Lubomira Bacheva

Lubomira Bacheva
Любомира Бачева

Country	Bulgaria
Residence	Sofia, Bulgaria
Born	(1975-03-07) March 7, 1975 Sofia, Bulgaria
Turned pro	1990
Retired	2004
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$534,838
Singles
Career record	381–275
Career titles	0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 68 (November 1, 1999)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	R1 (2000, 2001)
French Open	R2 (1999)
Wimbledon	R2 (2000)
US Open	R2 (2000)
Doubles
Career record	179–150
Career titles	2 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 53 (April 16, 2001)

Lubomira Bacheva (Bulgarian: Любомира Бачева, born March 7, 1975) is a retired professional tennis player from Bulgaria. She reached her career high ranking of No. 68 in the world on November 1, 1999.

Tennis career

As a junior, Bacheva won the European Championships in 1989 and 1991.^[1]

Bacheva turned professional in 1990 and spent several years on the ITF Women's Circuit building up her ranking. In 1999, she finally broke through the top 100 and reached her first WTA Tour semifinal at the Estoril Open as a lucky loser. She finished that year at No. 73. She finished 2000 again in the top 100. In 2001, she beat Chanda Rubin for her career best win. She played her last professional match in 2004—a first round loss to Dally Randriantefy in an ITF event.

Bacheva won no WTA singles titles, but did win two doubles titles in Casablanca and Budapest respectively. She was a member of the Bulgarian Fed Cup team from 1993 to 1996.^[2]

WTA Career Finals

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winners	1.	April 23, 2000	Budapest, Hungary WTA Tier IV	Clay	Cristina Torrens Valero	Jelena Kostanić Sandra Načuk	6–0, 6–2
Runner-ups	2.	October 1, 2000	Luxembourg, Luxembourg WTA Tier III	Carpet (I)	Cristina Torrens Valero	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	3–6, 6–7(0–7)
Winners	3.	July 29, 2001	Casablanca, Morocco WTA Tier V	Clay	Åsa Svensson	María José Martínez Sánchez María Emilia Salerni	6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–1
Runner-ups	4.	July 14, 2002	Palermo, Italy WTA Tier V	Clay	Angelika Rösch	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Ekaterina Sysoeva	4–6, 3–6

ITF Singles Circuit finals: 53 (20–33)

