Katerina Maleewa
Nation:
Bulgaria Bulgaria
Birthday:
May 7, 1969
Size:
168 cm
1st professional season:
1984
Resignation:
1997
Playing hand:
Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:
$ 2,187,183
singles
Career record:
369: 210
Career title:
11 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking:
6 (July 9 1990)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000 0
Double
Career record:
131: 156
Career title:
2 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking:
24 (September 12 1994)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000 0
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )
Katerina Maleewa ( Bulgarian Катерина Малеева ; born May 7, 1969 in Sofia ) is a former Bulgarian tennis player . She celebrated eleven tournament wins in singles and two in doubles on the WTA Tour .
Career
Together with her two sisters, the older Manuela and the younger Magdalena , Katerina entered the history books in women's tennis. So they made sure that three sisters appeared on the seeding list of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, all of whom also reached the last sixteen at the 1993 French Open.
Katerina herself made it to the quarter-finals at least once in all Grand Slam tournaments. In 1990 she reached the round of the last eight in three of these four major tournaments.
In 1988 and 1992 she took part in the Olympic Games for her country . To date, she has the most individual victories (20) for the Bulgarian Fed Cup team ; Overall, their record shows 29 wins out of 22 defeats.
singles
No.
date
competition
Topping
Final opponent
Result
1.
April 7, 1985
Charleston
sand
Romania Virginia Ruzici
6: 3, 6: 3
2.
November 10, 1985
Hilversum
Carpet (hall)
Sweden Carina Karlsson
6: 3, 6: 2
3.
April 19, 1987
Tokyo
Hard court
United States Barbara Gerken
6: 2, 6: 3
4th
October 11, 1987
Athens
race
France Julie Halard
6-0, 6-1
5.
October 30, 1988
Indianapolis
Hard court (hall)
United States Zina Garrison
6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 2
6th
July 30, 1989
Båstad
sand
Germany Sabine Hack
6: 1, 6: 3
7th
October 22, 1989
Bayonne
Hard court (hall)
Spain Conchita Martínez
6: 2, 6: 2
8th.
5th November 1989
Indianapolis
Hard court (hall)
Italy Raffaella Reggi
6: 4, 6: 4
9.
April 1, 1990
Houston
sand
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6: 4, 6: 4
10.
November 17, 1991
Indianapolis
Hard court (hall)
United States Audra Keller
7: 6, 6: 2
11.
November 6, 1994
Quebec
Carpet (hall)
Netherlands Brenda Schultz
6: 3, 6: 3
Double
Performing in Grand Slam tournaments
singles
competition
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
Career
Australian Open
AF
-
-
-
-
VF
VF
AF
AF
1
1
VF
French Open
3
AF
AF
1
AF
VF
3
2
AF
2
1
VF
Wimbledon
1
3
1
AF
-
VF
AF
VF
1
1
1
VF
US Open
1
3
3
VF
2
AF
3
3
VF
2
-
VF
Double
competition
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
Career
Australian Open
AF
-
-
-
-
AF
1
1
AF
1
1
1
AF
French Open
2
VF
1
2
2
2
1
AF
VF
1
1
-
VF
Wimbledon
1
2
1
AF
-
1
1
AF
2
AF
2
-
AF
US Open
2
1
1
1
2
-
1
1
2
F.
-
-
F.
Web links
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