GRAND SLAM (SINGLES) AND CHASE CHAMPIONSHIPS (S/D) HISTORYMagdalena Maleeva -
Residence: Sofia, Bulgaria
Birthdate: April 1, 1975
Birthplace: Sofia, Bulgaria
Height: 5' 6 1/4" (1.68 m)
Weight: 126 lbs. (57 kg)
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status: Pro (April 1989)
Sanex WTA TOUR singles titles: 8
Sanex WTA TOUR doubles titles: 1
Grand Slam titles: 0
ITF Women's Circuit titles: 1
2001 HIGHLIGHTS - SINGLES
WINNER: Budapest
FINALIST: Nice
SEMIFINALIST: Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Paris Indoors
FOURTH ROUND: Indian Wells
2001 HIGHLIGHTS - DOUBLES
SEMIFINALIST: Paris Indoors (w/Carlsson), Nice (w/Carlsson)
QUARTERFINALIST: Canberra (w/Carlsson)
THIRD ROUND: Australian Open (w/Carlsson) 01 00 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89
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CHASE CHAMPS (D) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS - SINGLES
WINNER (8 Sanex WTA TOUR): 2001 – Budapest; 1999 - Pattaya, ITF/Cergy-Pontoise-FRA;
1995 - Chicago, Moscow, Oakland; 1994 - Moscow, Zurich; 1992 - San Marino
FINALIST (8): 2001 - Nice; 2000 - Luxembourg; 1996 - Madrid; 1995 - Hilton Head, German
Open, Leipzig; 1993 - Brisbane; 1991 - Bol
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS - DOUBLES
WINNER (1): 1991 - Bol (w/L. Golarsa)
FINALIST (4): 1993 - Osaka (w/Maleeva-Fragniere), Barcelona (w/Maleeva-Fragniere); 1990
- Filderstadt (w/K. Maleeva), Brighton (w/K. Maleeva)
ADDITIONAL: Bulgarian Fed Cup Team 1991-95. Bulgarian Olympic Team 1992, 1996.
QUICK FACTS
Pacific], then stretched world No. 1 Martina Hingis to three sets before falling
an upset of 12th-ranked Elena Dementieva in the second round; ranking returned to the
Top 20
Dementieva and No. 21 Justine Henin, en route to the final at 2001 Nice, her third
straight week to reach at least the semifinals of a tournament; ranking jumped to No.
16
Budapest, continuing her climb up the rankings to No. 14
to 10th-ranked Anna Kournikova
event of 2000, in Gold Coast, Australia, where she defeated strong wild card Alicia
Molik 6-0, 6-1 and then ousted top seed, world No. 9 Julie Halard-Decugis 6-0, 6-1 to
reach the quarterfinals before falling to sixth seed Nathalie Dechy in a third-set tie-
break; win over Halard-Decugis was her first over a Top 10 player in nearly three years
dating back before her shoulder injury
winning her first Grand Slam matches since undergoing shoulder surgery in June 1998;
played Wimbledon and the U.S. Open each for the first time in three years in 2000,
winning her first round at both and stretching fourth seed Mary Pierce to three sets at
the U.S. Open
13 Amanda Coetzer in the second round, and Moscow, where she ousted ninth-ranked
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario for her second win of the year over a Top 10 player
No. 25 Patty Schnyder en route to the final, where she fell to Jennifer Capriati in
three sets; improved her ranking from No. 38 to 27; the following week in Filderstadt
stretched sixth-ranked Conchita Martinez to three sets, falling 7-5 in the third set
a top-level event, in what was Van Roost's last singles match before retiring from the
tour
the tour in May 1999 after missing 11 months due to shoulder surgery
to do so; surpassed $1 million-mark in 1995
U.S. Open, and the 1999 Australian Open
Hertogenbosch, defeating 1996 champion Anke Huber in the second round
Diego
Novotna in the first round
year, and her first title in four years, at Pattaya, in spectacular fashion: after
winning three matches to qualify, saved five match points to win her second-round match
over fifth seed Tatiana Panova, defeated seventh seed Denisa Chladkova in the
semifinals and came back from a set down to defeat fourth seed Anne Kremer in the
final; in her last event of 1999, won an ITF event, extending her year-end match
winning streak to 13
the first round at 1996 Roland Garros; eventually matched her previous best performance
there by reaching the fourth round before losing to co-No. 1 seed Monica Seles
(Chicago, Moscow, Oakland)
Zvereva and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
due to continuing recovery from stress fracture of ribs
first loss in Chicago prior to the semifinals since 1974; previously upset Navratilova
6-4, 0-6, 6-3 in second round of 1992 U.S. Open, Navratilova's earliest Grand Slam exit
since a first round U.S. Open loss in 1976
Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon; also made tennis history by becoming the
first three sisters to reach the fourth round of the same Grand Slam tournament (1993
Roland Garros); repeated feat at 1993 U.S. Open; at 1990 Roland Garros, marked first
time in tennis history that three sisters appeared in the main draw of a Grand Slam
event; all three sisters were ranked in the Top 10 during their careers (but not
simultaneously)
WTA TOUR Most Improved Player Award; nominated for 1990 Sanex WTA TOUR Most Impressive
Newcomer Award
won a professional tournament
mother captained; in 1995, played in historic Fed Cup match in Sofia, Bulgaria, the
first time the Maleevas played in their hometown
besting sister Manuela's record by 3 months
PERSONAL
Youngest of three sisters (Manuela and Katerina)...Participated in opposition movement
against communism in Bulgaria...Favorite place to be is in the Bulgarian mountains and
Black Sea...Likes to read books on astronomy and science...Favorite authors are Milan
Kundera, Kurt Vonnegut and Jordan Radichkov...Favorite movies are Festen, Sue, American
Beauty and Magnolia...Favors music is Moby, Transglobal Underground and Fiona
Apple...High point of career (and life) was regaining her health and returning to the
tour...Likes to spend time with her three nieces and one nephew...Enjoys drawing and
sewing, and traveling with her boyfriend of six years, Lubomir Nokov.
Sanex WTA TOUR RANKING (SEASON-ENDING, SINGLES)
2000-22; 1999-89 (Injury Ranking: 33); 1998-115 (Injury Ranking: 33); 1997-36; 1996-18;
1995-6; 1994-11; 1993-16; 1992-20; 1991-38; 1990-72; 1989-211
HIGHEST SINGLES RANKING: No. 4 (January 29-February 4, 1996)