Biljana Pavlova
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Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova (Bulgarian
: Биляна Павлова-Димитрова, born 20 January 1978) in Bulgaria
is a Bulgarian professional tennis
player. Her career high WTA singles ranking is 490, which she reached on October 16, 2006. Her career high doubles ranking is 301, which she reached on April 20, 2009.
Bulgarian language
Bulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...
: Биляна Павлова-Димитрова, born 20 January 1978) in Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
is a Bulgarian professional tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player. Her career high WTA singles ranking is 490, which she reached on October 16, 2006. Her career high doubles ranking is 301, which she reached on April 20, 2009.
ITF Circuit finals
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles finals: 6 (1-5)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
Winner | 1. | 23 June 1998 | ITF $10,000 Kavala Kavala Kavala , is the second largest city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala peripheral unit. It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos... , Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... |
Hard | Dragana Ilic | 6-3, 7-6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 20 August 2001 | ITF $10,000 Volos Volos Volos is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about 326 km north of Athens and 215 km south of Thessaloniki... , Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... |
Carpet | Christina Zachariadou | 0-6, 0-6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 15 November 2005 | ITF $10,000 Giza, Egypt Egypt Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world... |
Clay | Galina Fokina Galina Fokina Galina Fokina is a Russian tennis player. She took part in the 2004 Hyderabad Open but lost in the second round to Marion Bartoli. She has won numerous ITF titles in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005.... |
2-6, 5-7 |
Runner-up | 4. | 2 May 2006 | ITF $10,000 Bournemouth Bournemouth Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. According to the 2001 Census the town has a population of 163,444, making it the largest settlement in Dorset. It is also the largest settlement between Southampton and Plymouth... , Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... |
Clay | Marrit Boonstra | 3-6, 0-6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 28 August 2007 | ITF $10,000 Palić Palic Palić is a town in Serbia, from Subotica, and from the border between Serbia and Hungary. It is a part of the Subotica Municipality, North Bačka District, autonomous province of Vojvodina. The town has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 7,745 people... , Serbia Serbia Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans... |
Clay | Tadeja Majerič Tadeja Majerič Tadeja Majerič is a professional Slovenian tennis player. On April 12, 2010, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 251 whilst her best doubles ranking was 324 on August 18, 2008.-ITF Circuit finals:-Singles finals: 5 :... |
2-6, 2-6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 9 October 2007 | ITF $10,000 Volos Volos Volos is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about 326 km north of Athens and 215 km south of Thessaloniki... , Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... |
Carpet | Olga Brózda Olga Brózda Olga Brózda is a WTA Tour Polish tennis player.As a professional, her highest career singles ranking is World No. 281, achieved on 7 April 2007, in doubles 192. She reached 10 ITF Circuit finals in singles, which 5 of them she won. In doubles she has reached 42 ITF finals, of which she has won 26... |
7-6(2), 2-6, 0-6 |
Doubles finals: 17 (2-15)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
Runner-ups | 1. | 29 Juny 1997 | ITF $10,000 Catania Catania Catania is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse. It is the capital of the homonymous province, and with 298,957 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in Sicily and the tenth in Italy.Catania is known to have a seismic history and... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
Clay | Natalia Bondarenko | Giulia Casoni Giulia Casoni Giulia Casoni is an Italian tennis player. As a junior player, she won 1996 French Open in doubles, while her best professional results include singles quarterfinals at Internazionali Femminili di Palermo in 1999 and Tier I Italian Open in 2000, and three WTA Tour doubles titles... Federica Fortuni |
6–7, 2–6 |
Runner-ups | 2. | 15 May 2000 | ITF $10,000 Casale Casale Casale, Italian from the late Latin casalis for an isolated house, or group of houses, in the countryside, may refer to:-People:*Gerald Casale musician*Giovanni Casale , an Italian judoka*Giuseppe Casale Italian bishop... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
