Elitsa Kostova

Elitsa Kostova

Kostova at 2021 ITF Biarritz
Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Residence	Kardzhali, Bulgaria
Born	(1990-04-10) 10 April 1990 (age 31) Haskovo, Bulgaria
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Radu Popescu
Prize money	US$ 637,567
Singles
Career record	439–383 (53.4%)
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 130 (12 September 2016)
Current ranking	No. 315 (31 January 2022)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2012, 2018)
French Open	Q2 (2017, 2020, 2021)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2015, 2017, 2021)
US Open	Q3 (2016)
Doubles
Career record	168–185 (47.6%)
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 154 (26 October 2015)
Current ranking	No. 604 (31 January 2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	16–18 (47.1%)
Last updated on: 3 February 2022.

Elitsa Kostova (Bulgarian: Елица Костова) (born 10 April 1990) is a professional Bulgarian tennis player.

On 12 September 2016, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 130, her best doubles ranking is world No. 154, achieved on 26 October 2015. Playing for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team, she has a win/loss record of 16–18.

Career[]

At the $25k tournament in Wellington, New Zealand, held in November 2010, Kostova, ranked 254 in the world, achieved her greatest victory in her career. She defeated world No. 42, Jarmila Groth, in the semifinals in two sets. In the final, she lost to world No. 241, Erika Sema, in three sets.^[2] Kostova won her first match in a WTA Tour main draw by beating Alizé Lim at the 2014 Bucharest Open, after coming through the qualifying competition. At the 2015 Rio Open, she reached her first WTA semifinal in doubles along with Hsu Chieh-yu. They lost to defending champions, Irina-Camelia Begu and María Irigoyen, in straight sets.

In July 2016 came her biggest win so far, when she won the final of the Europe Tennis Center Ladies Open in Budapest against fellow Fed Cup teammate Viktoriya Tomova.

Grand Slam performance timeline[]

Singles[]

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 25 (6 titles, 19 runner–ups)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2008	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Michelle Gerards	2–6, 6–2, 6–7(3)
Win	1–1	Jun 2008	ITF Alcobaça, Portugal	10,000	Hard	Amanda Carreras	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	1–2	Dec 2008	ITF Vinaròs, Spain	10,000	Clay	Conny Perrin	4–6, 2–6
Win	2–2	Nov 2009	ITF Le Havre, France	10,000	Clay (i)	Sina Haas	6–0, 6–4
Loss	2–3	Feb 2010	ITF Albufeira, Portugal	10,000	Hard	Evelyn Mayr	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–4	Jul 2010	ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France	25,000	Clay	Petra Cetkovská	2–6, 2–6
Loss	2–5	Jul 2010	ITF Les Contamines, France	25,000	Hard	Andrea Hlaváčková	5–7, 6–0, 4–6
Loss	2–6	Nov 2010	ITF Wellington, New Zealand	25,000	Hard	Erika Sema	2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	2–7	Dec 2010	ITF Bendigo, Australia	25,000	Hard	Tímea Babos	6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Loss	2–8	Feb 2011	ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal	10,000	Hard	Alison van Uytvanck	4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	2–9	Jul 2011	ITF Pozoblanco, Spain	50,000	Hard	Eleni Daniilidou	3–6, 2–6
Loss	2–10	Aug 2011	ITF Trnava, Slovakia	50,000	Clay	Yvonne Meusburger	6–0, 2–6, 0–6
Loss	2–11	Aug 2011	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	25,000	Clay	Kiki Bertens	2–6, 1–6
Win	3–11	Oct 2011	ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Elena Bogdan	7–6(6), 6–2
Loss	3–12	Nov 2011	ITF Benicarló, Spain	25,000	Clay	Garbiñe Muguruza	6–7(3), 7–6(4), 3–6
Loss	3–13	Apr 2013	ITF Dijon, France	15,000	Hard (i)	Kristina Barrois	3–6, 5–7
Loss	3–14	Nov 2013	ITF Newbraunfels, United States	50,000	Hard	Anna Tatishvili	4–6, 4–6
Win	4–14	Jun 2014	ITF Montpellier, France	25,000	Clay		7–5, 6–1
Loss	4–15	Nov 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	25,000	Hard	Margarita Gasparyan	3–6, 0–6
Loss	4–16	Feb 2015	ITF Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Margarita Gasparyan	4–6, 4–6
Win	5–16	Jul 2016	ITF Budapest, Hungary	100,000	Clay	Viktoriya Tomova	6–0, 7–6(3)
Loss	5–17	Sep 2017	ITF Henderson, United States	60,000	Hard	Sesil Karatantcheva	4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Loss	5–18	Mar 2018	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Başak Eraydın	4–6, 1–6
Win	6–18	Jun 2019	ITF Santa Margarita, Spain	25,000	Hard	Arina Rodionova	7–5, 6–3
Loss	6–19	Jun 2019	ITF Přerov, Czech Republic	25,000	Clay	Anhelina Kalinina	1–6, 6–4, 1–6

