Elena Pampoulova

Infobox Tennis biography
playername = Elena Pampoulova


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country = BUL
GER
residence = Sofia, Bulgaria
datebirth = birth date and age|1972|05|17
placebirth = Sofia, Bulgaria
height = height|m=1.65
weight = kg to lb|52|abbr=yes
turnedpro = 1988
retired = 2001
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careerprizemoney = US$704,882
singlesrecord = 243–179
singlestitles = 1 WTA, 12 ITF
highestsinglesranking = 62 (September 9, 1996)
AustralianOpenresult = 2r (1990, 1998, 1999)
FrenchOpenresult = 2r (1990, 1998, 1999)
Wimbledonresult = 3r (1999)
USOpenresult = 3r (1997)
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doublesrecord = 163–146
doublestitles = 3 WTA, 8 ITF
highestdoublesranking = 38 (September 23, 1996)
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Elena Pampoulova (also Elena Wagner, Elena Pampoulova-Bergomi, born May 17, 1972, in Sofia) is a retired professional tennis player from Bulgaria. She competed for Fed Cup of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). Elena's first tennis coach was her own mother, Bulgarian tennis player Lubka Radkova. Elena's father, Emilian Pampoulov, is also a tennis player.

Tennis career

Pampoulova's professional tennis career span from 1998 to 2001. Her career-high singles ranking is 62 (September 9, 1996). Her career-high doubles ranking is 38 (September 23, 1996). Pampoulova played for Bulgaria and the Bulgaria Fed Cup team from 1988 to 1992. Pampulova was one of only three players to represent Bulgaria in tennis at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona (together with Katerina Maleeva and Magdalena Maleeva). From 1997 to 1999 (until after her divorce with Axel Wagner) Elena played for Germany and the Germany Fed Cup team. Her total tennis career prize money amounts to $704,882. Pampoulova has 13 career titles in singles (1 of the from WTA tour) and 11 career titles in doubles (3 of them from WTA tour).

Personal life

On July 11, 2006, Elena Pampoulova married her long-time boy-friend, Swiss banker Christian Bergomi. The couple currently lives in Switzerland, where Elena is an investment banker. [cite web|title=Наша топтенисистка вдигна сватба в Швейцария|url=http://topsport.ibox.bg/news/id_1670647702|accessdate=2008-07-12] Their son Alex was born in early 2008.

WTA Tour finals

ingles champion (1)

Doubles finalist (5)

*1989: Sofia (with Silke Meier, lost to Laura Garrone/Laura Golarsa)
*1989: Athens (with Silke Meier, lost to Sandra Cecchini/Patricia Tarabini)
*1996: Karlovy Vary (with Eva Martincová, lost to Karina Habšudová/Helena Suková)
*1996: Auckland (with Aleksandra Olsza, lost to Janette Husárová/Dominique Monami)
*1997: Budapest (with Eva Martincová, lost to Amanda Coetzer/Alexandra Fusai)

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External links

*wta|id=160106
*ITF female profile|number=35000492
*FedCupplayerlink|id=35000492
* [http://www.bgolympic.org/cgi-bin/e-cms/vis/vis.pl?s=001&p=0012&n=000032&g= Bulgarian Olympic Commitee]