Pavlina Nola

Pavlina Stoyanova-Nola
Павлина Стоянова-Нола

Campbells Bay Tennis Club, Auckland- Women's Chelsea Cup Team, 2010. Pavlina Nola shown second from the left in this photo.
Country (sports)  Bulgaria (1974–2001)
 New Zealand (2001-02)
Residence Auckland, New Zealand
Born (1974-07-14) 14 July 1974
Varna, Bulgaria
Turned pro 1995
Retired 2002
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $416,682
Singles
Career record 240–180
Career titles 0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking No. 68 (14 May 2001)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (1999, 2001, 2002)
French Open 1R (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)
Wimbledon 1R (1998, 1999, 2001)
US Open 2R (1998, 2000)
Doubles
Career record 79–86
Career titles 1 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking No. 87 (3 August 1998)

Pavlina Stoyanova-Nola (Bulgarian: Павлина Стоянова-Нола) (born 14 July 1974) is a former tennis player who played for both Bulgaria (up to May 2001) and New Zealand (since June 2001) in her professional career.

Nola turned professional in 1995. She reached her career high ranking of No. 68 in the world on 14 May 2001. The best singles result of her career was finishing runner-up to Henrieta Nagyová at a WTA tournament in Palermo where she lost 3–6, 5–7. She also one won doubles title at the same tournament two years previously with Elena Pampoulova-Wagner. She played her last match in 2002, losing in the first round of the 2002 Australian Open to Janette Husárová.

Captain of Campbells Bay Tennis Club – Chelsea Cup team 2010 — Pavlina Nola was Captain of Campbell’s Bay Tennis Club Chelsea Cup team in 2010. The Chelsea Cup is the premier club tennis league competition for North Shore City in New Zealand. Campbells Bay Tennis Club is a large tennis club based in the best location on the shore.

Pavlina was successful winning captain leading a team consisting of Franziska Etzel, Kairangi Vano, Vicki Wild and Charlotte Roberts. Such was Pavlina’s dominance in the competition that in the nine matches she ended with astonishing statistics of playing 9 matches and winning 108 games and giving the opposition only 14 games.

WTA Career Finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–0)
Tier IV (0–1)
Tier V (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 16 July 2000 Palermo, Italy Clay Slovakia Henrieta Nagyova 3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0-0)
Tier III (0–0)
Tier IV (1–0)
Tier V (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 19 July 1998 Palermo, Italy Clay Germany Elena Pampoulova Austria Barbara Schett
Switzerland Patty Schnyder
6–4, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals: 23 (15–8)

Singles: 12 (7–5)

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. 2 August 1994 Bourgas, Bulgaria Hard Netherlands Henriette van Aalderen 7–5, 6–0
Winner 2. 20 August 1995 Wahlscheid, Germany Clay Poland Monika Starosta 6–4, 6–1
Winner 3. 3 September 1995 Bad Nauheim, Germany Clay Czech Republic Alena Havrlíková 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 4 August 1996 Horb, Germany Clay South Korea Choi Ju-yeon 3–6, 1–6
Winner 4. 25 August 1996 Bad Nauheim, Germany Clay Germany Lisa Fritz 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Winner 5. 23 February 1997 Faro, Portugal Hard Germany Athina Briegel 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 2. 20 April 1997 Dubrovnik, Croatia Clay Czech Republic Milena Nekvapilová 2–6, 6–0, 2–6
Winner 6. 20 July 1997 Darmstadt, Germany Clay Romania Raluca Sandu 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 3. 21 September 1997 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Spain Ana Alcázar 6–2, 3–6, 1–6
Winner 7. 18 October 1998 Indian Wells, USA Hard South Korea Kim Eun-ha 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 4. 2 April 2000 Norcross, USA Hard United States Marissa Irvin 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 5. 18 November 2001 Port Pirie, Australia Hard Japan Saori Obata 1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 11 (8–3)

