Manuela Maleeva

Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere
Мануела Малеева

Country	Bulgaria (1967–89)   Switzerland (1990–94)
Residence	La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland
Born	(1967-02-14) 14 February 1967 Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1982
Retired	February 1994
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$3,244,557
Singles
Career record	475–187
Career titles	19 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 3 (4 February 1985)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	QF (1985, 1992, 1994)
French Open	QF (1985, 1987, 1989, 1990)
Wimbledon	QF (1984)
US Open	SF (1992, 1993)
Doubles
Career record	129–131
Career titles	4 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 11 (2 August 1993)
Mixed Doubles
Career titles	1
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
US Open	W (1984)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	Bulgaria SF (1985, 1987)   Switzerland QF (1991)
Hopman Cup	Switzerland W (1992)

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Bulgaria
Women's Tennis
Bronze	1988 Seoul	Women's Singles

Manuela Georgieva Maleeva-Fragniere (Bulgarian: Мануела Георгиева Малеева) (born 14 February 1967) is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the Women's Tennis Association tour between 1982 and 1994. Through her marriage Maleeva began representing Switzerland officially from January 1990 until her retirement in February 1994.

Biography

Maleeva was born in Sofia, the oldest of the three children of Yuliya Berberyan and Georgi Maleev. Her mother, who came from an Armenian family, was the best Bulgarian tennis player in the 1960s. After she retired from professional tennis in the 1970s, Berberyan started a coaching career. She coached all three of her daughters, Manuela, Katerina, and Magdalena, each of whom became WTA top ten players.

In 1982, Maleeva won the junior French Open. Later that year, she made her debut on the senior tour and ended the year ranked in the top 200.

In 1984, Maleeva won five tournaments and recorded wins over Chris Evert, Hana Mandlíková, Helena Suková, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Wendy Turnbull, Kathy Jordan, and Zina Garrison Jackson. After winning the tournament in Indianapolis, Maleeva rose to World No. 3 in the rankings. Once in the top ten, she did not leave it until 1992. Also in 1984, Maleeva won her only Grand Slam title – in mixed doubles at the US Open with American Tom Gullikson.

In 1988, Maleeva won a bronze medal in singles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

In 1992 and 1993, Maleeva registered her all-time best achievement in Grand Slam singles competition when she reached the semifinals of the US Open both years (in 1992 after beating her sister, Magdalena, in the quarterfinals).

In 1994, Maleeva retired from professional tennis.

During her 12-year career, Maleeva won 19 WTA Tour singles titles, four doubles titles, and one mixed doubles title. She teamed with Jakob Hlasek to help Switzerland win the Hopman Cup in 1992 and, while playing for Bulgaria, twice reached the semifinals of Fed Cup (1985 and 1987).

Maleeva has been married since 1987 to retired Swiss tennis player François Fragniere. They live near Lausanne and have two girls and a boy.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Mixed Doubles: 1 (1 title, 0 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1984	US Open	Hard	Tom Gullikson	Elizabeth Smylie John Fitzgerald	2–6, 7–5, 6–4

Olympics

Singles: 1 medal (1 bronze medal)

Outcome	Year	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Bronze	1988	Seoul	Hard	Tied	DNP

Maleeva lost in the semi-finals to Gabriela Sabatini 6–1, 6–2. In 1988, there was no bronze medal play-off match, both beaten semi-final players received bronze medals.

WTA Career Finals

Singles: 37 (19–18)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I (1–1) Tier II (0–0) Tier III (3–4) Tier IV (3–2) Tier V (4–0) Virginia Slims (8–11)