Singles: 25 (9–16)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	April 7, 1991	Šibenik, Yugoslavia ITF $10,000	Clay	Irina Sukhova	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	June 30, 1991	Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia ITF $10,000	Clay	Kateřina Šišková	2–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	July 7, 1991	Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia ITF $10,000	Clay	Kateřina Šišková	6–4, 1–6, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	September 15, 1991	Haskovo, Bulgaria ITF $10,000	Clay	Elena Makarova	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	August 5, 1992	Vaihingen, Germany ITF $25,000	Clay	Joannette Kruger	1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	6.	September 10, 1996	Spoleto, Italy ITF $25,000	Clay	Cristina Salvi	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Winner	7.	August 10, 1997	Rebecq, Belgium ITF $10,000	Clay	Kildine Chevalier	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	September 28, 1997	Albena, Bulgaria ITF $10,000	Clay	Desislava Topalova	6–2, 4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	9.	November 9, 1997	Moulins, France ITF $10,000	Hard (I)	Edith Nunes-Bersot	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	10.	November 23, 1997	Deauville, France ITF $10,000	Carpet (I)	Gabriela Kučerová	3–6, 6–7
Winner	11.	April 5, 1998	Brest, France ITF $10,000	Hard (I)	Sophie Georges	7–5, 6–0
Runner-up	12.	July 12, 1998	Puchheim, Germany ITF $25,000	Clay	Gisela Riera-Roura	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	13.	July 19, 1998	Darmstadt, Germany ITF $25,000	Clay	Petra Mandula	6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	14.	August 2, 1998	Les Contamines, France ITF $25,000	Hard	Anca Barna	6–7, 1–6
Winner	15.	November 22, 1998	Deauville, France ITF $10,000	Carpet (I)	Silvia Sosnarova	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	16.	March 14, 1999	Biel, Switzerland ITF $25,000	Hard (I)	Evie Dominikovic	4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Winner	17.	March 28, 1999	Dinan, France ITF $25,000	Clay (I)	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Winner	18.	September 12, 1999	Denain, France ITF $25,000	Clay	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	6–4, 6–1
Winner	19.	September 19, 1999	Bordeaux, France ITF $50,000	Clay	Gloria Pizzichini	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	20.	September 26, 1999	Sofia, Bulgaria ITF $25,000	Clay	Marta Marrero	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	21.	September 17, 2000	Bordeaux, France ITF $75,000	Clay	Émilie Loit	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	22.	September 9, 2001	Denain, France ITF $50,000	Clay	Céline Beigbeder	4–6, 0–6
Winner	23.	September 16, 2001	Bordeaux, France ITF $75,000	Clay	Anna Smashnova	4–6, 6–1, 6–0
Runner-up	24.	August 10, 2003	Cuneo, Italy ITF $50,000	Clay	Tathiana Garbin	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	25.	July 18, 2004	Vittel, France ITF $50,000	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 28 (11–17)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winners	1.	February 10, 1991	Helsinki, Finland ITF $10,000	Carpet (I)	Elena Pogorelova	Nadja Beik Meike Babel	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Winners	2.	July 7, 1991	Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia ITF $10,000	Clay	Ivona Horvat	Elena Pogorelova Irina Sukhova	5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Winners	3.	September 15, 1991	Haskovo, Bulgaria ITF $10,000	Clay	Galia Angelova	Elena Pogorelova Irina Sukhova	7–6, 6–7, 6–1
Runner-ups	4.	November 10, 1991	Manchester, Great Britain ITF $25,000	Carpet (I)	Barbara Griffiths	Amanda Grunfeld Julie Salmon	6–7(2–7), 1–6
Runner-ups	5.	April 12, 1992	Limoges, France ITF $25,000	Carpet (I)	Sylvia Števková	Els Callens Michele Strebel	6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Runner-ups	6.	September 20, 1992	Sofia, Bulgaria ITF $25,000	Clay	Galia Angelova	Karina Kuregian Kirrily Sharpe	6–7, 2–6
Winners	7.	September 19, 1993	Sofia, Bulgaria ITF $25,000	Clay	Galia Angelova	Patrícia Marková Kirrily Sharpe	6–0, 7–5
Runner-ups	8.	April 10, 1994	Athens, Greece ITF $10,000	Clay	Sandra Van Der Aa	Patrícia Marková Simona Nedorostova	3–6, 0–6
Runner-ups	9.	September 23, 1995	Sofia, Bulgaria ITF $25,000	Clay	Réka Vidáts	Geraldine Aizenberg Laura Montalvo	2–6, 2–6
Runner-ups	10.	September 28, 1997	Albena, Bulgaria ITF $10,000	Clay	Antoaneta Pandjerova	Galina Dimitrova Desislava Topalova	5–7, 1–6
Winners	11.	November 23, 1997	Deauville, France ITF $10,000	Carpet (I)	Julia Abe	Katalin Marosi Caroline Schneider	6–2, 6–4
Runner-ups	12.	July 5, 1998	Vaihingen, Germany ITF $25,000	Clay	Julia Abe	Laurence Courtois Maja Murić	1–6, 4–6
Winners	13.	August 2, 1998	Les Contamines, France ITF $25,000	Hard	Jasmin Wöhr	Caroline Dhenin Sophie Georges	2–6, 6–1, 6–3
Winners	14.	September 6, 1998	Sofia, Bulgaria ITF $25,000	Clay	Maaike Koutstaal	Magda Mihalache Zuzana Váleková	6–1, 7–5
Runner-ups	15.	November 22, 1998	Deauville, France ITF $10,000	Carpet (I)	Iroda Tulyaganova	Emmanuelle Curutchet Samantha Schoeffel	1–6, 6–2, 6–7
Runner-ups	16.	September 19, 1999	Bordeaux, France ITF $50,000	Clay	Cristina Torrens Valero	Åsa Svensson Émilie Loit	2–6, 6–7
Runner-ups	17.	July 8, 2001	Orbetello, Italy ITF $25,000	Clay	Laurence Courtois	María Emilia Salerni Patricia Tarabini	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 1–6
Runner-ups	18.	October 14, 2001	Poitiers, France ITF $75,000+H	Hard (I)	Amanda Hopmans	Kristie Boogert Laurence Courtois	1–6, 5–7
Runner-ups	19.	October 21, 2001	Southampton, Great Britain ITF $50,000	Hard (I)	Elena Tatarkova	Esme De Villiers Irina Selyutina	6–7(5–7), 6–2, 2–6
Winners	20.	September 22, 2002	Biella, Italy ITF $50,000	Clay	Eva Bes-Ostariz	María José Martínez Sánchez Anabel Medina Garrigues	7–5, 2–6, 7–6(7–5)
Winners	21.	October 6, 2002	Girona, Spain ITF $50,000	Clay	Gala León García	Flavia Pennetta Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	6–4, 6–3
Winners	22.	November 3, 2002	Poitiers, France ITF $50,000+H	Hard (I)	Evgenia Kulikovskaya	Caroline Dhenin Émilie Loit	W/O
Runner-ups	23.	August 10, 2003	Cuneo, Italy ITF $50,000	Clay	Stefanie Haidner	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Darija Jurak	1–6, 2–6
Runner-ups	24.	October 5, 2003	Girona, Spain ITF $50,000	Clay	Roberta Vinci	Conchita Martínez Granados María José Martínez Sánchez	5–7, 3–6
Runner-ups	25.	February 8, 2004	Ortisei, Italy ITF $75,000	Carpet (I)	Angelika Roesch	Olga Vymetálková Gabriela Navrátilová	1–6, 3–6
Winners	26.	May 2, 2004	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France ITF $75,000	Clay	Eva Birnerová	Ruxandra Dragomir Antonia Matic	4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Runner-ups	27.	August 1, 2004	Modena, Italy ITF $75,000	Clay	Eva Birnerová	Gabriela Navrátilová Michaela Paštiková	2–6, 3–6
Runner-ups	28.	September 13, 2004	Denain, France ITF $75,000	Clay	Michaela Paštiková	Yuliana Fedak Anna-Lena Grönefeld	6–1, 1–6, 2–6

