Dia Evtimova

Dia Evtimova
Диа Евтимова

Dia Evtimova at the 2008 Allianz Cup
Country	Bulgaria
Residence	Haskovo, Bulgaria
Born	(1987-04-30) 30 April 1987 Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	1.68m
Turned pro	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$180,981
Singles
Career record	342-258
Career titles	0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 145 (31 October 2011)
Current ranking	No. 274 (11 November 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2012)
French Open	Q1 (2012)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2012)
US Open	Q3 (2012)
Doubles
Career record	72-64
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 275 (15 June 2009)
Current ranking	No. 292 (11 November 2013)
Last updated on: 11 November 2013.

Dia Evtimova (Bulgarian: Диа Евтимова) (born 30 April 1987) is a professional Bulgarian tennis player. On 31 October 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 145 whilst her best doubles ranking was 275 on 15 June 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 14–12 record.^[3]

ITF Circuit finals: 29 (12–17)

Singles: 18 (7–11)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	August 28, 2005	Maribor, Slovenia ITF $10,000	Clay	Mari Andersson	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	October 2, 2005	Volos, Greece ITF $10,000	Carpet	Patricia Mayr	4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up	3.	June 4, 2006	Rousse, Bulgaria ITF $10,000	Clay	Maria Penkova	7–5, 4–6, 1–6
Winner	4.	June 11, 2006	Haskovo, Bulgaria ITF $10,000	Clay	Anna Gerasimou	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Runner-up	5.	August 27, 2006	Maribor, Slovenia ITF $10,000	Clay	Andreja Klepač	4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Winner	6.	September 3, 2006	Palić, Serbia & Montenegro ITF $10,000	Clay	Iveta Gerlová	6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	October 1, 2006	Podgorica, Serbia & Montenegro ITF $25,000	Clay	Ana Veselinović	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	8.	July 1, 2007	Bucharest, Romania ITF $25,000	Clay	Julia Görges	0–6, 1–6
Runner-up	9.	March 15, 2009	Rome, Italy ITF $10,000	Clay	Karolina Kosińska	2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	10.	July 26, 2009	Bucharest, Romania ITF $10,000	Clay	Elena Bogdan	3–6, 1–6
Winner	11.	September 27, 2009	Sandanski, Bulgaria ITF $10,000	Clay	Tanya Germanlieva	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	12.	October 4, 2009	Dobrich, Bulgaria ITF $10,000	Clay	Simona Matei	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	13.	October 18, 2009	Madrid, Spain ITF $50,000	Clay	Anna Floris	1–6, 3–6
Winner	14.	February 27, 2011	Antalya, Turkey ITF $10,000	Clay	Marion Gaud	6–3, 6–4
Winner	15.	July 2, 2011	Ystad, Sweden ITF $25,000	Clay	Jana Čepelová	6–3, 6–4
Winner	16.	September 17, 2011	Zagreb, Croatia ITF $50,000	Clay	Anastasia Pivovarova	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	17.	May 5, 2013	Indian Harbour Beach, USA ITF $50,000	Clay	Petra Rampre	0–6, 1–6
Winner	18.	October 20, 2013	Burgas, Bulgaria ITF $10,000	Clay	Viktoriya Tomova	6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 11 (5–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winners	1.	June 4, 2006	Rousse, Bulgaria ITF $10,000	Clay	Karoline Borgersen	Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova Nadejda Vassileva	6–0, 6–0
Runners-up	2.	June 11, 2006	Haskovo, Bulgaria ITF $10,000	Clay	Nicole Clerico	Rita Esteves de Freitas Neda Kozić	4–6, 4–6
Winners	3.	July 30, 2006	Horb, Germany ITF $10,000	Clay	Josipa Bek	Julia Görges Lydia Steinbach	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runners-up	4.	August 27, 2006	Maribor, Slovenia ITF $10,000	Clay	Maša Zec Peškirič	Diana Enache Antonia-Xenia Tout	W/O
Runners-up	5.	September 13, 2009	Rousse, Bulgaria ITF $10,000	Clay	Malou Ejdesgaard	Ioana Ivan Simona Matei	1–6, 4–6
Runners-up	6.	June 28, 2013	Périgueux, France ITF $25,000	Clay	Anna Katalina Alzate Esmurzaeva	Michaela Hončová Laura Thorpe	6–7(3–7), 1–6
Runners-up	7.	July 5, 2013	Denain, France ITF $25,000	Clay	Laura-Ioana Andrei	Tatiana Bua Arabela Fernández Rabener	5–7, 2–6
Winners	8.	July 26, 2013	Istanbul, Turkey ITF $10,000	Hard	Melis Sezer	Khristina Kazimova Vladyslava Zanosiyenko	7–5, 6–3
Winners	9.	September 13, 2013	Sofia, Bulgaria ITF $25,000	Clay	Viktoriya Tomova	Beatriz García Vidagany Réka-Luca Jani	6–4, 2–6, [10–6]
Winners	10.	October 19, 2013	Burgas, Bulgaria ITF $10,000	Clay	Viktoriya Tomova	Federica Arcidiacono Julia Terziyska	6–4, 6–3
Runners-up	11.	December 20, 2013	Mérida, Mexico ITF $25,000	Hard	Chieh-Yu Hsu	Barbara Bonić Hilda Melander	3–6, 5–7

