On 12 September 2016, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 130, achieved on 12 September 2016, her best doubles ranking is world No. 154, reached on 26 October 2015. Playing for Bulgaria Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 16–18.
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]
elitsa, kostova, bulgarian, Елица, Костова, born, april, 1990, former, professional, bulgarian, tennis, player, kostova, biarritz, 2021country, sports, bulgariaresidencekardzhali, bulgariaborn, 1990, april, 1990, haskovo, bulgariaheight1, turned, pro2006retire. Elitsa Kostova Bulgarian Elica Kostova born 10 April 1990 is a former professional Bulgarian tennis player Elitsa KostovaKostova at Biarritz 2021Country sports BulgariaResidenceKardzhali BulgariaBorn 1990 04 10 10 April 1990 age 33 Haskovo BulgariaHeight1 72 m 5 ft 8 in 1 Turned pro2006Retired2021PlaysRight handed two handed backhand CoachRadu PopescuPrize moneyUS 637 567SinglesCareer record439 383 53 4 Career titles6 ITFHighest rankingNo 130 12 September 2016 Grand Slam singles resultsAustralian OpenQ2 2012 2018 French OpenQ2 2017 2020 2021 WimbledonQ2 2015 2017 2021 US OpenQ3 2016 DoublesCareer record168 185 47 6 Career titles7 ITFHighest rankingNo 154 26 October 2015 Team competitionsFed Cup16 18 47 1 On 12 September 2016 she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No 130 achieved on 12 September 2016 her best doubles ranking is world No 154 reached on 26 October 2015 Playing for Bulgaria Fed Cup team she has a win loss record of 16 18 Contents 1 Career 2 Grand Slam performance timeline 2 1 Singles 3 ITF Circuit finals 3 1 Singles 25 6 titles 19 runner ups 3 2 Doubles 21 7 titles 14 runner ups 4 Fed Cup participation 4 1 Singles 10 12 4 2 Doubles 6 6 5 References 6 External linksCareer EditAt 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 Alize 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 Maria Irigoyen in straight sets In July 2016 came her biggest win when she won the final of the Europe Tennis Center Ladies Open in Budapest against fellow Fed Cup teammate Viktoriya Tomova At the 2018 Ladies Championship Gstaad she reached the second round which she has reached on seven occasions on the WTA level going back to 2014 but lost to Marketa Vondrousova 3 She retired in 2021 with her last match played at the Belgrade Ladies Open losing to eventual finalist Arantxa Rus Grand Slam performance timeline EditKey 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 Edit Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 W LAustralian Open A Q2 A A Q1 A Q1 Q2 Q1 Q1 Q1 0 0French Open Q1 Q1 A A Q1 Q1 Q2 Q1 A Q2 Q2 0 0Wimbledon Q1 Q1 A A Q2 Q1 Q2 Q1 A NH Q2 0 0US Open Q2 Q2 A Q1 Q1 Q3 A Q1 Q1 A A 0 0Win loss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Career statisticsYear end ranking 148 224 264 219 252 132 205 214 193 210 316ITF Circuit finals EditSingles 25 6 titles 19 runner ups Edit Legend 100 000 tournaments 