Magdalena 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)

GRAND SLAM (SINGLES) AND CHASE CHAMPIONSHIPS (S/D) HISTORY

01 00 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 AUSTRALIAN 1r 1r -- 1r -- -- 1r 4r 4r 1r 4r -- -- ROLAND GARROS -- 3r 1r -- 1r 4r 2r 1r 4r 3r 1r 3r -- WIMBLEDON -- 2r -- -- 3r 2r -- 2r 3r 1r 1r 2r -- UNITED STATES -- 2r -- -- 3r 1r 2r 4r 4r QF 2r 1r -- CHASE CHAMPS (S) -- -- -- -- -- -- 1r -- 1r -- -- -- -- 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

• Reached her first Tier I semifinal in more than five years at 2001 Tokyo [Pan
  Pacific], then stretched world No. 1 Martina Hingis to three sets before falling
  
• Semifinalist for a second consecutive tournament at the 2001 Paris Indoors, including
  an upset of 12th-ranked Elena Dementieva in the second round; ranking returned to the
  Top 20
  
• Defeated three seeds, including world-ranked No. 3 Venus Williams, No. 11 Elena
  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
  
• Continued her surge in 2001 by winning her eighth career singles title at 2001
  Budapest, continuing her climb up the rankings to No. 14
  
• At 2000 Leipzig, reached the quarterfinals and saved nine match points before falling
  to 10th-ranked Anna Kournikova
  
• Having ended 1999 with a 13-match winning streak, stretched it to 15 at the first
  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
  
• Enjoyed best showing at Roland Garros in four years in 2000 reaching the third round,
  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
  
• Quarterfinalist at two Tier I events in 2000: the Canadian Open, where she upset No.
  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
  
• Continued strong 2000 season in Luxembourg, upsetting 13th-ranked Anna Kournikova and
  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
  
• Saved a match point to defeat Dominique Van Roost in the first round of 2000 Zurich,
  a top-level event, in what was Van Roost's last singles match before retiring from the
  tour
  
• Finished the 2000 season ranked No. 22, capping off a successful return to
  the tour in May 1999 after missing 11 months due to shoulder surgery
  
• Surpassed $2 million in career prize money in 2000, becoming the third Maleeva sister
  to do so; surpassed $1 million-mark in 1995
  
• Underwent shoulder surgery in June 1998; missed 1998 Roland Garros, Wimbledon and
  U.S. Open, and the 1999 Australian Open
  
• Continued her 1999 comeback by reaching first semifinal in 28 months in 's-
  Hertogenbosch, defeating 1996 champion Anke Huber in the second round
  
• Suffered a left forearm stress fracture in the summer of 1999 and withdrew from San
  Diego
  
• Returned to the tour in late September 1999 in Luxembourg and ousted third seed Jana
  Novotna in the first round
  
• Culminated her 1999 comeback by winning the last Sanex WTA TOUR tournament of the
  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
  
• Saved a match point against her and rallied to defeat Lisa Raymond 6-1, 6-7, 12-10 in
  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
  
• In 1995, won three Sanex WTA TOUR titles in one season for first time in career
  (Chicago, Moscow, Oakland)
  
• Defeated several Top 10 players in 1995: Gabriela Sabatini, Mary Pierce, Natasha
  Zvereva and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
  
• Qualified for season-ending Chase Championships 1993-95, but unable to play in 1994
  due to continuing recovery from stress fracture of ribs
  
• Pulled off upset of Martina Navratilova at 1994 Chicago, handing Navratilova her
  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
  
• Made Grand Slam history with sisters Katerina and Manuela by all being seeded at 1993
  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)
  
• Named by Tennis magazine as 1993 Most Improved Player and receipient of 1993 Sanex
  WTA TOUR Most Improved Player Award; nominated for 1990 Sanex WTA TOUR Most Impressive
  Newcomer Award
  
• Won first Sanex WTA TOUR event at 1992 San Marino; signified first time three sisters
  won a professional tournament
  
• Reserve on 1989 Bulgarian Fed Cup team; first time ever three sisters made up team;
  mother captained; in 1995, played in historic Fed Cup match in Sofia, Bulgaria, the
  first time the Maleevas played in their hometown
  
• Youngest National Bulgarian Senior Championship winner in 1988 at 13-years, 4-months,
  besting sister Manuela's record by 3 months