Manuela Maleeva

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**Manuela Maleeva**

Country	Bulgaria Switzerland
Residence	Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz, Switzerland
Date of birth	February 14, 1967 (1967-02-14) (age 41)
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	57.6 kg (127 lb/9.07 st)
Turned pro	1982
Retired	February 1994
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$3,244,811
Singles
Career record:	475-187
Career titles:	19
Highest ranking:	No. 3 (February 4, 1985)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	QF (1985, 1992, 1994)
French Open	QF (1985, 1987, 1989, 1990)
Wimbledon	QF (1984)
US Open	SF (1992, 1993)
Doubles
Career record:	129-131
Career titles:	4 (1 ITF)
Highest ranking:	n/a

Olympic medal record
Bronze	1988 Seoul	Singles

Manuela Maleeva (Bulgarian: Мануела Малеева) (born February 14, 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Bulgaria. She played on the Women's Tennis Association tour between 1982 and 1994. Maleeva also sometimes played for Switzerland.

1 Biography
2 Grand Slam final
- 2.1 Mixed doubles
3 WTA finals
- 3.1 Singles (37)
  - 3.1.1 Wins (19)
  - 3.1.2 Runner-ups (18)
- 3.2 Doubles (11)
  - 3.2.1 Wins (4)
  - 3.2.2 Runner-ups (7)
4 Grand Slam singles performance timeline
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Biography

Maleeva was born in Sofia, the oldest of the four children of Yulia Berberyan and Georgi Maleev. Her mother, who came from an Armenian family that found refuge in Bulgaria after the 1896 Armenian massacres in the Ottoman Empire, was the best Bulgarian tennis player in the 1960s. After she retired from professional tennis in the 1970s, Berberyan started a coaching career. She coached all three of her daughters, Manuela, Katerina, and Magdalena, each of whom became WTA top ten players.

In 1982, Maleeva won the junior French Open. Later that year, she made her debut on the senior tour and ended the year ranked in the top 200.

In 1984, Maleeva won five tournaments and recorded wins over Chris Evert, Hana Mandlikova, Helena Sukova, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Wendy Turnbull, Kathy Jordan, and Zina Garrison Jackson. After winning the tournament in Indianapolis, Maleeva rose to World No. 3 in the rankings. Once in the top ten, she did not leave it until 1992. Also in 1984, Maleeva won her only Grand Slam title – in mixed doubles at the US Open with American Tom Gullikson.

In 1988, Maleeva won a bronze medal in singles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

In 1992 and 1993, Maleeva registered her all-time best achievement in Grand Slam singles competition when she reached the semifinals of the US Open both years (in 1992 after beating her sister, Magdalena, in the quarterfinals).

In 1994, Maleeva retired from professional tennis.

During her 12-year carrier, Maleeva won 19 WTA Tour singles titles, four doubles titles, and one mixed doubles title. She teamed with Jakob Hlasek to help Switzerland win the Hopman Cup in 1992 and, while playing for Bulgaria, twice reached the semifinals of Fed Cup (1985 and 1987).

Maleeva has been married since 1987 to former Swiss tennis player Francois Fragniere. They live near Geneva and have two girls and a boy.

[edit] Grand Slam final

[edit] Mixed doubles

Win

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1984	U.S. Open	Tom Gullikson	Elizabeth Sayers Smylie John Fitzgerald	2–6, 7–5, 6–4

[edit] WTA finals

[edit] Singles (37)

[edit] Wins (19)

Legend
Tier I (1)
Tier III (3)
Tier IV & V (7)
Pre-Tier wins (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	May 7, 1984	Lugano, Switzerland	Clay	Iva Budarova	6–1, 6–1
2.	May 21, 1984	Rome, Italy	Clay	Chris Evert	6–3, 6–3
3.	August 6, 1984	U.S. Women's Clay Court Championships, Indianapolis, Indiana	Clay	Lisa Bonder	6–4, 6–3
4.	November 12, 1984	Lion's Cup, Tokyo	Carpet (I)	Hana Mandlikova	6–1, 1–6, 6–4
5.	December 10, 1984	Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo	Carpet (I)	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	6–0, 6–1
6.	December 9, 1985	Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo	Carpet (I)	Bonnie Gadusek	7–6(2), 3–6, 7–5
7.	March 30, 1987	Isle of Palms, South Carolina, U.S.	Clay	Raffaella Reggi	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
8.	August 24, 1987	Mahwah, New Jersey, U.S.	Hard	Sylvia Hanika	6–2, 6–2
9.	February 29, 1988	Wichita, Kansas, U.S.	Hard (I)	Sylvia Hanika	7–6(5), 7–5
10.	September 12, 1988	Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.	Hard	Dinky Van Rensburg	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
11.	March 12, 1989	Indian Wells, California, U.S.	Hard	Jenny Byrne	6–4, 6–1
12.	May 28, 1989	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Conchita Martinez	6–4, 6–0
13.	February 17, 1991	Linz, Austria	Clay	Petra Langrova	6–4, 7–6(1)
14.	May 26, 1991	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Helen Kelesi	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
15.	May 26, 1991	Bayonne, France	Carpet (I)	Leila Meskhi	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
16.	October 4, 1992	Bayonne, France	Carpet (I)	Nathalie Tauziat	6–7(4), 6–2, 6–3
17.	February 28, 1993	Linz, Austria	Carpet (I)	Conchita Martinez	6–2, 1–0 ret.
18.	October 10, 1993	Zurich, Switzerland	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	6–3, 7–6(1)
19.	February 13, 1994	Osaka, Japan	Carpet (I)	Iva Majoli	6–1, 4–6, 7–5

