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Katerina Maleeva

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Katerina Maleeva
Катерина Малеева
Country (sports) Bulgaria
ResidenceSofia
Born (1969-05-07) 7 May 1969 (age 55)
Sofia
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro1984
Retired1997
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$2,220,371
Singles
Career record369–210
Career titles11
Highest rankingNo. 6 (9 July 1990)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (1990, 1991)
French OpenQF (1990)
WimbledonQF (1990, 1992)
US OpenQF (1988, 1993)
Doubles
Career record131–156
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 24 (12 September 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenR3 (1990, 1993)
French OpenQF (1986, 1993)
WimbledonR3 (1988, 1992, 1994)
US OpenF (1994)
Team competitions
Fed Cup29–22
(singles 20–9)

Katerina Georgieva Maleeva (Bulgarian: Катерина Георгиева Малеева; born 7 May 1969) is a former top 10 Bulgarian tennis player. She won eleven singles and two doubles WTA Tour titles. Her best position in the WTA rankings was No. 6 in 1990.

Biography

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Born in Sofia, Maleeva is the second oldest of the three children of Georgi Maleev and Yuliya Berberyan. Her mother came from an Armenian family, which found refuge in Bulgaria after the 1896 Armenian massacres in the Ottoman Empire, and was the best Bulgarian tennis player in the 1960s. After she retired from professional tennis in the 1970s, Berberyan started a coaching career. She was the coach of her three daughters, Katerina, Manuela and Magdalena, each of whom eventually became WTA top 10 players.

Throughout her professional career, Maleeva has won a total of 11 WTA singles titles and two titles in doubles. In July 1990, she achieved her career-high ranking of sixth. She has a record of 369 singles wins and 210 losses.[1] In 1994, she married Georgi Stoimenov, before retiring in 1997. The couple have two children and currently live in Sofia.

Major finals

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Grand Slam tournament finals

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Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result W–L Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 1994 US Open Hard United States Robin White Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
3–6, 3–6

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 SR W-L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 3R NH A A A QF QF 4R 4R 1R 1R Q1 A 0 / 7 16–7 70%
French Open A 3R 4R 4R 1R 4R QF 3R 2R 4R 2R 1R Q2 A 0 / 11 22–11 67%
Wimbledon A 1R 3R 1R 4R A QF 4R QF 1R 1R 1R A A 0 / 10 16–10 62%
US Open A 1R 3R 3R QF 2R 4R 3R 3R QF 2R A A A 0 / 10 21–10 68%
Win–loss 0–0 4–4 7–3 5–3 7–3 4–2 15–4 11–4 10–4 10–4 2–4 0–3 0–0 0–0 0 / 38 75–38 66%
Year–end championships
WTA Championships Did not qualify 1R 1R DNQ QF 1R 1R Did not qualify 0 / 5 1–5 17%
National representation
Summer Olympics A Not Held 3R Not Held 2R Not Held A NH 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Fed Cup QF SF QF SF A QF A 2R 1R 2R QF QF A A 0 / 10 20–9 69%
Career statistics
Titles 0 2 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Career total: 11
Finals 0 3 0 2 3 4 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 Career total: 20
Year-end ranking 93 28 29 13 11 15 6 11 16 22 36 302 231 NR $2,220,371

Doubles

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Tournament 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 SR W-L Win%
Australian Open A 2R NH A A A 3R 1R 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R A 0 / 8 5–8 38%
French Open A 2R QF 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 3R QF 1R 1R A A 0 / 11 12–11 52%
Wimbledon A 1R 2R 1R 3R A 1R 1R 3R 2R 3R 2R A A 0 / 10 9–10 47%
US Open A 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R A 1R 1R 2R F A A A 0 / 9 8–9 47%
Win–loss 0–0 3–4 4–3 0–3 3–3 2–2 3–3 0–4 4–4 7–4 7–4 1–3 0–1 0–0 0 / 38 34–38 47%
Career statistics
Titles 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 2
Finals 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 Career total: 10
Year-end ranking NR NR 48 84 64 69 32 132 34 37 33 159 446 NR $2,220,371

