Lubomira Bacheva

Lubomira Bacheva (Bulgarian: Любомира Бачева, born 7 March 1975) is a retired tennis player from Bulgaria. She reached her career-high ranking of world No. 68 on 1 November 1999.

Lubomira Bacheva
Любомира Бачева
Country (sports) Bulgaria
ResidenceSofia, Bulgaria
Born (1975-03-07) 7 March 1975
Sofia, Bulgaria
Turned pro1990
Retired2004
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$534,838
Singles
Career record381–275
Career titles0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 68 (1 November 1999)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenR1 (2000, 2001)
French OpenR2 (1999)
WimbledonR2 (2000)
US OpenR2 (2000)
Doubles
Career record179–150
Career titles2 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 53 (16 April 2001)

Tennis career

As a junior, Bacheva won the European Championships in 1989 and 1991.[1]

Bacheva turned professional in 1990 and spent several years on the ITF Women's Circuit building up her ranking. In 1999, she finally broke through the top 100 and reached her first WTA Tour semifinal at the Estoril Open as a lucky loser. She finished that year at No. 73. She finished 2000 again in the top 100. In 2001, she beat Chanda Rubin for her career best win. She played her last professional match in 2004—a first-round loss to Dally Randriantefy in an ITF event.

Bacheva won no WTA Tour singles titles, but did win two doubles titles in Casablanca and Budapest respectively. She was a member of the Bulgarian Fed Cup team from 1993 to 1996[2] with a win-loss record of 1–6.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 23 April 2000 Budapest, Hungary Clay Cristina Torrens Valero Jelena Kostanić
Sandra Načuk		 6–0, 6–2
Runner-up 1. 1 October 2000 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Carpet (i) Cristina Torrens Valero Alexandra Fusai
Nathalie Tauziat		 3–6, 6–7(0)
Winner 2. 29 July 2001 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Åsa Carlsson María José Martínez Sánchez
María Emilia Salerni		 6–3, 6–7(4), 6–1
Runner-up 2. 14 July 2002 Palermo, Italy Clay Angelika Rösch Evgenia Kulikovskaya
Ekaterina Sysoeva		 4–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (9–16)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 7 April 1991 Šibenik, Yugoslavia Clay Irina Sukhova 6–1, 6–3
Runner-up 1. 30 June 1991 Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia Clay Kateřina Šišková 2–6, 1–6
Winner 2. 7 July 1991 Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia Clay Kateřina Šišková 6–4, 1–6, 6–2
Runner-up 2. 15 September 1991 Haskovo, Bulgaria Clay Elena Makarova 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 3. 5 August 1992 Vaihingen, Germany Clay Joannette Kruger 1–6, 0–6
Runner-up 4. 10 September 1995 Spoleto, Italy Clay Cristina Salvi 6–7(3), 3–6
Winner 3. 10 August 1997 Rebecq, Belgium Clay Kildine Chevalier 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up 5. 28 September 1997 Albena, Bulgaria Clay Desislava Topalova 6–2, 4–6, 0–6
Runner-up 6. 9 November 1997 Moulins, France Hard (i) Edith Nunes-Bersot 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 7. 23 November 1997 Deauville, France Carpet (i) Gabriela Kučerová 3–6, 6–7
Winner 4. 5 April 1998 Brest, France Hard (i) Sophie Georges 7–5, 6–0
Runner-up 8. 12 July 1998 Puchheim, Germany Clay Gisela Riera 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 9. 19 July 1998 Darmstadt, Germany Clay Petra Mandula 6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 10. 2 August 1998 Les Contamines, France Hard Anca Barna 6–7, 1–6
Winner 5. 22 November 1998 Deauville, France Carpet (i) Silvia Sosnarova 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 11. 14 March 1999 Biel, Switzerland Hard (i) Evie Dominikovic 4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Winner 6. 28 March 1999 Dinan, France Clay (i) Stéphanie Foretz Gacon 6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Winner 7. 12 September 1999 Denain, France Clay Stéphanie Foretz Gacon 6–4, 6–1
Winner 8. 19 September 1999 Bordeaux, France Clay Gloria Pizzichini 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 12. 26 September 1999 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Marta Marrero 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 13. 17 September 2000 Bordeaux, France Clay Émilie Loit 5–7, 2–6
Runner-up 14. 9 September 2001 Denain, France Clay Céline Beigbeder 4–6, 0–6
Winner 9. 16 September 2001 Bordeaux, France Clay Anna Smashnova 4–6, 6–1, 6–0
Runner-up 15. 10 August 2003 Cuneo, Italy Clay Tathiana Garbin 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 16. 18 July 2004 Vittel, France Clay Nuria Llagostera Vives 2–6, 4–6

