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Manuela Georgieva Maleeva (Bulgarian:Мануела Георгиева Малеева; born 14 February 1967) is aBulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on theWTA Tour between 1982 and 1994. Through her marriage, Maleeva began representing Switzerland officially from January 1990 until her retirement in February 1994.

One of the most consistent players on tour in the 1980s and early 1990s, Maleeva reached her career-high singles ranking of No. 3 in the world in February 1985 and finished with a year-end top 10 ranking for nine consecutive years (1984 till 1992). A winner of 19 WTA singles titles and four doubles titles, she also reached a total of 14Grand Slam quarterfinals in her career, including two US Open semifinals in1992 and1993, which are her career-best Grand Slam results. She was a semifinalist at the1987 Virginia Slims Championships.

Maleeva was the bronze medalist in singles at the1988 Seoul Olympics, winning Bulgaria's first (and thus far, only) Olympic tennis medal. In 1992, she paired up withJakob Hlasek at theHopman Cup where they took homeSwitzerland's first ever title at the event.

Tournament	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986		1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	SR	W-L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	2R	A	A	QF	NH		4R	A	A	A	2R	QF	4R	QF	0 / 7	18–6	75%
French Open	2R	3R	4R	QF	3R		QF	3R	QF	QF	2R	3R	3R	A	0 / 12	30–12	71%
Wimbledon	2R	2R	QF	4R	4R		2R	1R	A	1R	A	3R	2R	A	0 / 10	16–10	62%
US Open	3R	3R	1R	4R	QF		4R	QF	QF	QF	4R	SF	SF	A	0 / 12	39–12	76%
Win–loss	4–4	5–3	7–3	13–4	9–3		10–4	6–3	8–2	8–3	5–3	13–4	11–4	4–1	0 / 41	103–41	72%
Year–end championships
WTA Championships	Did not qualify			1R	1R	QF	SF	QF	QF	QF	1R	1R	1R	DNQ	0 / 10	6–10	38%
National representation	↓ Representing Bulgaria ↓									↓ Representing Switzerland ↓
Summer Olympics	Not Held		A	Not Held				SF-B	Not Held			QF	Not Held		0 / 2	6–2	75%
Fed Cup	A	1R	QF	SF	QF		SF	A	QF	A	QF	1R	A	A	0 / 10	20–9	69%
Career statistics
Titles	0	0	5	1	0		2	2	2	0	3	1	2	1	Career total: 19
Finals	0	0	6	5	3		5	4	2	3	4	2	2	1	Career total: 37
Year-end ranking	60	30	6	7	10		8	6	9	9	10	9	11	N/A	$3,244,811

Tournament	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	SR	W-L	Win%
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	NH	A	A	A	A	3R	3R	2R	3R	0 / 5	8–5	62%
French Open	A	1R	2R	2R	QF	1R	2R	2R	2R	2R	1R	3R	A	0 / 11	11–11	50%
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	1R	A	1R	3R	A	0 / 8	3–8	27%
US Open	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	1R	A	0 / 10	2–10	17%
Win–loss	0–0	0–2	1–3	3–4	4–3	0–3	1–3	2–2	1–3	3–3	2–3	5–4	2–1	0 / 34	24–34	41%
Career statistics
Titles	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	Career total: 4
Finals	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	Career total: 11
Year-end ranking	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	45	47	128	72	89	34	261	17	N/A	$3,244,811

