Magdalena Maleeva career statistics

Last updated January 22, 2024

This is a list of the main career statistics of Bulgarian professional tennis player Magdalena Maleeva.^[1]

Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 21 (10 titles, 11 runner-ups)
Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner–ups)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 2 (1–1)
Doubles: 1 (1–0)
Junior Grand Slam tournament finals
Singles: 3 (3 titles)
Billie Jean King Cup
Participations
Record against other players
Top 10 wins
References
Notes
External links

Performance timelines

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	SR	W-L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q2	4R	1R	4R	4R	1R	A	A	1R	A	1R	1R	4R	3R	2R	3R	0 / 12	17–12	59%
French Open	Q1	3R	1R	3R	4R	1R	2R	4R	1R	A	1R	3R	1R	1R	4R	4R	2R	0 / 15	20–15	66%
Wimbledon	A	2R	1R	1R	3R	2R	A	2R	3R	A	A	2R	4R	4R	2R	4R	4R	0 / 13	21–13	62%
US Open	Q1	1R	2R	QF	4R	4R	2R	1R	3R	A	A	2R	2R	3R	1R	2R	2R	0 / 14	20–14	59%
Win–loss	0–0	3–3	4–4	6–4	11–4	7–4	2–3	4–3	4–3	0–1	0–1	4–4	4–4	8–4	6–4	8–4	7–4	0 / 54	78–54	59%
Year-end championships
WTA Championships	Did not qualify				1R	A	1R	Did not qualify					1R	2R	Did not qualify			0 / 4	1–4	20%
National representation
Summer Olympics	Not Held			3R	Not Held			3R	Not Held			A	Not Held			2R	NH	0 / 3	5–3	63%
Fed Cup	A	A	2R	1R	2R	QF	1R	A	A	E/A I	A	A	A	E/A I	E/A I	A	PO	0 / 5	18–8	69%
Career statistics
Titles	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	Career total: 10
Finals	0	0	1	1	1	2	6	1	0	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	0	Career total: 21
Year-end ranking	216	73	38	20	16	11	6	19	36	115	89	22	16	14	30	25	52	$4,398,582

Doubles

Tournament	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	SR	W-L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	3R	2R	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	1R	3R	A	0 / 8	8–8	50%
French Open	A	A	1R	1R	3R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	1R	A	0 / 7	3–7	30%
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	1R	3R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	3R	A	A	0 / 6	4–6	40%
US Open	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	QF	A	2R	0 / 9	5–9	36%
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–4	2–4	5–4	1–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–4	1–1	5–4	2–2	1–1	0 / 30	20–30	40%
Career statistics
Titles	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	Career total: 5
Finals	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	Career total: 10
Year-end ranking	576	83	97	101	35	131	824	NR	363	892	340	129	92	54	14	51	92	$4,398,582

