Biography

Born in Sofia, Maleeva was the second oldest of the three children of Yuliya Berberyan and Georgi Maleev. The mother, who came from a prominent Armenian family, which found refuge in Bulgaria after the 1896 Armenian massacres in the Ottoman Empire, was the best Bulgarian tennis player in the 1960s. After she retired from professional tennis in the 1970s, Berberyan started on a coaching career. She was the coach of her three daughters, Katerina, Manuela and Magdalena, each of whom eventually became WTA top ten players.

Throughout her professional career, Maleeva has won a total of 11 WTA Tour singles titles and two titles in doubles. In July 1990 she achieved her career high ranking of 6th. She has a record of 369 singles wins and 210 losses. In 1994 she married her year-long partner, Georgi Stoimenov. The couple have two children and currently live in Sofia.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1994	US Open	Hard	Robin White	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	3-6, 3-6

WTA Career Finals

Singles: 20 (11-9)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0-0) WTA Tour Championships (0-0) Tier I (0-2) Tier II (0-1) Tier III (2-2) Tier IV (1-2) Tier V (4-1) Virginia Slims (4-1)

Titles by Surface Hard (5-5) Grass (0-0) Clay (4-4) Carpet (2-0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	1 April 1985	Seabrook Island, USA	Clay	Virginia Ruzici	6-3, 6-3
Runner-up	1.	22 April 1985	Orlando, USA	Clay	Martina Navratilova	1-6, 0-6
Winner	2.	4 November 1985	Hilversum, Netherlands	Carpet (I)	Carina Karlsson	6-3, 6-2
Winner	3.	13 April 1987	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Barbara Gerken	6-2, 6-3
Winner	4.	5 October 1987	Athens, Greece	Clay	Julie Halard	6-0, 6-1
Runner-up	2.	29 February 1988	San Antonio, USA	Hard	Steffi Graf	4-6, 1-6
Runner-up	3.	25 July 1988	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Steffi Graf	4-6, 2-6
Winner	5.	24 October 1988	Indianapolis, USA	Hard (I)	Zina Garrison	6-3, 2-6, 6-2
Winner	6.	24 July 1989	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Sabine Hack	6-1, 6-3
Runner-up	4.	31 July 1989	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Isabel Cueto	2-6, 6-7(3-7)
Winner	7.	16 October 1989	Bayonne, France	Hard (I)	Conchita Martínez	6-2, 6-2
Winner	8.	30 October 1989	Indianapolis, USA	Hard (I)	Raffaella Reggi	6-4, 6-4
Winner	9.	26 March 1990	Houston, USA	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6-1, 1-6, 6-4
Runner-up	5.	16 April 1990	Tampa, USA	Clay	Monica Seles	1-6, 0-6
Runner-up	6.	30 July 1990	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Steffi Graf	1-6, 7-6(10-8), 3-6
Runner-up	7.	5 August 1991	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Jennifer Capriati	2-6, 3-6
Runner-up	8.	19 August 1991	Washington, USA	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	2-6, 5-7
Winner	10.	11 November 1991	Indianapolis, USA	Hard (I)	Audra Keller	7-6(7-1), 6-2
Runner-up	9.	1 November 1993	Quebec, Canada	Hard (I)	Nathalie Tauziat	4-6, 1-6
Winner	11.	31 October 1994	Quebec, Canada	Carpet (I)	Brenda Schultz	6-3, 6-3

Doubles: 10 (2-8)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0-1) WTA Tour Championships (0-0) Tier I (0-1) Tier II (1-0) Tier III (0-1) Tier IV (0-0) Tier V (0-3) Virginia Slims (1-2)

Titles by Surface Hard (0-3) Grass (0-0) Clay (1-3) Carpet (1-2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	22 July 1985	Indianapolis, USA	Clay	Manuela Maleeva	Penny Barg Paula Smith	3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Runner-up	1.	8 September 1986	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet (I)	Manuela Maleeva	Bettina Bunge Steffi Graf	1-6, 7-6(9-7), 2-6
Runner-up	2.	14 September 1987	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet (I)	Manuela Maleeva	Anne White Robin White	1-6, 2-6
Runner-up	3.	11 July 1988	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Raffaella Reggi	Mercedes Paz Tine Scheuer-Larsen	6-7(3-7), 1-6
Runner-up	4.	8 August 1988	Sofia, Bulgaria	Hard (I)	Sabrina Goleš	Conchita Martínez Barbara Paulus	6-1, 1-6, 4-6
Runner-up	5.	24 July 1989	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Sabrina Goleš	Mercedes Paz Tine Scheuer-Larsen	2-6, 5-7
Winner	2.	3 February 1992	Essen, Germany	Carpet (I)	Barbara Rittner	Sabine Appelmans Claudia Porwik	7-5, 6-3
Runner-up	6.	4 May 1992	Rome, Italy	Clay	Barbara Rittner	Monica Seles Helena Suková	1-6, 2-6
Runner-up	7.	1 November 1993	Quebec, Canada	Hard (I)	Nathalie Tauziat	Katrina Adams Manon Bollegraf	4-6, 4-6
Runner-up	8.	29 August 1994	US Open	Hard	Robin White	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	3-6, 3-6