[edit] Runner-ups (18)

Legend
Tier I (1)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (4)
Tier IV & V (2)
Pre-Tier wins (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	February 5, 1984	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Carpet (I)	Hana Mandlikova	6–4, 6–2
2.	January 13, 1985	Washington, D.C.	Carper (I)	Martina Navratilova	6–3, 6–2
3.	May 26, 1985	Lugano, Switzerland	Clay	Bonnie Gadusek	6–4, 6–2
4.	June 6, 1985	Lion's Cup, Tokyo	Carpet (I)	Chris Evert	7–5, 6–0
5.	October 27, 1985	Brighton, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Chris Evert	7–5, 6–3
6.	May 25, 1986	Lugano, Switzerland	Clay	Raffaella Reggi	5–7, 6–3, 7–6(6)
7.	June 15, 1986	Birmingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Pam Shriver	6–2, 7–6(0)
8.	September 14, 1986	Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo	Carpet (I)	Steffi Graf	6–4, 6–2
9.	April 12, 1987	Hilton Head, South Carolina, U.S.	Clay	Steffi Graf	6–4, 6–1
10.	May 24, 1987	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Chris Evert	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
11.	September 20, 1987	Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo	Carpet (I)	Gabriela Sabatini	6–4, 7–6(6)
12.	October 23, 1988	Zurich, Switzerland	Carpet (I)	Pam Shriver	6–3, 6–4
13.	October 23, 1988	Brighton, United Kingdom	Carpet (I)	Steffi Graf	6–2, 6–0
14.	February 18, 1990	Ameritech Cup, Chicago, U.S.	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	6–3, 6–2
15.	April 1, 1990	San Antonio, Texas, U.S.	Hard	Monica Seles	6–4, 6–3
16.	August 12, 1990	San Diego, U.S.	Hard	Steffi Graf	6–3, 6–2
17.	April 28, 1991	Barcelona, Spain	Hard	Conchita Martinez	6–4, 6–1
18.	July 12, 1992	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Conchita Martínez	6–0, 3–6, 6–2

[edit] Doubles (11)

[edit] Wins (4)

Legend
Tier II (1)
Tier IV & V (1)
Pre-Tier wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	July 27, 1985	US Clay Courts, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Clay	Katerina Maleeva	Penny Mager Paula Smith	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
2.	July 12, 1987	Knokke-Heist, Belgium	Clay	Bettina Bunge	Kathleen Horvath Marcella Mesker	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
3.	February 17, 1991	Linz, Austria	Carpet (I)	Raffaella Reggi	Petra Langrova Radka Zrubáková	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
4.	April 11, 1993	Amelia Island, Florida, USA	Clay	Leila Meskhi	Amanda Coetzer Ines Gorrochategui	3–6, 6–3, 6–4

[edit] Runner-ups (7)

Legend
Tier II (2)
Tier III (1)
Tier IV & V (1)
Pre-Tier wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	May 5, 1985	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Clay	Helena Sukova	Elise Burgin Martina Navratilova	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
2.	September 14, 1986	Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo	Carpet (I)	Katerina Maleeva	Bettina Bunge Steffi Graf	6–1, 6–7(4), 6–2
3.	September 20, 1987	Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo	Carpet (I)	Katerina Maleeva	Anne White Robin White	6–1, 6–2
4.	May 26, 1991	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Cathy Caverzasio	Nicole Bradtke Elizabeth Sayers Smylie	6–1, 6–2
5.	February 14, 1993	Osaka, Japan	Carpet (I)	Magdalena Maleeva	Jana Novotna Larisa Neiland	6–1, 6–3
6.	April 25, 1993	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Magdalena Maleeva	Conchita Martinez Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	4–6, 6–1, 6–0
7.	August 1, 1993	Stratton Mountain, Vermont, U.S.	Hard	Mercedes Paz	Elizabeth Sayers Smylie Helena Sukova	6–1, 6–2

[edit] Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	Career SR
Australian Open	3R	A	A	QF	NH	4R	A	A	A	2R	QF	4R	QF	0 / 7
French Open	2R	3R	4R	QF	3R	QF	3R	QF	QF	2R	3R	3R	A	0 / 12
Wimbledon	2R	2R	QF	4R	4R	2R	1R	A	1R	A	3R	3R	A	0 / 10
U.S. Open	3R	3R	1R	4R	QF	4R	QF	QF	QF	4R	SF	SF	A	0 / 12
SR	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 41

NH = tournament not held.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Manuela Maleeva profile on the WTA Tour's official website

Awards
Preceded by Conny Kissling	Swiss Sportswoman of the Year 1993	Succeeded by Vreni Schneider