WTA career finals

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Singles: 20 (11 titles, 9 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tier I (0–2)
Tier II (0–1)
Tier III (2–2)
Tier IV (1–2)
Tier V / Virginia Slims (8–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–4)
Clay (4–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 1985 Seabrook Island, United States Virginia Slims Clay Romania Virginia Ruzici 6–3, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Apr 1985 Orlando, United States Virginia Slims Clay United States Martina Navratilova 1–6, 0–6
Win 2–1 Nov 1985 Hilversum, Netherlands Virginia Slims Carpet (i) Sweden Carina Karlsson 6–3, 6–2
Win 3–1 Apr 1987 Tokyo, Japan Virginia Slims Hard United States Barbara Gerken 6–2, 6–3
Win 4–1 Oct 1987 Athens, Greece Virginia Slims Clay France Julie Halard 6–0, 6–1
Loss 4–2 Mar 1988 San Antonio, United States Tier IV Hard West Germany Steffi Graf 4–6, 1–6
Loss 4–3 Jul 1988 Hamburg, West Germany Tier IV Clay West Germany Steffi Graf 4–6, 2–6
Win 5–3 Oct 1988 Indianapolis, United States Tier V Hard (i) United States Zina Garrison 6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Win 6–3 Jul 1989 Båstad, Sweden Tier V Clay West Germany Sabine Hack 6–1, 6–3
Loss 6–4 Aug 1989 Sofia, Bulgaria Tier V Clay West Germany Isabel Cueto 2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 7–4 Oct 1989 Bayonne, France Tier V Hard (i) Spain Conchita Martínez 6–2, 6–2
Win 8–4 Nov 1989 Indianapolis, United States Tier V Hard (i) Italy Raffaella Reggi 6–4, 6–4
Win 9–4 Apr 1990 Houston, United States Tier III Clay Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–1, 1–6, 6–4
Loss 9–5 Apr 1990 Tampa, United States Tier III Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles 1–6, 0–6
Loss 9–6 Aug 1990 Montreal, Canada Tier I Hard Germany Steffi Graf 1–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6
Loss 9–7 Aug 1991 Toronto, Canada Tier I Hard United States Jennifer Capriati 2–6, 3–6
Loss 9–8 Aug 1991 Washington, United States Tier II Hard Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 2–6, 5–7
Win 10–9 Nov 1991 Indianapolis, United States Tier IV Hard United States Audra Keller 7–6(7–1), 6–2
Loss 10–10 Nov 1993 Quebec City, Canada Tier III Carpet (i) France Nathalie Tauziat 4–6, 1–6
Win 11–10 Nov 1994 Quebec City, Canada Tier III Carpet (i) Netherlands Brenda Schultz 6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 10 (2 titles, 8 runner–ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–1)
Tier I (0–1)
Tier II (1–0)
Tier III (0–1)
Tier IV (0–0)
Tier V / Virginia Slims (1–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–3)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1985 Indianapolis, United States Virginia Slims Clay Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva United States Penny Barg
United States Paula Smith
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Sep 1986 Tokyo, Japan Virginia Slims Carpet (i) Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva West Germany Bettina Bunge
West Germany Steffi Graf
1–6, 7–6(7–4), 2–6
Loss 1–2 Sep 1987 Tokyo, Japan Virginia Slims Carpet (i) Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva United States Anne White
United States Robin White
1–6, 2–6
Loss 1–3 Jul 1988 Brussels, Belgium Tier V Clay Italy Raffaella Reggi Argentina Mercedes Paz
Denmark Tine Scheuer-Larsen
6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss 1–4 Aug 1988 Sofia, Bulgaria Tier V Hard Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sabrina Goleš Spain Conchita Martínez
Austria Barbara Paulus
6–1, 1–6, 4–6
Loss 1–5 Jul 1989 Båstad, Sweden Tier V Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sabrina Goleš Argentina Mercedes Paz
Denmark Tine Scheuer-Larsen
2–6, 5–7
Win 2–5 Feb 1992 Essen, Germany Tier II Carpet (i) Germany Barbara Rittner Belgium Sabine Appelmans
Germany Claudia Porwik
7–5, 6–3
Loss 2–6 May 1992 Rome, Italy Tier I Clay Germany Barbara Rittner Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
1–6, 2–6
Loss 2–7 Nov 1993 Quebec City, Canada Tier III Carpet (i) France Nathalie Tauziat United States Katrina Adams
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
4–6, 4–6
Loss 2–8 Sep 1994 US Open Grand Slam Hard United States Robin White Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
3–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 2 (1–1)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 1984 ITF Amiens, France 10,000 Clay Argentina Mercedes Paz 7–6, 3–6, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Jul 1984 ITF Ortisei, Italy 10,000 Clay Italy Laura Garrone 1–6, 5–7

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 1985 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva Czechoslovakia Yvona Brzáková
Czechoslovakia Hana Fukárková
6–1, 6–2

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

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Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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In 1984 US open junior she defeated steffi graf in semis 7–5,7–6 & finally got the titles... but in doubles she partnered with steffi & lost in round 1 from niurka sodupe/shawn foltz 4–6,6–4,3–6

Result W–L Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 1984 French Open Clay Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 3–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win 1–1 1984 US Open Hard United States Niurka Sodupe 6–1, 6–2

Fed Cup

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Katerina Maleeva debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 1984. Since then she has a 20–9 singles record and a 9–13 doubles record (29–22 overall).