Doubles 21 (7 titles, 14 runner–ups)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2009	ITF Équeurdreville, France	10,000	Hard (i)	Kinnie Laisné	Elixane Lechemia Constance Sibille	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	May 2011	ITF Zagreb, Croatia	25,000	Clay	Barbara Sobaszkiewicz	Ani Mijačika Ana Vrljić	1–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Win	2–1	Jun 2012	ITF Zlín, Czech Republic	25,000	Clay	Jasmina Tinjić	Verónica Cepede Royg Teliana Pereira	4–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Loss	2–2	Apr 2013	ITF Dijon, France	15,000	Hard (i)	Marina Shamayko	Nicole Clerico Giulia Gatto-Monticone	4–6, 2–6
Loss	2–3	May 2013	ITF Casablanca, Morocco	25,000	Clay	Sandra Zaniewska	Justine Ozga Anna Zaja	4–6, 2–6
Win	3–3	Sep 2013	ITF Saint-Malo, France	25,000	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Kathinka von Deichmann Nina Zander	6–2, 6–4
Loss	3–4	Dec 2013	ITF Madrid, Spain	25,000	Hard	Evgeniya Rodina	Demi Schuurs Eva Wacanno	1–6, 2–6
Loss	3–5	Jun 2014	ITF Bredeney, Germany	25,000	Clay	Ysaline Bonaventure	Kristina Barrois Tatjana Maria	2–6, 2–6
Loss	3–6	Jun 2014	ITF Montpellier, France	25,000	Clay	Hsu Chieh-yu	Inés Ferrer Suárez Sara Sorribes Tormo	6–2, 3–6, [10–12]
Loss	3–7	Dec 2014	ITF Ankara, Turkey	50,000	Hard (i)	Oleksandra Korashvili	Ekaterine Gorgodze Nastja Kolar	4–6, 6–7(5)
Loss	3–8	Sep 2015	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Kateřina Kramperová	Sofia Shapatava Anastasiya Vasylyeva	2–6, 2–6
Loss	3–9	Sep 2015	ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Kateřina Kramperová	Sofia Shapatava Anastasiya Vasylyeva	2–6, 0–6
Loss	3–10	Oct 2015	ITF Rock Hill, United States	25,000	Hard	Florencia Molinero	Ema Burgić Bucko Renata Zarazúa	5–7, 2–6
Win	4–10	Jul 2017	ITF Contrexéville, France	100,000	Clay	Anastasiya Komardina	Manon Arcangioli Sara Cakarevic	6–3, 6–4
Loss	4–11	Aug 2017	ITF Chiswick, Great Britain	25,000	Hard	Katy Dunne	Laura-Ioana Andrei Julia Wachaczyk	5–7, 5–7
Loss	4–12	Aug 2017	ITF Artvin, Turkey	60,000	Hard	Yana Sizikova	Gabriela Cé Ankita Raina	2–6, 3–6
Win	5–12	Oct 2017	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	25,000	Carpet	Yana Sizikova	Georgia Brescia Alice Matteucci	w/o
Win	6–12	Sep 2018	ITF Budapest, Hungary	60,000	Clay	Ulrikke Eikeri	Dalma Gálfi Réka Luca Jani	2–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss	6–13	Nov 2018	ITF Toronto, Canada	60,000	Hard (i)	Maja Chwalińska	Sharon Fichman Maria Sanchez	0–6, 4–6
Win	7–13	Feb 2019	ITF Trnava, Slovakia	25,000	Hard (i)	Elena Bogdan	Michaela Hončová Ganna Poznikhirenko	7–5, 7–6(5)
Loss	7–14	May 2019	ITF Santa Margarida, Spain	25,000	Hard	Samantha Murray	Sofia Shapatava Emily Webley-Smith	4–6, 5–7

Fed Cup[]

Elitsa Kostova debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 2008. Since then, she has a 10–12 singles and a 6–6 doubles record (16–18 overall).

