{"id":62432,"date":"2026-09-01T20:59:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T20:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/62432\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T20:59:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T20:59:33","slug":"paula-badosa-age-love-life-coach-tennis-career-highlights-and-more-international-sports-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/62432\/","title":{"rendered":"Paula Badosa: Age, love life, coach, tennis career highlights and more | International Sports News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PaulaPaula Badosa: Age, love life, coach, tennis career highlights and more Paula Badosa is one of Spain\u2019s best-known tennis players, but her story started far from the courts of Spain. Born in Manhattan to Spanish parents, she moved to Barcelona with her family when she was seven and soon found tennis. Now 28, Badosa has reached a career-high No. 2 ranking, won the 2021 Indian Wells title and made her first Grand Slam semifinal at the 2025 Australian Open. Her career has also included long injury breaks, a major comeback and a much-followed relationship with fellow tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas.<\/p>\n

Paula Badosa\u2019s age, height and family background<\/p>\n

Paula Badosa was born on November 15, 1997, in New York City. She is 28 years old and represents Spain, despite being born in the United States. She stands 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 metres) tall and plays right-handed.Her parents, Mireia Gibert and Josep Badosa, worked in fashion and were based in New York when Paula was born. The family later moved to Spain, settling in Catalonia. Badosa grew up around Begur in Girona and began playing tennis at a young age.Her early connection with fashion also shaped her interests. As a child, she considered becoming a model like her parents before tennis became her main focus. She later moved to Valencia at 14 to continue developing her game.<\/p>\n

Paula Badosa\u2019s love life and Stefanos Tsitsipas relationship<\/p>\n

Badosa\u2019s most widely followed relationship was with Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas. The pair went public in 2023 and quickly became known as \u201cTsitsidosa\u201d. They briefly split in May 2024 before getting back together a few weeks later.The relationship eventually ended in 2025. Badosa later spoke about the difficult period after their breakup. In June 2026, she said: \u201cBut when there are toxic things around you, everything becomes much more difficult than a normal breakup.\u201dShe added: \u201cYou can have an excellent relationship with an ex, because they are normal people and the relationship remains normal. But when that\u2019s not the case\u2026 I don\u2019t need to say more.\u201dWomen\u2019s Tennis Blog reported in June 2026 that Badosa was single. Her former partner Tsitsipas has since been linked publicly with American model and former tennis player Kristen Thoms.<\/p>\n

Paula Badosa\u2019s coach and playing style<\/p>\n

Badosa is currently coached by Pol Toledo, who has worked with her during her return to the tour. Before him, she worked with coaches including Jorge Garc\u00eda.Her game is built around powerful baseline shots, especially from her forehand. At 1.80 metres, she also has the height to produce a strong serve. The WTA lists her as an aggressive baseliner and notes that her favourite shot is the serve.She has also said Maria Sharapova was her childhood idol, while the US Open is her favourite Grand Slam tournament.<\/p>\n

Paula Badosa\u2019s career highlights and latest ranking<\/p>\n

Badosa won her first WTA titles in 2021, taking the trophies in Belgrade and Indian Wells. Her Indian Wells victory was especially important as she became the first Spanish woman to win the WTA 1000 event.In April 2022, she reached a career-best ranking of No. 2 in the world. She also won the Sydney title that year.Her biggest Grand Slam result came at the 2025 Australian Open. Badosa beat Coco Gauff in the quarterfinals to reach her first major semifinal, before losing to Aryna Sabalenka. The result took her back into the top 10 after more than two years away.Badosa also reached the US Open quarterfinals in 2024 and won the WTA Comeback Player of the Year award that season. Injuries affected her 2025 campaign, and her ranking later dropped. As of the latest WTA ranking listed on August 31, 2026, she is No. 87.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paula Badosa: Age, love life, coach, tennis career highlights and more Paula Badosa is one of Spain\u2019s best-known…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24167,24168,8185,2585,28,2342,24169,12667],"class_list":["post-62432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-2025-australian-open","tag-indian-wells-title","tag-paula-badosa","tag-stefanos-tsitsipas","tag-tennis","tag-tennis-player","tag-wta-comeback-player-of-the-year","tag-wta-ranking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}