Elena Pampoulova

Elena Pampoulova
Елена Пампулова

Country	Bulgaria (1972-96)  Germany (1997-2001)
Residence	Sofia, Bulgaria
Born	(1972-05-17) May 17, 1972 Sofia, Bulgaria
Turned pro	1988
Retired	2001
Prize money	$704,882
Singles
Career record	243–179
Career titles	1 WTA, 12 ITF
Highest ranking	62 (September 09, 1996)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (1990, 1998, 1999)
French Open	2R (1990, 1998, 1999)
Wimbledon	3R (1999)
US Open	3R (1997)
Doubles
Career record	163–146
Career titles	3 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	38 (September 23, 1996)
Last updated on: September 12, 2012.

Elena Pampoulova (also Elena Wagner, Elena Pampoulova-Bergomi, Bulgarian: Елена Пампулова, born 17 May 1972, in Sofia) is a retired professional tennis player from Bulgaria. She competed for Fed Cup of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). Elena's first tennis coach was her own mother, Bulgarian tennis player Lubka Radkova. Elena's father, Emilian Pampoulov, is also a tennis player.

Tennis career

Pampoulova's professional tennis career span from 1988 to 2001. Her career-high singles ranking is 62 (9 September 1996). Her career-high doubles ranking is 38 (23 September 1996).

Pampoulova played for Bulgaria and the Bulgaria Fed Cup team from 1988 to 1992. Pampulova was one of only three players to represent Bulgaria in tennis at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona (together with Katerina Maleeva and Magdalena Maleeva).

From 1997 to 1999 Elena played for Germany and the Germany Fed Cup team. Her total tennis career prize money amounts to $704,882. Pampoulova has 13 career titles in singles (1 of the from WTA tour) and 11 career titles in doubles (3 of them from WTA tour).

Personal life

On 11 July 2006, Elena Pampoulova married her long-time boy-friend, Swiss banker Christian Bergomi. The couple currently lives in Switzerland, where Elena is an investment banker.^[1] Their son Alex was born in early 2008.

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	November 13, 1994	Surabaya, Indonesia WTA Tier IV	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	2–6, 6–0, Ret.
Runner-up	2.	August 2, 1998	Sopot, Poland WTA Tier IV	Clay	Henrieta Nagyová	3–6, 7–5, 1–6

Doubles: 8 (3–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-ups	1.	August 6, 1989	Sofia, Bulgaria WTA Tier V	Clay	Silke Meier	Laura Garrone Laura Golarsa	4–6, 5–7
Runner-ups	2.	September 17, 1989	Athens, Greece WTA Tier V	Clay	Silke Meier	Sandra Cecchini Patricia Tarabini	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-ups	3.	September 15, 1996	Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic WTA Tier IV	Clay	Eva Martincová	Karina Habšudová Helena Suková	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Winners	4.	September 22, 1996	Warsaw, Poland WTA Tier III	Clay	Olga Lugina	Alexandra Fusai Laura Garrone	1–6, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-ups	5.	January 5, 1997	Auckland, New Zealand WTA Tier IV	Hard	Aleksandra Olsza	Janette Husárová Dominique Van Roost	2–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Runner-ups	6.	April 27, 1997	Budapest, Hungary WTA Tier IV	Clay	Eva Martincová	Amanda Coetzer Alexandra Fusai	3–6, 1–6
Winners	7.	July 19, 1998	Palermo, Italy WTA Tier IV	Clay	Pavlina Nola	Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder	6–4, 6–2
Winners	8.	August 8, 1999	Knokke-Heist, Belgium WTA Tier IV	Clay	Eva Martincová	Evgenia Koulikovskaya Sandra Naćuk	3–6, 6–3, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals: 27 (20–7)

Singles: 14 (12–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	October 30, 1988	Baden, Switzerland ITF $10,000	Clay	Katarzyna Nowak	6–1, 6–1
Winner	2.	December 4, 1988	Melbourne, Australia ITF $10,000	Hard	Xóchitl Escobedo	7–6(7–3), 6–2
Winner	3.	May 28, 1989	Athens, Greece ITF $10,000	Clay	Dora Rangelova	6–1, 6–7, 6–1
Winner	4.	July 16, 1989	Erlangen, Germany ITF $25,000	Clay	Wiltrud Probst	6–1, 2–6, 6–3
Winner	5.	August 20, 1989	Budapest, Hungary ITF $25,000	Clay	Silke Frankl	6–4, 6–7, 6–0
Winner	6.	July 8, 1990	Vaihingen, Germany ITF $25,000	Clay	Denisa Krajčovičová	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	November 22, 1992	Nottingham, United Kingdom ITF $25,000	Carpet (I)	Elena Makarova	6–3, 2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	8.	March 20, 1994	Reims, France ITF $25,000	Clay (I)	Catherine Mothes	1–6, 2–6
Winner	9.	October 30, 1994	Jakarta, Indonesia ITF $50,000	Hard	Hiromi Nagano	6–4, 6–1
Winner	10.	December 3, 1995	Limoges, France ITF $50,000	Hard	Paula Hermida	7–5, 6–3
Winner	11.	February 25, 1996	Redbridge, United Kingdom ITF $25,000	Hard	Haruka Inoue	6–4, 6–4
Winner	12.	March 3, 1996	Southampton, United Kingdom ITF $50,000	Carpet (I)	Isabelle Demongeot	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	13.	April 21, 1996	Murcia, Spain ITF $75,000	Clay	Patty Schnyder	6–4, 6–3
Winner	14.	March 29, 1998	Woodlands, CA, USA ITF $25,000	Hard	Anna Smashnova	2–6, 6–1, 7–5

