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)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.23 April 2000Budapest, HungaryClay Cristina Torrens Valero Jelena Kostanić
Sandra Načuk
6–0, 6–2
Runner-up1.1 October 2000Luxembourg, LuxembourgCarpet Cristina Torrens Valero Alexandra Fusai
Nathalie Tauziat
3–6, 6–7
Winner2.29 July 2001Casablanca, MoroccoClay Åsa Carlsson María José Martínez Sánchez
María Emilia Salerni
6–3, 6–7, 6–1
Runner-up2.14 July 2002Palermo, ItalyClay Angelika Rösch Evgenia Kulikovskaya
Ekaterina Sysoeva
4–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (9–16)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.7 April 1991Šibenik, YugoslaviaClay Irina Sukhova6–1, 6–3
Runner-up1.30 June 1991Dubrovnik, YugoslaviaClay Kateřina Šišková2–6, 1–6
Winner2.7 July 1991Dubrovnik, YugoslaviaClay Kateřina Šišková6–4, 1–6, 6–2
Runner-up2.15 September 1991Haskovo, BulgariaClay Elena Makarova4–6, 4–6
Runner-up3.5 August 1992Vaihingen, GermanyClay Joannette Kruger1–6, 0–6
Runner-up4.10 September 1995Spoleto, ItalyClay Cristina Salvi6–7, 3–6
Winner3.10 August 1997Rebecq, BelgiumClay Kildine Chevalier6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up5.28 September 1997Albena, BulgariaClay Desislava Topalova6–2, 4–6, 0–6
Runner-up6.9 November 1997Moulins, FranceHard Edith Nunes-Bersot2–6, 1–6
Runner-up7.23 November 1997Deauville, FranceCarpet Gabriela Kučerová3–6, 6–7
Winner4.5 April 1998Brest, FranceHard Sophie Georges7–5, 6–0
Runner-up8.12 July 1998Puchheim, GermanyClay Gisela Riera4–6, 4–6
Runner-up9.19 July 1998Darmstadt, GermanyClay Petra Mandula6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up10.2 August 1998Les Contamines, FranceHard Anca Barna6–7, 1–6
Winner5.22 November 1998Deauville, FranceCarpet Silvia Sosnarova6–3, 6–3
Runner-up11.14 March 1999Biel, SwitzerlandHard Evie Dominikovic4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Winner6.28 March 1999Dinan, FranceClay Stéphanie Foretz Gacon6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Winner7.12 September 1999Denain, FranceClay Stéphanie Foretz Gacon6–4, 6–1
Winner8.19 September 1999Bordeaux, FranceClay Gloria Pizzichini3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up12.26 September 1999Sofia, BulgariaClay Marta Marrero2–6, 3–6
Runner-up13.17 September 2000Bordeaux, FranceClay Émilie Loit5–7, 2–6
Runner-up14.9 September 2001Denain, FranceClay Céline Beigbeder4–6, 0–6
Winner9.16 September 2001Bordeaux, FranceClay Anna Smashnova4–6, 6–1, 6–0
Runner-up15.10 August 2003Cuneo, ItalyClay Tathiana Garbin3–6, 1–6
Runner-up16.18 July 2004Vittel, FranceClay Nuria Llagostera Vives2–6, 4–6

Doubles (11–17)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.10 February 1991Helsinki, FinlandCarpet Elena Pogorelova Nadja Beik
Meike Babel
6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Winner2.7 July 1991Dubrovnik, YugoslaviaClay Ivona Horvat Elena Pogorelova
Irina Sukhova
5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Winner3.15 September 1991Haskovo, BulgariaClay Galia Angelova Elena Pogorelova
Irina Sukhova
7–6, 6–7, 6–1
Runner-up1.10 November 1991Manchester, Great BritainCarpet Barbara Griffiths Amanda Grunfeld
Julie Salmon
6–7, 1–6
Runner-up2.12 April 1992Limoges, FranceCarpet Sylvia Štefková Els Callens
Michèle Strebel
6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up3.20 September 1992Sofia, BulgariaClay Galia Angelova Karina Kuregian
Kirrily Sharpe
6–7, 2–6
Winner4.19 September 1993Sofia, BulgariaClay Galia Angelova Patrícia Marková
Zuzana Nemšáková
6–0, 7–5
Runner-up4.10 April 1994Athens, GreeceClay Sandra van der Aa Patrícia Marková
Simona Nedorostova
3–6, 0–6
Runner-up5.23 September 1995Sofia, BulgariaClay Réka Vidáts Geraldine Aizenberg
Laura Montalvo
2–6, 2–6
Runner-up6.28 September 1997Albena, BulgariaClay Antoaneta Pandjerova Galina Dimitrova
Desislava Topalova
5–7, 1–6
Winner5.23 November 1997Deauville, FranceCarpet Julia Abe Katalin Marosi
Caroline Schneider
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up7.5 July 1998Vaihingen, GermanyClay Julia Abe Laurence Courtois
Maja Murić
1–6, 4–6
Winner6.2 August 1998Les Contamines, FranceHard Jasmin Wöhr Caroline Dhenin
Sophie Georges
2–6, 6–1, 6–3
Winner7.6 September 1998Sofia, BulgariaClay Maaike Koutstaal Magda Mihalache
Zuzana Váleková
6–1, 7–5
Runner-up8.22 November 1998Deauville, FranceCarpet Iroda Tulyaganova Emmanuelle Curutchet
Samantha Schoeffel
1–6, 6–2, 6–7
Runner-up9.19 September 1999Bordeaux, FranceClay Cristina Torrens Valero Åsa Carlsson
Émilie Loit
2–6, 6–7
Runner-up10.8 July 2001Orbetello, ItalyClay Laurence Courtois María Emilia Salerni
Patricia Tarabini
6–7, 6–3, 1–6
Runner-up11.14 October 2001Poitiers, FranceHard Amanda Hopmans Kristie Boogert
Laurence Courtois
1–6, 5–7
Runner-up12.21 October 2001Southampton, Great BritainHard Elena Tatarkova Nannie De Villiers
Irina Selyutina
6–7, 6–2, 2–6
Winner8.22 September 2002Biella, ItalyClay Eva Bes-Ostáriz María José Martínez Sánchez
Anabel Medina Garrigues
7–5, 2–6, 7–6
Winner9.6 October 2002Girona, SpainClay Gala León García Flavia Pennetta
Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
6–4, 6–3
Winner10.3 November 2002Poitiers, FranceHard Evgenia Kulikovskaya Caroline Dhenin
Émilie Loit
w/o
Runner-up13.10 August 2003Cuneo, ItalyClay Stefanie Haidner Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Darija Jurak
1–6, 2–6
Runner-up14.5 October 2003Girona, SpainClay Roberta Vinci Conchita Martínez Granados
María José Martínez Sánchez
5–7, 3–6
Runner-up15.8 February 2004Urtijëi, ItalyCarpet Angelika Rösch Olga Vymetálková
Gabriela Navrátilová
1–6, 3–6
Winner11.2 May 2004Cagnes-sur-Mer, FranceClay Eva Birnerová Ruxandra Dragomir
Antonia Matic
4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Runner-up16.1 August 2004Modena, ItalyClay Eva Birnerová Gabriela Navrátilová
Michaela Paštiková
2–6, 3–6
Runner-up17.13 September 2004Denain, FranceClay Michaela Paštiková Yuliana Fedak
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
6–1, 1–6, 2–6

Singles (0–4)

Doubles (1–2)