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 21 (10 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Legend
WTA 1000 (Tier I) (2–3)
WTA 500 (Tier II) (2–4)
WTA 250 (Tier III / Tier IV / Tier V) (6–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (2–4)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (6–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 1991	Bol Open, Yugoslavia	Tier V	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win	1–1	Jul 1992	San Marino Open	Tier V	Clay	Federica Bonsignori	7–6^(7–3), 6–4
Loss	1–2	Jan 1993	Hardcourt Championships, Australia	Tier III	Hard	Conchita Martínez	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	Sep 1994	Moscow Open, Russia	Tier III	Carpet (i)	Sandra Cecchini	7–5, 6–1
Win	3–2	Oct 1994	Zurich Open, Switzerland	Tier I	Carpet (i)	Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win	4–2	Feb 1995	Chicago Cup, United States	Tier II	Carpet (i)	Lisa Raymond	7–5, 7–6^(7–2)
Loss	4–3	Apr 1995	Charleston Open, United States	Tier I	Clay	Conchita Martínez	1–6, 1–6
Loss	4–4	May 1995	German Open	Tier I	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4–6, 1–6
Win	5–4	Sep 1995	Moscow Open, Russia	Tier III	Carpet (i)	Elena Makarova	6–4, 6–2
Loss	5–5	Oct 1995	Leipzig Cup, Germany	Tier II	Carpet (i)	Anke Huber	w/o
Win	6–5	Nov 1995	Oakland Classic, United States	Tier II	Carpet (i)	Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–4
Loss	6–6	May 1996	Madrid Open, Spain	Tier II	Clay	Jana Novotná	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win	7–6	Nov 1999	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Tier IV	Hard	Anne Kremer	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	7–7	Oct 2000	Luxembourg Open	Tier III	Carpet (i)	Jennifer Capriati	6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Loss	7–8	Feb 2001	Internationaux de Nice, France	Tier II	Hard (i)	Amélie Mauresmo	2–6, 0–6
Win	8–8	Apr 2001	Hungarian Ladies Open	Tier V	Clay	Anne Kremer	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	8–9	Sep 2001	Leipzig Cup, Germany	Tier II	Carpet (i)	Kim Clijsters	1–6, 1–6
Win	9–9	Oct 2002	Kremlin Cup, Russia	Tier I	Carpet (i)	Lindsay Davenport	5–7, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	9–10	Oct 2002	Luxembourg Open	Tier III	Hard (i)	Kim Clijsters	1–6, 2–6
Win	10–10	Jun 2003	Birmingham Classic, UK	Tier III	Grass	Shinobu Asagoe	6–1, 6–4
Loss	10–11	Feb 2004	Pan Pacific Open, Japan	Tier I	Carpet (i)	Lindsay Davenport	4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
WTA 1000 (Tier I) (1–1)
WTA 500 (Tier II) (2–1)
WTA 250 (Tier III / Tier V) (2–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 1991	Bol Open, Yugoslavia	Tier V	Clay	Laura Golarsa	Sandra Cecchini Laura Garrone	Walkover
Loss	1–1	Feb 1993	Asian Open, Japan	Tier III	Carpet (i)	Manuela Maleeva	Jana Novotná Larisa Neiland	1–6, 3–6
Loss	1–2	Apr 1993	Barcelona Open, Spain	Tier II	Clay	Manuela Maleeva	Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 1–6, 0–6
Win	2–2	Feb 2002	Antwerp Open, Belgium	Tier II	Carpet (i)	Patty Schnyder	Nathalie Dechy Meilen Tu	6–3, 6–7^(3–7), 6–3
Loss	2–3	Jun 2002	Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	Tier III	Grass	Bianka Lamade	Catherine Barclay Martina Müller	4–6, 5–7
Win	3–3	Mar 2003	Miami Open, United States	Tier I	Hard	Liezel Huber	Shinobu Asagoe Nana Miyagi	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Win	4–3	May 2003	Warsaw Open, Poland	Tier II	Clay	Liezel Huber	Eleni Daniilidou Francesca Schiavone	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	4–4	Jan 2004	Hard Court Championships, Australia	Tier III	Hard	Liezel Huber	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4–5	Feb 2004	Pan Pacific Open, Japan	Tier I	Carpet (i)	Elena Likhovtseva	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	0–6, 1–6
Win	5–5	Jan 2005	Hard Court Championships, Australia	Tier III	Hard	Elena Likhovtseva	Maria Elena Camerin Silvia Farina Elia	6–3, 5–7, 6–1

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 1989	ITF Bari, Italy	10,000	Clay	Eva-Maria Schürhoff	6–2, 1–6, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Win	1–1	Dec 1999	ITF Cergy-Pontoise, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Seda Noorlander	6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 1990	ITF Moulins, France	25,000	Carpet (i)	Andrea Strnadová	Valerie Ledroff Pascale Paradis	3–6, 6–1, 6–1

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles: 3 (3 titles)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1990	Australian Open	Hard	Louise Stacey	7–5, 6–7⁽²⁾, 6–1
Win	1990	French Open	Clay	Tatiana Ignatieva	6–2, 6–3
Win	1990	US Open	Hard	Noëlle van Lottum	7–5, 6–2

Billie Jean King Cup

Participations

Magdalena Maleeva debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 1991. Since then, she has an 18–8 singles record and a 9–9 doubles record (27–17 overall).