• W/O = Walkover

Fed Cup

Singles (0–4)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
1995 World Group I	RPO	July 22, 1995	South Africa	Hard	Joannette Kruger	L	0–6, 3–6
		July 23, 1995			Amanda Coetzer	L	2–6, 4–6
1996 World Group II	QF	April 27, 1996	Slovakia	Clay	Karina Habšudová	L	0–6, 1–6
		April 28, 1996			Katarína Studeníková	L	3–6, 4–6

Doubles (1–2)

Edition	Round	Date	Partner	Against	Surface	Opponents	W/L	Result
1993 World Group I	R1	July 19, 1993	Katerina Maleeva	South Korea	Clay	Kim Il-soon Park Sung-hee	L	6–3, 6–7(2–7), 1–4, Ret.
1994 World Group I	R2	July 21, 1994	Svetlana Krivencheva	Indonesia	Clay	Natalia Soetrisno Romana Tedjakusuma	W	6–1, 6–3
1995 World Group I	RPO	July 23, 1995	Dora Djilianova	South Africa	Hard	Amanda Coetzer Elna Reinach	L	1–6, 4–6

• RPO = Relegation Play–off

References

External links

• Lubomira Bacheva at the Women's Tennis Association
• Lubomira Bacheva at the International Tennis Federation
• Lubomira Bacheva at the Fed Cup