Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova

Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova
Биляна Павлова-Димитрова
Country  Bulgaria
Born 20 January 1978
Bulgaria
Turned pro 1993
Retired 2013
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $65,804
Singles
Career record 160 - 289
Career titles 0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking 490 (16 October 2006)
Doubles
Career record 168 - 230
Career titles 0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking 301 (20 April 2009)

Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova (Bulgarian: Биляна Павлова-Димитрова; born 20 January 1978) is a former Bulgarian professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking is 490, which she reached on 16 October 2006. Her career high doubles ranking is 301, which she reached on 20 April 2009. Her current trainer is Teodor Bachev and she was first called up to the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 2009, but represented it for the first time in 2010.

ITF Circuit finals: 21 (3–18)

Singles: 6 (1–5)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 28 June 1998 Greece Kavala, Greece Hard Serbia and Montenegro Dragana Ilić 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up 1. 26 August 2001 Greece Volos, Greece Carpet Greece Christina Zachariadou 0–6, 0–6
Runner-up 2. 20 November 2005 Egypt Giza, Egypt Clay Russia Galina Fokina 2–6, 5–7
Runner-up 3. 7 May 2006 United Kingdom Bournemouth, United Kingdom Clay Netherlands Marrit Boonstra 3–6, 0–6
Runner-up 4. 2 September 2007 Serbia Palić, Serbia Clay Slovenia Tadeja Majerič 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 5. 14 October 2007 Greece Volos, Greece Carpet Poland Olga Brózda 7–6(7–2), 2–6, 0–6

Doubles: 19 (3–16)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 3 August 1997 Italy Muri Antichi, Italy Clay Ukraine Natalia Bondarenko Italy Giulia Casoni
Italy Federica Fortuni
6–7, 2–6
Runner-up 2. 21 May 2000 Italy Casale, Italy Clay Romania Magda Mihalache France Chloé Carlotti
Slovakia Eva Fislová
1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 3. 4 June 2000 Republic of Macedonia Skopje, Macedonia Clay Serbia and Montenegro Ljiljana Nanušević Serbia and Montenegro Katarina Mišić
Republic of Macedonia Marina Lazarovska
6–7(6–8), 3–6
Winner 1. 13 November 2000 France Le Havre, France Clay (i) Estonia Ilona Poljakova China Lui Li Shen
Romania Alexandra Zotta
4-0 4-1 4-1
Runner-up 4. 20 November 2000 France Deauville, France Carpet Czech Republic Magdalena Zdenovcova France Diana Brunel
France Edith Nunes
3-4 4-0 2-4 0-4
Runner-up 5. 8 April 2001 Greece Athens, Greece Clay Croatia Marijana Kovačević Austria Sandra Klemenschits
Austria Daniela Klemenschits
3–6, 5–7
Runner-up 6. 30 September 2001 Greece Kastoria, Greece Clay Turkey İpek Şenoğlu Greece Asimina Kaplani
Greece Maria Pavlidou
3–6, 5–7
Runner-up 7. 10 October 2004 Montenegro Podgorica, Montenegro Clay Czech Republic Janette Bejlková Serbia and Montenegro Katarina Mišić
Serbia and Montenegro Dragana Zarić
1–6, 2–6
Runner-up 8. 4 December 2005 Egypt Giza, Egypt Clay Romania Lenore Lăzăroiu Russia Galina Fokina
Russia Raissa Gourevitch
3–6, 5–7
Runner-up 9. 4 June 2006 Bulgaria Rousse, Bulgaria Clay Bulgaria Nadejda Vassileva Bulgaria Dia Evtimova
Norway Karoline Borgersen
0–6, 0–6
Runner-up 10. 26 November 2006 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Clay Austria Stefanie Haidner Romania Alexandra Dulgheru
Netherlands Marcella Koek
6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up 11. 22 October 2007 Croatia Dubrovnik, Croatia Clay Belgium Soetkin Van Deun Serbia Miljana Adanko
Serbia Nataša Zorić
W/O
Winner 2. 19 November 2007 Spain Barcelona, Spain Clay Austria Stefanie Haidner Latvia Irina Kuzmina
Spain Sheila Solsona-Carcasona
6–3, 6–7(8–10), [10–3]
Runner-up 12. 30 March 2008 Greece Athens, Greece Hard Italy Raffaella Bindi Austria Nikola Hofmanova
Italy Vivienne Vierin
7–5, 5–7, [7–10]
Runner-up 13. 11 May 2008 United Kingdom Edinburgh, United Kingdom Clay Belgium Soetkin Van Deun United Kingdom Jade Curtis
United Kingdom Elizabeth Thomas
1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up 14. 1 June 2008 Montenegro Budva, Montenegro Clay Croatia Tamara Stojković Serbia Ljubica Avramović
Serbia Neda Kozić
4–6, 5–7
Winner 3. 14 December 2008 Spain Benicarló, Spain Clay Serbia Neda Kozić Romania Simona Matei
Romania Cristina Mitu
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up 15. 13 June 2010 Romania Iași, Romania Clay Oman Fatma Al Nabhani Romania Mădălina Gojnea
Romania Ionela-Andreea Iova
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 16. 15 August 2010 Romania Onești, Romania Clay Romania Camelia Hristea Romania Laura-Ioana Andrei
Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu
6–7(7–9), 2–6

Fed Cup

Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 2010. Since then she has a 0–1 singles record and a 1–0 doubles record (1–1 overall).

Singles (0–1)

Edition Round Date Against Surface Opponent W/L Result
2010 Europe/Africa Group I RR 5 February 2010  Slovenia Hard (I) Slovenia Andreja Klepač L 6–4, 4–6, 3–6

Doubles (1–0)

Edition Round Date Partner Against Surface Opponents W/L Result
2010 Europe/Africa Group I RR 5 February 2010 Bulgaria Elitsa Kostova  Slovenia Hard (I) Slovenia Andreja Klepač
Slovenia Maša Zec-Peškirič
W 6–1, 6–2

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