Doubles: 13 (8–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-ups	1.	November 4, 1988	Melbourne, Australia ITF $10,000	Hard	Kristin Godridge	Natalia Leipus Bernadette Randall-Marshall	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 2–6
Winners	2.	April 9, 1989	Bari, Italy ITF $10,000	Clay	Marion Maruska	Andrea Noszály Eva Maria Schuerhoff	W/O
Winners	3.	June 14, 1992	Modena, Italy ITF $25,000	Clay	Ruxandra Dragomir	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tschan	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-ups	4.	August 4, 1992	Vaihingen, Germany ITF $25,000	Clay	Joannette Kruger	Eva Martincová Pavlína Rajzlová	4–6, 0–6
Runner-ups	5.	November 15, 1992	Manchester, United Kingdom ITF $25,000	Carpet (I)	Nathalie Tschan	Elena Likhovtseva Elena Makarova	3–6, 4–6
Winners	6.	November 22, 1992	Nottingham, United Kingdom ITF $25,000	Carpet (I)	Els Callens	Ruxandra Dragomir Irina Spîrlea	7–6(7–3), 6–4
Winners	7.	April 11, 1993	Limoges, France ITF $25,000	Carpet (I)	Silvia Farina Elia	Stephanie Reece Danielle Scott	6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
Winners	8.	April 11, 1993	Poitiers, France ITF $25,000	Hard	Olga Lugina	Els Callens Nancy Feber	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Winners	9.	December 11, 1994	Cergy-Pontoise, France ITF $50,000	Hard (I)	Angelique Olivier	Kateřina Šišková Eva Melicharová	6–1, 6–4
Winners	10.	October 29, 1995	Lakeland, FL, USA ITF $50,000	Hard	Eva Martincová	Sandra Cacic Tracey Rodgers	1–6, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-ups	11.	December 3, 1995	Limoges, France ITF $50,000	Hard	Eva Martincová	Eva Melicharová Helena Vildová	3–6, 6–0, 4–6
Winners	12.	October 29, 1997	Makarska, Croatia ITF $75,000	Clay	Olga Lugina	Maria Goloviznina Evgenia Kulikovskaya	5–7, 7–5, 7–5
Runner-ups	13.	April 26, 1998	Prostějov, Czech Republic ITF $75,000	Clay	Olga Lugina	Lenka Cenková Kateřina Šišková	4–6, 6–4, 4–6

Fed Cup

Elena Pampoulova debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 1988. Since then she has a 5–6 singles record and a 3–2 doubles record (8–8 overall).

Singles (5–6)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
1988 World Group I	QR	December 4, 1988	Philippines	Hard	Sarah Rafael	W	6–3, 6–2
	R1	December 5, 1988	Sweden		Catarina Lindqvist	L	5–7, 3–6
	PO	December 6, 1988	Malta		Carol Cassar-Torreggiani	W	7–6(7–5), 6–3
	PO	December 7, 1988	Netherlands		Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	L	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 5–7
1990 World Group I	QR	July 21, 1990	Philippines	Hard	Sarah Castillejo	W	6–2, 6–0
	R1	July 22, 1990	Austria		Judith Wiesner	L	0–6, 0–6
	PO	July 23, 1990	Norway		Amy Jonsson-Råholt	W	6–4, 6–3
	PO	July 24, 1990	Brazil		Claudia Chabalgoity	L	2–6, 6–2, 4–6
1992 World Group I Play-offs	PO	July 17, 1992	Hungary	Clay	Anna Földényi	L	4–6, 2–6
↓  Representing  Germany  ↓
1999 World Group II	QF	April 24, 1999	Japan	Clay	Shinobu Asagoe	L	6–7(6–8), 1–6
		April 25, 1999			Miho Saeki	W	7–6(10–8), 6–3

Doubles (3–2)

Edition	Round	Date	Partner	Against	Surface	Opponents	W/L	Result
1988 World Group I	R1	December 5, 1988	Galia Angelova	Sweden	Hard	Jonna Jonerup Maria Lindström	L	6–2, 6–7(5–7), 1–6
1990 World Group I	PO	July 23, 1990	Dora Rangelova	Norway	Hard	Amy Jonsson-Råholt Astrid Sunde	W	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
1992 World Group I Play-offs	RPO	July 16, 1992	Magdalena Maleeva	Romania	Hard	Ruxandra Dragomir Irina Spîrlea	L	6–7(5–7), 2–6
	RPO	July 17, 1992	Katerina Maleeva	Hungary		Virág Csurgó Kata Györke	W	7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–1
↓  Representing  Germany  ↓
1997 World Group I	QF	March 2, 1997	Barbara Rittner	Czech Republic	Hard (I)	Eva Martincová Ludmila Richterová	W	7–6(7–3), 6–2

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	2R	2R	A	A	0 / 5	3–5
French Open	A	A	2R	1R	A	Q1	Q1	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	Q3	A	0 / 7	3–7
Wimbledon	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	3R	A	A	0 / 5	3–5
US Open	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	3R	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 6	3–6
SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 23	12–23

• A = did not participate in the tournament.
• SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

Notes

External links

• Elena Wagner at the Women's Tennis Association
• Elena Pampoulova at the International Tennis Federation
• Elena Pampoulova at the Fed Cup
• Bulgarian Olympic Committee