Manuela Maleeva

Manuela Georgieva Maleeva ( bɛ dɔɣi o la silimiingoli February bɛɣu pinaanahi dali, yuuni 1967) o nyɛla ŋun nyɛ Bulgarian purufɛshinal  tennis bɔli ŋmɛri kurɔ ŋun nyɛ paɣa . O nyɛla ŋun daa ŋme  WTA Tour bin din gbaagi yuuni 1982  hali ni yuuni 1994. O daamilya niŋbu dalirini, Maleeva nyɛla ŋun pa zani tiri Switzerland bin din gbaagi silimiingoli January ni yuuni 1990 hali poi ka o daa ti che tuma silimiingoli February ni yuuni 1994.

Personal life

Maleeva married Swiss tennis coach François Fragnière in December 1987 and from then on, began competing as Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière. She represented Switzerland from 1990 until her retirement. They have three children, Lora, born in 1995, Iva in 1997, Timo in 1999, but divorced in 2003. She currently resides in La Tour-de-Peilz, about 90 km northeast of Geneva across Lake Geneva.

Major finals

Grand Slam tournament finals

Mixed Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin  US Open Hard  Tom Gullikson  2–6, 7–5, 6–4

Olympics

Singles: 1 bronze medal

ResultYearLocationSurfaceOpponentScoreBronze  Seoul, South Korea Hard Tied DNP

Maleeva-Fragnière lost in the semifinals to Gabriela Sabatini 1–6, 2–6. In 1988, there was no bronze medal play-off match; both beaten semifinal players received bronze medals.

Performance timelines

Singles
 Tournament   1982  1983  1984  1985 1986  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  SR  W-L  Win%Grand Slam tournaments Australian Open2R A AQFNH4R A A A2RQF4RQF0 / 718–6 French Open2R3R4RQF3RQF3RQFQF2R3R3R A0 / 1230–12 Wimbledon2R2RQF4R4R2R1R A1R A3R2R A0 / 1016–10 US Open3R3R1R4RQF4RQFQFQF4RSFSF A0 / 1239–12Win–loss 4–4 5–3 7–3 13–4 9–3 10–4 6–3 8–2 8–3 5–3 13–4 11–4 4–10 / 41103–41Year–end championships WTA ChampionshipsDid not qualify1R1RQFSFQFQFQF1R1R1RDNQ0 / 106–10National representation↓  Representing   ↓↓  Representing   ↓Summer OlympicsNot Held ANot HeldSF-BNot HeldQFNot Held0 / 26–2Fed Cup A1RQFSFQFSF AQF AQF1R A A0 / 1020–9Career statistics Titles0051022203121Career total: 19 Finals0065354234221Career total: 37 Year-end ranking60306710869910911N/A$3,244,811

Doubles
 Tournament   1982  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  SR  W-L  Win% Australian Open A A A2RNH A A A A3R3R2R3R0 / 58–5 French Open A1R2R2RQF1R2R2R2R2R1R3R A0 / 1111–11 Wimbledon A A1R1R2R1R1R A1R A1R3R A0 / 83–8 US Open A1R1R2R1R1R1R2R1R1R A1R A0 / 102–10Win–loss 0–0 0–2 1–3 3–4 4–3 0–3 1–3 2–2 1–3 3–3 2–3 5–4 2–10 / 3424–34Career statistics Titles0001010001010Career total: 4 Finals0002120002040Career total: 11 Year-end rankingN/AN/AN/AN/A454712872893426117N/A$3,244,811

