Elitsa Kostova

Elitsa Kostova

Kostova at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament
Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Residence	Kardzhali, Bulgaria
Born	(1990-04-10) 10 April 1990 Haskovo, Bulgaria
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$263,992
Singles
Career record	313–254
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 131 (18 July 2016)
Current ranking	No. 131 (18 July 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2012)
French Open	Q1 (2011, 2012, 2016)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2015)
US Open	Q3 (2016)
Doubles
Career record	107–138
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 154 (26 October 2015)
Current ranking	No. 155 (2 November 2015)
Last updated on: 18 July 2016.

Elitsa Kostova (Bulgarian: Елица Костова) (born 10 April 1990) is a professional Bulgarian tennis player and member of the Bulgaria Fed Cup team. On 21 November 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 141 whilst her best doubles ranking was 154 on 26 October 2015. Her record for the Bulgarian Fed Cup Team is 12-14.^[1]

Career

At a $25,000 ITF Tournament in Wellington, New Zealand, held in November 2010, Kostova, ranked 254 in the world, achieved her best victory in her career. She defeated world number 42 Jarmila Groth in the semifinals in two sets. In the final, she lost to world number 241 Erika Sema in three sets.^[2] Kostova won her first match in a WTA main draw by beating Alizé Lim at the 2014 Bucharest Open, after coming through the qualifying competition. At the 2015 Rio Open Kostova reached her first WTA semifinal in doubles along with Hsu Chieh-yu and they lost to defending champions Irina-Camelia Begu and María Irigoyen in straight sets. In July 2016, came Kostova's biggest win so far winning Europe Tennis Center Ladies Open in Budapest, where she won against fellow Bulgarian and Feb cup team-mate Viktoriya Tomova.

ITF Circuit finals: 34 (7–26)

Singles: 21 (5–16)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	20 April 2008	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Michelle Gerards	2–6, 6–2, 6–7(3–7)
Winner	1.	22 June 2008	Alcobaça, Portugal	Hard	Amanda Carreras	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	7 December 2008	Vinaròs, Spain	Clay	Conny Perrin	4–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	15 November 2009	Le Havre, France	Clay (i)	Sina Haas	6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	21 February 2010	Albufeira, Portugal	Hard	Evelyn Mayr	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	4 July 2010	Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Petra Cetkovská	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	25 July 2010	Les Contamines, France	Hard	Andrea Hlaváčková	5–7, 6–0, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	21 November 2010	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Erika Sema	2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	3 December 2010	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Tímea Babos	6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	8.	13 February 2011	Vale do Lobo, Portugal	Hard	Alison van Uytvanck	4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Runner-up	9.	3 July 2011	Pozoblanco, Spain	Hard	Eleni Daniilidou	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	10.	7 August 2011	Trnava, Slovakia	Clay	Yvonne Meusburger	6–0, 2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	11.	14 August 2011	Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Kiki Bertens	2–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	9 October 2011	Dobrich, Bulgaria	Clay	Elena Bogdan	7–6(8–6), 6–2
Runner-up	12.	13 November 2011	Benicarló, Spain	Clay	Garbiñe Muguruza	6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4), 3–6
Runner-up	13.	7 April 2013	Dijon, France	Hard (i)	Kristina Barrois	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	14.	3 November 2013	New Braunfels, United States	Hard	Anna Tatishvili	4–6, 4–6
Winner	4.	22 June 2014	Montpellier, France	Clay	Sofiya Kovalets	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	15.	2 November 2014	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Margarita Gasparyan	3–6, 0–6
Runner-up	16.	1 February 2015	Andrezieux-Boutheon, France	Hard	Margarita Gasparyan	4–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	9 July 2016	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Viktoriya Tomova	6-0, 7-6 (7-3)

Doubles: 13 (3–10)

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Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	22 November 2009	Équeurdreville-Hainneville, France	Hard (i)	Kinnie Laisné	Elixane Lechemia Constance Sibille	4–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	14 May 2011	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Barbara Sobaszkiewicz	Ani Mijačika Ana Vrljić	1–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Winner	2.	10 June 2012	Zlín, Czech Republic	Clay	Jasmina Tinjić	Verónica Cepede Royg Teliana Pereira	4–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Runner-up	2.	5 April 2013	Dijon, France	Hard (i)	Marina Shamayko	Nicole Clerico Giulia Gatto-Monticone	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	24 May 2013	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Sandra Zaniewska	Justine Ozga Anna Zaja	4–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	20 September 2013	Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Kathinka von Deichmann Nina Zander	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	13 December 2013	Madrid, Spain	Hard	Evgeniya Rodina	Demi Schuurs Eva Wacanno	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	13 June 2014	Essen, Germany	Clay	Ysaline Bonaventure	Kristina Barrois Tatjana Maria	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	20 June 2014	Montpellier, France	Clay	Hsu Chieh-yu	Inés Ferrer Suárez Sara Sorribes Tormo	6–2, 3–6, [10–12]
Runner-up	7.	19 December 2014	Ankara, Turkey	Hard	Oleksandra Korashvili	Ekaterine Gorgodze Nastja Kolar	4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up	8.	13 September 2015	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Kateřina Kramperová	Sofia Shapatava Anastasiya Vasylyeva	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	9.	18 September 2015	Dobrich, Bulgaria	Clay	Kateřina Kramperová	Sofia Shapatava Anastasiya Vasylyeva	2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	10.	17 October 2015	Rock Hill, United States	Hard	Florencia Molinero	Ema Burgić Bucko Renata Zarazúa	5–7, 2–6

