Dia Evtimova

Dia Evtimova
Диа Евтимова

Dia Evtimova at the 2008 Allianz Cup
Country	Bulgaria
Residence	Sofia, Bulgaria
Born	30 April 1987 (1987-04-30) (age 24) Haskovo, Bulgaria
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$108,951
Singles
Career record	270–190
Career titles	0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 146 (October 24, 2011)
Current ranking	No. 146 (October 24, 2011)
Grand Slam results
US Open	Q2 (2011)
Doubles
Career record	51–53
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 275 (June 15, 2009)
Current ranking	No. 600 (October 24, 2011)
Last updated on: August 15, 2011.

Dia Evtimova (Bulgarian: Диа Евтимова) (born April 30, 1987) is a professional Bulgarian tennis player. On October 24, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 146 whilst her best doubles ranking was 275 on June 15, 2009.^[1] In 2010, she qualified for the Internationaux de Strasbourg where she was defeated by Maria Sharapova in the second round.^[2] In 2011, she qualified for the Gastein Ladies where she reached her first WTA quarterfinal, but there she lost to Patricia Mayr-Achleitner. She has also played for the Bulgarian Fed Cup team, with a current 10-10 record.^[3]

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles finals: 16 (6–10)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	2005	Maribor ITF $10,000	Clay	Mari Andersson	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	2005	Volos ITF $10,000	Carpet	Patricia Mayr	4–6, 6–7(5)
Runner-up	3.	2006	Ruse ITF $10,000	Clay	Maria Penkova	7–5, 4–6, 1–6
Winner	4.	2006	Haskovo ITF $10,000	Clay	Anna Gerasimou	6–4, 6–7(5), 6–3
Runner-up	5.	2006	Maribor ITF $10,000	Clay	Andreja Klepač	4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Winner	6.	2006	Palić ITF $10,000	Clay	Iveta Gerlová	6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	2006	Podgorica ITF $25,000	Clay	Ana Veselinović	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	8.	2007	Bucharest ITF $25,000	Clay	Julia Görges	0–6, 1–6
Runner-up	9.	2009	Rome ITF $10,000	Clay	Karolina Kosińska	2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	10.	2009	Bucharest ITF $10,000	Clay	Elena Bogdan	3–6, 1–6
Winner	11.	2009	Haskovo ITF $10,000	Clay	Tanya Germanlieva	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	12.	2009	Dobrich ITF $10,000	Clay	Simona Matei	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	13.	2009	Madrid ITF $50,000	Clay	Anna Floris	1–6, 3–6
Winner	14.	2011	Antalya ITF $10,000	Clay	Marion Gaud	6–3, 6–4
Winner	15.	2011	Ystad ITF $25,000	Clay	Jana Cepelova	6–3, 6–4
Winner	16.	2011	Zagreb ITF $50,000	Clay	Anastasia Pivovarova	6–2, 6–2

Doubles finals: 5 (2–3)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winners	1.	2006	Ruse ITF $10,000	Clay	Karoline Borgersen	Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova Nadejda Vassileva	6–0, 6–0
Runner-ups	2.	2006	Haskovo ITF $10,000	Clay	Nicole Clerico	Rita Esteves de Freitas Neda Kozić	4–6, 4–6
Winners	3.	2006	Horb am Neckar ITF $10,000	Clay	Josipa Bek	Julia Görges Lydia Steinbach	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-ups	4.	2006	Maribor ITF $10,000	Clay	Maša Zec Peškirič	Diana Enache Antonia-Xenia Tout	W/O
Runner-ups	5.	2009	Ruse ITF $10,000	Clay	Malou Ejdesgaard	Ioana Ivan Simona Matei	1–6, 4–6

Fed Cup

Dia Evtimova debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 2007. Since then she has a 5–8 singles record and a 5–2 doubles record (10–10 overall).

Participations (20)

Singles (13)

Edition	Round	Against	Surface	Opponent	W–L	Result
2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I	RR	Great Britain	Clay	Elena Baltacha	Loss	6–4, 4–6, 6–8
		Poland		Urszula Radwańska	Loss	1–6, 3–6
		Luxembourg		Mandy Minella	Loss	3–6, 7–5, 3–6
	GI Play-Offs	Lithuania	Clay	Julija Gotovskyte	Win	6–1, 3–0 (Ret.)
2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I	RR	Portugal	Carpet (I)	Ana-Catarina Nogueira	Win	6–2, 7–5
		Luxembourg		Mandy Minella	Loss	3–6, 7–6(2), 3–6
		Netherlands		Renee Rainhard	Loss	0–6, 3–6
	GI Play-Offs	Hungary	Carpet (I)	Ágnes Szávay	Loss	0–6, 0–6
2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I	RR	Netherlands	Hard (I)	Chayenne Ewijk	Loss	1–6, 7–6(6), 2–6
		Israel		Keren Shlomo	Win	6–0, 6–3
	GI Play-Offs	Portugal	Hard (I)	Neuza Silva	Win	6–1, 6–1
2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I	RR	Luxembourg	Hard	Anne Kremer	Loss	3–6, 3–6
	GI Play-Offs	Latvia	Hard	Irina Kuzmina	Win	5–7, 6–3, 6–3

Doubles (7)

Edition	Round	Partnering	Against	Surface	Opponents	W–L	Result
2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I	RR	Dessislava Mladenova	Luxembourg	Clay	Mandy Minella Lynn Philippe	Win	3–6, 7–6(3), 0–1 (Ret.)
2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I	RR	Tsvetana Pironkova	Portugal	Carpet (I)	Magali de Lattre Maria João Koehler	Win	6–1, 6–2
		Tsvetana Pironkova	Luxembourg	Carpet (I)	Mandy Minella Claudine Schaul	Win	6–4, 6–3
2010 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I	RR	Tsvetana Pironkova	Netherlands	Hard (I)	Richel Hogenkamp Nicole Thyssen	Win	7–5, 5–7, 6–2
		Tsvetana Pironkova	Israel	Hard (I)	Julia Glushko Shahar Peer	Loss	2–6, 5–7
	GI Play-Offs	Tsvetana Pironkova	Portugal	Hard (I)	Maria João Koehler Neuza Silva	Loss	W/O
2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I	RR	Magdalena Maleeva	Israel	Hard	Valeriya Patiuk Keren Shlomo	Win	6–3, 6–4

References

1. ^ "Dia Evtimova's Biography at ITFTennis". http://www.itftennis.com. 2010-11-11. http://www.itftennis.com/womens/players/player.asp?player=100004181. Retrieved 2010-11-11. 
2. ^ Watterson, Johnny (2010-05-20). "In-form Niland braced for major test". Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0520/1224270710469.html. Retrieved 2010-10-16. "Meanwhile, top-seed Maria Sharapova dispatched qualifier Dia Evtimova 6-3 6-0 in the second round of the Internationaux de Strasbourg yesterday." 
3. ^ http://www.fedcup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100004181

External links

• Dia Evtimova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Dia Evtimova at the International Tennis Federation
• Dia Evtimova at the Fed Cup

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Name	Evtimova, Dia
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Date of birth	30 April 1987
Place of birth	Haskovo, Bulgaria
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