Singles (20–9)

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Edition Round Date Against Surface Opponent W/L Result
1984 World Group I R1 15 July 1984  Great Britain Clay United Kingdom Anne Hobbs W 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
R2 16 July 1984  Soviet Union Soviet Union Svetlana Cherneva W 7–6, 6–3
QF 18 July 1984  Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sabrina Goleš L 4–6, 5–7
1985 World Group I R1 6 October 1985  Soviet Union Hard Soviet Union Elena Eliseenko W 6–4, 6–2
R2 8 October 1985  Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec W 6–4, 6–2
QF 10 October 1985  Great Britain United Kingdom Jo Durie W 6–2, 4–6, 8–6
SF 12 October 1985  Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Helena Suková W 6–3, 7–6(6)
1986 World Group I R1 20 July 1986  Soviet Union Clay Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva W 4–6, 6–1, 6–2
R2 21 July 1986  France France Nathalie Tauziat W 7–6(7–5), 7–6(6)
QF 23 July 1986  West Germany West Germany Bettina Bunge L 6–2, 3–6, 3–6
1987 World Group I R1 26 July 1987  Greece Hard Greece Olga Tsarbopoulou W 6–0, 6–0
R2 27 July 1987  Indonesia Indonesia Suzanna Anggarkusuma W 6–1, 6–1
QF 29 July 1987  Australia Australia Anne Minter W 6–2, 6–2
SF 31 July 1987  United States United States Pam Shriver L 3–6, 6–7
1989 World Group I R1 1 October 1989  South Korea Hard South Korea Im Sook-ja W 6–2, 6–2
R2 3 October 1989  Argentina Argentina Patricia Tarabini W 6–1, 6–0
QF 5 October 1989  Australia Australia Elizabeth Smylie W 6–2, 6–1
1991 World Group I R1 22 July 1991  Hungary Hard Hungary Virág Csurgó W 6–0, 6–2
R2 24 July 1991  United States United States Mary Joe Fernández L 2–6, 1–6
1992 World Group I R1 14 July 1992  Australia Clay Australia Nicole Bradtke L 6–3, 4–6, 0–6
RPO 16 July 1992  Romania Romania Irina Spîrlea W 6–1, 6–0
RPO 17 July 1992  Hungary Hungary Andrea Temesvári W 6–3, 6–4
1993 World Group I R1 19 July 1993  South Korea Clay South Korea Kim Yeon-sook W 6–0, 6–2
R2 21 July 1993  Argentina Argentina Inés Gorrochategui L 1–6, 5–7
1994 World Group I R1 19 July 1994  Croatia Clay Croatia Nadin Ercegović W 6–0, 6–3
R2 21 July 1994  Indonesia Indonesia Romana Tedjakusuma W 6–2, 6–1
QF 22 July 1994  France France Julie Halard L 3–6, 6–3, 2–6
1995 World Group I QF 22 April 1995  Spain Carpet (i) Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario L 3–6, 3–6
23 April 1995 Spain Conchita Martínez L 2–6, 1–6

Doubles (9–13)

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Edition Round Date Partner Against Surface Opponents W/L Result
1984 World Group I R1 15 July 1984 Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva  Great Britain Clay United Kingdom Amanda Brown
United Kingdom Anne Hobbs
W 7–6, 7–5
R2 16 July 1984 Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva  Soviet Union L 7–5, 5–7, 1–6
QF 18 July 1984 Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva  Yugoslavia L 3–6, 1–6
1985 World Group I R1 6 October 1985 Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva  Soviet Union Hard Soviet Union Natalia Egorova
Soviet Union Svetlana Cherneva
W 6–3, 7–5
R2 8 October 1985 Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva  Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sabrina Goleš
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aila Winkler
W 6–4, 7–6(7)
QF 10 October 1985 Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva  Great Britain L 4–5, Ret.
SF 12 October 1985 Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva  Czechoslovakia L 3–6, 6–7(4)
1986 World Group I R1 20 July 1986 Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva  Soviet Union Clay L 6–1, 4–6, 1–6
QF 23 July 1986 Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva  West Germany L 4–6, 2–6
1987 World Group I SF 31 July 1987 Bulgaria Dora Rangelova  United States Hard L 1–6, 1–6
1989 World Group I R1 1 October 1989 Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva  South Korea Hard W 7–5, 6–0
R2 3 October 1989 Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva  Argentina W 6–1, 3–6, 6–1
QF 5 October 1989 Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva  Australia L 7–5, 4–6, 0–6
1991 World Group I R1 22 July 1991 Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva  Hungary Hard W 6–1, 6–2
R2 24 July 1991 Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva  United States L 2–6, 1–6
1992 World Group I R1 14 July 1992 Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva  Australia Hard L 2–6, 1–6
RPO 17 July 1992 Bulgaria Elena Pampoulova  Hungary Hungary Virág Csurgó
Hungary Kata Györke
W 7–6(6), 4–6, 6–1
1993 World Group I R1 19 July 1993 Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva  South Korea Clay L 6–3, 6–7(2), 1–4 ret.
R2 21 July 1993 Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva  Argentina L 7–5, 4–6, 2–6
1994 World Group I R1 19 July 1994 Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva  Croatia Clay W 6–2, 6–3
QF 22 July 1994 Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva  France L 2–6, 6–3, 2–6
1995 World Group I QF 23 April 1995 Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva  Spain Carpet (i) W 6–0, 6–1
  • RPO = Relegation Play-off

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Katerina Maleeva's Biography". International Tennis Federation.
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