Katerina Maleeva
Katerina Maleeva is a former top 10 Bulgarian tennis player. She played in the WTA Tour, competing in singles, doubles and mixed doubles between 1984 and 1997. Her best position in the WTA singles ranking was No. 6 in 1990.
Biography
Born in Sofia, Maleeva was the second oldest of the three children of Georgi Maleev and Yuliya Berberyan. Her mother came from an Armenian family, which 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 was the coach of her three daughters, Katerina, Manuela and Magdalena, each of whom eventually became WTA top 10 players.Throughout her professional career, Maleeva has won a total of 11 WTA singles titles and two titles in doubles. In July 1990, she achieved her career-high ranking of 6th. She has a record of 369 singles wins and 210 losses. In 1994, she married Georgi Stoimenov. The couple have two children and currently live in Sofia.
Major finals
Grand Slam tournaments
Doubles: 1 runner-up
WTA career finals
Singles: 20 (11–9)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Winner | 1. | 1 April 1985 | Seabrook Island, USA | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 1. | 22 April 1985 | Orlando, USA | Clay | ![]() | 1–6, 0–6 |
Winner | 2. | 4 November 1985 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Carpet | ![]() | 6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 3. | 13 April 1987 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | ![]() | 6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 4. | 5 October 1987 | Athens, Greece | Clay | ![]() | 6–0, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 2. | 29 February 1988 | San Antonio, USA | Hard | ![]() | 4–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 25 July 1988 | Hamburg, West Germany | Clay | ![]() | 4–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 5. | 24 October 1988 | Indianapolis, USA | Hard | ![]() | 6–3, 2–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 6. | 24 July 1989 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | ![]() | 6–1, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 4. | 31 July 1989 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Clay | ![]() | 2–6, 6–7 |
Winner | 7. | 16 October 1989 | Bayonne, France | Hard | ![]() | 6–2, 6–2 |
Winner | 8. | 30 October 1989 | Indianapolis, USA | Hard | ![]() | 6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 9. | 26 March 1990 | Houston, USA | Clay | ![]() | 6–1, 1–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 5. | 16 April 1990 | Tampa, USA | Clay | ![]() | 1–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 30 July 1990 | Montreal, Canada | Hard | ![]() | 1–6, 7–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 5 August 1991 | Toronto, Canada | Hard | ![]() | 2–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 19 August 1991 | Washington, USA | Hard | ![]() | 2–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 10. | 11 November 1991 | Indianapolis, USA | Hard | ![]() | 7–6, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 9. | 1 November 1993 | Quebec, Canada | Hard | ![]() | 4–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 11. | 31 October 1994 | Quebec, Canada | Carpet | ![]() | 6–3, 6–3 |
Doubles: 10 (2–8)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Winner | 1. | 22 July 1985 | Indianapolis, USA | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1. | 8 September 1986 | Tokyo, Japan | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 7–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 14 September 1987 | Tokyo, Japan | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 11 July 1988 | Brussels, Belgium | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 8 August 1988 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 1–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 24 July 1989 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 2. | 3 February 1992 | Essen, Germany | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 6. | 4 May 1992 | Rome, Italy | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 1 November 1993 | Quebec, Canada | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 29 August 1994 | US Open | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 3–6 |
ITF Circuit finals: 3 (2–1)
Singles: 2 (1–1)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Winner | 1. | 11 June 1984 | Lyon, France | Clay | ![]() | 7–6, 3–6, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 1. | 16 July 1984 | Cava Tirr, Italy | Clay | ![]() | 1–6, 5–7 |
Doubles: 1 (1–0)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Winner | 1. | 23 September 1985 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 6–2 |
Fed Cup
Katerina Maleeva debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 1984. Since then she has a 20–9 singles record and a 9–13 doubles record.Singles (20–9)
Doubles (9–13)
- RPO = Relegation Play-off
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
- 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.