Titles by Surface Hard (4–2) Grass (0–1) Clay (6–6) Carpet (9–9)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	30 January 1984	Houston, USA WTA Virginia Slims	Carpet (I)	Hana Mandlíková	4–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	7 May 1984	Lugano, Switzerland WTA Virginia Slims	Clay	Iva Budařová	6–1, 6–1
Winner	3.	21 May 1984	Perugia, Italy WTA Virginia Slims	Clay	Chris Evert	6–3, 6–3
Winner	4.	6 August 1984	Indianapolis, USA WTA Virginia Slims	Clay	Lisa Bonder	6–4, 6–3
Winner	5.	12 November 1984	Tokyo, Japan WTA Virginia Slims	Carpet (I)	Hana Mandlíková	6–1, 1–6, 6–4
Winner	6.	10 December 1984	Tokyo, Japan WTA Virginia Slims	Carpet (I)	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	7 January 1985	Washington, USA WTA Virginia Slims	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	20 May 1985	Lugano, Switzerland WTA Virginia Slims	Clay	Bonnie Gadusek	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	9.	21 October 1985	Brighton, UK WTA Virginia Slims	Carpet (I)	Chris Evert	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	10.	11 November 1985	Tokyo, Japan WTA Virginia Slims	Carpet (I)	Chris Evert	5–7, 0–6
Winner	11.	9 December 1985	Tokyo, Japan WTA Virginia Slims	Carpet (I)	Bonnie Gadusek	7–6(7–2), 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up	12.	19 May 1986	Lugano, Switzerland WTA Virginia Slims	Clay	Raffaella Reggi	7–5, 3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Runner-up	13.	9 June 1986	Birmingham, UK WTA Virginia Slims	Grass	Pam Shriver	2–6, 6–7(0–7)
Runner-up	14.	8 September 1986	Tokyo, Japan WTA Virginia Slims	Carpet (I)	Steffi Graf	4–6, 2–6
Winner	15.	30 March 1987	Wild Dunes, USA WTA Virginia Slims	Clay	Raffaella Reggi	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	16.	6 April 1987	Hilton Head Island, USA WTA Virginia Slims	Clay	Steffi Graf	2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	17.	18 May 1987	Geneva, Switzerland WTA Virginia Slims	Clay	Chris Evert	3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Winner	18.	24 August 1987	Mahwah, USA WTA Virginia Slims	Hard	Sylvia Hanika	1–6, 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	19.	14 September 1987	Tokyo, Japan WTA Virginia Slims	Carpet (I)	Gabriela Sabatini	4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Winner	20.	29 February 1988	Wichita, USA WTA Tier V	Hard (I)	Sylvia Hanika	7–6(7–5), 7–5
Winner	21.	12 September 1988	Phoenix, USA WTA Tier V	Hard	Dinky Van Rensburg	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up	22.	17 October 1988	Zürich, Switzerland WTA Tier IV	Carpet (I)	Pam Shriver	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	23.	24 October 1988	Brighton, UK WTA Tier III	Carpet (I)	Steffi Graf	2–6, 0–6
Winner	24.	12 March 1989	Indian Wells, USA WTA Tier III	Hard	Jenny Byrne	6–4, 6–1
Winner	25.	22 May 1989	Geneva, Switzerland WTA Tier V	Clay	Conchita Martínez	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	26.	12 February 1990	Chicago, USA WTA Tier I	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	27.	27 March 1990	San Antonio, USA WTA Tier III	Hard	Monica Seles	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	28.	6 August 1990	San Diego, USA WTA Tier III	Hard	Steffi Graf	3–6, 2–6
Winner	29.	11 February 1991	Linz, Austria WTA Tier V	Carpet (I)	Petra Langrová	6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Runner-up	30.	22 April 1991	Barcelona, Spain WTA Tier III	Clay	Conchita Martínez	4–6, 1–6
Winner	31.	20 May 1991	Geneva, Switzerland WTA Tier IV	Clay	Helen Kelesi	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	32.	23 September 1991	Bayonne, France WTA Tier IV	Carpet (I)	Leila Meskhi	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	33.	6 July 1992	Kitzbühel, Austria WTA Tier IV	Clay	Conchita Martínez	0–6, 6–3, 2–6
Winner	34.	28 September 1992	Bayonne, France WTA Tier IV	Carpet (I)	Nathalie Tauziat	6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–3
Winner	35.	22 February 1993	Linz, Austria WTA Tier III	Carpet (I)	Conchita Martínez	6–2, 1–0, Ret.
Winner	36.	4 October 1993	Zürich, Switzerland WTA Tier I	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Winner	37.	8 February 1994	Osaka, Japan WTA Tier III	Carpet (I)	Iva Majoli	6–1, 4–6, 7–5