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 1984	Houston, United States	Virginia Slims	Carpet (i)	Hana Mandlíková	4–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	May 1984	Lugano, Switzerland	Virginia Slims	Clay	Iva Budařová	6–1, 6–1
Win	2–1	May 1984	Perugia, Italy	Virginia Slims	Clay	Chris Evert	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–1	Aug 1984	Indianapolis, United States	Virginia Slims	Clay	Lisa Bonder	6–4, 6–3
Win	4–1	Nov 1984	Tokyo, Japan	Virginia Slims	Carpet (i)	Hana Mandlíková	6–1, 1–6, 6–4
Win	5–1	Dec 1984	Tokyo, Japan	Virginia Slims	Carpet (i)	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	5–2	Jan 1985	Washington, United States	Virginia Slims	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	3–6, 2–6
Loss	5–3	May 1985	Lugano, Switzerland	Virginia Slims	Clay	Bonnie Gadusek	2–6, 2–6
Loss	5–4	Oct 1985	Brighton, Great Britain	Virginia Slims	Carpet (i)	Chris Evert	5–7, 3–6
Loss	5–5	Nov 1985	Tokyo, Japan	Virginia Slims	Carpet (i)	Chris Evert	5–7, 0–6
Win	6–5	Dec 1985	Tokyo, Japan	Virginia Slims	Carpet (i)	Bonnie Gadusek	7–6^(7–2), 3–6, 7–5
Loss	6–6	May 1986	Lugano, Switzerland	Virginia Slims	Clay	Raffaella Reggi	7–5, 3–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Loss	6–7	Jun 1986	Birmingham, Great Britain	Virginia Slims	Grass	Pam Shriver	2–6, 6–7^(0–7)
Loss	6–8	Sep 1986	Tokyo, Japan	Virginia Slims	Carpet (i)	Steffi Graf	4–6, 2–6
Win	7–8	Apr 1987	Wild Dunes, United States	Virginia Slims	Clay	Raffaella Reggi	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	7–9	Apr 1987	Hilton Head, United States	Virginia Slims	Clay	Steffi Graf	2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	7–10	May 1987	Geneva, Switzerland	Virginia Slims	Clay	Chris Evert	3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win	8–10	Aug 1987	Mahwah, United States	Virginia Slims	Hard	Sylvia Hanika	1–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss	8–11	Sep 1987	Tokyo, Japan	Virginia Slims	Carpet (i)	Gabriela Sabatini	4–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Win	9–11	Mar 1988	Wichita, United States	Tier V	Hard (i)	Sylvia Hanika	7–6^(7–5), 7–5
Win	10–11	Sep 1988	Phoenix, United States	Tier V	Hard	Dinky Van Rensburg	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	10–12	Oct 1988	Zurich, Switzerland	Tier IV	Carpet (i)	Pam Shriver	3–6, 4–6
Loss	10–13	Oct 1988	Brighton, Great Britain	Tier III	Carpet (i)	Steffi Graf	2–6, 0–6
Win	11–13	Mar 1989	Indian Wells, United States	Tier III	Hard	Jenny Byrne	6–4, 6–1
Win	12–13	May 1989	Geneva, Switzerland	Tier V	Clay	Conchita Martínez	6–4, 6–0
Loss	12–14	Feb 1990	Chicago, United States	Tier I	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	3–6, 2–6
Loss	12–15	Apr 1990	San Antonio, United States	Tier III	Hard	Monica Seles	4–6, 3–6
Loss	12–16	Aug 1990	San Diego, United States	Tier III	Hard	Steffi Graf	3–6, 2–6
Win	13–16	Feb 1991	Linz, Austria	Tier V	Carpet (i)	Petra Langrová	6–4, 7–6^(7–1)
Loss	13–17	Apr 1991	Barcelona, Spain	Tier III	Clay	Conchita Martínez	4–6, 1–6
Win	14–17	May 1991	Geneva, Switzerland	Tier IV	Clay	Helen Kelesi	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win	15–17	Sep 1991	Bayonne, France	Tier IV	Carpet (i)	Leila Meskhi	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	15–18	Jul 1992	Kitzbühel, Austria	Tier IV	Clay	Conchita Martínez	0–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	16–18	Oct 1992	Bayonne, France	Tier IV	Carpet (i)	Nathalie Tauziat	6–7^(4–7), 6–2, 6–3
Win	17–18	Feb 1993	Linz, Austria	Tier III	Carpet (i)	Conchita Martínez	6–2, 1–0 ret.
Win	18–18	Oct 1993	Zurich, Switzerland	Tier I	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	6–3, 7–6^(7–1)
Win	19–18	Feb 1994	Osaka, Japan	Tier III	Carpet (i)	Iva Majoli	6–1, 4–6, 7–5

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 1982	ITF Caserta, Italy	10,000	Clay	Hana Fukárková	4–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	Apr 1982	ITF Lecce, Italy	10,000	Clay	Elizabeth Smylie	6–4, 6–4
Win	2–1	Apr 1982	ITF Catania, Italy	10,000	Clay	Gabriela Dinu	6–3, 6–1
Loss	2–2	Jul 1982	ITF Båstad, Sweden	10,000	Clay	Lena Sandin	7–6, 5–7, 3–6

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 1982	ITF Taranto, Italy	10,000	Clay	Renata Šašak	Catrin Jexell Isabelle Villaverde	7–5, 3–6, 6–2
Win	2–0	Apr 1982	ITF Lecce, Italy	10,000	Clay	Renata Šašak	Lena Sandin Elisabeth Ekblom	6–2, 2–6, 8–6
Win	3–0	Sep 1985	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Katerina Maleeva	Yvona Brzáková Hana Fukárková	6–1, 6–2

