Barbara Paulus

Barbara Paulus (born 1 September 1970 in Vienna) is a former professional top 10 female tennis player from Austria. She began playing on the WTA Tour in 1986 and retired in 2001. During her career she won a total of seven WTA tournaments (six singles titles, one doubles title). Paulus competed for the Austria Fed Cup team on 21 occasions in singles and doubles, winning nine matches and losing thirteen.

Paulus was born in Austrian capital Vienna, and resides in Hinterbrühl. Her father, Gerhard, is a computer sales manager; her mother Brigitte is a housewife; her brother, Werner, plays basketball. Paulus graduated in 1990.

She enjoys visiting Florida, because of the climate.

• 1990: Golden Needle Award from Austrian Tennis Federation

Singles: 17 (6–11)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	16 May 1988	Geneva	Clay	Lori McNeil	6–4, 5–7, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	8 August 1988	Sofia	Hard	Conchita Martínez	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	10 July 1989	Arcachon	Clay	Judith Wiesner	6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–1
Runner-up	3.	8 January 1990	Sydney	Hard	Natasha Zvereva	4–6, 6–1, 6–3
Winner	2.	21 May 1990	Geneva	Clay	Helen Kelesi	2–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up	4.	9 July 1990	Palermo	Clay	Isabel Cueto	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	15 October 1990	Filderstadt	Hard (I)	Mary Joe Fernández	6–1, 6–3
Winner	3.	11 September 1995	Warsaw	Clay	Alexandra Fusai	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–1
Winner	4.	13 November 1995	Pattaya	Hard	Yi Jingqian	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	1 January 1996	Auckland	Hard	Sandra Cacic	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	1 April 1996	Hilton Head Island	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–2, 2–6, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	20 May 1996	Strasbourg	Clay	Lindsay Davenport	6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Winner	5.	5 August 1996	Maria Lankowitz	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	40–15 ret.
Runner-up	9.	16 September 1996	Warsaw	Clay	Henrieta Nagyová	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	10.	28 October 1996	Moscow	Carpet (I)	Conchita Martínez	6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	6.	21 July 1997	Warsaw	Clay	Henrieta Nagyová	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	11.	20 October 1997	Luxembourg	Carpet (I)	Amanda Coetzer	6–4, 3–6, 7–5

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	8 August 1988	Sofia	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Sabrina Goleš Katerina Maleeva	1–6, 6–1, 6–4