Doubles: 11 (4–7)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I (0–0) Tier II (1–2) Tier III (0–1) Tier IV (0–1) Tier V (1–0) Virginia Slims (2–3)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–1) Grass (0–0) Clay (3–3) Carpet (1–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runners-up	1.	April 29, 1985	Houston, USA WTA Virginia Slims	Clay	Helena Suková	Elise Burgin Martina Navratilova	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winners	2.	July 22, 1985	Indianapolis, USA WTA Virginia Slims	Clay	Katerina Maleeva	Penny Barg Paula Smith	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runners-up	3.	September 8, 1986	Tokyo, Japan WTA Virginia Slims	Carpet (I)	Katerina Maleeva	Bettina Bunge Steffi Graf	1–6, 7–6(9–7), 2–6
Winners	4.	July 6, 1987	Knokke, Belgium WTA Virginia Slims	Clay	Bettina Bunge	Kathleen Horvath Marcella Mesker	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runners-up	5.	September 14, 1987	Tokyo, Japan WTA Virginia Slims	Carpet (I)	Katerina Maleeva	Anne White Robin White	1–6, 2–6
Winners	6.	February 11, 1991	Linz, Austria WTA Tier V	Carpet (I)	Raffaella Reggi	Petra Langrová Radka Zrubáková	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Runners-up	7.	May 20, 1991	Geneva, Switzerland WTA Tier IV	Clay	Cathy Caverzasio	Nicole Bradtke Elizabeth Smylie	1–6, 2–6
Runners-up	8.	February 9, 1993	Osaka, Japan WTA Tier III	Carpet (I)	Magdalena Maleeva	Jana Novotná Larisa Neiland	1–6, 3–6
Winners	9.	April 5, 1993	Amelia Island, USA WTA Tier II	Clay	Leila Meskhi	Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runners-up	10.	April 19, 1993	Barcelona, Spain WTA Tier II	Clay	Magdalena Maleeva	Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 1–6, 0–6
Runners-up	11.	July 26, 1993	Stratton Mountain, USA WTA Tier II	Hard	Mercedes Paz	Elizabeth Smylie Helena Suková	1–6, 2–6

ITF Singles Circuit finals: 1 (1–0)

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winners	1.	September 23, 1985	Sofia, Bulgaria ITF $25,000	Clay	Katerina Maleeva	Yvona Brzáková Hana Fukarková	6–1, 6–2

Fed Cup

Manuela Maleeva debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 1983. Since then she has a 21–5 singles record and a 7–10 doubles record (28–15 overall).

Singles (21–5)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
1983 World Group I	R1	July 17, 1983	Switzerland	Clay	Christiane Jolissaint	L	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
	PO	July 19, 1983	Zimbabwe		Angela Longo	W	6–1, 6–0
	PO	July 21, 1983	Soviet Union		Olga Zaitseva	W	6–0, 6–3
1984 World Group I	R1	July 15, 1984	Great Britain	Clay	Jo Durie	W	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
	R2	July 16, 1984	Soviet Union		Natasha Reva	W	6–2, 6–0
	QF	July 18, 1984	Yugoslavia		Mima Jaušovec	W	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
1985 World Group I	R1	October 6, 1985	Soviet Union	Hard	Larisa Savchenko	W	6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–1
	R2	October 8, 1985	Yugoslavia		Sabrina Goleš	W	6–1, 6–3
	QF	October 10, 1985	Great Britain		Annabel Croft	W	6–2, 6–2
	SF	October 12, 1985	Czechoslovakia		Hana Mandlíková	L	6–3, 2–6, 1–6
1986 World Group I	R1	July 20, 1986	Soviet Union	Clay	Larisa Savchenko	W	6–2, 6–1
	R2	July 21, 1986	France		Catherine Tanvier	W	6–0, 6–1
	QF	July 23, 1986	West Germany		Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	W	6–4, 6–2
1987 World Group I	R1	July 26, 1987	Greece	Hard	Angelika Kanellopoulou	W	6–0, 6–0
	R2	July 27, 1987	Indonesia		Yayuk Basuki	W	6–4, 6–0
	QF	July 29, 1987	Australia		Elizabeth Smylie	W	6–4, 6–4
	SF	July 31, 1987	United States		Chris Evert	L	2–6, 6–2, 4–6
1989 World Group I	R1	October 1, 1989	South Korea	Hard	Kim Il-soon	W	6–1, 6–0
	R2	October 3, 1989	Argentina		Mercedes Paz	W	4–6, 6–1, 6–3
	QF	October 5, 1989	Australia		Anne Minter	L	3–6, 6–2, 4–6
↓  Representing   Switzerland  ↓
1991 World Group I	R1	July 23, 1991	Argentina	Hard	Mercedes Paz	W	6–0, 7–6(7–5)
	R2	July 24, 1991	China		Li Fang	W	6–7(5–7), 7–5, 6–2
	QF	July 25, 1991	Czechoslovakia		Jana Novotná	L	4–6, 4–6
1992 World Group I	R1	July 14, 1992	Sweden	Clay	Catarina Lindqvist	W	6–0, 6–2
	PO	July 16, 1992	Israel		Anna Smashnova	W	6–1, 6–0
	PO	July 17, 1992	Paraguay		Rossana de los Ríos	W	6–2, 6–2