50 60 000 tournaments 25 000 tournaments 15 000 tournaments 10 000 tournaments Finals by surfaceHard 2 11 Clay 4 8 Grass 0 0 Carpet 0 0 Result W L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent ScoreLoss 0 1 Apr 2008 ITF Antalya Turkey 10 000 Clay nbsp Michelle Gerards 2 6 6 2 6 7 3 Win 1 1 Jun 2008 ITF Alcobaca Portugal 10 000 Hard nbsp Amanda Carreras 3 6 6 2 6 2Loss 1 2 Dec 2008 ITF Vinaros Spain 10 000 Clay nbsp Conny Perrin 4 6 2 6Win 2 2 Nov 2009 ITF Le Havre France 10 000 Clay i nbsp Sina Haas 6 0 6 4Loss 2 3 Feb 2010 ITF Albufeira Portugal 10 000 Hard nbsp Evelyn Mayr 4 6 4 6Loss 2 4 Jul 2010 ITF Mont de Marsan France 25 000 Clay nbsp Petra Cetkovska 2 6 2 6Loss 2 5 Jul 2010 ITF Les Contamines France 25 000 Hard nbsp Andrea Hlavackova 5 7 6 0 4 6Loss 2 6 Nov 2010 ITF Wellington New Zealand 25 000 Hard nbsp Erika Sema 2 6 6 3 4 6Loss 2 7 Dec 2010 Bendigo International Australia 25 000 Hard nbsp Timea Babos 6 3 3 6 5 7Loss 2 8 Feb 2011 ITF Vale do Lobo Portugal 10 000 Hard nbsp Alison van Uytvanck 4 6 6 4 2 6Loss 2 9 Jul 2011 Open de Pozoblanco Spain 50 000 Hard nbsp Eleni Daniilidou 3 6 2 6Loss 2 10 Aug 2011 Empire Slovak Open Slovakia 50 000 Clay nbsp Yvonne Meusburger 6 0 2 6 0 6Loss 2 11 Aug 2011 ITF Koksijde Belgium 25 000 Clay nbsp Kiki Bertens 2 6 1 6Win 3 11 Oct 2011 ITF Dobrich Bulgaria 25 000 Clay nbsp Elena Bogdan 7 6 6 6 2Loss 3 12 Nov 2011 ITF Benicarlo Spain 25 000 Clay nbsp Garbine Muguruza 6 7 3 7 6 4 3 6Loss 3 13 Apr 2013 ITF Dijon France 15 000 Hard i nbsp Kristina Barrois 3 6 5 7Loss 3 14 Nov 2013 ITF New Braunfels United States 50 000 Hard nbsp Anna Tatishvili 4 6 4 6Win 4 14 Jun 2014 Open de Montpellier France 25 000 Clay nbsp Sofiya Kovalets 7 5 6 1Loss 4 15 Nov 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh Egypt 25 000 Hard nbsp Margarita Gasparyan 3 6 0 6Loss 4 16 Feb 2015 Open Andrezieux Boutheon France 25 000 Hard i nbsp Margarita Gasparyan 4 6 4 6Win 5 16 Jul 2016 Budapest Ladies Open Hungary 100 000 Clay nbsp Viktoriya Tomova 6 0 7 6 3 Loss 5 17 Sep 2017 Las Vegas Open United States 60 000 Hard nbsp Sesil Karatantcheva 4 6 6 4 5 7Loss 5 18 Mar 2018 ITF Pula Italy 25 000 Clay nbsp Basak Eraydin 4 6 1 6Win 6 18 Jun 2019 ITF Santa Margarita Spain 25 000 Hard nbsp Arina Rodionova 7 5 6 3Loss 6 19 Jun 2019 ITF Prerov Czech Republic 25 000 Clay nbsp Anhelina Kalinina 1 6 6 4 1 6Doubles 21 7 titles 14 runner ups Edit Legend 100 000 tournaments 50 60 000 tournaments 25 000 tournaments 15 000 tournaments 10 000 tournaments Finals by surfaceHard 1 9 Clay 5 5 Grass 0 0 Carpet 1 0 Result W L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents ScoreLoss 0 1 Nov 2009 ITF Equeurdreville France 10 000 Hard i nbsp Kinnie Laisne nbsp Elixane Lechemia nbsp Constance Sibille 4 6 3 6Win 1 1 May 2011 Zagreb Ladies Open Croatia 25 000 Clay nbsp Barbara Sobaszkiewicz nbsp Ani Mijacika nbsp Ana Vrljic 1 6 6 3 12 10 Win 2 1 Jun 2012 ITF Zlin Czech Republic 25 000 Clay