Dia Evtimova

Dia Evtimova
Диа Евтимова
	Nürnberger Versicherungscup, 2014
Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Residence	Haskovo, Bulgaria
Born	30 April 1987 (age 34); Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 273,057
Singles
Career record	567–463 (55.0%)
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 145 (31 October 2011)
Current ranking	No. 723 (8 November 2021)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2012)
French Open	Q1 (2012)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2012)
US Open	Q3 (2012)
Doubles
Career record	212–161 (56.8%)
Career titles	16 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 228 (23 June 2014)
Current ranking	No. 581 (8 November 2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	15–20 (42.9%); (singles 7–13; doubles 8-7)
	Last updated on: 8 November 2021.

Dia Evtimova (Bulgarian: Диа Евтимова) (born 30 April 1987) is a Bulgarian tennis player. On 31 October 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 145 whilst her best doubles ranking was No. 228 on 23 June 2014.^[1] She has more than 550 match wins on the tennis circuit which puts her 42nd on the List of Open Era and 10th among the active players. Evtimova also played for the Bulgarian Fed Cup team, with a current 15–20 record. ^[2]

Professional career[]

In 2010, she qualified for the Internationaux de Strasbourg where she was defeated by Maria Sharapova in the second round.^[3]

In 2011, she qualified for the Gastein Ladies and reached her first WTA quarterfinal. She was defeated by Patricia Mayr-Achleitner.

Grand Slam performance timeline[]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR: strike rate (events won / competed). W–L: win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles[]

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
French Open	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
US Open	Q1	Q2	Q3	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 26 (10 titles, 16 runner–ups)[]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (8–15)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2005	ITF Maribor, Slovenia	10,000	Clay	Mari Andersson	5–7, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 2005	ITF Volos, Greece	10,000	Carpet	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	4–6, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Loss	0–3	Jun 2006	ITF Rousse, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Maria Penkova	7–5, 4–6, 1–6
Win	1–3	Jun 2006	ITF Haskovo, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Anna Gerasimou	6–4, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–3
Loss	1–4	Aug 2006	ITF Maribor, Slovenia	10,000	Clay	Andreja Klepač	4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win	2–4	Sep 2006	ITF Palić, Serbia and Montenegro	10,000	Clay	Iveta Gerlová	6–0, 6–4
Loss	2–5	Oct 2006	ITF Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro	25,000	Clay	Ana Veselinović	4–6, 5–7
Loss	2–6	Jul 2007	ITF Bucharest, Romania	25,000	Clay	Julia Görges	0–6, 1–6
Loss	2–7	Mar 2009	ITF Rome, Italy	10,000	Clay	Karolina Kosińska	2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	2–8	Jul 2009	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Elena Bogdan	3–6, 1–6
Win	3–8	Sep 2009	ITF Sandanski, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Tanya Germanlieva	6–3, 6–0
Loss	3–9	Oct 2009	ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Simona Matei	2–6, 3–6
Loss	3–10	Oct 2009	ITF Madrid, Spain	50,000	Clay	Anna Floris	1–6, 3–6
Win	4–10	Feb 2011	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Marion Gaud	6–3, 6–4
Win	5–10	Jul 2011	ITF Ystad, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Jana Čepelová	6–3, 6–4
Win	6–10	Sep 2011	Zagreb Open, Croatia	50,000	Clay	Anastasia Pivovarova	6–2, 6–2
Loss	6–11	May 2013	ITF Indian Harbour Beach, U.S.	50,000	Clay	Petra Rampre	0–6, 1–6
Win	7–11	Oct 2013	ITF Burgas, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Viktoriya Tomova	6–1, 6–2
Loss	7–12	Jul 2015	ITF Torino, Italy	25,000	Clay	Alizé Lim	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	7–13	Dec 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Tayisiya Morderger	5–7, 1–6
Win	8–13	Feb 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Valentina Ivakhnenko	w/o
Loss	8–14	Nov 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Ekaterina Vishnevskaya	3–6, 6–0, 5–7
Loss	8–15	Nov 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Maryna Chernyshova	6–3, 5–7, 0–6
Loss	8–16	Jun 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Federica Bilardo	1–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win	9–16	Oct 2018	ITF Herzlia, Israel	15,000	Hard	Tamara Barad Itzhaki	6–0, 6–3
Win	10–16	Oct 2018	ITF Ofakim, Israel	15,000	Hard	Anastasia Pribylova	6–4, 3–6, 7–6⁽⁶⁾