Doubles (7–10)

Edition	Round	Date	Partner	Against	Surface	Opponents	W/L	Result
1983 World Group I	PO	July 19, 1983	Marina Kondova	Zimbabwe	Clay	Angela Longo Lindsay Standen	W	6–4, 6–2
	PO	July 21, 1983	Adriana Velcheva	Soviet Union		Svetlana Cherneva Larisa Savchenko	L	4–6, 3–6
1984 World Group I	R1	July 15, 1984	Katerina Maleeva	Great Britain	Clay	Amanda Brown Anne Hobbs	W	7–6, 7–5
	R2	July 16, 1984	Katerina Maleeva	Soviet Union		Elena Eliseenko Larisa Savchenko	L	7–5, 5–7, 1–6
	QF	July 18, 1984	Katerina Maleeva	Yugoslavia		Sabrina Goleš Mima Jaušovec	L	3–6, 1–6
1985 World Group I	R1	October 6, 1985	Katerina Maleeva	Soviet Union	Hard	Natalia Egorova Svetlana Cherneva	W	6–3, 7–5
	R2	October 8, 1985	Katerina Maleeva	Yugoslavia		Sabrina Goleš Aila Winkler	W	6–4, 7–6(9–7)
	QF	October 10, 1985	Katerina Maleeva	Great Britain		Jo Durie Anne Hobbs	L	4–5, Ret.
	SF	October 12, 1985	Katerina Maleeva	Czechoslovakia		Hana Mandlíková Helena Suková	L	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
1986 World Group I	R1	July 20, 1986	Katerina Maleeva	Soviet Union	Clay	Svetlana Cherneva Larisa Savchenko	L	6–1, 4–6, 1–6
	QF	July 23, 1986	Katerina Maleeva	West Germany		Bettina Bunge Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	L	4–6, 2–6
1989 World Group I	R1	October 1, 1989	Katerina Maleeva	South Korea	Hard	Kim Il-soon Lee Jeong-myung	W	7–5, 6–0
	R2	October 3, 1989	Katerina Maleeva	Argentina		Florencia Labat Mercedes Paz	W	6–1, 3–6, 6–1
	QF	October 5, 1989	Katerina Maleeva	Australia		Elizabeth Smylie Janine Tremelling	L	7–5, 4–6, 0–6
↓  Representing   Switzerland  ↓
1991 World Group I	R2	July 24, 1991	Cathy Caverzasio	China	Hard	Li Fang Yi Jing-Qian	L	1–3, Ret.
	QF	July 25, 1991	Cathy Caverzasio	Czechoslovakia		Jana Novotná Regina Rajchrtová	W	6–4, 2–1, Ret.
1992 World Group I	R1	July 14, 1992	Michelle Strebel	Sweden	Clay	Maria Lindström Maria Strandlund	L	4–6, 7–5, 4–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open	2R	A	A	QF	NH	4R	A	A	A	2R	QF	4R	QF	0 / 7	18–7
French Open	2R	3R	4R	QF	3R	QF	3R	QF	QF	2R	3R	3R	A	0 / 12	30–12
Wimbledon	2R	2R	QF	4R	4R	2R	1R	A	1R	A	3R	2R	A	0 / 10	16–10
US Open	3R	3R	1R	4R	QF	4R	QF	QF	QF	4R	SF	SF	A	0 / 12	39–12
SR	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 41	103–41
Year End Ranking	60	31	6	7	10	8	6	9	9	10	9	11	NR

• NH = tournament not held.
• 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.

Record against other top players

Maleeva's win-loss record against certain players who have been ranked World No. 10 or higher is as follows:

Players who have been ranked World No. 1 are in boldface.

