Elitsa Kostova

Elitsa Kostova

Kostova at 2018 Wimbledon Qualifying
Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Residence	Kardzhali, Bulgaria
Born	(1990-04-10) 10 April 1990 Haskovo, Bulgaria
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right-handed (double-handed backhand)
Coach	Radu Popescu
Prize money	US$ 545,232
Singles
Career record	431–370
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 130 (12 September 2016)
Current ranking	No. 200 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2012)
French Open	Q2 (2017)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2015, 2017)
US Open	Q3 (2016)
Doubles
Career record	164–181
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 154 (26 October 2015)
Current ranking	No. 614 (16 March 2020)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	16–18
Last updated on: 24 April 2020.

Elitsa Kostova (Template:Lang-bg) (born 10 April 1990) is a professional Bulgarian tennis player. On 12 September 2016, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of world No. 130 whilst her best doubles ranking is No. 154, achieved on 26 October 2015. Her win-loss record for Bulgaria Fed Cup team is 16–18.

Career

At a $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. Kostova won her first match in a WTA 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 and they lost to defending champions Irina-Camelia Begu and María Irigoyen in straight sets. In July 2016 came her biggest win so far, winning the final Europe Tennis Center Ladies Open in Budapest against fellow Bulgarian Fed Cup teammate Viktoriya Tomova.

Grand Slam performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (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	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	W–L
Australian Open	A	Q2	A	A	Q1	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1	0–0
French Open	Q1	Q1	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q1	A		0–0
Wimbledon	Q1	Q1	A	A	Q2	Q1	Q2	Q1	A	NH	0–0
US Open	Q2	Q2	A	Q1	Q1	Q3	A	Q1	Q1		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
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	148	224	264	219	252	132	205	214

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 25 (6 titles, 19 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

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	Bendigo International, 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	Open Diputación Ciudad de Pozoblanco, Spain	50,000	Hard	Eleni Daniilidou	3–6, 2–6
Loss	2–10	Aug 2011	Empire Slovak Open, 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	John Newcombe Women's Pro Challenge, United States	50,000	Hard	Anna Tatishvili	4–6, 4–6
Win	4–14	Jun 2014	Montpellier Open, France	25,000	Clay	Sofiya Kovalets	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	Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon 42, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Margarita Gasparyan	4–6, 4–6
Win	5–16	Jul 2016	Hungarian Ladies Open, Hungary	100,000	Clay	Viktoriya Tomova	6–0, 7–6(3)
Loss	5–17	Sep 2017	Henderson Open, 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 Margarida de Montbui, 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 20 (6 titles, 14 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–0)
$75,000 tournaments (0–0)
$50,000/60,000 tournaments (0–3)
$25,000 tournaments (5–9)
$15,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10,000 tournaments (0–1)

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 Essen, 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	Ankara Cup, 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	Grand Est Open 88, 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	Mençuna Cup, Turkey	60,000	Hard	Yana Sizikova	Gabriela Ce 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
Loss	5–13	Nov 2018	Tevlin Challenger, Canada	60,000	Hard (i)	Maja Chwalińska	Sharon Fichman Maria Sanchez	0–6, 4–6
Win	6–13	Feb 2019	ITF Trnava, Slovakia	25,000	Hard (i)	Elena Bogdan	Michaela Honcová Ganna Poznikhirenko	7–5, 7–6(5)
Loss	6–14	May 2019	ITF Santa Margarida de Montbui, 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 (8–9)

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)

Doubles (4–5)

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

• RR = Round Robin
• RPO = Relegation Play-off

External links

• Elitsa Kostova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Elitsa Kostova at the International Tennis Federation
• Elitsa Kostova at the Billie Jean King Cup