Doubles: 30 (16 titles, 14 runner–ups)[]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (4–1)
Clay (12–13)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2006	ITF Rousse, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Karoline Borgersen	Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova Nadejda Vassileva	6–0, 6–0
Loss	1–1	Jun 2006	ITF Haskovo, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Nicole Clerico	Rita Esteves de Freitas Neda Kozić	4–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Jul 2006	ITF Horb, Germany	10,000	Clay	Josipa Bek	Julia Görges Lydia Steinbach	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	2–2	Aug 2006	ITF Maribor, Slovenia	10,000	Clay	Maša Zec Peškirič	Diana Enache Antonia Xenia Tout	w/o
Loss	2–3	Sep 2009	ITF Rousse, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Malou Ejdesgaard	Ioana Ivan Simona Matei	1–6, 4–6
Loss	2–4	Jun 2013	ITF Périgueux, France	25,000	Clay	Anna Katalina Alzate Esmurzaeva	Michaela Hončová Laura Thorpe	6–7⁽³⁾, 1–6
Loss	2–5	Jul 2013	ITF Denain, France	25,000	Clay	Laura Ioana Andrei	Tatiana Búa Arabela Fernández Rabener	5–7, 2–6
Win	3–5	Jul 2013	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Melis Sezer	Khristina Kazimova Vladyslava Zanosiyenko	7–5, 6–3
Win	4–5	Sep 2013	Allianz Cup, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Viktoriya Tomova	Beatriz García Vidagany Réka Luca Jani	6–4, 2–6, [10–6]
Win	5–5	Oct 2013	ITF Burgas, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Viktoriya Tomova	Federica Arcidiacono Julia Terziyska	6–4, 6–3
Loss	5–6	Dec 2013	ITF Mérida, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Hsu Chieh-yu	Barbara Bonić Hilda Melander	3–6, 5–7
Loss	5–7	Apr 2014	ITF Pelham, United States	25,000	Clay	Ilona Kremen	Danielle Lao Keri Wong	6–1, 4–6, [7–10]
Win	6–7	Jul 2015	ITF Bursa, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Isabella Shinikova	Ailen Crespo Azconzábal Ana Victoria Gobbi Monllau	6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	6–8	Mar 2016	ITF Orlando, United States	10,000	Clay	Ema Burgić Bucko	Ulrikke Eikeri Quirine Lemoine	1–6, 3–6
Loss	6–9	Jun 2016	ITF Ystad, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Pia König	Cornelia Lister Nina Stojanović	4–6, 2–6
Win	7–9	Jul 2016	ITF Palić, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Barbara Bonić	Nina Potočnik Petra Krejsová	6–3, 6–3
Loss	7–10	Nov 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Valeria Gorlats	Ayla Aksu Melis Sezer	1–6, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Win	8–10	Nov 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Melis Sezer	Ágnes Bukta Vivien Juhászová	6–4, 6–3
Win	9–10	Jan 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Jasmina Tinjić	Tayisiya Morderger Yana Morderger	6–4, 6–7⁽⁴⁾, [10–5]
Win	10–10	Feb 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Jasmina Tinjić	Tayisiya Morderger Yana Morderger	2–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	10–11	Mar 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Jasmina Tinjić	Anastasia Frolova Alena Tarasova	5–7, 1–6
Win	11–11	Aug 2017	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Jasmina Tinjić	Chihiro Muramatsu Melis Sezer	6–4, 6–2
Win	12–11	Sep 2017	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	15,000	Clay	Michaela Boev	Maia Lumsden Julia Stamatova	2–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, [10–3]
Win	13–11	Oct 2017	ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria	15,000	Hard	Michaela Boev	Julia Stamatova Léa Tholey	6–2, 4–6, [16–14]
Loss	13–12	Nov 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Réka Luca Jani	Maryna Chernyshova Sviatlana Pirazhenka	4–6, 1–6
Loss	13–13	Dec 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	Cristina Dinu Mia Eklund	3–6, 2–6
Loss	13–14	Mar 2018	ITF Orlando, United States	15,000	Clay	Ilona Kremen	Caty McNally Whitney Osuigwe	2–6, 3–6
Win	14–14	Jun 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Angelina Zhuravleva	Maryna Chernyshova Melis Sezer	7–5, 3–6, [14–12]
Win	15–14	Nov 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Hard	Ágnes Bukta	Veronika Pepelyaeva Anastasia Tikhonova	6–3, 3–6, [11–9]
Win	16–14	Nov 2020	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Carole Monnet	Weronika Falkowska Anna Kubareva	6–3, 2–6, [10–5]

Fed Cup[]

Dia Evtimova debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 2007. Since then, she has a 7–13 singles record and an 8–7 doubles record (15–20 overall).

Singles (7–13)[]

