Paula Marama (born 13 February 1984) is a retired New Zealand female tennis player.

Paula Marama
Country (sports) New Zealand
Born (1984-02-13) 13 February 1984 (age 40)
Wellington, New Zealand
Turned pro1998
Retired2006
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$13,321
Singles
Career record38–35
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 443 (27 September 2004)
Doubles
Career record54-18
Career titles10 ITF

In her career, she won one singles title and ten doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 27 September 2004, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 443. On 26 April 2004, she peaked at No. 289 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for New Zealand in the Fed Cup, Marama has a win–loss record of 5–3.[1]

ITF Circuit finals

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Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (1–0)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 15 March 2004 Yarrawonga, Australia Grass   Yuan Meng w/o

Doubles (10–2)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 16 June 2003 Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal Hard   Eden Marama   Zsuzsanna Babos
  Gabriela Velasco Andreu
6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–0
Winner 2. 27 July 2003 Dublin, Ireland Carpet   Eden Marama   Yvonne Doyle
  Karen Nugent
6–4, 7–5
Winner 3. 24 August 2003 Coimbra, Portugal Hard   Danielle Steinberg   Hannah Collin
  Neuza Silva
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Winner 4. 22 September 2003 Volos, Greece Grass   Eden Marama   Laura-Ramona Husaru
  Viktoria Lytovchenko
6–2, 6–4
Winner 5. 5 October 2003 Vertou, France Hard (i)   Eden Marama   Iryna Brémond
  Yevgenia Savranska
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 1. 8 December 2003 Cairo, Egypt Clay   Eden Marama   Ekaterina Bychkova
  Raissa Gourevitch
0–6, 6–7(2–7)
Winner 6. 15 December 2003 Cairo, Egypt Clay   Eden Marama   Raissa Gourevitch
  Ekaterina Kozhokina
6–3, 6–0
Winner 7. 1 March 2004 Warrnambool, Australia Grass   Eden Marama   Casey Dellacqua
  Jaslyn Hewitt
6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Winner 8. 9 March 2004 Benalla, Australia Grass   Eden Marama   Lauren Breadmore
  Kaysie Smashey
7–5, 6–1
Winner 9. 8 August 2004 Wrexham, Wales Hard   Eden Marama   Rushmi Chakravarthi
  Sania Mirza
7–6(7–4), 7–5
Runner-up 2. 3 August 2005 Wrexham, Wales Hard   Rushmi Chakravarthi   Rebecca Llewellyn
  Anna Smith
3–6, 5–7
Winner 10. 12 February 2006 Wellington, New Zealand Hard   Kairangi Vano   Leanne Baker
  Ellen Barry
6–3, 6–1

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