Dora Djilianova

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Dora Lane
Full nameDora Lane (Djilianova)
Country (sports)Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Born (1976-01-13) 13 January 1976 (age 49)
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Prize money US$ 15,068
Singles
Career record53–38
Career titles0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 327 (23 October 1995)
Doubles
Career record34–30
Career titles0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 237 (7 August 1995)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 0–1
(doubles 0–1)

Dora Lane (born 13 January 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Bulgaria. She competed as Dora Djilianova.

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Biography

Originally from Plovdiv, Lane competed on the ITF Circuit during the 1990s, reaching a best ranking of 327 in the world. Most notably she represented the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in a 1995 World Group Play-off against South Africa in Bloemfontein. She played in the doubles rubber, which she and partner Lubomira Bacheva lost to Amanda Coetzer and Elna Reinach.

Lane left the professional tennis circuit in 1996 to take up a scholarship to California State University, Fresno. As a senior, she was ranked as high as fourth in the country. She is now based in Reno, Nevada and works as an employment attorney. [1]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Aug 1994ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria10,000Clay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Monika Maštalířová 2–6, 4–6
Win1–1Sep 1994ITF Varna, Bulgaria10,000Clay Flag of Bulgaria.svg Galia Angelova 6–4, 6–3
Loss1–2Sep 1995ITF Varna, Bulgaria10,000Clay Flag of Bolivia.svg Cecilia Ampuero0–6, 5–7

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Aug 1994ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria10,000Clay Flag of Bulgaria.svg Desislava Topalova Flag of Bulgaria.svg Teodora Nedeva
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Antoaneta Pandjerova
4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win1–1Sep 1994ITF Varna, Bulgaria10,000Hard Flag of Bulgaria.svg Desislava Topalova Flag of Bulgaria.svg Galina Dimitrova
Flag of Germany.svg Claudia Timm
6–3, 7–5
Loss1–2Feb 1995ITF Istanbul, Turkey10,000Hard Flag of Bulgaria.svg Desislava Topalova Flag of the United States.svg Corina Morariu
Flag of Greece.svg Christina Zachariadou
3–6, 5–7
Win2–2Sep 1995ITF Varna, Bulgaria10,000Clay Flag of Bulgaria.svg Pavlina Nola Flag of Bulgaria.svg Galina Dimitrova
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Desislava Topalova
4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss2–3Oct 1995ITF Bucharest, Romania25,000Clay Flag of Bulgaria.svg Pavlina Nola Flag of Germany.svg Angela Kerek
Flag of Germany.svg Maja Živec-Škulj
2–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6

References

  1. "In her own words: Employment attorney Dora Lane". nnbusinessview.com. 22 April 2014.