Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova

Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova
Биляна Павлова-Димитрова

Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Born	(1978-01-20) 20 January 1978 Bulgaria
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1993
Retired	2013
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Teodor Bachev
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)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	1–1

Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova (Bulgarian: Биляна Павлова-Димитрова; born 20 January 1978) is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is No. 490, which she reached on 16 October 2006. Her career-high doubles ranking is 301, set on 20 April 2009.

She was first called up to the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 2009, but made her debut in 2010.

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (1–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	28 June 1998	Kavala, Greece	Hard	Dragana Ilić	6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	1.	26 August 2001	Volos, Greece	Carpet	Christina Zachariadou	0–6, 0–6
Runner-up	2.	20 November 2005	Giza, Egypt	Clay	Galina Fokina	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	7 May 2006	Bournemouth, Great Britain	Clay	Marrit Boonstra	3–6, 0–6
Runner-up	4.	2 September 2007	Palić, Serbia	Clay	Tadeja Majerič	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	14 October 2007	Volos, Greece	Carpet	Olga Brózda	7–6(7–2), 2–6, 0–6

Doubles (3–16)

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

Fed Cup

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)	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	Elitsa Kostova	Slovenia	Hard (i)	Andreja Klepač Maša Zec-Peškirič	W	6–1, 6–2

• RR = Round Robin

External links

• Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova at the International Tennis Federation