nbsp Jasmina Tinjic nbsp Veronica Cepede Royg nbsp Teliana Pereira 4 6 6 1 10 8 Loss 2 2 Apr 2013 ITF Dijon France 15 000 Hard i nbsp Marina Shamayko nbsp Nicole Clerico nbsp Giulia Gatto Monticone 4 6 2 6Loss 2 3 May 2013 ITF Casablanca Morocco 25 000 Clay nbsp Sandra Zaniewska nbsp Justine Ozga nbsp Anna Zaja 4 6 2 6Win 3 3 Sep 2013 Open de Saint Malo France 25 000 Clay nbsp Florencia Molinero nbsp Kathinka von Deichmann nbsp Nina Zander 6 2 6 4Loss 3 4 Dec 2013 ITF Madrid Spain 25 000 Hard nbsp Evgeniya Rodina nbsp Demi Schuurs nbsp Eva Wacanno 1 6 2 6Loss 3 5 Jun 2014 Bredeney Ladies Open Germany 25 000 Clay nbsp Ysaline Bonaventure nbsp Kristina Barrois nbsp Tatjana Maria 2 6 2 6Loss 3 6 Jun 2014 Open de Montpellier France 25 000 Clay nbsp Hsu Chieh yu nbsp Ines Ferrer Suarez nbsp Sara Sorribes Tormo 6 2 3 6 10 12 Loss 3 7 Dec 2014 Ankara Cup Turkey 50 000 Hard i nbsp Oleksandra Korashvili nbsp Ekaterine Gorgodze nbsp Nastja Kolar 4 6 6 7 5 Loss 3 8 Sep 2015 ITF Sofia Bulgaria 25 000 Clay nbsp Katerina Kramperova nbsp Sofia Shapatava nbsp Anastasiya Vasylyeva 2 6 2 6Loss 3 9 Sep 2015 ITF Dobrich Bulgaria 25 000 Clay nbsp Katerina Kramperova nbsp Sofia Shapatava nbsp Anastasiya Vasylyeva 2 6 0 6Loss 3 10 Oct 2015 ITF Rock Hill United States 25 000 Hard nbsp Florencia Molinero nbsp Ema Burgic Bucko nbsp Renata Zarazua 5 7 2 6Win 4 10 Jul 2017 Contrexeville Open France 100 000 Clay nbsp Anastasiya Komardina nbsp Manon Arcangioli nbsp Sara Cakarevic 6 3 6 4Loss 4 11 Aug 2017 ITF Chiswick United Kingdom 25 000 Hard nbsp Katy Dunne nbsp Laura Ioana Andrei nbsp Julia Wachaczyk 5 7 5 7Loss 4 12 Aug 2017 Mencuna Cup Artvin Turkey 60 000 Hard nbsp Yana Sizikova nbsp Gabriela Ce nbsp Ankita Raina 2 6 3 6Win 5 12 Oct 2017 ITF obidos Portugal 25 000 Carpet nbsp Yana Sizikova nbsp Georgia Brescia nbsp Alice Matteucci w oWin 6 12 Sep 2018 Budapest Ladies Open Hungary 60 000 Clay nbsp Ulrikke Eikeri nbsp Dalma Galfi nbsp Reka Luca Jani 2 6 6 4 10 8 Loss 6 13 Nov 2018 Toronto Challenger Canada 60 000 Hard i nbsp Maja Chwalinska nbsp Sharon Fichman nbsp Maria Sanchez 0 6 4 6Win 7 13 Feb 2019 Trnava Indoor Slovakia 25 000 Hard i nbsp Elena Bogdan nbsp Michaela Honcova nbsp Ganna Poznikhirenko 7 5 7 6 5 Loss 7 14 May 2019 ITF Santa Margarida Spain 25 000 Hard nbsp Samantha Murray nbsp Sofia Shapatava nbsp Emily Webley Smith 4 6 5 7Fed Cup participation EditElitsa 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 Edit Edition Round Date Location Against Surface Opponent W L Result2008 Z1 PO 2 Feb 2008 Budapest HUN nbsp Hungary Carpet i Greta Arn L 2 6 1 62009 Z1 RR 4 Feb 2009 Tallinn EST nbsp Estonia Hard i Maret Ani L 2 6 2 66 Feb 2009 nbsp Croatia Petra Martic L 2 6 1 6Z1 RPO 7 Feb 2009 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina Sandra Martinovic L 4 6 6 0 2 62010 Z1 RR 5 Feb 2010 Lisbon POR nbsp Slovenia Hard i Masa Zec Peskiric W 7 5 6 12011 Z1 RR 2 Feb 2011 Eilat ISR nbsp Poland Hard Magda Linette