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
1983 World Group I	R1	17 July 1983	Switzerland	Clay	Christiane Jolissaint	L	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
	PO	19 July 1983	Zimbabwe		Angela Longo	W	6–1, 6–0
	PO	21 July 1983	Soviet Union		Olga Zaitseva	W	6–0, 6–3
1984 World Group I	R1	15 July 1984	Great Britain	Clay	Jo Durie	W	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
	R2	16 July 1984	Soviet Union		Natasha Reva	W	6–2, 6–0
	QF	18 July 1984	Yugoslavia		Mima Jaušovec	W	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
1985 World Group I	R1	6 October 1985	Soviet Union	Hard	Larisa Savchenko	W	6–7^(3–7), 6–4, 6–1
	R2	8 October 1985	Yugoslavia		Sabrina Goleš	W	6–1, 6–3
	QF	10 October 1985	Great Britain		Annabel Croft	W	6–2, 6–2
	SF	12 October 1985	Czechoslovakia		Hana Mandlíková	L	6–3, 2–6, 1–6
1986 World Group I	R1	20 July 1986	Soviet Union	Clay	Larisa Savchenko	W	6–2, 6–1
	R2	21 July 1986	France		Catherine Tanvier	W	6–0, 6–1
	QF	23 July 1986	West Germany		Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	W	6–4, 6–2
1987 World Group I	R1	26 July 1987	Greece	Hard	Angeliki Kanellopoulou	W	6–0, 6–0
	R2	27 July 1987	Indonesia		Yayuk Basuki	W	6–4, 6–0
	QF	29 July 1987	Australia		Elizabeth Smylie	W	6–4, 6–4
	SF	31 July 1987	United States		Chris Evert	L	2–6, 6–2, 4–6
1989 World Group I	R1	1 October 1989	South Korea	Hard	Kim Il-soon	W	6–1, 6–0
	R2	3 October 1989	Argentina		Mercedes Paz	W	4–6, 6–1, 6–3
	QF	5 October 1989	Australia		Anne Minter	L	3–6, 6–2, 4–6
↓ Representing Switzerland ↓
1991 World Group I	R1	23 July 1991	Argentina	Hard	Mercedes Paz	W	6–0, 7–6^(7–5)
	R2	24 July 1991	China		Li Fang	W	6–7^(5–7), 7–5, 6–2
	QF	25 July 1991	Czechoslovakia		Jana Novotná	L	4–6, 4–6
1992 World Group I	R1	14 July 1992	Sweden	Clay	Catarina Lindqvist	W	6–0, 6–2
	PO	16 July 1992	Israel		Anna Smashnova	W	6–1, 6–0
	PO	17 July 1992	Paraguay		Rossana de los Ríos	W	6–2, 6–2

Edition	Round	Date	Partner	Against	Surface	Opponents	W/L	Result
1983 World Group I	PO	19 July 1983	Marina Kondova	Zimbabwe	Clay	Angela Longo Lindsay Standen	W	6–4, 6–2
1983 World Group I	PO	21 July 1983	Adriana Velcheva	Soviet Union	Clay	Svetlana Cherneva Larisa Savchenko	L	4–6, 3–6
1984 World Group I	R1	15 July 1984	Katerina Maleeva	Great Britain	Clay	Amanda Brown Anne Hobbs	W	7–6, 7–5
	R2	16 July 1984	Katerina Maleeva	Soviet Union		Elena Eliseenko Larisa Savchenko	L	7–5, 5–7, 1–6
	QF	18 July 1984	Katerina Maleeva	Yugoslavia		Sabrina Goleš Mima Jaušovec	L	3–6, 1–6
1985 World Group I	R1	6 October 1985	Katerina Maleeva	Soviet Union	Hard	Natalia Egorova Svetlana Cherneva	W	6–3, 7–5
	R2	8 October 1985	Katerina Maleeva	Yugoslavia		Sabrina Goleš Aila Winkler	W	6–4, 7–6^(9–7)
	QF	10 October 1985	Katerina Maleeva	Great Britain		Jo Durie Anne Hobbs	L	4–5, Ret.
	SF	12 October 1985	Katerina Maleeva	Czechoslovakia		Hana Mandlíková Helena Suková	L	3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
1986 World Group I	R1	20 July 1986	Katerina Maleeva	Soviet Union	Clay	Svetlana Cherneva Larisa Savchenko	L	6–1, 4–6, 1–6
1986 World Group I	QF	23 July 1986	Katerina Maleeva	West Germany	Clay	Bettina Bunge Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	L	4–6, 2–6
1989 World Group I	R1	1 October 1989	Katerina Maleeva	South Korea	Hard	Kim Il-soon Lee Jeong-myung	W	7–5, 6–0
	R2	3 October 1989	Katerina Maleeva	Argentina		Florencia Labat Mercedes Paz	W	6–1, 3–6, 6–1
	QF	5 October 1989	Katerina Maleeva	Australia		Elizabeth Smylie Janine Tremelling	L	7–5, 4–6, 0–6
↓ Representing Switzerland ↓
1991 World Group I	R2	24 July 1991	Cathy Caverzasio	China	Hard	Li Fang Yi Jing-Qian	L	1–3, Ret.
1991 World Group I	QF	25 July 1991	Cathy Caverzasio	Czechoslovakia	Hard	Jana Novotná Regina Rajchrtová	W	6–4, 2–1, Ret.
1992 World Group I	R1	14 July 1992	Michèle Strebel	Sweden	Clay	Maria Lindström Maria Strandlund	L	4–6, 7–5, 4–6

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Career

Personal life

Retirement life

Major finals

Grand Slam tournament finals

Mixed Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Olympics

Singles: 1 bronze medal

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

WTA career finals

Singles: 37 (19 titles, 18 runner-ups)

Doubles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner–ups)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Fed Cup

Singles (21–5)

Doubles (7–10)

Record against other top players

See also

References

External links