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. 7 August 1995 Horb, Germany Clay Russia Anna Linkova Czech Republic Ivana Havrliková
Czech Republic Monika Kratochvílová
2–6, 5–7
Winner 1. 3 September 1995 Bad Nauheim, Germany Clay Germany Renata Kochta Czech Republic Dominika Górecka
Czech Republic Petra Plačková
7–6, 6–2
Winner 2. 17 September 1995 Varna, Bulgaria Clay Bulgaria Dora Djilianova Bulgaria Galina Dimitrova
Bulgaria Dessislava Topalova
4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up 2. 1 October 1995 Bucharest, Romania Clay Bulgaria Dora Djilianova Germany Angela Kerek
Germany Maja Zivec-Skulj
6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Winner 3. 25 August 1996 Bad Nauheim, Germany Clay Germany Meike Froehlich Slovakia Simona Galikova
Slovakia Patrícia Marková
7–6(7–4), 7–6(12–10)
Winner 4. 15 September 1996 Varna, Bulgaria Clay Bulgaria Antoaneta Pandjerova Bulgaria Galina Dimitrova
Bulgaria Dessislava Topalova
6–4, 6–2
Winner 5. 1 June 1997 Bourgas, Bulgaria Hard Bulgaria Teodora Nedeva Germany Meike Froehlich
Croatia Kristina Pojatina
6–1, 6–2
Winner 6. 20 July 1997 Darmstadt, Germany Clay Bulgaria Svetlana Krivencheva Russia Olga Ivanova
Poland Magdalena Feistel
6–0, 2–6, 6–3
Winner 7. 27 July 1997 Rostock, Germany Clay Bulgaria Svetlana Krivencheva Australia Renée Reid
Hungary Réka Vidáts
W/O
Runner-up 3. 17 August 1997 Bratislava, Slovakia Clay Bulgaria Svetlana Krivencheva Belgium Laurence Courtois
Slovakia Henrieta Nagyová
1–6, 0–6
Winner 8. 18 October 1998 Indian Wells, USA Hard United States Lindsay Lee-Waters United States Erika de Lone
United States Katie Schlukebir
6–0, 6–7(4–7), 6–1

Fed Cup

Pavlina Nola debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 1995. Since then she has a 4–4 singles record and a 1–3 doubles record (5–7 overall).

Singles (4–4)

Edition Round Date Against Surface Opponent W/L Result
1995 World Group I Play-Offs PO 22 July 1995  South Africa Hard South Africa Amanda Coetzer L 0–6, 1–6
23 July 1995 South Africa Joannette Kruger L 3–6, 1–6
1996 World Group II Play-Offs PO 13 July 1996  South Korea Clay South Korea Kim Eun-ha W 3–6, 6–0, 6–1
14 July 1996 South Korea Park Sung-hee L 3–6, 5–7
1999 Europe/Africa Group I RR 19 April 1999  Yugoslavia Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragana Zarić W 6–1, 6–2
20 April 1999  Finland Finland Hanna-Katri Aalto W 6–3, 6–1
21 April 1999  Great Britain United Kingdom Samantha Smith W 7–6(7–4), 6–4
PPO 22 April 1999  Slovenia Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik L 2–6, 2–6

Doubles (1–3)

Edition Round Date Partner Against Surface Opponents W/L Result
1996 World Group II PO 28 April 1996 Bulgaria Antoaneta Pandjerova Slovakia Slovakia Clay Slovakia Henrieta Nagyová
Slovakia Radka Zrubáková
L 7–5, 3–6, 1–6
1996 World Group II Play-Offs PO 14 July 1996 Bulgaria Teodora Nedeva South Korea South Korea Clay South Korea Choi Ju-yeon
South Korea Choi Young-ja
L 4–6, 6–4, 6–7(3–7)
1999 Europe/Africa Group I RR 19 April 1999 Bulgaria Desislava Topalova Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Branka Bojović
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragana Zarić
W 6–2, 6–2
21 April 1999 Bulgaria Desislava Topalova United Kingdom Great Britain United Kingdom Julie Pullin
United Kingdom Joanne Ward
L 3–6, 5–7

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Career SR Career Win-Loss
Australian Open A A A Q2 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 4 0–4
French Open A A A 1R 1R 1R 1R A 0 / 4 0–4
Wimbledon A A A 1R 1R Q3 1R A 0 / 3 0–3
US Open A A 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R A 0 / 5 2–5
SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 16 2–16
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