ITF Singles Circuit finals: 3 (2-1)

Singles: 2 (1-1)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	11 June 1984	Lyon, France	Clay	Mercedes Paz	7-6, 3-6, 6-2
Runner-up	1.	16 July 1984	Cava Tirr, Italy	Clay	Laura Garrone	1-6, 5-7

Doubles: 1 (1-0)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	23 September 1985	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Manuela Maleeva	Yvona Brzáková Hana Fukarková	6-1, 6-2

Fed Cup

Katerina Maleeva debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 1984. Since then she has a 20-9 singles record and a 9-13 doubles record (29-22 overall).

Singles (20-9)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
1984 World Group I	R1	15 July 1984	Great Britain	Clay	Anne Hobbs	W	6-4, 3-6, 6-2
	R2	16 July 1984	Soviet Union		Svetlana Cherneva	W	7-6, 6-3
	QF	18 July 1984	Yugoslavia		Sabrina Goleš	L	4-6, 5-7
1985 World Group I	R1	6 October 1985	Soviet Union	Hard	Elena Eliseenko	W	6-4, 6-2
	R2	8 October 1985	Yugoslavia		Mima Jaušovec	W	6-4, 6-2
	QF	10 October 1985	Great Britain		Jo Durie	W	6-2, 4-6, 8-6
	SF	12 October 1985	Czechoslovakia		Helena Suková	W	6-3, 7-6(8-6)
1986 World Group I	R1	20 July 1986	Soviet Union	Clay	Natasha Zvereva	W	4-6, 6-1, 6-2
	R2	21 July 1986	France		Nathalie Tauziat	W	7-6(7-5), 7-6(8-6)
	QF	23 July 1986	West Germany		Bettina Bunge	L	6-2, 3-6, 3-6
1987 World Group I	R1	26 July 1987	Greece	Hard	Olga Tsarbopoulou	W	6-0, 6-0
	R2	27 July 1987	Indonesia		Suzanna Anggarkusuma	W	6-1, 6-1
	QF	29 July 1987	Australia		Anne Minter	W	6-2, 6-2
	SF	31 July 1987	United States		Pam Shriver	L	3-6, 6-7
1989 World Group I	R1	1 October 1989	South Korea	Hard	Im Sook-ja	W	6-2, 6-2
	R2	3 October 1989	Argentina		Patricia Tarabini	W	6-1, 6-0
	QF	5 October 1989	Australia		Elizabeth Smylie	W	6-2, 6-1
1991 World Group I	R1	22 July 1991	Hungary	Hard	Virág Csurgó	W	6-0, 6-2
	R2	24 July 1991	United States		Mary Joe Fernández	L	2-6, 1-6
1992 World Group I	R1	14 July 1992	Australia	Clay	Nicole Bradtke	L	6-3, 4-6, 0-6
	RPO	16 July 1992	Romania		Irina Spîrlea	W	6-1, 6-0
	RPO	17 July 1992	Hungary		Andrea Temesvári	W	6-3, 6-4
1993 World Group I	R1	19 July 1993	South Korea	Clay	Kim Yeon-sook	W	6-0, 6-2
	R2	21 July 1993	Argentina		Inés Gorrochategui	L	1-6, 5-7
1994 World Group I	R1	19 July 1994	Croatia	Clay	Nadin Ercegović	W	6-0, 6-3
	R2	21 July 1994	Indonesia		Romana Tedjakusuma	W	6-2, 6-1
	QF	22 July 1994	France		Julie Halard	L	3-6, 6-3, 2-6
1995 World Group I	QF	22 April 1995	Spain	Carpet (I)	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	L	3-6, 3-6
		23 April 1995			Conchita Martínez	L	2-6, 1-6