Singles (18–8)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
1991	R1	22 July 1991	Hungary	Hard	Petra Schmitt	W	6–1, 6–2
1991	R2	24 July 1991	United States	Hard	Jennifer Capriati	L	5–7, 2–6
1992	R1	14 July 1992	Australia	Clay	Rachel McQuillan	W	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–2
1992	PO	16 July 1992	Romania	Clay	Ruxandra Dragomir	W	6–0, 6–1
1993	R1	19 July 1993	South Korea	Clay	Park Sung-hee	W	6–0, 6–4
1993	R2	21 July 1993	Argentina	Clay	Florencia Labat	W	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
1994	R1	19 July 1994	Croatia	Clay	Iva Majoli	L	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
	R2	21 July 1994	Indonesia		Yayuk Basuki	W	6–3, 6–3
	WG QF	22 July 1994	France		Mary Pierce	W	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 6–4, 6–4
1995	WG QF	22 April 1995	Spain	Carpet (I)	Conchita Martínez	L	2–6, 4–6
1995	WG QF	22 April 1995	Spain	Carpet (I)	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	W	6–3, 6–3
1998	Z1 RR	14 April 1998	Romania	Clay	Raluca Sandu	L	1–6, 3–6
			South Africa		Mariaan de Swardt	L	1–6, 5–7
			Latvia		Elena Krutko	L	6–7⁽²⁾, 6–1, 1–6
2002	Z1 RR	24 April 2002	Portugal	Clay	Angela Cardoso	W	6–0, 6–0
			Georgia		Salome Devidze	W	6–1, 6–3
			Estonia		Kaia Kanepi	W	6–4, 6–2
	Z1 PO	27 April 2002	Ukraine		Yuliya Beygelzimer	L	3–6, 4–6
2003	Z1 RR	21 April 2003	Georgia	Clay	Margalita Chakhnashvili	W	6–3, 6–1
			Serbia and Montenegro		Jelena Janković	W	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
			Israel		Anna Smashnova	W	7–5, 6–4
2005	Z1 RR	20 April 2005	South Africa	Clay	Natalie Grandin	W	6–4, 6–3
	Z1 RR	20 April 2005	Hungary		Zsófia Gubacsi	W	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–2
	Z1 PO	23 April 2005	Netherlands		Michaëlla Krajicek	W	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
2005	PO2	9 July 2005	Japan	Hard (I)	Aiko Nakamura	W	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
2005	PO2	9 July 2005	Japan	Hard (I)	Akiko Morigami	L	6–7⁽³⁾, 3–6

Doubles (9–9)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Result
1991	R1	22 July 1991	Hungary	Hard	Katerina Maleeva	Virág Csurgó Ágnes Muzamel	W	6–1, 6–2
1991	R2	24 July 1991	United States	Hard	Katerina Maleeva	Gigi Fernández Zina Garrison-Jackson	L	2–6, 1–6
1992	R1	14 July 1992	Australia	Hard	Katerina Maleeva	Nicole Bradtke Rennae Stubbs	L	2–6, 1–6
1992	PO	16 July 1992	Romania	Hard	Elena Pampoulova	Ruxandra Dragomir Irina Spîrlea	L	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 2–6
1993	R2	21 July 1993	Argentina	Clay	Katerina Maleeva	Inés Gorrochategui Patricia Tarabini	L	7–5, 4–6, 2–6
1994	R1	19 July 1994	Croatia	Clay	Katerina Maleeva	Iva Majoli Maja Murić	W	6–2, 6–3
1994	WG QF	22 July 1994	France	Clay	Katerina Maleeva	Julie Halard Nathalie Tauziat	L	2–6, 6–3, 2–6
1995	WG QF	23 April 1995	Spain	Carpet (I)	Katerina Maleeva	Neus Ávila Bonastre Virginia Ruano Pascual	W	6–0, 6–1
2002	Z1 RR	24 April 2002	Portugal	Clay	Desislava Topalova	Angela Cardoso Ana Catarina Nogueira	W	6–2, 7–5
2002	Z1 PO	27 April 2002	Ukraine	Clay	Desislava Topalova	Yuliya Beygelzimer Alona Bondarenko	L	4–6, 0–6
2003	Z1 RR	21 April 2003	Georgia	Clay	Desislava Topalova	Margalita Chakhnashvili Tinatin Kavlashvili	W	6–1, 6–2
			Serbia and Montenegro		Desislava Topalova	Katarina Mišić Dragana Zarić	L	3–6, 6–3, 0–6
			Israel		Desislava Topalova	Tzipora Obziler Anna Smashnova	L	7–6⁽³⁾, 3–6, 3–6
2005	Z1 RR	20 April 2005	South Africa	Clay	Sesil Karatantcheva	Lizaan du Plessis Alicia Pillay	W	6–3, 6–2
2005	Z1 RR	20 April 2005	Hungary	Clay	Sesil Karatantcheva	Virág Németh Ágnes Szávay	L	6–4, 3–6, 1–6
2011	Z1 RR	2 February 2011	Poland	Hard	Tsvetana Pironkova	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Alicja Rosolska	W	6–1, 6–3
			Luxembourg		Tsvetana Pironkova	Anne Kremer Claudine Schaul	W	6–2, 7–5
			Israel		Dia Evtimova	Valeria Patiuk Keren Shlomo	W	6–3, 6–4

