Isabella Shinikova

Isabella Shinikova
Изабелла Шиникова

Isabella Shinkova at the 2009 Allianz Cup
Country	Bulgaria
Residence	Sofia, Bulgaria
Born	(1991-10-25) October 25, 1991 Sofia, Bulgaria
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$ 72,898
Singles
Career record	190–136
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 289 (2 April 2012)
Current ranking	No. 365 (9 March 2015)
Doubles
Career record	157–113
Career titles	0 WTA, 19 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 242 (23 July 2012)
Current ranking	No. 290 (9 March 2015)
Last updated on: 14 March 2015.

Isabella Shinikova (Bulgarian: Изабелла Шиникова) (born 25 October 1991 in Sofia) is a professional Bulgarian tennis player.

On 2 April 2012, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 289 whilst her best doubles ranking was 242 on 23 July 2012.^[1]

She has also played for the Bulgarian Fed Cup team, with a current 6–3 record.^[2]

ITF Circuit finals: 50 (24–26)

Singles: 15 (5–10)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	10 October 2010	Dobrich, Bulgaria	Clay	Danka Kovinić	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	3 April 2011	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Ekaterine Gorgodze	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	10 April 2011	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Quirine Lemoine	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	12 June 2011	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Lisa Sabino	5–7, 3–6
Winner	1.	18 March 2012	Amiens, France	Clay (I)	Ysaline Bonaventure	6–3, 0–6, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	24 March 2012	La Marsa, Tunisia	Clay	Elina Svitolina	6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up	6.	22 December 2012	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Irina Ramialison	1–6, 6–2, 0–6
Winner	2.	29 December 2012	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (I)	İpek Soylu	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	June 1, 2013	Adana, Turkey	Hard	Zuzana Zlochová	5–7, 0–6
Runner-up	8.	June 30, 2013	Breda, Netherlands	Clay	Bernarda Pera	4–6, 6–4, 0–6
Runner-up	9.	March 2, 2014	Bron, France	Hard (I)	Ema Mikulčić	0–6, 5–7
Winner	3.	May 24, 2014	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Marianna Zakarlyuk	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	4.	January 25, 2015	El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Hard	Sandra Samir	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	5.	February 1, 2015	El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Hard	Marie Benoit	6–2, 5–7, 6–1
Runner-up	10.	March 22, 2015	El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Hard	Myrtille Georges	4–6, 0–6

