Dia Evtimova

Dia Evtimova
Диа Евтимова
	Nürnberger Versicherungscup, 2014
Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Residence	Haskovo
Born	30 April 1987 (age 37); Sofia
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$265,453
Singles
Career record	545–438
Career titles	0 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 145 (31 October 2011)
Current ranking	No. 676 (20 January 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2012)
French Open	Q1 (2012)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2012)
US Open	Q3 (2012)
Doubles
Career record	200–152
Career titles	0 WTA, 15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 228 (23 June 2014)
Current ranking	No. 647 (20 January 2020)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	15–20
	Last updated on: 20 January 2020.

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] In 2010, she qualified for the Internationaux de Strasbourg where she was defeated by Maria Sharapova in the second round.^[2] In 2011, she qualified for the Gastein Ladies where she reached her first WTA quarterfinal, but there she lost to Patricia Mayr-Achleitner. She has also played for the Bulgarian Fed Cup team, with a current 15–20 record.^[3]

ITF finals

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

Singles: 25 (10 titles, 15 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	28 August 2005	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Mari Andersson	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	2 October 2005	Volos, Greece	Carpet	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	4–6, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Runner-up	3.	4 June 2006	Rousse, Bulgaria	Clay	Maria Penkova	7–5, 4–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	11 June 2006	Haskovo, Bulgaria	Clay	Anna Gerasimou	6–4, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	27 August 2006	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Andreja Klepač	4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Winner	2.	3 September 2006	Palić, Serbia & Montenegro	Clay	Iveta Gerlová	6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	1 October 2006	Podgorica, Serbia & Montenegro	Clay	Ana Veselinović	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	6.	1 July 2007	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Julia Görges	0–6, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	15 March 2009	Rome, Italy	Clay	Karolina Kosińska	2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	26 July 2009	Bucharest	Clay	Elena Bogdan	3–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	27 September 2009	Sandanski, Bulgaria	Clay	Tanya Germanlieva	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	9.	4 October 2009	Dobrich, Bulgaria	Clay	Simona Matei	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	10.	18 October 2009	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Anna Floris	1–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	27 February 2011	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Marion Gaud	6–3, 6–4
Winner	5.	2 July 2011	Ystad, Sweden	Clay	Jana Čepelová	6–3, 6–4
Winner	6.	17 September 2011	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Anastasia Pivovarova	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	11.	5 May 2013	Indian Harbour Beach, United States	Clay	Petra Rampre	0–6, 1–6
Winner	7.	20 October 2013	Burgas, Bulgaria	Clay	Viktoriya Tomova	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	12.	11 July 2015	Torino, Italy	Clay	Alizé Lim	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	13.	11 December 2016	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Tayisiya Morderger	5–7, 1–6
Winner	8.	12 February 2017	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Valentina Ivakhnenko	w/o
Runner-up	13.	5 November 2017	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Ekaterina Vishnevskaya	3–6, 6–0, 5–7
Runner-up	14.	26 November 2017	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Maryna Chernyshova	6–3, 5–7, 0–6
Runner-up	15.	3 June 2018	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Federica Bilardo	1–6, 6–4, 1–6
Winner	9.	7 October 2018	Herzlia, Israel	Hard	Tamara Barad Itzhaki	6–0, 6–3
Winner	10.	21 October 2018	Ofakim, Israel	Hard	Anastasia Pribylova	6–4, 3–6, 7–6⁽⁶⁾