Doubles (9-13)

Edition	Round	Date	Partner	Against	Surface	Opponents	W/L	Result
1984 World Group I	R1	15 July 1984	Manuela Maleeva	Great Britain	Clay	Amanda Brown Anne Hobbs	W	7-6, 7-5
	R2	16 July 1984	Manuela Maleeva	Soviet Union		Elena Eliseenko Larisa Savchenko	L	7-5, 5-7, 1-6
	QF	18 July 1984	Manuela Maleeva	Yugoslavia		Sabrina Goleš Mima Jaušovec	L	3-6, 1-6
1985 World Group I	R1	6 October 1985	Manuela Maleeva	Soviet Union	Hard	Natalia Egorova Svetlana Cherneva	W	6-3, 7-5
	R2	8 October 1985	Manuela Maleeva	Yugoslavia		Sabrina Goleš Aila Winkler	W	6-4, 7-6(9-7)
	QF	10 October 1985	Manuela Maleeva	Great Britain		Jo Durie Anne Hobbs	L	4-5, Ret.
	SF	12 October 1985	Manuela Maleeva	Czechoslovakia		Hana Mandlíková Helena Suková	L	3-6, 6-7(4-7)
1986 World Group I	R1	20 July 1986	Manuela Maleeva	Soviet Union	Clay	Svetlana Cherneva Larisa Savchenko	L	6-1, 4-6, 1-6
	QF	23 July 1986	Manuela Maleeva	West Germany		Bettina Bunge Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	L	4-6, 2-6
1987 World Group I	SF	31 July 1987	Dora Rangelova	United States	Hard	Chris Evert Pam Shriver	L	1-6, 1-6
1989 World Group I	R1	1 October 1989	Manuela Maleeva	South Korea	Hard	Kim Il-soon Lee Jeong-myung	W	7-5, 6-0
	R2	3 October 1989	Manuela Maleeva	Argentina		Florencia Labat Mercedes Paz	W	6-1, 3-6, 6-1
	QF	5 October 1989	Manuela Maleeva	Australia		Elizabeth Smylie Janine Tremelling	L	7-5, 4-6, 0-6
1991 World Group I	R1	22 July 1991	Magdalena Maleeva	Hungary	Hard	Virág Csurgó Ágnes Gee	W	6-1, 6-2
	R2	24 July 1991	Magdalena Maleeva	United States		Gigi Fernández Zina Garrison-Jackson	L	2-6, 1-6
1992 World Group I	R1	14 July 1992	Magdalena Maleeva	Australia	Hard	Nicole Bradtke Rennae Stubbs	L	2-6, 1-6
	RPO	17 July 1992	Elena Pampoulova	Hungary		Virág Csurgó Kata Györke	W	7-6(8-6), 4-6, 6-1
1993 World Group I	R1	19 July 1993	Lubomira Bacheva	South Korea	Clay	Kim Il-soon Park Sung-hee	L	6-3, 6-7(2-7), 1-4, Ret.
	R2	21 July 1993	Magdalena Maleeva	Argentina		Inés Gorrochategui Patricia Tarabini	L	7-5, 4-6, 2-6
1994 World Group I	R1	19 July 1994	Magdalena Maleeva	Croatia	Clay	Iva Majoli Maja Murić	W	6-2, 6-3
	QF	22 July 1994	Magdalena Maleeva	France		Julie Halard Nathalie Tauziat	L	2-6, 6-3, 2-6
1995 World Group I	QF	23 April 1995	Magdalena Maleeva	Spain	Carpet (I)	Neus Ávila Bonastre Virginia Ruano Pascual	W	6-0, 6-1

• RPO = Relegation Play-off

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open	A	3R	NH	A	A	A	QF	QF	4R	4R	1R	1R	Q1	A	0 / 7	16-7
French Open	A	3R	4R	4R	1R	4R	QF	3R	2R	4R	2R	1R	Q2	A	0 / 11	22-11
Wimbledon	A	1R	3R	1R	4R	A	QF	4R	QF	1R	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 10	16-10
US Open	A	1R	3R	3R	QF	2R	4R	3R	3R	QF	2R	A	A	A	0 / 10	21-10
SR	0 / 0	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 38	75-38
Year End Ranking	93	28	29	13	11	15	6	11	16	22	36	302	231	NR

• NH = tournament not held.
• A = did not participate in the tournament.
• SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

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