Svetlana Kriventschewa

Svetlana Kriventschewa
Svetlana Kriventschewa (2011)
Nation:	Bulgaria
Birthday:	December 30, 1973
Size:	180 cm
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 349,520
singles
Career record:	397: 455
Career title:	0 WTA , 2 ITF
Highest ranking:	142 (February 9 1998)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	265: 280
Career title:	0 WTA, 21 ITF
Highest ranking:	69 (August 3 1998)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Svetlana Kriventschewa ( Bulgarian Светлана Кривенчева , English transcription Svetlana Krivencheva ; born December 30, 1973 in Plovdiv ) is a former Bulgarian tennis player .

Career

Krivencheva, who preferred her game on hard courts, began playing tennis at the age of eight.

She won two singles and 21 doubles titles in the ITF Women's Circuit during her career . On the WTA Tour she was first seen in the main field at the German Open 1996 , together with Tatjana Ječmenica in doubles, where she lost her first round match against Ruxandra Dragomir / Ann Wunderlich with 2: 6 and 3: 6.

Between 1998 and 2004 she played for the Bulgarian Fed Cup team , where she was twice victorious in six matches in doubles.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	June 1993	Sofia	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Nicole Wist	4: 6, 6: 0, 7: 5
2.	September 1993	Burgas	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Amanda Wainwright	6: 3, 1: 6, 7: 6 3

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	May 1989	Athens	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Dora Rangelova	Lily Nejasmic Mary Nejasmic	6: 3, 6: 4
2.	April 1991	Bari	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Monika Kratochvílová	Jennifer Fuchs Flora Perfetti	5: 7, 6: 2, 7: 5
3.	February 1992	Montemor-o-Novo	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Jelena Lichowzewa	Angelina Petrova Petra Rihtaric	6: 4, 6: 4
4th	February 1992	Vilamoura	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Jelena Lichowzewa	Tania Couto Sofia Prazeres	6: 3, 6: 2
5.	April 1992	Lerida	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Iryna Sukhova	Martina Crha Lisa Pugliese	6: 1, 6: 2
6th	May 1992	Balaguer	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Iryna Sukhova	Paola Suárez Pamela Zingman	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
7th	August 1992	Rebecq	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Jelena Lichowzewa	Nelly Barkan Maria Marfina	7: 5, 6: 2
8th.	October 1992	Langenthal	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court (hall)	Nelly Barkan	Gaby Coorengel Amy van Buuren	7: 6 4 , 3: 6, 6: 4
9.	May 1993	Lerida	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Christina Zachariadou	Emily Bond Caroline Toyre	6: 1, 6: 4
10.	September 1993	Burgas	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Olena Tatarkova	Camilla Persson Anna-Karin Svensson	5: 7, 6: 2, 6: 3
11.	July 1995	Darmstadt	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Květa Hrdličková	Magdalena Feistel Helena Vildová	7: 6 4 , 6: 2
12.	August 1995	Budapest	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Tatjana Ječmenica	Magdalena Feistel Helena Vildová	6: 4, 6: 3
13.	March 1997	Reims	ITF $ 25,000	Sand (hall)	Olena Tatarkova	Silke Meier Petra Schwarz	6: 2, 6: 2
14th	July 1997	Darmstadt	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Pavlina Stoyanova	Magdalena Feistel Olga Ivanova	6: 0, 2: 6, 6: 3
15th	July 1997	Rostock	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Pavlina Stoyanova	Renee Reid Réka Vidáts	without a fight
16.	August 1997	Sopot	ITF $ 75,000	sand	Olena Tatarkova	Radka Bobková Lenka Němečková	7: 6 7 , 6: 3
17th	July 1999	Puchheim	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Eva Melicharová	Kirstin Freye Syna Schmidle	6: 2, 6: 4
18th	April 2000	Quartu Sant'Elena	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Antoaneta Pandscherowa	Michaela Paštiková Helena Vildová	7: 5, 7: 6 9
19th	July 2000	Puchheim	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Zuzana Váleková	Angelika Bachmann Melanie Schnell	7: 5, 3: 6, 7: 5
20th	August 2000	Saint-Gaudens	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Olena Tatarkova	Eszter Molnár Maja Palaveršić	3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 3
21st	October 2010	Williamsburg	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Angelina Gabueva	Salome Dewidse Magda Okruashvili	6: 4, 3: 6, [10: 8]

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	1998	Career
Australian Open	1	1
French Open	-	-
Wimbledon	-	-
US Open	-	-

Double

competition	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	Career
Australian Open	-	AF	AF	1	1	AF
French Open	1	1	1	-	1	1
Wimbledon	-	-	1	-	1	1
US Open	-	-	1	AF	1	AF

Web links

Commons : Swetlana Kriventschewa  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• WTA profile of Svetlana Kriventschewa (English)
• ITF profile of Svetlana Kriventschewa (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Svetlana Kriwentschewa (English)