Sessil Karatancheva

Sessil Karatancheva
Sessil Karatancheva 2019 at Wimbledon
Nation:	Kazakhstan 2009–2014 Bulgaria 2003–2009, 2014–
Birthday:	August 8, 1989
Size:	171 cm
Weight:	64 kg
1st professional season:	2003
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Radoslaw Karatanchev (father)
Prize money:	$ 1,354,270
singles
Career record:	419: 301
Career title:	0 WTA , 9 ITF
Highest ranking:	35 (November 7, 2005)
Current placement:	245
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	25:45
Career title:	0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking:	154 (April 19, 2010)
Current placement:	899
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: August 12, 2019
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Sessile Radoslawowa Karatantschewa ( Bulgarian Сесил Радославова Каратанчева , Russian Сесиль Радославовна Каратанчева sessile Radoslawowna Karatantschewa , English Sesil Karatantcheva * 8. August 1989 in Sofia ) is a Bulgarian tennis player . From 2009 to 2014 she played for Kazakhstan .

Career

Karatancheva has been on the professional tour since 2003. So far, she has won nine individual titles at ITF tournaments.

In 2004 she reached the third round at the WTA tournament in Indian Wells , in which she was defeated by Maria Sharapova in three sets. In June she won the French Open with the juniors when she defeated Mădălina Gojnea 6: 4 and 6: 0 in the final. At the WTA tournament in Québec , she made it to the quarterfinals. In the same year she appeared for the first time for the Bulgarian Fed Cup team , for which she played nine games in 2004 and 2005 and contributed six wins.

In early 2005, she was in the quarterfinals of the Gold Coast WTA tournament . At the French Open , she achieved her greatest success in a Grand Slam tournament in 2005 when she reached the quarter-finals . In December, the French newspaper L'Équipe reported that Karatancheva had tested positive for the doping agent nandrolone during the French Open . In January 2006, she was banned from the ITF for two years.

In 2008 she returned to the tour and achieved some success at the ITF level. However, there was a dispute with the Bulgarian Association when they did not compete in the Fed Cup , but wanted to play a tournament in La Quinta instead. In May 2008 she reached the main draw of a WTA tournament in Fez for the first time after her suspension.

In January 2009, Karatancheva became a Kazakh citizen; until the end of 2014 she played for the Kazakh Fed Cup team (17 wins, 12 losses).

After the Australian Open in 2010, she could not qualify for the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament for two years. It wasn't until the French Open in 2012 that she succeeded in doing this again; in the second round she had to admit defeat to Carla Suárez Navarro in three sets.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 28, 2003	Volos	ITF $ 10,000	carpet	Tsvetana Pironkova	6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 2
2.	October 19, 2003	Carcavelos	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Rosa María Andrés	7: 5, 6: 3
3.	December 14, 2003	Shenzhen	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Zheng Jie	7: 5, 1: 6, 6: 3
4th	December 5, 2004	Palm Beach Gardens	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Sania Mirza	3: 6, 6: 2, 7: 5
5.	January 20, 2008	Surprise	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Angela Haynes	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 4
6th	February 3, 2008	La Quinta	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Sandra Klösel	6: 4, 7: 5
7th	November 13, 2011	Phoenix	ITF $ 75,000	Hard court	Michelle Larcher de Brito	6: 1, 7: 5
8th.	17th September 2017	Las Vegas	ITF $ 60,000	Hard court	Eliza Kostova	7: 6 7 , 7: 6 2
9.	17th February 2019	Surprise	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Cori Gauff	5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 1

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	-	1	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	1	-	Q1	Q1	1: 4	2
French Open	-	VF	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	Q2	6: 3	VF
Wimbledon	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	Q1	1: 3	2
US Open	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	Q1	1	Q2	1: 4	2

Double

competition	2005	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	-	0-0	-
French Open	-	0-0	-
Wimbledon	1	0: 1	1
US Open	1	0: 1	1

World ranking positions at the end of the season

year	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
singles	526	127	35	-	-	150	134	139	175	93	142	176	109	212	176	238
Double	-	-	894	-	-	262	203	463	370	1197	-	-	-	-	754	-

Web links

Commons : Sessil Karatancheva  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA profile of Sessil Karatancheva (English)
• ITF profile of Sessil Karatancheva (English)
• Fed Cup Stats Sessil Karatantschewa (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peter Penders: Even Thomas Haas asks for an encore. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . May 31, 2005, accessed October 30, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Christian Tretbar: Karatancheva surcharge. In: Der Tagesspiegel . June 1, 2005, accessed October 30, 2014 . 
3. ^ Doping ban for Karatancheva. In: Handelsblatt . January 11, 2006, accessed October 30, 2014 . 
4. ↑ René Hofmann: Who cancels for the French Open? In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . May 10, 2010, accessed October 30, 2014 .