Doubles: 35 (19–16)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-ups	1.	18 July 2010	Prokuplje, Serbia	Clay	Jelena Durišič	Camelia Hristea Ionela-Andreea Iova	5–7, 4–6
Winners	1.	15 August 2010	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Başak Eraydın	Fatma Al Nabhani Magali de Lattre	3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Winners	2.	16 January 2011	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (I)	Ulrikke Eikeri	Teodora Mirčić Jasmina Tinjić	6–4, 6–4
Runner-ups	2.	27 March 2011	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Martina Gledacheva	Ilona Kremen Demi Schuurs	6–3, 6–7(3–7), [8–10]
Runner-ups	3.	5 June 2011	Madrid, Spain	Hard	Julia Stamatova	Rocío de la Torre-Sánchez Olga Sáez Larra	4–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Runner-ups	4.	19 June 2011	Alkmaar, Netherlands	Clay	Kimberley Cassar	Olga Brózda Natalia Kolat	7–6(8–6), 2–6, [2–10]
Runner-ups	5.	3 July 2011	Prokuplje, Serbia	Clay	Julia Stamatova	Polona Reberšak Zsófia Susányi	4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Winners	3.	7 August 2011	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Irina Ramialison	Khristina Kazimova Christina Shakovets	3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Runner-ups	6.	14 August 2011	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Sofia Kvatsabaia	Magali de Lattre Lisa Whybourn	3–6, 6–2, [10–12]
Runner-ups	7.	4 March 2012	Bron, France	Hard (I)	Justine Ozga	Diāna Marcinkēviča Despina Papamichail	5–7, 5–7
Winners	4.	24 March 2012	La Marsa, Tunisia	Clay	Ulrikke Eikeri	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Sandra Klemenschits	6–3, 6–4
Winners	5.	29 April 2012	Vic, Spain	Clay	Eugeniya Pashkova	Amanda Carreras Ximena Hermoso	6–1, 6–2
Runner-ups	8.	24 June 2012	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Ksenia Lykina	Aleksandra Krunić Ana Vrljić	2–6, 4–6
Winners	6.	1 July 2012	Breda, Netherlands	Clay	Ysaline Bonaventure	Carolin Daniels Xenia Knoll	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-ups	9.	8 July 2012	Denain, France	Clay	Michaela Hončová	Myrtille Georges Céline Ghesquière	4–6, 2–6
Runner-ups	10.	1 February 2013	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Eva Fernández-Brugués	Han Na-lae Lee Jin-a	3–6, 3–6
Winners	7.	8 March 2013	Amiens, France	Clay (I)	Lena-Marie Hofmann	Bernice van de Velde Kelly Versteeg	7–6(7–5), 6–1
Winners	8.	15 March 2013	Le Havre, France	Clay (I)	Estelle Cascino	Dejana Raickovic Laura Schäder	0–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Winners	9.	23 August 2013	Braunschweig, Germany	Clay	Clothilde de Bernardi	Tereza Malíková Tereza Smitková	3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Runner-ups	11.	20 September 2013	Dobrich, Bulgaria	Clay	Dalia Zafirova	Xenia Knoll Teodora Mirčić	5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Winners	10.	28 February 2014	Bron, France	Hard (I)	Alyona Sotnikova	Anna Klasen Katharina Lehnert	5–7, 7–6(7–5), [10–5]
Winners	11.	7 March 2014	Amiens, France	Clay (I)	Alyona Sotnikova	Angelica Moratelli Anna Remondina	6–1, 6–4
Winners	12.	21 March 2014	Le Havre, France	Clay (I)	Alyona Sotnikova	Bernice van de Velde Kelly Versteeg	6–4, 6–3
Winners	13.	4 April 2014	Dijon, France	Hard (I)	Réka-Luca Jani	Martina Borecká Michaëlla Krajicek	6–3, 7–5
Runner-ups	12.	15 August 2014	Innsbruck, Austria	Clay	Julia Stamatova	Zuzanna Maciejewska Camilla Rosatello	2–6, 2–6
Runner-ups	13.	23 August 2014	Braunschweig, Germany	Clay	Polina Leykina	Conny Perrin Chanel Simmonds	3–6, 0–6
Winners	14.	7 September 2014	Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	Natalija Kostić	Nina Alibalić Nina Stojanović	6–1, 6–2
Runner-ups	14.	20 September 2014	Dobrich, Bulgaria	Clay	Réka-Luca Jani	Andreea Mitu Irina Maria Bara	5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Winners	15.	28 September 2014	Varna, Bulgaria	Clay	Julia Terziyska	Diana Buzean Raluca Elena Platon	7–5, 6–1
Runner-ups	15.	10 October 2014	Albena, Bulgaria	Clay	Julia Helbet	Lenka Kunčíková Karolína Stuchlá	2–6, 4–6
Winners	16.	24 January 2015	El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Hard	Estelle Cascino	Kristýna Hrabalová Vendula Žovincová	7–6(7–3), 6–0
Winners	17.	31 January 2015	El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Hard	Chantal Skamlova	Silvia Njiric Olga Parres Azcoitia	6–2, 6–0
Winners	18.	February 28, 2015	Mâcon, France	Hard	Eva Wacanno	Kinnie Laisné Marine Partaud	6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Winners	19.	14 March 2015	El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Hard	Myrtille Georges	Chanel Simmonds Magali Kempen	1–6, 6–4, [10–2]
Runner-ups	16.	29 March 2015	El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Hard	Fatma Al Nabhani	Carolin Daniels Justyna Jegiołka	5–7, 7–5, [5–10]

Fed Cup

Isabella Shinikova debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 2012. Since then she has a 2–2 singles record and a 4–1 doubles record (6–3 overall).

Singles (2–2)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
2012 Europe/Africa Group I	RPO	4 February 2012	Portugal	Hard	Maria João Koehler	L	3–6, 5–7
2014 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	4 February 2014	Portugal	Hard (I)	Maria João Koehler	L	6–3, 1–6, 4–6
		6 February 2014	Turkey		Pemra Özgen	W	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
	RPO	9 February 2014	Luxembourg		Claudine Schaul	W	6–2, 6–3

Doubles (4–1)

Edition	Round	Date	Partner	Against	Surface	Opponents	W/L	Result
2013 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	7 February 2013	Elitsa Kostova	Netherlands	Hard	Arantxa Rus Bibiane Schoofs	W	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
		8 February 2013	Dia Evtimova	Luxembourg		Laura Correia Tiffany Cornelius	W	6–2, 6–2
		9 February 2013	Elitsa Kostova	Slovenia		Andreja Klepač Tina Rupert	W	6–2, 6–3
2014 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	4 February 2014	Viktoriya Tomova	Portugal	Hard (I)	Bárbara Luz Ines Murta	W	6–2, 7–5
		6 February 2014	Elitsa Kostova	Turkey		Çağla Büyükakçay Pemra Özgen	L	7–5, 1–6, 5–7

• RR = Round Robin
• RPO = Relegation Play-off

References

External links

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Women's Tennis Association: Top ten Bulgarian female singles tennis players as of April 20, 2015 1. Tsvetana Pironkova (54 2) 2. Sesil Karatancheva(107 2) 3. Elitsa Kostova (190 ) 4. Dia Evtimova (310 4) 5. Aleksandrina Naydenova (316 ) 6. Viktoriya Tomova (340 3) 7. Isabella Shinikova (359 5) 8. Julia Terziyska (460 1) 9. Julia Stamatova (518 7) 10. Petia Arshinkova (705 )