Xiaodi 3–6, 4–6Win 14–18 Feb 2021AK Ladies Open, Germany25,000 Carpet (i) Julia Wachaczyk Viktorija Golubic Ylena In-Albon 7–6(5), 6–4

Personal life In June 2020, she married Paweł Choduń and changed her name to Kania-Choduń. The ceremony took place in Krapkowice.

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