Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova

Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova
Биляна Павлова-Димитрова
Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Born	20 January 1978; Bulgaria
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1993
Retired	2013
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$65,804
Singles
Career record	160–289
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 490 (16 October 2006)
Doubles
Career record	168–230
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 301 (20 April 2009)

Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova (Bulgarian: Биляна Павлова-Димитрова; born 20 January 1978) is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 490, which she reached on 16 October 2006. On 20 April 2009, she peaked at No. 301 in the doubles rankings.

She was first called up to the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 2009,^[2] but made her debut in 2010. Since then she has a 0–1 singles record and a 1–0 doubles record (1–1 overall).

Born in Germany and of ethnically Bulgarian heritage, Pawlowa-Dimitrova holds both Bulgarian and German citizenships.^[2] She currently works as a coach^[3] for tennis club "Dema" in Sofia.^[4]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–3)
Carpet (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 1998	ITF Kavala, Greece	10,000	Hard	Dragana Ilić	6–3, 7–6⁽¹⁾
Loss	1–1	Aug 2001	ITF Volos, Greece	10,000	Carpet	Christina Zachariadou	0–6, 0–6
Loss	1–2	Nov 2005	ITF Giza, Egypt	10,000	Clay	Galina Fokina	2–6, 5–7
Loss	1–3	May 2006	ITF Bournemouth, UK	10,000	Clay	Marrit Boonstra	3–6, 0–6
Loss	1–4	Sep 2007	ITF Palić, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Tadeja Majerič	2–6, 2–6
Loss	1–5	Oct 2007	ITF Volos, Greece	10,000	Carpet	Olga Brózda	7–6⁽²⁾, 2–6, 0–6

Doubles: 19 (3 titles, 16 runner–ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (3–15)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1997	ITF Muri Antichi, Italy	10,000	Clay	Natalia Bondarenko	Giulia Casoni Federica Fortuni	6–7⁽⁷⁾, 2–6
Loss	0–2	May 2000	ITF Casale, Italy	10,000	Clay	Magda Mihalache	Chloé Carlotti Eva Fislová	1–6, 4–6
Loss	0–3	Jun 2000	ITF Skopje, Macedonia	10,000	Clay	Ljiljana Nanušević	Katarina Mišić Marina Lazarovska	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 3–6
Win	1–3	Nov 2000	ITF Le Havre, France	10,000	Clay (i)	Ilona Poljakova	Lui Li Shen Alexandra Zotta	4–0, 4–1, 4–1
Loss	1–4	Nov 2000	ITF Deauville, France	10,000	Clay (i)	Magdalena Zděnovcová	Diana Brunel Edith Nunes	3–4, 4–0, 2–4, 0–4
Loss	1–5	Apr 2001	ITF Athens, Greece	10,000	Clay	Marijana Kovačević	Sandra Klemenschits Daniela Klemenschits	3–6, 5–7
Loss	1–6	Sep 2001	ITF Kastoria, Greece	10,000	Clay	İpek Şenoğlu	Asimina Kaplani Maria Pavlidou	3–6, 5–7
Loss	1–7	Oct 2004	ITF Podgorica, Montenegro	10,000	Clay	Janette Bejlková	Katarina Mišić Dragana Zarić	1–6, 2–6
Loss	1–8	Dec 2005	ITF Giza, Egypt	10,000	Clay	Lenore Lăzăroiu	Galina Fokina Raissa Gourevitch	3–6, 5–7
Loss	1–9	Jun 2006	ITF Ruse, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Nadejda Vassileva	Dia Evtimova Karoline Borgersen	0–6, 0–6
Loss	1–10	Nov 2006	ITF Cairo, Egypt	10,000	Clay	Stefanie Haidner	Alexandra Dulgheru Marcella Koek	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–3, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Loss	1–11	Oct 2007	ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Soetkin Van Deun	Miljana Adanko Nataša Zorić	w/o
Win	2–11	Nov 2007	ITF Barcelona, Spain	10,000	Clay	Stefanie Haidner	Irina Kuzmina Sheila Solsona-Carcasona	6–3, 6–7⁽⁸⁾, [10–3]
Loss	2–12	Mar 2008	ITF Athens, Greece	10,000	Hard	Raffaella Bindi	Nikola Hofmanova Vivienne Vierin	7–5, 5–7, [7–10]
Loss	2–13	May 2008	ITF Edinburgh, UK	10,000	Clay	Soetkin Van Deun	Jade Curtis Elizabeth Thomas	1–6, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Loss	2–14	Jun 2008	ITF Budva, Montenegro	10,000	Clay	Tamara Stojković	Ljubica Avramović Neda Kozić	4–6, 5–7
Win	3–14	Dec 2008	ITF Benicarló, Spain	10,000	Clay	Neda Kozić	Simona Matei Andreea Mitu	6–4, 7–6⁽³⁾
Loss	3–15	Jun 2010	ITF Iași, Romania	10,000	Clay	Fatma Al-Nabhani	Mădălina Gojnea Ionela-Andreea Iova	3–6, 3–6
Loss	3–16	Aug 2010	ITF Onești, Romania	10,000	Clay	Camelia Hristea	Laura Ioana Paar Mihaela Buzărnescu	6–7⁽⁷⁾, 2–6