Dia Evtimova

Dia Evtimova
Диа Евтимова

Dia Evtimova at the 2008 Allianz Cup
Country  Bulgaria
Residence Sofia, Bulgaria
Born 30 April 1987 (1987-04-30) (age 24)
Haskovo, Bulgaria
Turned pro 2002
Plays Right (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money $108,951
Singles
Career record 270–190
Career titles 0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking No. 146 (October 24, 2011)
Current ranking No. 146 (October 24, 2011)
Grand Slam results
US Open Q2 (2011)
Doubles
Career record 51–53
Career titles 0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking No. 275 (June 15, 2009)
Current ranking No. 600 (October 24, 2011)
Last updated on: August 15, 2011.

Dia Evtimova (Bulgarian: Диа Евтимова) (born April 30, 1987) is a professional Bulgarian tennis player. On October 24, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 146 whilst her best doubles ranking was 275 on June 15, 2009.[1] In 2010, she qualified for the Internationaux de Strasbourg where she was defeated by Maria Sharapova in the second round.[2] In 2011, she qualified for the Gastein Ladies where she reached her first WTA quarterfinal, but there she lost to Patricia Mayr-Achleitner. She has also played for the Bulgarian Fed Cup team, with a current 10-10 record.[3]

Contents

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles finals: 16 (6–10)

Outcome No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 2005 Maribor
ITF $10,000		 Clay Mari Andersson 5–7, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 2005 Volos
ITF $10,000		 Carpet Patricia Mayr 4–6, 6–7(5)
Runner-up 3. 2006 Ruse
ITF $10,000		 Clay Maria Penkova 7–5, 4–6, 1–6
Winner 4. 2006 Haskovo
ITF $10,000		 Clay Anna Gerasimou 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–3
Runner-up 5. 2006 Maribor
ITF $10,000		 Clay Andreja Klepač 4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Winner 6. 2006 Palić
ITF $10,000		 Clay Iveta Gerlová 6–0, 6–4
Runner-up 7. 2006 Podgorica
ITF $25,000		 Clay Ana Veselinović 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 8. 2007 Bucharest
ITF $25,000		 Clay Julia Görges 0–6, 1–6
Runner-up 9. 2009 Rome
ITF $10,000		 Clay Karolina Kosińska 2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up 10. 2009 Bucharest
ITF $10,000		 Clay Elena Bogdan 3–6, 1–6
Winner 11. 2009 Haskovo
ITF $10,000		 Clay Tanya Germanlieva 6–3, 6–0
Runner-up 12. 2009 Dobrich
ITF $10,000		 Clay Simona Matei 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 13. 2009 Madrid
ITF $50,000		 Clay Anna Floris 1–6, 3–6
Winner 14. 2011 Antalya
ITF $10,000		 Clay Marion Gaud 6–3, 6–4
Winner 15. 2011 Ystad
ITF $25,000		 Clay Jana Cepelova 6–3, 6–4
Winner 16. 2011 Zagreb
ITF $50,000		 Clay Anastasia Pivovarova 6–2, 6–2

Doubles finals: 5 (2–3)

Outcome No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Winners 1. 2006 Ruse
ITF $10,000		 Clay Karoline Borgersen Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova
Nadejda Vassileva		 6–0, 6–0
Runner-ups 2. 2006 Haskovo
ITF $10,000		 Clay Nicole Clerico Rita Esteves de Freitas
Neda Kozić		 4–6, 4–6
Winners 3. 2006 Horb am Neckar
ITF $10,000		 Clay Josipa Bek Julia Görges
Lydia Steinbach		 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-ups 4. 2006 Maribor
ITF $10,000		 Clay Maša Zec Peškirič Diana Enache
Antonia-Xenia Tout		 W/O
Runner-ups 5. 2009 Ruse
ITF $10,000		 Clay Malou Ejdesgaard Ioana Ivan
Simona Matei		 1–6, 4–6

Fed Cup

Dia Evtimova debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 2007. Since then she has a 5–8 singles record and a 5–2 doubles record (10–10 overall).

Participations (20)

Singles (13)

Edition Round Against Surface Opponent W–L Result
2007 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Group I		 RR Great Britain Clay Elena Baltacha Loss 6–4, 4–6, 6–8
Poland Urszula Radwańska Loss 1–6, 3–6
Luxembourg Mandy Minella Loss 3–6, 7–5, 3–6
GI Play-Offs Lithuania Clay Julija Gotovskyte Win 6–1, 3–0 (Ret.)
2008 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Group I		 RR Portugal Carpet (I) Ana-Catarina Nogueira Win 6–2, 7–5
Luxembourg Mandy Minella Loss 3–6, 7–6(2), 3–6
Netherlands Renee Rainhard Loss 0–6, 3–6
GI Play-Offs Hungary Carpet (I) Ágnes Szávay Loss 0–6, 0–6
2009 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Group I		 RR Netherlands Hard (I) Chayenne Ewijk Loss 1–6, 7–6(6), 2–6
Israel Keren Shlomo Win 6–0, 6–3
GI Play-Offs Portugal Hard (I) Neuza Silva Win 6–1, 6–1
2011 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Group I		 RR Luxembourg Hard Anne Kremer Loss 3–6, 3–6
GI Play-Offs Latvia Hard Irina Kuzmina Win 5–7, 6–3, 6–3

Doubles (7)

Edition Round Partnering Against Surface Opponents W–L Result
2007 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Group I		 RR Dessislava Mladenova Luxembourg Clay Mandy Minella
Lynn Philippe		 Win 3–6, 7–6(3), 0–1 (Ret.)
2008 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Group I		 RR Tsvetana Pironkova Portugal Carpet (I) Magali de Lattre
Maria João Koehler		 Win 6–1, 6–2
Tsvetana Pironkova Luxembourg Carpet (I) Mandy Minella
Claudine Schaul		 Win 6–4, 6–3
2010 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Group I		 RR Tsvetana Pironkova Netherlands Hard (I) Richel Hogenkamp
Nicole Thyssen		 Win 7–5, 5–7, 6–2
Tsvetana Pironkova Israel Hard (I) Julia Glushko
Shahar Peer		 Loss 2–6, 5–7
GI Play-Offs Tsvetana Pironkova Portugal Hard (I) Maria João Koehler
Neuza Silva		 Loss W/O
2011 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Group I		 RR Magdalena Maleeva Israel Hard Valeriya Patiuk
Keren Shlomo		 Win 6–3, 6–4

References

  1. ^ "Dia Evtimova's Biography at ITFTennis". http://www.itftennis.com. 2010-11-11. http://www.itftennis.com/womens/players/player.asp?player=100004181. Retrieved 2010-11-11. 
  2. ^ Watterson, Johnny (2010-05-20). "In-form Niland braced for major test". Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0520/1224270710469.html. Retrieved 2010-10-16. "Meanwhile, top-seed Maria Sharapova dispatched qualifier Dia Evtimova 6-3 6-0 in the second round of the Internationaux de Strasbourg yesterday." 
  3. ^ http://www.fedcup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100004181

External links

Women's Tennis Association: Top ten Bulgarian female singles tennis players as of October 24, 2011
1. Tsvetana Pironkova (47 ) · 2. Elitsa Kostova (143 3) · 3. Dia Evtimova (146 2) · 4. Aleksandrina Naydenova (316 1) · 5. Isabella Shinikova (347 3)
6. Martina Gledacheva (431 22) · 7. Julia Stamatova (642 2) · 8. Dalia Zafirova (741 7) · 9. Viktoriya Tomova (823 57)  · 10. Nadejda Vassileva (1,096 5)