Record against other players

Top 10 wins

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References

↑ Kylie Klotzbach (May 9, 2018). "Magdalena Maleeva's successes on and off the court". wtcatennis.org. Retrieved 15 December 2023.

Notes

1 2
Formerly known as:
- Virginia Slims Championships (until 1995)
- WTA Tour Championships (until 2014)
1 2
Formerly known as:
- Category 4 & 5 & 6 (until 1990)
- Tier I (until 2009)
- WTA Premier Mandatory and 5 (until 2021)
1 2
Formerly known as:
- Category 3 (until 1990)
- Tier II (until 2009)
- WTA Premier (until 2021)
1 2
Formerly known as:
- Category 1 & 2 (until 1990)
- Tier III & IV & V (until 2009)
- WTA International (until 2021)

External links

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[5] Kylie Klotzbach (May 9, 2018). "Magdalena Maleeva's successes on and off the court". wtcatennis.org. Retrieved 15 December 2023.

[WTAFinals_note1-1] 1 2 Formerly known as:
Virginia Slims Championships (until 1995)
WTA Tour Championships (until 2014)

[mwCEo] Virginia Slims Championships (until 1995)

[mwCEs] WTA Tour Championships (until 2014)

[WTA1000_note1-2] 1 2 Formerly known as:
Category 4 & 5 & 6 (until 1990)
Tier I (until 2009)
WTA Premier Mandatory and 5 (until 2021)

[mwCFI] Category 4 & 5 & 6 (until 1990)

[mwCFM] Tier I (until 2009)

[mwCFQ] WTA Premier Mandatory and 5 (until 2021)

[WTA500_note1-3] 1 2 Formerly known as:
Category 3 (until 1990)
Tier II (until 2009)
WTA Premier (until 2021)

[mwCFs] Category 3 (until 1990)

[mwCFw] Tier II (until 2009)

[mwCF0] WTA Premier (until 2021)

[WTA250_note1-4] 1 2 Formerly known as:
Category 1 & 2 (until 1990)
Tier III & IV & V (until 2009)
WTA International (until 2021)

[mwCGQ] Category 1 & 2 (until 1990)

[mwCGU] Tier III & IV & V (until 2009)

[mwCGY] WTA International (until 2021)

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Career finals
Discipline	Type	Won	Lost	Total
Singles	Grand Slam	–	–	–
	Summer Olympics	–	–	–
	WTA Finals^{[lower-alpha 1]}	–	–	–
	WTA 1000^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2	3	5
	WTA 500^{[lower-alpha 3]}	2	4	6
	WTA 250^{[lower-alpha 4]}	6	4	10
	Total	10	11	21
Doubles	Grand Slam	–	–	–
	Summer Olympics	–	–	–
	WTA Finals^{[lower-alpha 1]}	–	–	–
	WTA 1000^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1	1	–
	WTA 500^{[lower-alpha 3]}	2	1	–
	WTA 250^{[lower-alpha 4]}	2	3	–
	Total	5	5	10
Total		15	16	31