# Lia Karatancheva

Lia Radoslavova Karatancheva (Bulgarian: Лиа Радославова Каратанчева; born 8 September 2003) is a Bulgarian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking world No. 347, by the WTA, achieved on 6 January 2025. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 199, achieved on 2 December 2024.
Karatancheva has won three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She took part in the Bulgaria BJK Cup team for the first time in 2023. Playing for Bulgaria, Karatancheva has a win–loss record of 10–5.

## Career

In March 2024, Karatancheva reached the doubles final in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

## Personal life

She is the daughter of former rower and member of parliament as part of the Bulgarian Business Bloc, Radoslav Karatantchev. Her mother Zhivka Angelova is journalist.
She has three sisters one of whom, Gabriel Karatantcheva, was active as a professional tennis player from 2014 to 2017. Older sister, Sesil, and younger sister, Alexa, are also tennis players.

## ITF Circuit finals
### Singles: 2 (2 runner–ups)

* Legend
* W75 tournaments (0–1)
* W35 tournaments (0–1)
* Finals by surface
* Clay (0–1)
* Hard (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2024 | Open Castilla y León, Spain | W35 | Hard | Yasmine Mansouri | 2–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 5–7 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Sep 2024 | Ladies Open Vienna, Austria | W75 | Clay | Tena Lukas | 4–6, 1–6 |

### Doubles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner-ups)

* Legend
* W100 tournaments (0–1)
* W75 tournaments (0–2)
* W50 tournaments (0–1)
* W25/35 tournaments (3–4)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–3)
* Clay (2–5)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Nov 2022 | ITF Heraklion, Greece | W25 | Clay | Oana Gavrilă | Lina Gjorcheska Dea Herdzelas | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Jan 2024 | ITF Naples, United States | W35 | Clay | Isabelle Haverlag | Elvina Kalieva Maria Kozyreva | 0–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Mar 2024 | ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | W35 | Hard | Rasheeda McAdoo | Carmen Corley Ivana Corley | 1–6, 7–6$^{(5)}$, [10–12] |
| Win | 2–2 | Apr 2024 | ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy | W35 | Clay | Eleni Christofi | Eleonora Alvisi Federica Urgesi | 6–0, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–3 | May 2024 | ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia | W35 | Clay | Michaela Bayerlová | Ksenia Laskutova Radka Zelníčková | 7–5, 6–7$^{(3)}$, [9–11] |
| Loss | 2–4 | Jun 2024 | Open Araba en Femenino, Spain | W100 | Hard | Diāna Marcinkēviča | Estelle Cascino Alex Eala | 3–6, 6–2, [4–10] |
| Win | 3–4 | Jul 2024 | Open Castilla y León, Spain | W35 | Hard | Radka Zelníčková | Alexandra Osborne Anna Rogers | 2–6, 6–3, [10–3] |
| Loss | 3–5 | Aug 2024 | Zagreb Open, Croatia | W50 | Clay | Sapfo Sakellaridi | Živa Falkner Amarissa Tóth | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3–6 | Sep 2024 | Pazardzhik Cup, Bulgaria | W75 | Clay | Sapfo Sakellaridi | Veronika Erjavec Anita Wagner | 5–7, 6–3, [5–10] |
| Loss | 3–7 | Sep 2024 | ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia | W75 | Clay | Cristina Dinu | Amina Anshba Noma Noha Akugue | 2–6, 6–7$^{(2)}$ |
| Loss | 3–8 | Oct 2024 | ITF Faro, Portugal | W35 | Hard | Diāna Marcinkēviča | Weronika Falkowska Stéphanie Visscher | 4–6, 6–2, [5–10] |

## National representation
### Billie Jean King Cup

Karatancheva debuted in Bulgaria Billie Jean King Cup team in 2023; since then she has accumulated a win–loss record of 5–2 in singles and 5–3 in doubles (10–5 overall).

#### Singles (5–2)

| Edition | Round | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Opponent | W/L | Result |
| 2023 | Z1 RR | 11 Apr 2023 | Antalya (TUR) | Croatia | Clay | Petra Marčinko | W | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 2023 | Z1 RR | 12 Apr 2023 | Antalya (TUR) | Sweden | Clay | Kajsa Rinaldo Persson | W | 7–6$^{(13–11)}$, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| 2023 | Z1 RR | 13 Apr 2023 | Antalya (TUR) | Norway | Clay | Ulrikke Eikeri | W | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2023 | Z1 RR | 14 Apr 2023 | Antalya (TUR) | Denmark | Clay | Rebecca Munk Mortensen | W | 6–0, 6–0 |
| 2024 | Z1 RR | 9 Apr 2024 | Antalya (TUR) | Denmark | Clay | Johanne Svendsen | L | 2–6, 2–6 |
| 2024 | Z1 RR | 10 Apr 2024 | Antalya (TUR) | Austria | Clay | Tamira Paszek | L | 5–7, 2–6 |
| 2024 | Z1 PO | 13 Apr 2024 | Antalya (TUR) | Portugal | Clay | Angelina Voloshchuk | W | 6–1, 6–3 |

#### Doubles (5–3)

| Edition | Round | Date | Location | Partner | Surface | Against | Opponents | W/L | Result |
| 2023 | Z1 RR | 10 Apr 2023 | Antalya (TUR) | Gergana Topalova | Clay | Serbia | Katarina Kozarov Lola Radivojević | W | 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 2023 | Z1 RR | 13 Apr 2023 | Antalya (TUR) | Gergana Topalova | Clay | Norway | Ulrikke Eikeri Malene Helgø | L | 6–2, 1–6, 4–6 |
| 2023 | Z1 RR | 14 Apr 2023 | Antalya (TUR) | Gergana Topalova | Clay | Denmark | Rebecca Munk Mortensen Johanne Svendsen | W | 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 |
| 2024 | Z1 RR | 8 Apr 2024 | Oeiras (POR) | Isabella Shinikova | Clay | Hungary | Adrienn Nagy Natália Szabanin | L | 4–6, 3–6 |
| 2024 | Z1 RR | 9 Apr 2024 | Oeiras (POR) | Isabella Shinikova | Clay | Denmark | Laura Brunkel Rebecca Munk Mortensen | W | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2024 | Z1 RR | 10 Apr 2024 | Oeiras (POR) | Gergana Topalova | Clay | Austria | Melanie Klaffner Tamira Paszek | W | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–1, [10–6] |
| 2024 | Z1 PO | 12 Apr 2024 | Oeiras (POR) | Gergana Topalova | Clay | Norway | Emily Sartz-Lunde Carina Syrtveit | W | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 7–5 |
| 2024 | Z1 PO | 13 Apr 2024 | Oeiras (POR) | Isabella Shinikova | Clay | Portugal | Francisca Jorge Matilde Jorge | L | 3–6, 6–4, [2–10] |