Borislava Botusharova

Borislava Botusharova
Борислава Ботушарова
Country  Bulgaria
Residence Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
Born 28 November 1994
Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
Turned pro 2009
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $14,639
Singles
Career record 62–41
Career titles 0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking No. 407 (28 October 2013)
Doubles
Career record 28–29
Career titles 0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking No. 702 (9 September 2013)
Last updated on: 11 April 2015.

Borislava Botusharova (Bulgarian: Борислава Ботушарова) (born 26 November 1994) is a current Old Dominion University women's tennis player. Botusharova was named the No. 6 ranked Newcomer/Freshman in the entire NCAA entering her first semester of college at ODU (Fall 2014). On 28 October 2013, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 407 whilst her best doubles ranking was 702 on 9 September 2013.[1] She has also played for the Bulgarian Fed Cup team, with a current 0–1 record.[2]

Carrier

ITF Circuit and college tennis

Botusharova made her debut in 2005 and started playing on the ITF junior circuit. She won several junior titles and played her first match on the ITF pro circuit in 2009. Botchusharova won her first and only ITF title in 2013 in Varna, Bulgaria.[3] In 2014 she was called up in the Bulgaria Fed Cup team. In 2014 Botushrova begin studying Tourism Management at the Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. She started playing college tennis and received the Conference USA Player of the Week award.[4]

Personal life

Botusharova was born on November 28, 1994 in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria. She started playing tennis when she was 5 years old and her coach is mother Silvia Botusharova. Botusharova's cousin is fellow Bulgarian tennis player Vivian Zlatanova.

ITF Circuit finals: 6 (1–5)

Singles: 3 (1–2)

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
Runner-up 1. 4 November 2012 Heraklion, Greece Carpet France Manon Arcangioli 1–6, 2–6
Winner 1. 30 September 2013 Varna, Bulgaria Clay Czech Republic Pernilla Mendesová 6–4, 1–6, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up 2. 6 October 2013 Albena, Bulgaria Clay Bulgaria Vivian Zlatanova 3–6, 6–3, 6–7(5–7)

Doubles: 3 (0–3)

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. 29 September 2012 Varna, Bulgaria Clay Bulgaria Viktoriya Tomova Belgium Michaela Boev
Ukraine Anastasiya Vasylyeva		 1–6, 5–7
Runner-up 2. 9 November 2012 Heraklion, Greece Carpet Bulgaria Vivian Zlatanova Turkey Başak Eraydın
Australia Abbie Myers		 0–6, 1–6
Runner-up 3. 9 August 2013 Pirot, Serbia Clay Bulgaria Ani Vangelova Serbia Katarina Adamović
Montenegro Vladica Babić		 0–6, 3–6

Fed Cup

Borislava Botusharova debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 2014. Since then she has a 0–1 singles record and a 0–0 doubles record (0–1 overall).

Singles (0–1)

Edition Round Date Against Surface Opponent W/L Result
2014 Europe/Africa Group I RR 7 February 2014  Belarus Hard (I) Belarus Aliaksandra Sasnovich L 1–6, 3–6

References

  1. ↑ "Borislava Botusharova's Biography at ITFTennis". http://www.itftennis.com''. 2010-11-15. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
  2. ↑ http://www.fedcup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100132275
  3. ↑ "Borislava Botusharova's ITF profile". ITF. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Ботушарова пак най-добра в колежанското на САЩ" (in Bulgarian). tennis24.bg. Retrieved 4 March 2015.

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