WTA career finals

Singles: 37 (19 titles, 18 runner-ups)
Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Tier I (1–1) Tier II (0–0) Tier III (3–4) Tier IV (3–2) Tier V / Virginia Slims (12–11)Finals by surfaceHard (4–2)Clay (6–6)Grass (0–1)Carpet (9–9)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1  Houston, United States Virginia Slims Carpet (i)  Hana Mandlíková 4–6, 2–6Win 1–1  Lugano, Switzerland Virginia Slims Clay  Iva Budařová 6–1, 6–1Win 2–1  Perugia, Italy Virginia Slims Clay  Chris Evert 6–3, 6–3Win 3–1  Indianapolis, United States Virginia Slims Clay  Lisa Bonder 6–4, 6–3Win 4–1  Tokyo, Japan Virginia Slims Carpet (i)  Hana Mandlíková 6–1, 1–6, 6–4Win 5–1  Tokyo, Japan Virginia Slims Carpet (i)  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 3–6, 6–4, 6–4Loss 5–2  Washington, United States Virginia Slims Carpet (i)  Martina Navratilova 3–6, 2–6Loss 5–3  Lugano, Switzerland Virginia Slims Clay  Bonnie Gadusek 2–6, 2–6Loss 5–4  Brighton, Great Britain Virginia Slims Carpet (i)  Chris Evert 5–7, 3–6Loss 5–5  Tokyo, Japan Virginia Slims Carpet (i)  Chris Evert 5–7, 0–6Win 6–5  Tokyo, Japan Virginia Slims Carpet (i)  Bonnie Gadusek 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 7–5Loss 6–6  Lugano, Switzerland Virginia Slims Clay  Raffaella Reggi 7–5, 3–6, 6–7(6–8)Loss 6–7  Birmingham, Great Britain Virginia Slims Grass  Pam Shriver 2–6, 6–7(0–7)Loss 6–8  Tokyo, Japan Virginia Slims Carpet (i)  Steffi Graf 4–6, 2–6Win 7–8  Wild Dunes, United States Virginia Slims Clay  Raffaella Reggi 5–7, 6–2, 6–3Loss 7–9  Hilton Head, United States Virginia Slims Clay  Steffi Graf 2–6, 6–4, 3–6Loss 7–10  Geneva, Switzerland Virginia Slims Clay  Chris Evert 3–6, 6–4, 2–6Win 8–10  Mahwah, United States Virginia Slims Hard  Sylvia Hanika 1–6, 6–4, 6–1Loss 8–11  Tokyo, Japan Virginia Slims Carpet (i)  Gabriela Sabatini 4–6, 6–7(6–8)Win 9–11  Wichita, United States Tier V Hard (i)  Sylvia Hanika 7–6(7–5), 7–5Win 10–11  Phoenix, United States Tier V Hard  Dinky Van Rensburg 6–3, 4–6, 6–2Loss 10–12  Zurich, Switzerland Tier IV Carpet (i)  Pam Shriver 3–6, 4–6Loss 10–13  Brighton, Great Britain Tier III Carpet (i)  Steffi Graf 2–6, 0–6Win 11–13  Indian Wells, United States Tier III Hard  Jenny Byrne 6–4, 6–1Win 12–13  Geneva, Switzerland Tier V Clay  Conchita Martínez 6–4, 6–0Loss 12–14  Chicago, United States Tier I Carpet (i)  Martina Navratilova 3–6, 2–6Loss 12–15  San Antonio, United States Tier III Hard  Monica Seles 4–6, 3–6Loss 12–16  San Diego, United States Tier III Hard  Steffi Graf 3–6, 2–6Win 13–16  Linz, Austria Tier V Carpet (i)  Petra Langrová 6–4, 7–6(7–1)Loss 13–17  Barcelona, Spain Tier III Clay  Conchita Martínez 4–6, 1–6Win 14–17  Geneva, Switzerland Tier IV Clay  Helen Kelesi 6–3, 3–6, 6–3Win 15–17  Bayonne, France Tier IV Carpet (i)  Leila Meskhi 4–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss 15–18  Kitzbühel, Austria Tier IV Clay  Conchita Martínez 0–6, 6–3, 2–6Win 16–18  Bayonne, France Tier IV Carpet (i)  Nathalie Tauziat 6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–3Win 17–18  Linz, Austria Tier III Carpet (i)  Conchita Martínez 6–2, 1–0 ret.Win 18–18  Zurich, Switzerland Tier I Carpet (i)  Martina Navratilova 6–3, 7–6(7–1)Win 19–18  Osaka, Japan Tier III Carpet (i)  Iva Majoli 6–1, 4–6, 7–5