Clay | Magda Mihalache Magda Mihalache Magda Mihalache is a professional Romanian tennis player and former member of the Romania Fed Cup team. On May 9, 2005, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 176 whilst her best doubles ranking was 120 on November 1, 1999. She is coached by Dietmar Rau.-External links:... |
Chloe Carlotti Eva Fislova |
1-6, 4–6 |
Runner-ups | 3. | 29 May 2000 | ITF $10,000 Skopje Skopje Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre... , Macedonia Republic of Macedonia Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991... |
Clay | Ljiljana Nanusevic | Katarina Misic Marina Lazarovska |
6-7(6), 3–6 |
Runner-ups | 4. | 2 April 2001 | ITF $10,000 Athens Athens Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state... , Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... |
Clay | Marijana Kovacevic | Daniela Klemenschits Daniela Klemenschits Daniela Klemenschits was an Austrian doubles tennis player.She was born in Vienna. Klemenschits played doubles with her twin sister Sandra on the WTA Tour and the ITF women's circuit until 2006... Sandra Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits is an Austrian tennis player. She has won around 25 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit as of May 2009, most of them with her twin Daniela although they never reached a WTA doubles final.-Personal life:... |
3-6, 5-7 |
Runner-ups | 5. | 24 September 2001 | ITF $10,000 Kastoria Kastoria Kastoria is a city in northern Greece in the periphery of West Macedonia. It is the capital of Kastoria peripheral unit. It is situated on a promontory on the western shore of Lake Orestiada, in a valley surrounded by limestone mountains... , Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... |
Clay | İpek Şenoğlu Ipek Senoglu İpek Şenoğlu , nicknamed İpeko, is a Turkish tennis player. Şenoğlu first made history in June 2004 when she was accepted into the women's doubles qualifying for Wimbledon. Though İpek did not advance into the main draw of Wimbledon, she became the first Turk ever to play in a qualifying tournament... |
Asimina Kaplani Maria Pavlidou |
3-6, 5-7 |
Runner-ups | 6. | 4 October 2004 | ITF $10,000 Podgorica Podgorica Podgorica , is the capital and largest city of Montenegro.Podgorica's favourable position at the confluence of the Ribnica and Morača rivers and the meeting point of the fertile Zeta Plain and Bjelopavlići Valley has encouraged settlement... , Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia : Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a federation called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia... |
Clay | Janette Bejlkova | Katarina Misic Dragana Zarić Dragana Zaric Dragana Zarić is a former professional tennis player who played for FR Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia.... |
1-6, 2-6 |
Runner-ups | 7. | 29 November 2005 | ITF $10,000 Giza, Egypt Egypt Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world... |
Clay | Lenore Lazaroiu | Galina Fokina Galina Fokina Galina Fokina is a Russian tennis player. She took part in the 2004 Hyderabad Open but lost in the second round to Marion Bartoli. She has won numerous ITF titles in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005.... Raissa Gourevitch |
3-6, 5-7 |
Runner-ups | 8. | 2 June 2006 | ITF $10,000 Ruse, Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east... |
Clay | Nadejda Vassileva Nadejda Vassileva Nadejda Vassileva is a professional Bulgarian tennis player. On March 5, 2007, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 553 whilst her best doubles ranking was 588 on August 2, 2004.-ITF Circuit finals :... |
Dia Evtimova Dia Evtimova Dia Evtimova is a professional Bulgarian tennis player. On October 24, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 146 whilst her best doubles ranking was 275 on June 15, 2009. In 2010, she qualified for the Internationaux de Strasbourg where she was defeated by Maria Sharapova in the... Karoline Borgersen |
0-6, 0-6 |
Runner-ups | 9. | 21 November 2006 | ITF $10,000 Cairo Cairo Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life... , Egypt Egypt Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world... |
Clay | Stefanie Haidner Stefanie Haidner Stefanie Haidner is an Austrian professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking is 232, which she reached on February 23, 2004... |
Alexandra Dulgheru Alexandra Dulgheru Alexandra Dulgheru is a Romanian professional tennis player. She achieved a singles career high of World No. 26 on April 11, 2011. Her career high in doubles was World No. 47 on March 21, 2011.She is coached by Gabriel Urpi.-Biography:... Marcella Koek |
6-7(4), 6-3, 6-7(5) |
Runner-ups | 10. | 23 October 2006 | ITF $10,000 Dubrovnik Dubrovnik Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641... , Croatia Croatia Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ... |
