Paula Marama

{{Short description|New Zealand tennis player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}

{{BLP sources|date=December 2016}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| country = {{NZL}}

| name = Paula Marama

| image =

| caption =

| residence =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1984|2|13}}

| birth_place = Wellington, New Zealand

| height =

| turnedpro = 1998

| retired = 2006

| plays = Right (two-handed backhand)

| careerprizemoney = $13,321

| singlesrecord = 38–35

| singlestitles = 1 ITF

| highestsinglesranking = No. 443 (27 September 2004)

| doublesrecord = 54-18

| doublestitles = 10 ITF

}}

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

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.{{Fed Cup player|800210147|Paula Marama}}

ITF Circuit finals

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!Legend

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|$50,000 tournaments

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|$25,000 tournaments

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|$10,000 tournaments

=Singles (1–0)=

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!Result

!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Surface

!Opponent

!Score

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1.

| 15 March 2004

| Yarrawonga, Australia

| Grass

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Yuan Meng

| w/o

=Doubles (10–2)=

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!Result

!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable" |Score

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1.

| 16 June 2003

| Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal

| Hard

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Eden Marama

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Zsuzsanna Babos
{{flagicon|ESP}} Gabriela Velasco Andreu

| 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–0

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 2.

| 27 July 2003

| Dublin, Ireland

| Carpet

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Eden Marama

| {{flagicon|IRL}} Yvonne Doyle
{{flagicon|IRL}} Karen Nugent

| 6–4, 7–5

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 3.

| 24 August 2003

| Coimbra, Portugal

| Hard

| {{flagicon|ISR}} Danielle Steinberg

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Hannah Collin
{{flagicon|POR}} Neuza Silva

| 6–4, 7–6(7–3)

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 4.

| 22 September 2003

| Volos, Greece

| Grass

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Eden Marama

| {{flagicon|ROU}} Laura-Ramona Husaru
{{flagicon|UKR}} Viktoria Lytovchenko

| 6–2, 6–4

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 5.

| 5 October 2003

| Vertou, France

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Eden Marama

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Iryna Brémond
{{flagicon|UKR}} Yevgenia Savranska

| 6–4, 6–2

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 1.

| 8 December 2003

| Cairo, Egypt

| Clay

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Eden Marama

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Bychkova
{{flagicon|RUS}} Raissa Gourevitch

| 0–6, 6–7(2–7)

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 6.

| 15 December 2003

| Cairo, Egypt

| Clay

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Eden Marama

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Raissa Gourevitch
{{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Kozhokina

| 6–3, 6–0

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 7.

| 1 March 2004

| Warrnambool, Australia

| Grass

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Eden Marama

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Casey Dellacqua
{{flagicon|AUS}} Jaslyn Hewitt

| 6–3, 4–6, 6–2

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 8.

| 9 March 2004

| Benalla, Australia

| Grass

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Eden Marama

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Lauren Breadmore
{{flagicon|USA}} Kaysie Smashey

| 7–5, 6–1

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 9.

| 8 August 2004

| Wrexham, Wales

| Hard

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Eden Marama

| {{flagicon|IND}} Rushmi Chakravarthi
{{flagicon|IND}} Sania Mirza

| 7–6(7–4), 7–5

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 2.

| {{dts|format=dmy|2005|8|3}}

| Wrexham, Wales

| Hard

| {{flagicon|IND}} Rushmi Chakravarthi

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Rebecca Llewellyn
{{flagicon|GBR}} Anna Smith

| 3–6, 5–7

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 10.

| 12 February 2006

| Wellington, New Zealand

| Hard

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Kairangi Vano

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Leanne Baker
{{flagicon|NZL}} Ellen Barry

| 6–3, 6–1

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