Galia Angelova (born 10 November 1972) is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player.

Galia Angelova
Country (sports) Bulgaria
Born (1972-11-10) 10 November 1972 (age 52)
Haskovo, Bulgaria
Prize money$20,132
Singles
Career record67–40
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 378 (22 February 1993)
Doubles
Career record53–27
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 231 (5 October 1992)
Team competitions
Fed Cup6–5
(singles 3–2; doubles 3–3)

Biography

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Angelova, who comes from Haskovo, was a member of the Bulgaria Federation Cup team which competed in the 1988 and 1990 competitions, featuring in a total of eight ties. Her only WTA Tour main-draw appearance came in the doubles at the 1989 Vitosha New Otani Open in Sofia. She won three ITF singles titles and reached a best ranking of 378 in the world. As a doubles player, she was ranked as high as 231 and won five ITF doubles titles.

She is now a tennis coach and works at Dema Sport in Sofia.[1]

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner–up)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 1990 ITF Palermo, Italy 10,000 Clay   Carmela Vitali 6–4, 6–3
Win 2–0 Mar 1992 ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel 10,000 Hard   Gina Niland 6–4, 7–5
Win 3–0 Jun 1992 ITF Covilha, Portugal 10,000 Clay   Sofia Prazeres 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss 3–1 Sep 1994 ITF Varna, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay   Dora Djilianova 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner–ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 1991 ITF Haskovo, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay   Lubomira Bacheva   Elena Pogorelova
  Irina Sukhova
7–6, 6–7, 6–1
Win 2–0 Jun 1992 ITF Covilha, Portugal 10,000 Clay   Tzvetelina Nikolova   Hiroko Hara
  Galina Misiuriova
7–5, 7–5
Win 3–0 Jun 1992 ITF Aveiro, Portugal 10,000 Hard   Tzvetelina Nikolova   Cecile Dorey
  Gemma Magin
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 4–0 Sep 1992 ITF Burgas, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay   Tzvetelina Nikolova   Svetlana Krivencheva
  Elena Likhovtseva
3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 4–1 Sep 1992 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay   Lubomira Bacheva   Karina Kuregian
  Kirrily Sharpe
6–7, 2–6
Loss 4–2 Mar 1993 ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel 10,000 Hard   Teodora Nedeva   Nelly Barkan
  Tessa Shapovalova
2–6, 6–7(5)
Loss 4–3 Jun 1993 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay   Teodora Nedeva   Laura Montalvo
  Valentina Solari
6–7(6), 6–2, 6–7(4)
Loss 4–4 Jun 1993 ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay   Teodora Nedeva   Tzvetelina Nikolova
  Antoaneta Pandjerova
3–6, 3–6
Win 5–4 Sep 1993 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay   Lubomira Bacheva   Patrícia Marková
  Zuzana Nemšáková
6–0, 7–5

References

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  1. ^ "СК "ДЕМА" с Ден на отворените врати на 24 май". Standart (in Bulgarian).
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