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Lubomira Bacheva

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Lubomira Bacheva
Любомира Бачева
Country (sports) Bulgaria
ResidenceSofia, Bulgaria
Born (1975-03-07) 7 March 1975 (age 49)
Sofia
Turned pro1990
Retired2004
PlaysRight-handed
Prize moneyUS$ 534,838
Singles
Career record381–275
Career titles0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 68 (1 November 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2000, 2001)
French Open2R (1999)
Wimbledon2R (2000)
US Open2R (2000)
Doubles
Career record179–150
Career titles2 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 53 (16 April 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2001, 2002)
French Open1R (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
Wimbledon1R (2000, 2001, 2004)
US Open2R (2000)
Team competitions
Fed Cup1–6
(singles 0–4, doubles 1-2)

Lubomira Bacheva (Bulgarian: Любомира Бачева, born 7 March 1975) is a retired tennis player from Bulgaria. She reached her career-high ranking of world No. 68 on 1 November 1999.

Tennis career

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As a junior, Bacheva won the European Championships in 1989 and 1991.[1]

Bacheva turned professional in 1990 and spent several years on the ITF Women's Circuit building up her ranking. In 1999, she finally broke through the top 100 and reached her first WTA Tour semifinal at the Estoril Open as a lucky loser. She finished that year at No. 73. She finished 2000 again in the top 100. In 2001, she beat Chanda Rubin for her career best win. She played her last professional match in 2004—a first-round loss to Dally Randriantefy in an ITF event.

Bacheva won no WTA Tour singles titles, but did win two doubles titles in Casablanca and Budapest, respectively. She was a member of the Bulgarian Fed Cup team from 1993 to 1996[2] with a win–loss record of 1–6.

Grand Slam performance timeline

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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 1993 1994–98 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 SR W–L
Australian Open A A A 1R 1R Q1 A Q1 0 / 2 0–2
French Open Q2 A 2R 1R 1R 1R Q2 1R 0 / 5 1–5
Wimbledon A A 1R 2R 1R A A Q1 0 / 3 1–3
US Open A A 1R 2R Q1 Q1 Q2 Q1 0 / 2 1–2
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–3 2–4 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–1 0 / 12 3–12

Doubles

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Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 SR W–L
Australian Open A 1R 1R A A 0 / 2 0–2
French Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 5 0–5
Wimbledon 1R 1R A A 1R 0 / 3 0–3
US Open 2R 1R 1R A A 0 / 3 1–3
Win–loss 1–3 0–4 0–3 0–1 0–2 0 / 13 1–13