W 6 4 4 6 7 6 7 5 4 Feb 2011 nbsp Israel Julia Glushko L 0 6 2 6Z1 RPO 5 Feb 2011 nbsp Latvia Liga Dekmeijere W 6 3 6 32012 Z1 RR 1 Feb 2012 Eilat ISR nbsp Estonia Hard Margit Ruutel W 6 2 6 13 Feb 2012 nbsp Austria Patricia Mayr L 3 6 3 62013 Z1 RR 8 Feb 2013 Eilat ISR nbsp Luxembourg Hard Laura Correia W 6 1 6 32014 Z1 RR 4 Feb 2014 Budapest HUN nbsp Portugal Hard i Michelle Larcher de Brito L 6 4 2 6 6 7 3 7 6 Feb 2014 nbsp Turkey Cagla Buyukakcay L 6 7 3 7 1 6Z1 RPO 9 Feb 2014 nbsp Luxembourg Anne Kremer W 6 3 6 7 7 9 7 6 9 7 2015 Z1 RR 4 Feb 2015 Budapest HUN nbsp Portugal Hard i Maria Joao Koehler W 6 2 6 15 Feb 2015 nbsp Belarus Olga Govortsova L 2 6 3 66 Feb 2015 nbsp Georgia Sofia Shapatava W 6 3 7 6 7 4 2016 Z1 RR 3 Feb 2016 Eilat ISR nbsp Hungary Hard Dalma Galfi W 7 5 6 24 Feb 2016 nbsp Latvia Diana Marcinkevica W 2 6 6 3 6 35 Feb 2016 nbsp Belgium Ysaline Bonaventure L 3 6 6 3 3 62017 Z1 RR 8 Feb 2017 Tallinn EST nbsp Israel Hard i Julia Glushko L 3 6 5 710 Feb 2017 nbsp Estonia Anett Kontaveit L 1 6 3 6Doubles 6 6 Edit Edition Round Date Location Against Partner Surface Opponents W L Result2009 Z1 RR 4 Feb 2009 Tallinn EST Tsvetana Pironkova Hard i nbsp Estonia Maret Ani Kaia Kanepi L 1 6 6 4 2 66 Feb 2009 Tsvetana Pironkova nbsp Croatia Jelena Kostanic Tosic Petra Martic L 6 7 3 7 1 6Z1 RPO 7 Feb 2009 Tsvetana Pironkova nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugic Salkic Sandra Martinovic L 4 6 6 3 3 62010 Z1 RR 5 Feb 2010 Lisbon POR Biljana Pawlowa Hard i nbsp Slovenia Andreja Klepac Masa Zec Peskiric W 6 1 6 22013 Z1 RR 7 Feb 2013 Eilat ISR Isabella Shinikova Hard nbsp Netherlands Arantxa Rus Bibiane Schoofs W 6 2 7 6 7 5 9 Feb 2013 Isabella Shinikova nbsp Slovenia Tina Rupert Andreja Klepac W 6 2 6 32014 Z1 RR 6 Feb 2014 Budapest HUN Isabella Shinikova Hard i nbsp Turkey Cagla Buyukakcay Pemra Ozgen L 7 5 1 6 5 77 Feb 2014 Viktoriya Tomova nbsp Belarus Ilona Kremen Iryna Shymanovich W 4 6 6 3 7 52015 Z1 RR 6 Feb 2015 Budapest HUN Dia Evtimova Hard i nbsp Georgia Oksana Kalashnikova Sofia Shapatava L 3 6 2 62016 Z1 PO 6 Feb 2016 Eilat ISR Isabella Shinikova Hard nbsp Georgiav Oksana Kalashnikova Sofia Shapatava L 2 6 6 4 4 62017 Z1 RR 8 Feb 2017 Tallinn EST Sesil Karatantcheva Hard i nbsp Israel Julia Glushko Shelly Krolitzky W 2 6 6 3 7 59 Feb 2017 Sesil Karatantcheva nbsp Serbia Bojana Marinkovic Dejana Radanovic W 6 1 6 3References Edit Profil na Elica Kostova in Bulgarian tennis bg Retrieved 30 August 2020 Elitsa Kostova s Biography International Tennis Federation Retrieved 2010 11 11 Vondrousova coasts past Kostova into Gstaad quarters External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Elitsa Kostova Elitsa Kostova at the Women s Tennis Association nbsp Elitsa Kostova at the International Tennis Federation nbsp Elitsa Kostova at the Billie Jean King Cup nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 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