Fed Cup

Elitsa Kostova debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 2008. Since then she has a 8–9 singles record and a 4–5 doubles record (12–14 overall).

Singles (8–9)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
2008 Europe/Africa Group I	PO	2 February 2008	Hungary	Carpet (I)	Gréta Arn	L	2–6, 1–6
2009 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	4 February 2009	Estonia	Hard (I)	Maret Ani	L	2–6, 2–6
		6 February 2009	Croatia		Petra Martić	L	2–6, 1–6
	RPO	7 February 2009	Bosnia and Herzegovina		Sandra Martinović	L	4–6, 6–0, 2–6
2010 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	5 February 2010	Slovenia	Hard (I)	Maša Zec-Peškirič	W	7–5, 6–1
2011 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	2 February 2011	Poland	Hard	Maret Ani	W	6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–5)
		4 February 2011	Israel		Julia Glushko	L	0–6, 2–6
	RPO	4 February 2011	Latvia		Līga Dekmeijere	W	6–3, 6–3
2012 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	1 February 2012	Estonia	Hard	Margit Rüütel	W	6–2, 6–1
		3 February 2012	Austria		Patricia Mayr	L	3–6, 3–6
2013 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	8 February 2013	Luxembourg	Hard	Laura Correia	W	6–1, 6–3
2014 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	4 February 2014	Portugal	Hard (I)	Michelle Larcher de Brito	L	6–4, 2–6, 6–7(3–7)
		6 February 2014	Turkey		Çağla Büyükakçay	L	6–7(3–7), 1–6
	RPO	9 February 2014	Luxembourg		Anne Kremer	W	6–3, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(9–7)
2015 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	4 February 2015	Portugal	Hard (I)	Maria João Koehler	W	6–2, 6–1
		5 February 2015	Belarus		Olga Govortsova	L	2–6, 3–6
		6 February 2015	Georgia		Sofia Shapatava	W	6–3, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles (4–5)

Edition	Round	Date	Partner	Against	Surface	Opponents	W/L	Result
2009 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	4 February 2009	Tsvetana Pironkova	Estonia	Hard (I)	Maret Ani Kaia Kanepi	L	1–6, 6–4, 2–6
		6 February 2009	Tsvetana Pironkova	Croatia		Jelena Kostanić Tošić Petra Martić	L	6–7(3–7), 1–6
	RPO	7 February 2009	Tsvetana Pironkova	Bosnia and Herzegovina		Mervana Jugić-Salkić Sandra Martinović	L	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
2010 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	5 February 2010	Biljana Pawlowa	Slovenia	Hard (I)	Andreja Klepač Maša Zec-Peškirič	W	6–1, 6–2
2013 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	7 February 2013	Isabella Shinikova	Netherlands	Hard	Arantxa Rus Bibiane Schoofs	W	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
		9 February 2013	Isabella Shinikova	Slovenia		Andreja Klepač Tina Rupert	W	6–2, 6–3
2014 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	6 February 2014	Isabella Shinikova	Turkey	Hard (I)	Çağla Büyükakçay Pemra Özgen	L	7–5, 1–6, 5–7
		7 February 2014	Viktoriya Tomova	Belarus		Ilona Kremen Aliaksandra Sasnovich	W	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
2015 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	6 February 2015	Dia Evtimova	Georgia	Hard (I)	Sofia Shapatava Oksana Kalashnikova	L	3–6, 2–6

• RR = Round Robin
• RPO = Relegation Play-off

Grand Slam performance timeline

References

External links

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Women's Tennis Association: Top ten Bulgarian female singles tennis players as of October 31, 2016
1. Tsvetana Pironkova (66 1) 2. Elitsa Kostova (131 ) 3. Isabella Shinikova (137 ) 4. Viktoriya Tomova (153 4) 5. Sesil Karatantcheva (223 10)
6. Aleksandrina Naydenova (243 1) 7. Julia Terziyska (342 29) 8. Julia Stamatova (563 2)* 9. Dia Evtimova (565 1) 10.Petia Arshinkova (685 4)