Manuela Maleeva
Manuela Maleeva | |||||||||||||
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Bulgaria –1989 Switzerland 1990–1994 |
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Birthday: | February 14, 1967 | ||||||||||||
Size: | 173 cm | ||||||||||||
1st professional season: | 1982 | ||||||||||||
Resignation: | 1994 | ||||||||||||
Playing hand: | Right, two-handed backhand | ||||||||||||
Prize money: | $ 3,191,557 | ||||||||||||
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Career record: | 475: 187 | ||||||||||||
Career title: | 19 WTA , 0 ITF | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking: | 3 (February 4 1985) | ||||||||||||
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Career record: | 129: 131 | ||||||||||||
Career title: | 4 WTA, 1 ITF | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking: | 11 (August 2 1993) | ||||||||||||
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Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) |
Manuela Maleeva ( Bulgarian Мануела Малеева ; born February 14, 1967 in Sofia ) is a former Bulgarian tennis player who played for Switzerland from 1990 .
She was a professional tennis player from 1982 to 1994 and one of the most successful players of the 1980s. She won 19 individual titles on the WTA Tour in her career . She married the Swiss François Fragnière in 1987 and then competed for the first time in the Fed Cup for Switzerland in 1991 , and the following year at the Olympic Games in Barcelona.
Life
Manuela Maleeva is the eldest daughter of Julia Berberjan and Georgi Maleev. Her mother was the best Bulgarian tennis player in the 1960s. All three daughters reached the top 10 in the world rankings and broke several records. All three were in the top 15. In 1993 they were all among the 16 seeded players at the Australian Open , the French Open and Wimbledon . At the French Open they made Grand Slam history when they reached the round of 16 in 1993.
Manuela was the most successful of the trio. She made it to position 3 in the world, the youngest sister Magdalena was listed as number 4 and Katerina achieved her best ranking with position 6. The three sisters were all coached by their mother.
Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière lives with her husband and three children on the Vaudois Riviera .
Career
Maleeva won the Junior French Open in 1982 and turned pro that same year. Two years later she was already among the top ten in the WTA world rankings . In the 1984 season she won seven titles, after her victory in Indianapolis she climbed to 3rd place in the ranking. Until 1992 she was one of the ten best players in the world without interruption.
She won her only Grand Slam title in 1984 with Tom Gullikson in mixed at the US Open . At the 1988 Olympic Games , she won the bronze medal in singles. She celebrated her greatest successes in 1992 and 1993 at the US Open, when she reached the semi-finals. In 1992, she had previously defeated her sister Magdalena in the quarter-finals. In 1993 she lost the semi-finals in three sets against Steffi Graf .
She won the most valuable title in Zurich in 1993 with a final victory over Martina Navrátilová , whom she was able to defeat for the third time. She has also won over Chris Evert , Gabriela Sabatini , Mary Joe Fernández , Arantxa Sánchez Vicario , Jana Novotná and Zina Garrison .
Manuela Maleeva also won four double titles, one of them alongside her sister Katerina.
In 1994 she was deleted from the world rankings, she was number 5 in the world at that time. She won her last tournament in 1994 with a final win over Iva Majoli in Osaka . In her 41st and last Grand Slam appearance, she narrowly failed in the quarter-finals in Melbourne at the then world number two Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.
Tournament victories
singles
No. | date | competition | category | Topping | Final opponent | Result |
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1. | May 13, 1984 | Lugano | WTA | sand | Iva Budařová | 6: 1, 6: 1 |
2. | May 27, 1984 | Perugia | WTA | sand | Chris Evert | 6: 3, 6: 3 |
3. | August 11, 1984 | Indianapolis | WTA | sand | Lisa Bonder | 6: 4, 6: 3 |
4th | November 1984 | Tokyo | Invitation tournament | Carpet (hall) | Hana Mandlíková | 6: 1, 1: 6, 6: 4 |
5. | December 16, 1984 | Tokyo | WTA | Carpet (hall) | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | 3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4 |
6th | December 15, 1985 | Tokyo | WTA | Carpet (hall) | Bonnie Gadusek | 3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4 |
7th | April 5th 1987 | Charleston | WTA | sand | Raffaella Reggi | 5: 7, 6: 2, 6: 3 |
8th. | August 30, 1987 | Mahwah | WTA | Hard court | Sylvia Hanika | 1: 6, 6: 4, 6: 1 |
9. | March 6, 1988 | Wichita | WTA | Hard court (hall) | Sylvia Hanika | 7: 6 5 , 7: 5 |
10. | September 12, 1988 | Phoenix | WTA | Hard court | Dinky Van Rensburg | 6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 2 |
11. | March 12, 1989 | Indian Wells | WTA Tier III | Hard court | Jenny Byrne | 6: 4, 6: 1 |
12. | May 28, 1989 | Geneva | WTA Tier V | sand | Conchita Martínez | 6: 4, 6: 0 |
13. | February 17, 1991 | Linz | WTA Tier V | Carpet (hall) | Petra Langrová | 6: 4, 7: 6 1 |
14th | May 26, 1991 | Geneva | WTA Tier IV | sand | Helen Kelesi | 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3 |
15th | September 29, 1991 | Bayonne | WTA Tier IV | Carpet (hall) | Leila Mes'chi | 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4 |
16. | 4th October 1992 | Bayonne | WTA Tier IV | Carpet (hall) | Nathalie Tauziat | 6: 7 4 , 6: 2, 6: 3 |
17th | February 28, 1993 | Linz | WTA Tier III | Carpet (hall) | Conchita Martínez | 6: 2, 1: 0 task |
18th | October 10, 1993 | Zurich | WTA Tier I | Carpet (hall) | Martina Navrátilová | 6: 3, 7: 6 1 |
19th | February 13, 1994 | Osaka | WTA Tier III | Carpet (hall) | Iva Majoli | 6: 1, 4: 6, 7: 5 |
Double
No. | date | competition | category | Topping | Partner | Final opponents | Result |
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1. | July 26, 1985 | Indianapolis | WTA World Tour | sand | Katerina Maleewa |
Penny Barg-Lean Paula Smith |
3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4 |
2. | July 11, 1987 | Knokke-Heist | WTA World Tour | sand | Bettina Bunge |
Kathy Horvath Marcella Mesker |
4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4 |
3. | February 16, 1991 | Linz | WTA Tier V | Carpet (hall) | Raffaella Reggi |
Petra Langrová Radka Zrubáková |
6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 3 |
4th | April 10, 1993 | Amelia Island | WTA Tier II | sand | Leila Mes'chi |
Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui |
3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4 |
Performing in Grand Slam tournaments
singles
competition | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | Career |
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Australian Open | 3 | - | - | VF | - | AF | - | - | - | 2 | VF | AF | VF | VF |
French Open | 2 | 3 | AF | VF | 3 | VF | 3 | VF | VF | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | VF |
Wimbledon | 2 | 2 | VF | AF | AF | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | - | VF |
US Open | 3 | 3 | 1 | AF | VF | AF | VF | VF | VF | AF | HF | HF | - | HF |
Double
competition | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | Career |
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Australian Open | - | - | AF | - | - | - | - | - | AF | AF | 2 | AF | AF |
French Open | 1 | 2 | 2 | VF | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | AF | - | VF |
Wimbledon | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
US Open | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
Web links
- WTA profile of Manuela Maleeva (English)
- ITF profile Manuela Maleeva (English)
- Fed Cup stats by Manuela Maleeva (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Maleeva, Manuela |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Малеева, Мануела (Bulgarian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian-Swiss tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1967 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sofia , Bulgaria |