Doubles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner–ups)
Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Tier I (0–0) Tier II (1–2) Tier III (0–1) Tier IV (0–1) Tier V / Virginia Slims (3–3)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (3–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponents ScoreLoss 0–1  Houston, United States Virginia Slims Clay  Helena Suková  1–6, 6–3, 3–6Win 1–1  Indianapolis, United States Virginia Slims Clay  Katerina Maleeva  Penny Barg   Paula Smith 3–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss 1–2  Tokyo, Japan Virginia Slims Carpet (i)  Katerina Maleeva  Bettina Bunge   Steffi Graf 1–6, 7–6(7–4), 2–6Win 2–2  Knokke, Belgium Virginia Slims Clay  Bettina Bunge  4–6, 6–4, 6–4Loss 2–3  Tokyo, Japan Virginia Slims Carpet (i)  Katerina Maleeva  Anne White   Robin White 1–6, 2–6Win 3–3  Linz, Austria Tier V Carpet (i)  Raffaella Reggi  6–4, 1–6, 6–3Loss 3–4  Geneva, Switzerland Tier IV Clay  Cathy Caverzasio  1–6, 2–6Loss 3–5  Osaka, Japan Tier III Carpet (i)  Magdalena Maleeva  Jana Novotná   Larisa Neiland 1–6, 3–6Win 4–5  Amelia Island, United States Tier II Clay  Leila Meskhi  3–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss 4–6  Barcelona, Spain Tier II Clay  Magdalena Maleeva  Conchita Martínez   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–4, 1–6, 0–6Loss 4–7  Stratton Mountain, United States Tier II Hard  Mercedes Paz  Elizabeth Smylie Helena Suková 1–6, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)
Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (2–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 ITF Caserta, Italy 10,000 Clay  Hana Fukárková 4–6, 1–6Win 1–1 ITF Lecce, Italy 10,000 Clay  Elizabeth Smylie 6–4, 6–4Win 2–1 ITF Catania, Italy10,000 Clay  Gabriela Dinu 6–3, 6–1Loss 2–2 ITF Båstad, Sweden10,000 Clay  Lena Sandin 7–6, 5–7, 3–6

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)
Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (3–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponents ScoreWin 1–0 ITF Taranto, Italy 10,000 Clay  Renata Šašak  Catrin Jexell   Isabelle Villaverde 7–5, 3–6, 6–2Win 2–0 ITF Lecce, Italy10,000 Clay  Renata Šašak  Lena Sandin   Elisabeth Ekblom 6–2, 2–6, 8–6Win 3–0 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria25,000 Clay  Katerina Maleeva  Yvona Brzáková   Hana Fukárková 6–1, 6–2

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ResultW–LYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0  French Open Clay  Penny Barg 7–5, 6–2

Fed Cup
Manuela Maleeva debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 1983. She has a 21–5 singles record and a 7–10 doubles record (28–15 overall).

Singles (21–5)
EditionRoundDateAgainstSurfaceOpponentW/LResult1983 World Group IR1 17 July 1983  Clay  Christiane JolissaintL 4–6, 6–4, 4–6PO 19 July 1983   Angela LongoW 6–1, 6–0PO 21 July 1983   Olga ZaitsevaW 6–0, 6–31984 World Group IR1 15 July 1984  Clay  Jo DurieW 6–4, 4–6, 6–4R2 16 July 1984   Natasha RevaW 6–2, 6–0QF 18 July 1984   Mima JaušovecW 3–6, 6–3, 6–11985 World Group IR1 6 October 1985  Hard  Larisa SavchenkoW 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–1R2 8 October 1985   Sabrina GolešW 6–1, 6–3QF 10 October 1985   Annabel CroftW 6–2, 6–2SF 12 October 1985   Hana MandlíkováL 6–3, 2–6, 1–61986 World Group IR1 20 July 1986  Clay  Larisa SavchenkoW 6–2, 6–1R2 21 July 1986   Catherine TanvierW 6–0, 6–1QF 23 July 1986   Claudia Kohde-KilschW 6–4, 6–21987 World Group IR1 26 July 1987  Hard  Angeliki KanellopoulouW 6–0, 6–0R2 27 July 1987   Yayuk BasukiW 6–4, 6–0QF 29 July 1987   Elizabeth SmylieW 6–4, 6–4SF 31 July 1987   Chris EvertL 2–6, 6–2, 4–61989 World Group IR1 1 October 1989  Hard  Kim Il-soonW 6–1, 6–0R2 3 October 1989   Mercedes PazW 4–6, 6–1, 6–3QF 5 October 1989   Anne MinterL 3–6, 6–2, 4–6 ↓  Representing   ↓1991 World Group IR1 23 July 1991  Hard  Mercedes PazW 6–0, 7–6(7–5)R2 24 July 1991   Li FangW 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 6–2QF 25 July 1991   Jana NovotnáL 4–6, 4–61992 World Group IR1 14 July 1992  Clay  Catarina LindqvistW 6–0, 6–2PO 16 July 1992   Anna SmashnovaW 6–1, 6–0PO 17 July 1992   Rossana de los RíosW 6–2, 6–2

