Borislava Botusharova

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Borislava Botusharova
Native nameБорислава Ботушарова
Country (sports)Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Residence Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
Born (1994-11-28) 28 November 1994 (age 29)
Pazardzhik
Turned pro2009
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$14,100
Singles
Career record62–41
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 407 (28 October 2013)
Doubles
Career record28–29
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 702 (9 September 2013)

Borislava Botusharova (Bulgarian : Борислава Ботушарова; born 26 November 1994) is a former professional tennis player from Bulgaria.

Contents

She has been an Old Dominion University tennis player. Botusharova was named the No. 6 ranked Newcomer/Freshman in the entire NCAA entering her first semester of college at ODU (Fall 2014). On 28 October 2013, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of world No. 407 whilst her best doubles ranking was 702, on 9 September 2013. [1] She has also played once for the Bulgarian Fed Cup team in 2014, when she lost her singles match. [2]

Professional career

ITF Circuit and college tennis

Botusharova made her debut in 2005 and started playing on the ITF Junior Circuit. She won several junior titles and played her first match on the pro circuit in 2009 and won her first and only title on the ITF Women's Circuit in 2013 in Varna, Bulgaria. [3] In 2014, she was called up in the Bulgaria Fed Cup team. In the same year, Botushrova began studying Tourism Management at the Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. She started playing college tennis and received the Conference U.S. Player of the Week award. [4]

She played her last match at a $10k event in Adana, Turkey, in June 2014.

Personal life

Botusharova was born in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria. She started playing tennis when she was five years old and her coach was mother Silvia. Botusharova's cousin is fellow Bulgarian tennis player Vivian Zlatanova.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Clay (1–1)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Nov 2012ITF Heraklion, Greece10,000Carpet Flag of France.svg Manon Arcangioli 1–6, 2–6
Win1–1Sep 2013ITF Varna, Bulgaria10,000Clay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pernilla Mendesová6–4, 1–6, 7–6(2)
Loss1–2Oct 2013ITF Albena, Bulgaria10,000Clay Flag of Bulgaria.svg Vivian Zlatanova3–6, 6–3, 6–7(5)

Doubles: 3 (3 runner–ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Clay (0–2)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Sep 2012ITF Varna, Bulgaria10,000Clay Flag of Bulgaria.svg Viktoriya Tomova Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Michaela Boev
Flag of Ukraine.svg Anastasiya Vasylyeva 		1–6, 5–7
Loss0–2Nov 2012ITF Heraklion, Greece10,000Carpet Flag of Bulgaria.svg Vivian Zlatanova Flag of Turkey.svg Başak Eraydın
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Abbie Myers 		0–6, 1–6
Loss0–3Aug 2013ITF Pirot, Serbia10,000Clay Flag of Bulgaria.svg Ani Vangelova Flag of Serbia.svg Katarina Adamović
Flag of Montenegro.svg Vladica Babić 		0–6, 3–6

Fed Cup

Singles (0–1)

EditionRoundDateAgainstSurfaceOpponentW/LResult
2014 Europe/Africa Group I RR7 February 2014Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Hard (i) Flag of Belarus.svg Aliaksandra Sasnovich L1–6, 3–6

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References

  1. ↑ "Borislava Botusharova's Biography". International Tennis Federation. 2010-11-15. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Borislava Botusharova's ITF profile". ITF. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Ботушарова пак най-добра в колежанското на САЩ" (in Bulgarian). tennis24.bg. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2015.


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