Doubles: 29 (15 titles, 14 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	4 June 2006	Rousse, Bulgaria	Clay	Karoline Borgersen	Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova Nadejda Vassileva	6–0, 6–0
Runner-up	1.	11 June 2006	Haskovo, Bulgaria	Clay	Nicole Clerico	Rita Esteves de Freitas Neda Kozić	4–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	30 July 2006	Horb, Germany	Clay	Josipa Bek	Julia Görges Lydia Steinbach	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	27 August 2006	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Maša Zec Peškirič	Diana Enache Antonia Xenia Tout	w/o
Runner-up	3.	13 September 2009	Rousse, Bulgaria	Clay	Malou Ejdesgaard	Ioana Ivan Simona Matei	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	28 June 2013	Périgueux, France	Clay	Anna Katalina Alzate Esmurzaeva	Michaela Hončová Laura Thorpe	6–7⁽³⁾, 1–6
Runner-up	5.	5 July 2013	Denain, France	Clay	Laura-Ioana Andrei	Tatiana Búa Arabela Fernández Rabener	5–7, 2–6
Winner	3.	26 July 2013	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Melis Sezer	Khristina Kazimova Vladyslava Zanosiyenko	7–5, 6–3
Winner	4.	13 September 2013	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Viktoriya Tomova	Beatriz García Vidagany Réka Luca Jani	6–4, 2–6, [10–6]
Winner	5.	19 October 2013	Burgas, Bulgaria	Clay	Viktoriya Tomova	Federica Arcidiacono Julia Terziyska	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	20 December 2013	Mérida, Mexico	Hard	Hsu Chieh-yu	Barbara Bonić Hilda Melander	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	7.	12 April 2014	Pelham, United States	Clay	Ilona Kremen	Danielle Lao Keri Wong	6–1, 4–6, [7–10]
Winner	6.	17 July 2015	Bursa, Turkey	Clay	Isabella Shinikova	Ailen Crespo Azconzábal Ana Victoria Gobbi Monllau	6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	8.	14 March 2016	Orlando, United States	Clay	Ema Burgić Bucko	Ulrikke Eikeri Quirine Lemoine	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	20 June 2016	Ystad, Sweden	Clay	Pia König	Cornelia Lister Nina Stojanović	4–6, 2–6
Winner	7.	25 July 2016	Palić, Serbia	Clay	Barbara Bonić	Nina Potočnik Petra Krejsová	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	6 November 2016	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Valeria Gorlats	Ayla Aksu Melis Sezer	1–6, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Winner	8.	27 November 2016	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Melis Sezer	Ágnes Bukta Vivien Juhászová	6–4, 6–3
Winner	9.	29 January 2017	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Jasmina Tinjić	Tayisiya Morderger Yana Morderger	6–4, 6–7⁽⁴⁾, [10–5]
Winner	10.	4 February 2017	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Jasmina Tinjić	Tayisiya Morderger Yana Morderger	2–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Runner-up	11.	19 March 2017	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Jasmina Tinjić	Anastasia Frolova Alena Tarasova	5–7, 1–6
Winner	11.	6 August 2017	Istanbul, Turkey	Clay	Jasmina Tinjić	Chihiro Muramatsu Melis Sezer	6–4, 6–2
Winner	12.	18 September 2017	Varna, Bulgaria	Clay	Michaela Boev	Maia Lumsden Julia Stamatova	2–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, [10–3]
Winner	13.	2 October 2017	Sozopol, Bulgaria	Clay	Michaela Boev	Julia Stamatova Léa Tholey	6–2, 4–6, [16–14]
Runner-up	12.	26 November 2017	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Réka Luca Jani	Maryna Chernyshova Sviatlana Pirazhenka	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	13.	10 December 2017	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	Cristina Dinu Mia Eklund	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	14.	10 March 2018	Orlando, United States	Clay	Ilona Kremen	Caty McNally Whitney Osuigwe	2–6, 3–6
Winner	14.	3 June 2018	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Angelina Zhuravleva	Maryna Chernyshova Melis Sezer	7–5, 3–6, [14–12]
Winner	15.	10 November 2018	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Ágnes Bukta	Veronika Pepelyaeva Anastasia Tikhonova	6–3, 3–6, [11–9]

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		Tina Rupert	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 Lynn Philippe	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.
^ 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.
^ http://www.fedcup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100004181

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] 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.

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

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