Doubles (7–10)
EditionRoundDatePartnerAgainstSurfaceOpponentsW/LResult1983 World Group IPO 19 July 1983  Marina Kondova  Clay  Angela Longo Lindsay StandenW 6–4, 6–2PO 21 July 1983  Adriana Velcheva  L 4–6, 3–61984 World Group IR1 15 July 1984  Katerina Maleeva  Clay  Amanda Brown Anne HobbsW 7–6, 7–5R2 16 July 1984  Katerina Maleeva  L 7–5, 5–7, 1–6QF 18 July 1984  Katerina Maleeva  L 3–6, 1–61985 World Group IR1 6 October 1985  Katerina Maleeva  Hard  Natalia Egorova Svetlana ChernevaW 6–3, 7–5R2 8 October 1985  Katerina Maleeva   Sabrina Goleš Aila WinklerW 6–4, 7–6(9–7)QF 10 October 1985 Katerina Maleeva  L 4–5, Ret.SF 12 October 1985  Katerina Maleeva  L 3–6, 6–7(4–7)1986 World Group IR1 20 July 1986  Katerina Maleeva  Clay L 6–1, 4–6, 1–6QF 23 July 1986  Katerina Maleeva  L 4–6, 2–61989 World Group IR1 1 October 1989  Katerina Maleeva  Hard W 7–5, 6–0R2 3 October 1989  Katerina Maleeva  W 6–1, 3–6, 6–1QF 5 October 1989  Katerina Maleeva  L 7–5, 4–6, 0–6 ↓  Representing   ↓1991 World Group IR2 24 July 1991  Cathy Caverzasio  Hard  Li Fang Yi Jing-QianL 1–3, Ret.QF 25 July 1991  Cathy Caverzasio  W 6–4, 2–1, Ret.1992 World Group IR1 14 July 1992  Michèle Strebel  Clay L 4–6, 7–5, 4–6

Record against other top players
Maleeva's win–loss record against certain players who have been ranked world No. 10 or higher is as follows:

Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.

 Katerina Maleeva 8–1
 Catarina Lindqvist 7–2
 Kathy Jordan 6–0
 Kathy Rinaldi 6–1
 Lori McNeil 6–2
 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 5–2
/ Helena Suková 5–2
 Conchita Martínez 5–4
 Sylvia Hanika 4–0
/ Natasha Zvereva 4–0
 Jo Durie 4–1
 Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 4–1
 Zina Garrison 4–2
 Nathalie Tauziat 4–6
/ Karina Habšudová 3–0
 Mima Jaušovec 3–0
 Lisa Bonder 3–1
 Barbara Potter 3–2
 Andrea Temesvári 3–2
 Bonnie Gadusek 3–4
/ Hana Mandlíková 3–4
/ Martina Navratilova 3–11
 Magdalena Maleeva 2–0
 Dominique Monami 2–0
 Virginia Ruzici 2–0
 Carling Bassett-Seguso 2–1
 Kathleen Horvath 2–1
 Dianne Fromholtz 2–2
 Bettina Bunge 2–3
 Mary Joe Fernández 2–5
 Gabriela Sabatini 2–7
 Pam Shriver 2–7
 Chris Evert 2–17
 Sue Barker 1–0
 Kimiko Date-Krumm 1–0
 Julie Halard-Decugis 1–0
 Iva Majoli 1–0
 Mary Pierce 1–0
 Stephanie Rehe 1–0
 Barbara Paulus 1–1
/ Jana Novotná 1–2
 Wendy Turnbull 1–2
 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1–5
 Tracy Austin 0–1
 Jennifer Capriati 0–1
 Evonne Goolagong Cawley 0–1
 Anke Huber 0–2
// Monica Seles 0–9
 Steffi Graf 0–17

See also
 Katerina Maleeva
 Magdalena Maleeva
 List of female tennis players

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