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 (1 November 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 (16 April 2001)

Lubomira Bacheva (Bulgarian: Любомира Бачева, born 7 March 1975) is a retired professional tennis player from Bulgaria. She reached her career high ranking of No. 68 in the world on 1 November 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
Winner	1.	24 April 2000	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Cristina Torrens Valero	Jelena Kostanić Sandra Načuk	6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	1 October 2000	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Carpet (I)	Cristina Torrens Valero	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	3–6, 6–7(0–7)
Winner	2.	29 July 2001	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Åsa Svensson	María José Martínez Sánchez María Emilia Salerni	6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–1
Runner-up	2.	14 July 2002	Palermo, Italy	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.	7 April 1991	Šibenik, Yugoslavia	Clay	Irina Sukhova	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	30 June 1991	Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia	Clay	Kateřina Šišková	2–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	7 July 1991	Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia	Clay	Kateřina Šišková	6–4, 1–6, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	15 September 1991	Haskovo, Bulgaria	Clay	Elena Makarova	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	5 August 1992	Vaihingen, Germany	Clay	Joannette Kruger	1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	4.	10 September 1996	Spoleto, Italy	Clay	Cristina Salvi	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Winner	3.	10 August 1997	Rebecq, Belgium	Clay	Kildine Chevalier	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	28 September 1997	Albena, Bulgaria	Clay	Desislava Topalova	6–2, 4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	6.	9 November 1997	Moulins, France	Hard (I)	Edith Nunes-Bersot	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	23 November 1997	Deauville, France	Carpet (I)	Gabriela Kučerová	3–6, 6–7
Winner	4.	5 April 1998	Brest, France	Hard (I)	Sophie Georges	7–5, 6–0
Runner-up	8.	12 July 1998	Puchheim, Germany	Clay	Gisela Riera-Roura	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	19 July 1998	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Petra Mandula	6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	10.	2 August 1998	Les Contamines, France	Hard	Anca Barna	6–7, 1–6
Winner	5.	22 November 1998	Deauville, France	Carpet (I)	Silvia Sosnarova	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	11.	14 March 1999	Biel, Switzerland	Hard (I)	Evie Dominikovic	4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Winner	6.	28 March 1999	Dinan, France	Clay (I)	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Winner	7.	12 September 1999	Denain, France	Clay	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	6–4, 6–1
Winner	8.	19 September 1999	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Gloria Pizzichini	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	12.	26 September 1999	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Marta Marrero	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	13.	17 September 2000	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Émilie Loit	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	14.	9 September 2001	Denain, France	Clay	Céline Beigbeder	4–6, 0–6
Winner	9.	16 September 2001	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Anna Smashnova	4–6, 6–1, 6–0
Runner-up	15.	10 August 2003	Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Tathiana Garbin	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	16.	18 July 2004	Vittel, France	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
Winner	1.	10 February 1991	Helsinki, Finland	Carpet (I)	Elena Pogorelova	Nadja Beik Meike Babel	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	2.	7 July 1991	Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia	Clay	Ivona Horvat	Elena Pogorelova Irina Sukhova	5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	3.	15 September 1991	Haskovo, Bulgaria	Clay	Galia Angelova	Elena Pogorelova Irina Sukhova	7–6, 6–7, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	10 November 1991	Manchester, Great Britain	Carpet (I)	Barbara Griffiths	Amanda Grunfeld Julie Salmon	6–7(2–7), 1–6
Runner-up	2.	12 April 1992	Limoges, France	Carpet (I)	Sylvia Števková	Els Callens Michele Strebel	6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	20 September 1992	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Galia Angelova	Karina Kuregian Kirrily Sharpe	6–7, 2–6
Winner	4.	19 September 1993	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Galia Angelova	Patrícia Marková Kirrily Sharpe	6–0, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	10 April 1994	Athens, Greece	Clay	Sandra Van Der Aa	Patrícia Marková Simona Nedorostova	3–6, 0–6
Runner-up	5.	23 September 1995	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Réka Vidáts	Geraldine Aizenberg Laura Montalvo	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	28 September 1997	Albena, Bulgaria	Clay	Antoaneta Pandjerova	Galina Dimitrova Desislava Topalova	5–7, 1–6
Winner	5.	23 November 1997	Deauville, France	Carpet (I)	Julia Abe	Katalin Marosi Caroline Schneider	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	5 July 1998	Vaihingen, Germany	Clay	Julia Abe	Laurence Courtois Maja Murić	1–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	2 August 1998	Les Contamines, France	Hard	Jasmin Wöhr	Caroline Dhenin Sophie Georges	2–6, 6–1, 6–3
Winner	7.	6 September 1998	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Maaike Koutstaal	Magda Mihalache Zuzana Váleková	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	8.	22 November 1998	Deauville, France	Carpet (I)	Iroda Tulyaganova	Emmanuelle Curutchet Samantha Schoeffel	1–6, 6–2, 6–7
Runner-up	9.	19 September 1999	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Cristina Torrens Valero	Åsa Svensson Émilie Loit	2–6, 6–7
Runner-up	10.	8 July 2001	Orbetello, Italy	Clay	Laurence Courtois	María Emilia Salerni Patricia Tarabini	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 1–6
Runner-up	11.	14 October 2001	Poitiers, France	Hard (I)	Amanda Hopmans	Kristie Boogert Laurence Courtois	1–6, 5–7
Runner-up	12.	21 October 2001	Southampton, Great Britain	Hard (I)	Elena Tatarkova	Esme De Villiers Irina Selyutina	6–7(5–7), 6–2, 2–6
Winner	8.	22 September 2002	Biella, Italy	Clay	Eva Bes-Ostariz	María José Martínez Sánchez Anabel Medina Garrigues	7–5, 2–6, 7–6(7–5)
Winner	9.	6 October 2002	Girona, Spain	Clay	Gala León García	Flavia Pennetta Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	6–4, 6–3
Winner	10.	3 November 2002	Poitiers, France	Hard (I)	Evgenia Kulikovskaya	Caroline Dhenin Émilie Loit	W/O
Runner-up	13.	10 August 2003	Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Stefanie Haidner	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Darija Jurak	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	14.	5 October 2003	Girona, Spain	Clay	Roberta Vinci	Conchita Martínez Granados María José Martínez Sánchez	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	15.	8 February 2004	Urtijëi, Italy	Carpet (I)	Angelika Roesch	Olga Vymetálková Gabriela Navrátilová	1–6, 3–6
Winner	11.	2 May 2004	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Eva Birnerová	Ruxandra Dragomir Antonia Matic	4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Runner-up	16.	1 August 2004	Modena, Italy	Clay	Eva Birnerová	Gabriela Navrátilová Michaela Paštiková	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	17.	13 September 2004	Denain, France	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	22 July 1995	South Africa	Hard	Joannette Kruger	L	0–6, 3–6
		23 July 1995			Amanda Coetzer	L	2–6, 4–6
1996 World Group II	QF	27 April 1996	Slovakia	Clay	Karina Habšudová	L	0–6, 1–6
		28 April 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	19 July 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	21 July 1994	Svetlana Krivencheva	Indonesia	Clay	Natalia Soetrisno Romana Tedjakusuma	W	6–1, 6–3
1995 World Group I	RPO	23 July 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