Singles (10–12)[]

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
2008 Europe/Africa Group I	PO	2 February 2008	Hungary	Carpet (i)	Gréta Arn	L	2–6, 1–6
2009 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	4 February 2009	Estonia	Hard (i)	Maret Ani	L	2–6, 2–6
		6 February 2009	Croatia		Petra Martić	L	2–6, 1–6
	RPO	7 February 2009	Bosnia and Herzegovina		Sandra Martinović	L	4–6, 6–0, 2–6
2010 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	5 February 2010	Slovenia	Hard (i)	Maša Zec-Peškirič	W	7–5, 6–1
2011 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	2 February 2011	Poland	Hard	Maret Ani	W	6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–5)
		4 February 2011	Israel		Julia Glushko	L	0–6, 2–6
	RPO	4 February 2011	Latvia		Līga Dekmeijere	W	6–3, 6–3
2012 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	1 February 2012	Estonia	Hard	Margit Rüütel	W	6–2, 6–1
		3 February 2012	Austria		Patricia Mayr	L	3–6, 3–6
2013 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	8 February 2013	Luxembourg	Hard	Laura Correia	W	6–1, 6–3
2014 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	4 February 2014	Portugal	Hard (i)	Michelle Larcher de Brito	L	6–4, 2–6, 6–7(3–7)
		6 February 2014	Turkey		Çağla Büyükakçay	L	6–7(3–7), 1–6
	RPO	9 February 2014	Luxembourg		Anne Kremer	W	6–3, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(9–7)
2015 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	4 February 2015	Portugal	Hard (i)	Maria João Koehler	W	6–2, 6–1
		5 February 2015	Belarus		Olga Govortsova	L	2–6, 3–6
		6 February 2015	Georgia		Sofia Shapatava	W	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
2016 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	3 February 2016	Hungary	Hard	Dalma Gálfi	W	7–5, 6–2
		4 February 2016	Latvia		Diāna Marcinkēviča	W	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
		5 February 2016	Belgium		Ysaline Bonaventure	L	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
2017 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	8 February 2017	Israel	Hard (i)	Julia Glushko	L	3–6, 5–7
		10 February 2017	Estonia		Anett Kontaveit	L	1–6, 3–6

Doubles (6–6)[]

Edition	Round	Date	Partner	Against	Surface	Opponents	W/L	Result
2009 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	4 February 2009	Tsvetana Pironkova	Estonia	Hard (i)	Maret Ani Kaia Kanepi	L	1–6, 6–4, 2–6
		6 February 2009	Tsvetana Pironkova	Croatia		Jelena Kostanić Tošić Petra Martić	L	6–7(3–7), 1–6
	RPO	7 February 2009	Tsvetana Pironkova	Bosnia and Herzegovina		Mervana Jugić-Salkić Sandra Martinović	L	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
2010 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	5 February 2010	Biljana Pawlowa	Slovenia	Hard (i)	Andreja Klepač Maša Zec-Peškirič	W	6–1, 6–2
2013 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	7 February 2013	Isabella Shinikova	Netherlands	Hard	Arantxa Rus Bibiane Schoofs	W	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
		9 February 2013	Isabella Shinikova	Slovenia		Andreja Klepač Tina Rupert	W	6–2, 6–3
2014 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	6 February 2014	Isabella Shinikova	Turkey	Hard (i)	Çağla Büyükakçay Pemra Özgen	L	7–5, 1–6, 5–7
		7 February 2014	Viktoriya Tomova	Belarus		Ilona Kremen Aliaksandra Sasnovich	W	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
2015 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	6 February 2015	Dia Evtimova	Georgia	Hard (i)	Sofia Shapatava Oksana Kalashnikova	L	3–6, 2–6
2016 Europe/Africa Group I	PO5	6 February 2016	Isabella Shinikova	Georgia	Hard	Sofia Shapatava Oksana Kalashnikova	L	2–6, 6–4, 4–6
2017 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	8 February 2017	Sesil Karatantcheva	Israel	Hard (i)	Julia Glushko Shelly Krolitzky	W	2–6, 6–3, 7–5
		9 February 2017	Sesil Karatantcheva	Serbia		Bojana Marinković Dejana Radanović	W	6–1, 6–3

• RR = Round Robin
• RPO = Relegation Play-off
• PO5 = 5th-8th Play-off

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