Lubomira Bacheva
Lubomira Bacheva is a retired tennis player from Bulgaria. She reached her career-high ranking of world No. 68 on 1 November 1999.
Tennis career
As a junior, Bacheva won the European Championships in 1989 and 1991.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 Tour 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 with a win-loss record of 1–6.
WTA career finals
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Winner | 1. | 23 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 | Cristina Torrens Valero | Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat | 3–6, 6–7 |
Winner | 2. | 29 July 2001 | Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | Åsa Carlsson | María José Martínez Sánchez María Emilia Salerni | 6–3, 6–7, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 2. | 14 July 2002 | Palermo, Italy | Clay | Angelika Rösch | Evgenia Kulikovskaya Ekaterina Sysoeva | 4–6, 3–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles (9–16)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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 1995 | Spoleto, Italy | Clay | Cristina Salvi | 6–7, 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 | Edith Nunes-Bersot | 2–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 23 November 1997 | Deauville, France | Carpet | Gabriela Kučerová | 3–6, 6–7 |
Winner | 4. | 5 April 1998 | Brest, France | Hard | Sophie Georges | 7–5, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 8. | 12 July 1998 | Puchheim, Germany | Clay | Gisela Riera | 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 | Silvia Sosnarova | 6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 11. | 14 March 1999 | Biel, Switzerland | Hard | Evie Dominikovic | 4–6, 7–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 6. | 28 March 1999 | Dinan, France | Clay | 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 (11–17)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Winner | 1. | 10 February 1991 | Helsinki, Finland | Carpet | 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 | Barbara Griffiths | Amanda Grunfeld Julie Salmon | 6–7, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 12 April 1992 | Limoges, France | Carpet | Sylvia Štefková | Els Callens Michèle 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 Zuzana Nemšáková | 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 | 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 | 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 Carlsson Émilie Loit | 2–6, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 10. | 8 July 2001 | Orbetello, Italy | Clay | Laurence Courtois | María Emilia Salerni Patricia Tarabini | 6–7, 6–3, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 11. | 14 October 2001 | Poitiers, France | Hard | Amanda Hopmans | Kristie Boogert Laurence Courtois | 1–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 12. | 21 October 2001 | Southampton, Great Britain | Hard | Elena Tatarkova | Nannie De Villiers Irina Selyutina | 6–7, 6–2, 2–6 |
Winner | 8. | 22 September 2002 | Biella, Italy | Clay | Eva Bes-Ostáriz | María José Martínez Sánchez Anabel Medina Garrigues | 7–5, 2–6, 7–6 |
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 | 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 | Angelika Rösch | 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, 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 participitation
Singles (0–4)
Doubles (1–2)
- RPO = Relegation Play–off