Pavlina Stoyanova-Nola (born July 14, 1974) is a former tennis player who played for both 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...

 and New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 in her professional career

Nola turned professional in 1993. She reached her career high ranking of No. 68 in the world on May 14, 2001. The best singles result of her career was finishing runner-up to Henrieta Nagyová

Henrieta Nagyová

Henrieta Nagyová is a Slovak female professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1994 and has been ranked as high as the 21st in the world . In recent years her ranking has fallen due to constant injury. In late 2005, she brought her ranking up to a year ending 145, after it fell below 200...

 at a WTA tournament in Palermo

Internazionali Femminili di Palermo

The Internazionali Femminili di Palermo is a tennis tournament held in Palermo, Italy. Held since 1988, this WTA Tour event is a Tier IV-tournament and is played on outdoor clay courts. It was lowered to a Tier V event in 2001 but returned to Tier IV in 2005....

 where she lost 6–3, 7–5. She also one won doubles title at the same tournament two years previously with Elena Pampoulova-Wagner. She played her last WTA match in 2002.

Captain of Campbells Bay Tennis Club - Chelsea Cup team 2010
Pavlina Nola was Captain of Campbell’s Bay Tennis Club Chelsea Cup team in 2010. The Chelsea Cup is the premier club tennis league competition for North Shore City in New Zealand. Campbells Bay (http://www.campbellsbaytennis.org.nz) Campbells Bay Tennis Club] is a large tennis club based in the best location on the shore.

Pavlina was successful winning captain leading a team consisting of Franziska Etzel, Kairangi Vano, Vicki Wild and Charlotte Roberts. Such was Pavlina’s dominance in the competition that in the nine matches she ended with astonishing statistics of playing 9 matches and winning 108 games and giving the opposition only 14 games

Singles 1

Legend
Grand Slam	0
WTA Championships	0
Tier I	0
Tier II	0
Tier III	0
Tier IV & V	0
Olympic Games	0

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
Runner-up	1.	16 July 2000	Palermo Palermo Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old... , Italy	Clay	Henrieta Nagyova Henrieta Nagyová Henrieta Nagyová is a Slovak female professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1994 and has been ranked as high as the 21st in the world . In recent years her ranking has fallen due to constant injury. In late 2005, she brought her ranking up to a year ending 145, after it fell below 200...	3-6, 5-7

Doubles 1

Legend
Grand Slam	0
WTA Championships	0
Tier I	0
Tier II	0
Tier III	0
Tier IV & V	1
Olympic Games	0

Titles by Surface
Hard	0
Clay	1
Grass	0
Carpet	0

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
Winner	1.	19 July 1998	Palermo Palermo Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old... , Italy	Clay	Elena Pampoulova Elena Pampoulova Elena Pampoulova is a retired professional tennis player from Bulgaria. She competed for Fed Cup of the International Tennis Federation . Elena's first tennis coach was her own mother, Bulgarian tennis player Lubka Radkova...	Barbara Schett Barbara Schett Barbara Schett Eagle is a former Austrian tennis player, who reached her highest singles ranking, World No. 7, on 13 September 1999. She ended her career at the 2005 Australian Open. Between 1993 to 2004 she played in 48 games for the Austria Fed Cup team, winning 30...     Patty Schnyder Patty Schnyder Patty Schnyder is a retired Swiss professional tennis player. She played on the WTA tour from 1993 to 2011 and is a former World No. 7. She defeated several World No...	6-4, 6-2

External links

• Pavlina Nola Playing record on top dog New Zealand
• Campbell's Bay Tennis Club