The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Staff Directory
Paula Baird
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- Alma Mater:
- UAB '98
- Experience:
- 1st Season
- Hometown:
- Port Elizabeth, South Africa
- Instagram:
- @UAB_WTN
UAB alum Paula Baird joined the women's tennis coaching staff in July 2022.Β
The former Paula Biggs played at UAB from 1994-1998 and is one of the most decorated Blazers in program history. She was nationally ranked all four years in singles, finishing #47 in the country her senior season. In doubles, BairdΒ was nationally ranked three times, with her highest coming in at #30 in 1998.
She was the first-ever Conference USA singles champion in 1996 when she was crowned at the #3 spot. Baird also was a doubles champion along with partner Mary Anne Martin in 1996 when the duo captured the crown at the #2 spot. Additionally, she won back-to-back singles crowns in the Great Midwest Conference in 1994 and 1995 along with capturing a pair of doubles titles in 1994 (with Gulberk Gultekin, #1 spot) and 1995 (with Andrea Koppl, #2 spot). BairdΒ was a two-time C-USA All-Conference selection, named to the second team in 1996 and first team in 1998.
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Baird was part of two conference championship teams β the 1994 GMC and the 1996 C-USA teams.
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A four time participant in singles and three time participant doubles, Baird represented UAB in the ITA South Region Championships. Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Her senior season was capped by becoming the first UAB doubles team to participate in the NCAA Championship (with partner Mirela Vladulescu), advancing to the second round.
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For her career, she graduated with the most singles victories in program history with 72
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A native of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Baird graduated from UAB in 1998 with a degree in biology. She resides in Birmingham along with her husband Win and three daughters - Katie, Annie and Emily and dog, Penny.
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The former Paula Biggs played at UAB from 1994-1998 and is one of the most decorated Blazers in program history. She was nationally ranked all four years in singles, finishing #47 in the country her senior season. In doubles, BairdΒ was nationally ranked three times, with her highest coming in at #30 in 1998.
She was the first-ever Conference USA singles champion in 1996 when she was crowned at the #3 spot. Baird also was a doubles champion along with partner Mary Anne Martin in 1996 when the duo captured the crown at the #2 spot. Additionally, she won back-to-back singles crowns in the Great Midwest Conference in 1994 and 1995 along with capturing a pair of doubles titles in 1994 (with Gulberk Gultekin, #1 spot) and 1995 (with Andrea Koppl, #2 spot). BairdΒ was a two-time C-USA All-Conference selection, named to the second team in 1996 and first team in 1998.
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Baird was part of two conference championship teams β the 1994 GMC and the 1996 C-USA teams.
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A four time participant in singles and three time participant doubles, Baird represented UAB in the ITA South Region Championships. Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Her senior season was capped by becoming the first UAB doubles team to participate in the NCAA Championship (with partner Mirela Vladulescu), advancing to the second round.
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For her career, she graduated with the most singles victories in program history with 72
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A native of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Baird graduated from UAB in 1998 with a degree in biology. She resides in Birmingham along with her husband Win and three daughters - Katie, Annie and Emily and dog, Penny.
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