Doubles (11–17)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 10 February 1991 Helsinki, Finland Carpet (i) Elena Pogorelova Nadja Beik
Meike Babel		 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Winner 2. 7 July 1991 Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia Clay Ivona Horvat Elena Pogorelova
Irina Sukhova		 5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Winner 3. 15 September 1991 Haskovo, Bulgaria Clay Galia Angelova Elena Pogorelova
Irina Sukhova		 7–6, 6–7, 6–1
Runner-up 1. 10 November 1991 Manchester, Great Britain Carpet (i) Barbara Griffiths Amanda Grunfeld
Julie Salmon		 6–7(2), 1–6
Runner-up 2. 12 April 1992 Limoges, France Carpet (i) Sylvia Štefková Els Callens
Michèle Strebel		 6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 3. 20 September 1992 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Galia Angelova Karina Kuregian
Kirrily Sharpe		 6–7, 2–6
Winner 4. 19 September 1993 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Galia Angelova Patrícia Marková
Zuzana Nemšáková		 6–0, 7–5
Runner-up 4. 10 April 1994 Athens, Greece Clay Sandra van der Aa Patrícia Marková
Simona Nedorostova		 3–6, 0–6
Runner-up 5. 23 September 1995 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Réka Vidáts Geraldine Aizenberg
Laura Montalvo		 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 6. 28 September 1997 Albena, Bulgaria Clay Antoaneta Pandjerova Galina Dimitrova
Desislava Topalova		 5–7, 1–6
Winner 5. 23 November 1997 Deauville, France Carpet (i) Julia Abe Katalin Marosi
Caroline Schneider		 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 7. 5 July 1998 Vaihingen, Germany Clay Julia Abe Laurence Courtois
Maja Murić		 1–6, 4–6
Winner 6. 2 August 1998 Les Contamines, France Hard Jasmin Wöhr Caroline Dhenin
Sophie Georges		 2–6, 6–1, 6–3
Winner 7. 6 September 1998 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Maaike Koutstaal Magda Mihalache
Zuzana Váleková		 6–1, 7–5
Runner-up 8. 22 November 1998 Deauville, France Carpet (i) Iroda Tulyaganova Emmanuelle Curutchet
Samantha Schoeffel		 1–6, 6–2, 6–7
Runner-up 9. 19 September 1999 Bordeaux, France Clay Cristina Torrens Valero Åsa Carlsson
Émilie Loit		 2–6, 6–7
Runner-up 10. 8 July 2001 Orbetello, Italy Clay Laurence Courtois María Emilia Salerni
Patricia Tarabini		 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 1–6
Runner-up 11. 14 October 2001 Poitiers, France Hard (i) Amanda Hopmans Kristie Boogert
Laurence Courtois		 1–6, 5–7
Runner-up 12. 21 October 2001 Southampton, Great Britain Hard (i) Elena Tatarkova Nannie De Villiers
Irina Selyutina		 6–7(5), 6–2, 2–6
Winner 8. 22 September 2002 Biella, Italy Clay Eva Bes-Ostáriz María José Martínez Sánchez
Anabel Medina Garrigues		 7–5, 2–6, 7–6(5)
Winner 9. 6 October 2002 Girona, Spain Clay Gala León García Flavia Pennetta
Andreea Ehritt-Vanc		 6–4, 6–3
Winner 10. 3 November 2002 Poitiers, France Hard (i) Evgenia Kulikovskaya Caroline Dhenin
Émilie Loit		 w/o
Runner-up 13. 10 August 2003 Cuneo, Italy Clay Stefanie Haidner Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Darija Jurak		 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up 14. 5 October 2003 Girona, Spain Clay Roberta Vinci Conchita Martínez Granados
María José Martínez Sánchez		 5–7, 3–6
Runner-up 15. 8 February 2004 Urtijëi, Italy Carpet (i) Angelika Rösch Olga Vymetálková
Gabriela Navrátilová		 1–6, 3–6
Winner 11. 2 May 2004 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Eva Birnerová Ruxandra Dragomir
Antonia Matic		 4–6, 7–6(4), 6–3
Runner-up 16. 1 August 2004 Modena, Italy Clay Eva Birnerová Gabriela Navrátilová
Michaela Paštiková		 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 17. 13 September 2004 Denain, France Clay Michaela Paštiková Yuliana Fedak
Anna-Lena Grönefeld		 6–1, 1–6, 2–6
  • w/o = walkover

Fed Cup participitation

Singles (0–4)
Edition Round Date Against Surface Opponent W/L Result
1995 World Group I RPO 22 July 1995  South Africa Hard Joannette Kruger L 0–6, 3–6
23 July 1995 Amanda Coetzer L 2–6, 4–6
1996 World Group II QF 27 April 1996  Slovakia Clay Karina Habšudová L 0–6, 1–6
28 April 1996 Katarína Studeníková L 3–6, 4–6

Doubles (1–2)
Edition Round Date Partner Against Surface Opponents W/L Result
1993 World Group I R1 19 July 1993 Katerina Maleeva  South Korea Clay Kim Il-soon
Park Sung-hee		 L 6–3, 6–7(2), 1–4 ret.
1994 World Group I R2 21 July 1994 Svetlana Krivencheva  Indonesia Clay Natalia Soetrisno
Romana Tedjakusuma		 W 6–1, 6–3
1995 World Group I RPO 23 July 1995 Dora Djilianova  South Africa Hard Amanda Coetzer
Elna Reinach		 L 1–6, 4–6
  • RPO = Relegation Play–off

References
  1. "Lubomira Bacheva Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Player Profile". Retrieved 2010-05-16.
  2. "Lubomira Bacheva Fed Cup Player Profile". Archived from the original on September 16, 2012. Retrieved 2010-05-16.
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