WTA career finals

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Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tier III tournaments (0–1)
Tier IV tournaments (1–0)
Tier V tournaments (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2000 Hungarian Open Tier IV Clay Spain Cristina Torrens Valero Croatia Jelena Kostanić
Serbia and Montenegro Sandra Načuk
6–0, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Oct 2000 Luxembourg Open Tier III Carpet (i) Spain Cristina Torrens Valero France Alexandra Fusai
France Nathalie Tauziat
3–6, 6–7(0–7)
Win 2–1 Jul 2001 Morocco Open Tier V Clay Sweden Åsa Carlsson Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
Argentina María Emilia Salerni
6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–1
Loss 2–2 Jul 2002 Palermo Open, Italy Tier V Clay Germany Angelika Rösch Russia Evgenia Kulikovskaya
Russia Ekaterina Sysoeva
4–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 25 (9 titles, 16 runner–ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (7–12)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 1991 ITF Sibenik, Yugoslavia 10,000 Clay Soviet Union Irina Sukhova 6–1, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Jun 1991 ITF Dubrovnik, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay Czechoslovakia Kateřina Šišková 2–6, 1–6
Win 2–1 Jul 1991 ITF Dubrovnik, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay Czechoslovakia Kateřina Šišková 6–4, 1–6, 6–2
Loss 2–2 Sep 1991 ITF Haskovo, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay Soviet Union Elena Makarova 4–6, 4–6
Loss 2–3 Jul 1992 ITF Vaihingen, Germany 25,000 Clay South Africa Joannette Kruger 1–6, 0–6
Loss 2–4 Sep 1995 ITF Spoleto, Italy 25,000 Clay Italy Cristina Salvi 6–7(3), 3–6
Win 3–4 Aug 1997 ITF Rebecq, Belgium 10,000 Clay France Kildine Chevalier 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 3–5 Sep 1997 ITF Albena, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay Bulgaria Desislava Topalova 6–2, 4–6, 0–6
Loss 3–6 Nov 1997 ITF Moulins, France 10,000 Hard (i) France Edith Nunes-Bersot 2–6, 1–6
Loss 3–7 Nov 1997 ITF Deauville, France 10,000 Carpet (i) Germany Gabriela Kučerová 3–6, 6–7(5)
Win 4–7 Apr 1998 ITF Brest, France 10,000 Hard (i) France Sophie Georges 7–5, 6–0
Loss 4–8 Jul 1998 ITF Puchheim, Germany 25,000 Clay Spain Gisela Riera 4–6, 4–6
Loss 4–9 Jul 1998 ITF Darmstadt, Germany 25,000 Clay Hungary Petra Mandula 6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Loss 4–10 Aug 1998 ITF Les Contamines, France 25,000 Hard Germany Anca Barna 6–7(7), 1–6
Win 5–10 Nov 1998 ITF Deauville, France 10,000 Carpet (i) Slovakia Silvia Sosnarová 6–3, 6–3
Loss 5–11 Mar 1999 ITF Biel, Switzerland 25,000 Hard (i) Australia Evie Dominikovic 4–6, 7–6(2), 2–6
Win 6–11 Mar 1999 ITF Dinan, France 25,000 Clay (i) France Stéphanie Foretz 6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Win 7–11 Sep 1999 ITF Denain, France 25,000 Clay France Stéphanie Foretz 6–4, 6–1
Win 8–11 Sep 1999 ITF Bordeaux, France 50,000 Clay Italy Gloria Pizzichini 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 8–12 Sep 1999 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Spain Marta Marrero 2–6, 3–6
Loss 8–13 Sep 2000 ITF Bordeaux, France 75,000 Clay France Émilie Loit 5–7, 2–6
Loss 8–14 Sep 2001 ITF Denain, France 50,000 Clay France Céline Beigbeder 4–6, 0–6
Win 9–14 Sep 2001 ITF Bordeaux, France 75,000 Clay Israel Anna Smashnova 4–6, 6–1, 6–0
Loss 9–15 Aug 2003 ITF Cuneo, Italy 50,000 Clay Italy Tathiana Garbin 3–6, 1–6
Loss 9–16 Jul 2004 ITF Vittel, France 50,000 Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives 2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 28 (11 titles, 17 runner–ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (7–11)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–4)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 1991 ITF Helsinki, Finland 10,000 Carpet (i) Soviet Union Elena Pogorelova Germany Nadja Beik
Germany Meike Babel
6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win 2–0 Jul 1991 ITF Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia 10,000 Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivona Horvat Soviet Union Elena Pogorelova
Soviet Union Irina Sukhova
5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Win 3–0 Sep 1991 ITF Haskovo, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay Bulgaria Galia Angelova Soviet Union Elena Pogorelova
Soviet Union Irina Sukhova
7–6, 6–7, 6–1
Loss 3–1 Nov 1991 ITF Hull, Great Britain 25,000 Carpet (i) United Kingdom Barbara Griffiths United Kingdom Amanda Grunfeld
United Kingdom Julie Salmon
6–7(2), 1–6
Loss 3–2 Apr 1992 ITF Limoges, France 25,000 Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Sylvia Štefková Belgium Els Callens
Switzerland Michèle Strebel
6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Loss 3–3 Sep 1992 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Bulgaria Galia Angelova Commonwealth of Independent States Karina Kuregian
Australia Kirrily Sharpe
6–7, 2–6
Win 4–3 Sep 1993 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Bulgaria Galia Angelova Slovakia Patrícia Marková
Slovakia Zuzana Nemšáková
6–0, 7–5
Loss 4–4 Apr 1994 ITF Marathon, Greece 10,000 Clay Netherlands Sandra van der Aa Slovakia Patrícia Marková
Slovakia Simona Nedorostova
3–6, 0–6
Loss 4–5 Sep 1995 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Hungary Réka Vidáts Argentina Geraldine Aizenberg
Argentina Laura Montalvo
2–6, 2–6
Loss 4–6 Sep 1997 ITF Albena, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay Bulgaria Antoaneta Pandjerova Bulgaria Galina Dimitrova
Bulgaria Desislava Topalova
5–7, 1–6
Win 5–6 Nov 1997 ITF Deauville, France 10,000 Carpet (i) Germany Julia Abe Hungary Katalin Marosi
Germany Caroline Schneider
6–2, 6–4
Loss 5–7 Jul 1998 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 25,000 Clay Germany Julia Abe Belgium Laurence Courtois
Croatia Maja Murić
1–6, 4–6
Win 6–7 Aug 1998 ITF Les Contamines, France 25,000 Hard Germany Jasmin Wöhr France Caroline Dhenin
France Sophie Georges
2–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win 7–7 Aug 1998 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Netherlands Maaike Koutstaal Romania Magda Mihalache
Slovakia Zuzana Váleková
6–1, 7–5
Loss 7–8 Nov 1998 ITF Deauville, France 10,000 Carpet (i) Uzbekistan Iroda Tulyaganova France Emmanuelle Curutchet
France Samantha Schoeffel
1–6, 6–2, 6–7(4)
Loss 7–9 Sep 1999 ITF Bordeaux, France 50,000 Clay Spain Cristina Torrens Valero Sweden Åsa Carlsson
France Émilie Loit
2–6, 6–7(1)
Loss 7–10 Jul 2001 ITF Orbetello, Italy 25,000 Clay Belgium Laurence Courtois Argentina María Emilia Salerni
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
6–7(5), 6–3, 1–6
Loss 7–11 Oct 2001 ITF Poitiers, France 75,000 Hard (i) Netherlands Amanda Hopmans Netherlands Kristie Boogert
Belgium Laurence Courtois
1–6, 5–7
Loss 7–12 Oct 2001 ITF Southampton, Great Britain 50,000 Hard (i) Ukraine Elena Tatarkova South Africa Nannie de Villiers
Kazakhstan Irina Selyutina
6–7(5), 6–2, 2–6
Win 8–12 Sep 2002 ITF Biella, Italy 50,000 Clay Spain Eva Bes Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
7–5, 2–6, 7–6(5)
Win 9–12 Oct 2002 ITF Girona, Spain 50,000 Clay Spain Gala León García Italy Flavia Pennetta
Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
6–4, 6–3
Win 10–12 Nov 2002 ITF Poitiers, France 50,000 Hard (i) Russia Evgenia Kulikovskaya France Caroline Dhenin
France Émilie Loit
w/o
Loss 10–13 Aug 2003 ITF Cuneo, Italy 50,000 Clay Austria Stefanie Haidner Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Croatia Darija Jurak
1–6, 2–6
Loss 10–14 Oct 2003 ITF Girona, Spain 50,000 Clay Italy Roberta Vinci Spain Conchita Martínez Granados
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
5–7, 3–6
Loss 10–15 Feb 2004 ITF Ortisei, Italy 75,000 Carpet (i) Germany Angelika Rösch Czech Republic Olga Vymetálková
Czech Republic Gabriela Chmelinová
1–6, 3–6
Win 11–15 May 2004 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France 75,000 Clay Czech Republic Eva Birnerová Romania Ruxandra Dragomir
Germany Antonia Matic
4–6, 7–6(4), 6–3
Loss 11–16 Aug 2004 ITF Modena, Italy 75,000 Clay Czech Republic Eva Birnerová Czech Republic Gabriela Chmelinová
Czech Republic Michaela Paštiková
2–6, 3–6
Loss 11–17 Sep 2004 ITF Denain, France 75,000 Clay Czech Republic Michaela Paštiková Ukraine Yuliana Fedak
Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
6–1, 1–6, 2–6
  • w/o = walkover