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
2007 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	18 April 2007	Great Britain	Clay	Elena Baltacha	L	6–4, 4–6, 6–8
		19 April 2007	Poland		Urszula Radwańska	L	1–6, 3–6
		20 April 2007	Luxembourg		Mandy Minella	L	3–6, 7–5, 3–6
	RPO	21 April 2007	Lithuania		Julija Gotovskytė	W	6–1, 3–0 ret.
2008 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	30 January 2008	Portugal	Carpet (i)	Ana Catarina Nogueira	W	6–2, 7–5
		31 January 2008	Luxembourg		Mandy Minella	L	3–6, 7–6^(7–2), 3–6
		1 February 2008	Netherlands		Renée Reinhard	L	0–6, 3–6
	PO	2 February 2008	Hungary		Ágnes Szávay	L	0–6, 0–6
2010 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	3 February 2010	Netherlands	Hard (i)	Chayenne Ewijk	L	1–6, 7–6^(8–6), 2–6
	RR	4 February 2010	Israel		Keren Shlomo	W	6–0, 6–3
	RPO	6 February 2010	Portugal		Neuza Silva	W	6–1, 6–1
2011 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	3 February 2011	Luxembourg	Hard	Anne Kremer	L	3–6, 3–6
2011 Europe/Africa Group I	RPO	5 February 2011	Latvia	Hard	Irina Kuzmina	W	5–7, 6–3, 6–3
2012 Europe/Africa Group I	PO	4 February 2012	Portugal	Hard	Michelle Larcher de Brito	L	1–6, 1–6
2013 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	7 February 2013	Netherlands	Hard	Richèl Hogenkamp	W	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
	RR	9 February 2013	Slovenia			W	6–1, 6–0
	PPO	10 February 2013	Great Britain		Laura Robson	L	0–6, 4–6
2015 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	6 February 2015	Georgia	Hard	Ekaterine Gorgodze	L	4–6, 4–6
2015 Europe/Africa Group I	PO	7 February 2015	Ukraine	Hard	Elina Svitolina	L	2–6, 3–6
2016 Europe/Africa Group I	PO	6 February 2016	Georgia	Hard	Ekaterine Gorgodze	L	6–0, 4–6, 2–6

Doubles (8–7)[]

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Result
2007 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	20 April 2007	Luxembourg	Clay	Dessislava Mladenova	Mandy Minella	W	3–6, 7–6^(7–3), 0–1 ret.
2008 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	30 January 2008	Portugal	Carpet (i)	Tsvetana Pironkova	Magali de Lattre Maria João Koehler	W	6–1, 6–2
2008 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	31 January 2008	Luxembourg	Carpet (i)	Tsvetana Pironkova	Mandy Minella Claudine Schaul	W	6–4, 6–3
2010 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	3 February 2010	Netherlands	Hard (i)	Tsvetana Pironkova	Richèl Hogenkamp Nicole Thijssen	W	7–5, 5–7, 6–2
2010 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	4 February 2010	Israel	Hard (i)	Tsvetana Pironkova	Julia Glushko Shahar Pe'er	L	2–6, 5–7
2011 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	4 February 2011	Israel	Hard	Magdalena Maleeva	Valeria Patiuk Keren Shlomo	W	6–3, 6–4
2012 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	1 February 2012	Estonia	Hard	Tsvetana Pironkova	Eva Paalma Tatjana Vorobjova	W	w/o
2012 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	3 February 2012	Austria	Hard	Tsvetana Pironkova	Patricia Mayr Yvonne Meusburger	L	1–6, 2–6
2013 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	8 February 2013	Luxembourg	Hard	Isabella Shinikova	Laura Correia Tiffany Cornelius	W	6–2, 6–2
2015 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	4 February 2015	Portugal	Hard (i)	Viktoriya Tomova	Michelle Larcher de Brito Bárbara Luz	W	6–0, 6–3
		5 February 2015	Belarus		Viktoriya Tomova	Aliaksandra Sasnovich Vera Lapko	L	5–7, 1–6
		6 February 2015	Georgia		Elitsa Kostova	Sofia Shapatava Oksana Kalashnikova	L	3–6, 2–6
2016 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	3 February 2016	Hungary	Hard	Isabella Shinikova	Dalma Gálfi Fanny Stollár	L	3–6, 1–6
		4 February 2016	Latvia			Diāna Marcinkēviča Jeļena Ostapenko	L	6–4, 0–6, 5–7
		5 February 2016	Belgium			Marie Benoît An-Sophie Mestach	L	7–6^(7–4), 2–6, 4–6

RR = Round Robin
RPO = Relegation Play-off
w/o = walkover

References[]

^ "Dia Evtimova's Biography". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^ http://www.fedcup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100004181
^ Watterson, Johnny (20 May 2010). "In-form Niland braced for major test". Irish Times. Retrieved 16 October 2010. Meanwhile, top-seed Maria Sharapova dispatched qualifier Dia Evtimova 6–3 6–0 in the second round of the Internationaux de Strasbourg yesterday.

External links[]

Dia Evtimova at the Women's Tennis Association
Dia Evtimova at the International Tennis Federation
Dia Evtimova at the Billie Jean King Cup

[1] "Dia Evtimova's Biography". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 11 November 2010.

[2] ttp://www.fedcup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100004181

[3] Watterson, Johnny (20 May 2010). "In-form Niland braced for major test". Irish Times. Retrieved 16 October 2010. Meanwhile, top-seed Maria Sharapova dispatched qualifier Dia Evtimova 6–3 6–0 in the second round of the Internationaux de Strasbourg yesterday.

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v t Women's Tennis Association: Top ten Bulgarian female singles tennis players
as of 14 February 2022
1. Viktoriya Tomova (106 3) 2. Isabella Shinikova (209 7) 3. Elitsa Kostova (313 4) 4. Tsvetana Pironkova (333 5) 5. Gergana Topalova (533 )
6. Julia Terziyska (622 1) 7. Petia Arshinkova (691 1) 8. Julia Stamatova (696 3) 9. Dia Evtimova (720 2) 10. Ani Vangelova (860 )