Clay | Soetkin van Deun | Miljana Adanko Nataša Zorić Nataša Zoric Nataša Zorić is a Serbian tennis player. Zorić has reached one Women's Tennis Association WTA final, in doubles, reaching the final of the 2008 Gastein Ladies with Sesil Karatantcheva, where they lost to Czechs Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká 6-3, 6-3... |
w/o |
Winners | 11. | 21 November 2006 | ITF $10,000 Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
Clay | Stefanie Haidner Stefanie Haidner Stefanie Haidner is an Austrian professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking is 232, which she reached on February 23, 2004... |
Irina Kuzmina Irina Kuzmina Irina Kuzmina is Latvian tennis player. She has played the most ties for team Latvia in the FedCup.- External links :... Sheila Solsona |
6-3, 6-7(8), [10-3] |
Runner-ups | 12. | 25 March 2008 | ITF $10,000 Athens Athens Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state... , Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... |
Hard | Raffaella Bindi | Nikola Hofmanova Nikola Hofmanova Nikola Hofmanova is a female tennis player originally from Chomutov, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic, and now residing in Hornstein, Austria.... Vivienne Vierin |
7-5, 5-7, [7-10] |
Runner-ups | 13. | 7 May 2008 | ITF $10,000 Edinburgh Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area... , Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... |
Clay | Soetkin van Deun | Jade Curtis Elizabeth Thomas Elizabeth Thomas Elizabeth Thomas may refer to:*Elizabeth Thomas , British poet*Elizabeth Thomas , British novelist and poet*Elizabeth Thomas , American Egyptologist*Betty Thomas, American actress... |
1-6, 6-7(5) |
Runner-ups | 14. | 26 May 2008 | ITF $10,000 Budva Budva Budva is a coastal town in Montenegro. It has around 15,000 inhabitants, and it is the centre of municipality... , Montenegro Montenegro Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the... |
Clay | Tamara Stojkovic | Ljubica Avramovic Neda Kozic |
4-6, 5-7 |
Winners | 15. | 9 December 2008 | ITF $10,000 Benicarló Benicarló Benicarló is a city and municipality in the north of the province of Castelló, part of the Valencian Community, in the Mediterranean Coast between the cities of Vinaròs and Peníscola, not too far south from the Ebre River.... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
Clay | Neda Kozic | Simona Matei Simona Matei Simona-Iulia Matei is a professional Romanian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On October 2, 2006, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 145. She is coached by Michele Tellini.... Cristina Mitu Cristina Mitu Cristina-Andreea Mitu is a professional Romanian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On November 22, 2010, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 431. She is coached by Adi Avram and Manu Nicolae.... |
6-4, 7-6(3) |
Runner-ups | 16. | 8 June 2010 | ITF $10,000 Iași Iasi Iași is the second most populous city and a municipality in Romania. Located in the historical Moldavia region, Iași has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life... , Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea... |
Clay | Fatma Al Nabhani Fatma Al Nabhani Fatma Al Nabhani is a professional Omani tennis player and member of the Oman Fed Cup team. On October 4, 2010, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 362 whilst her best doubles ranking was 429 on November 1, 2010.-ITF Circuit finals:... |
Mădălina Gojnea Mădălina Gojnea Mădălina-Victorița Gojnea is a professional Romanian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On July 4, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 149 whilst her best doubles ranking was 191 on July 9, 2007... Ionela-Andreea Iova Ionela-Andreea Iova Ionela-Andreea Iova is a professional Romanian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. She is coached by Ovidiu Popescu.-ITF Singles Circuit finals: 2 :-ITF Doubles Circuit finals: 14 :-External links:... |
3-6, 3-6 |
Runner-ups | 17. | 10 August 2010 | ITF $10,000 Onești Onesti Onești is a city in Bacău County, Romania, with a population of 51,681 inhabitants.Administratively, the villages of Slobozia and Borzești form part of Onești... , Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea... |
Clay | Camelia Hristea Camelia Hristea Camelia-Elena Hristea is a professional Romanian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On October 25, 2010, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 457. She is coached by Ovidiu Popescu.... |
Laura-Ioana Andrei Mihaela Buzărnescu Mihaela Buzărnescu Mihaela Buzărnescu is a professional Romanian tennis player.-Career highlights:Mihaela won the junior doubles title at the 2006 US Open partnering Ioana Raluca Olaru. Seeded No. 2, they defeated in the final the No... |
6-7(7), 2-6 |
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