Fed Cup

Dia Evtimova debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 2007. Since then she has a 7–10 singles record and a 7–2 doubles record (14–12 overall).

Singles (7–10)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
2007 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	April 18, 2007	Great Britain	Clay	Elena Baltacha	L	6–4, 4–6, 6–8
		April 19, 2007	Poland		Urszula Radwańska	L	1–6, 3–6
		April 20, 2007	Luxembourg		Mandy Minella	L	3–6, 7–5, 3–6
	RPO	April 21, 2007	Lithuania		Julija Gotovskyte	W	6–1, 3–0, Ret.
2008 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	January 30, 2008	Portugal	Carpet (I)	Ana-Catarina Nogueira	W	6–2, 7–5
		January 31, 2008	Luxembourg		Mandy Minella	L	3–6, 7–6(7–2), 3–6
		February 1, 2008	Netherlands		Renee Rainhard	L	0–6, 3–6
	PO	February 2, 2008	Hungary		Ágnes Szávay	L	0–6, 0–6
2010 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	February 3, 2010	Netherlands	Hard (I)	Chayenne Ewijk	L	1–6, 7–6(8–6), 2–6
		February 4, 2010	Israel		Keren Shlomo	W	6–0, 6–3
	RPO	February 6, 2010	Portugal		Neuza Silva	W	6–1, 6–1
2011 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	February 3, 2011	Luxembourg	Hard	Anne Kremer	L	3–6, 3–6
	RPO	February 5, 2011	Latvia		Irina Kuzmina	W	5–7, 6–3, 6–3
2012 Europe/Africa Group I	PO	February 4, 2012	Portugal	Hard	Michelle Larcher de Brito	L	1–6, 1–6
2013 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	February 7, 2013	Netherlands	Hard	Richèl Hogenkamp	W	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
		February 9, 2013	Slovenia		Tina Rupert	W	6–1, 6–0
	PPO	February 10, 2013	Great Britain		Laura Robson	L	0–6, 4–6

Doubles (7–2)

Edition	Round	Date	Partner	Against	Surface	Opponents	W/L	Result
2007 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	April 20, 2007	Dessislava Mladenova	Luxembourg	Clay	Mandy Minella Lynn Philippe	W	3–6, 7–6(7–3), 0–1, Ret.
2008 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	January 30, 2008	Tsvetana Pironkova	Portugal	Carpet (I)	Magali de Lattre Maria João Koehler	W	6–1, 6–2
		January 31, 2008	Tsvetana Pironkova	Luxembourg		Mandy Minella Claudine Schaul	W	6–4, 6–3
2010 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	February 3, 2010	Tsvetana Pironkova	Netherlands	Hard (I)	Richèl Hogenkamp Nicole Thijssen	W	7–5, 5–7, 6–2
		February 4, 2010	Tsvetana Pironkova	Israel		Julia Glushko Shahar Pe'er	L	2–6, 5–7
2011 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	February 4, 2011	Magdalena Maleeva	Israel	Hard	Valeriya Patiuk Keren Shlomo	W	6–3, 6–4
2012 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	February 1, 2012	Tsvetana Pironkova	Estonia	Hard	Eva Paalma Tatjana Vorobjova	W	W/O
		February 3, 2012	Tsvetana Pironkova	Austria		Patricia Mayr Yvonne Meusburger	L	1–6, 2–6
2013 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	February 8, 2013	Isabella Shinikova	Luxembourg	Hard	Laura Correia Tiffany Cornelius	W	6–2, 6–2

• RR = Round Robin
• RPO = Relegation Play-off
• W/O = Walk over

References

External links

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