Fed Cup

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Lubomira Bacheva debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 1993. She has a 0–4 singles and a 1–2 doubles record (1–6 overall).

Singles (0–4)

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Edition Round Date Against Surface Opponent W/L Result
1995 World Group I RPO 22 July 1995  South Africa Hard South Africa Joannette Kruger L 0–6, 3–6
23 July 1995 South Africa Amanda Coetzer L 2–6, 4–6
1996 World Group II QF 27 April 1996  Slovakia Clay Slovakia Karina Habšudová L 0–6, 1–6
28 April 1996 Slovakia Katarína Studeníková L 3–6, 4–6

Doubles (1–2)

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Edition Round Date Partner Against Surface Opponents W/L Result
1993 World Group I R1 19 July 1993 Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva  South Korea Clay South Korea Kim Il-soon
South Korea Park Sung-hee
L 6–3, 6–7(2), 1–4 ret.
1994 World Group I R2 21 July 1994 Bulgaria Svetlana Krivencheva  Indonesia Clay Indonesia Natalia Soetrisno
Indonesia Romana Tedjakusuma
W 6–1, 6–3
1995 World Group I RPO 23 July 1995 Bulgaria Dora Djilianova  South Africa Hard South Africa Amanda Coetzer
South Africa Elna Reinach
L 1–6, 4–6
  • RPO = Relegation Play–off

References

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  1. ^ "Lubomira Bacheva Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Player Profile". Retrieved 2010-05-16.
  2. ^ "Lubomira Bacheva Fed Cup Player Profile". Archived from the original on September 16, 2012. Retrieved 2010-05-16.
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