See also

• Katerina Maleeva
• Magdalena Maleeva
• List of female tennis players

References

External links

• Manuela Maleeva at the Women's Tennis Association
• Manuela Maleeva at the International Tennis Federation
• Manuela Maleeva at the Fed Cup

Awards
Preceded by Conny Kissling	Swiss Sportswoman of the Year 1993	Succeeded by Vreni Schneider

v t e French Open girls’ singles champions 1968 Lesley Hunt 1969 Kazuko Sawamatsu 1970 Veronica Burton 1971 Elena Granatourova 1972 Renáta Tomanová 1973 Mima Jaušovec 1974 Mariana Simionescu 1975 Regina Maršíková 1976 Michelle Tyler 1977 Anne Smith 1978 Hana Mandlíková 1979 Lena Sandin 1980 Kathy Horvath 1981 Bonnie Gadusek 1982 Manuela Maleeva 1983 Pascale Paradis 1984 Gabriela Sabatini 1985 Laura Garrone 1986 Patricia Tarabini 1987 Natalia Zvereva 1988 Julie Halard 1989 Jennifer Capriati 1990 Magdalena Maleeva 1991 Anna Smashnova 1992 Rossana de los Ríos 1993 Martina Hingis 1994 Martina Hingis 1995 Amélie Cocheteux 1996 Amélie Mauresmo 1997 Justine Henin 1998 Nadia Petrova 1999 Lourdes Domínguez 2000 Virginie Razzano 2001 Kaia Kanepi 2002 Angelique Widjaja 2003 Anna-Lena Grönefeld 2004 Sesil Karatantcheva 2005 Ágnes Szávay 2006 Agnieszka Radwańska 2007 Alizé Cornet 2008 Simona Halep 2009 Kristina Mladenovic 2010 Elina Svitolina 2011 Ons Jabeur 2012 Annika Beck 2013 Belinda Bencic

v t e US Open mixed doubles champions (1968) Mary Ann Eisel / Peter Curtis (1969) Margaret Court / Marty Riessen (1970) Margaret Court / Marty Riessen (1971) Billie Jean King / Owen Davidson (1972) Margaret Court / Marty Riessen (1973) Billie Jean King / Owen Davidson (1974) Pam Teeguarden / Geoff Masters (1975) Rosemary Casals / Dick Stockton (1976) Billie Jean King / Phil Dent (1977) Betty Stöve / Frew McMillan (1978) Betty Stöve / Frew McMillan (1979) Greer Stevens / Bob Hewitt (1980) Wendy Turnbull / Marty Riessen (1981) Anne Smith / Kevin Curren (1982) Anne Smith / Kevin Curren (1983) Elizabeth Sayers Smylie / John Fitzgerald (1984) Manuela Maleeva / Tom Gullikson (1985)Martina Navrátilová / Heinz Günthardt (1986)Raffaella Reggi / Sergio Casal (1987) Martina Navrátilová / Emilio Sánchez Vicario (1988) Jana Novotná / Jim Pugh (1989) Robin White / Shelby Cannon (1990) Elizabeth Sayers Smylie / Todd Woodbridge (1991) Manon Bollegraf / Tom Nijssen (1992) Nicole Provis / Mark Woodforde (1993) Helena Suková / Todd Woodbridge (1994) Elna Reinach / Patrick Galbraith (1995) Meredith McGrath / Matt Lucena (1996) Lisa Raymond / Patrick Galbraith (1997) Manon Bollegraf / Rick Leach (1998) Serena Williams / Max Mirnyi (1999) Ai Sugiyama / Mahesh Bhupathi (2000) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Jared Palmer (2001) Rennae Stubbs / Todd Woodbridge (2002) Lisa Raymond / Mike Bryan (2003) Katarina Srebotnik / Bob Bryan (2004) Vera Zvonareva / Bob Bryan (2005) Daniela Hantuchová / Mahesh Bhupathi (2006) Martina Navrátilová / Bob Bryan (2007) Victoria Azarenka / Max Mirnyi (2008) Cara Black / Leander Paes (2009) Carly Gullickson / Travis Parrott (2010) Liezel Huber / Bob Bryan (2011) Melanie Oudin / Jack Sock (2012) Ekaterina Makarova / Bruno Soares (2013) Andrea Hlaváčková / Max Mirnyi

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Persondata
Name	Maleeva, Manuela
Alternative names
Short description	Bulgarian tennis player
Date of birth	14 February 1967
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Date of death
Place of death