Pavlina Nola

Pavlina Stoyanova-Nola (Bulgarian: Павлина Стоянова-Нола) (born 14 July 1974) is a former tennis player who played for both Bulgaria (up to May 2001) and New Zealand (since June 2001) in her professional career.

Pavlina Stoyanova-Nola
Павлина Стоянова-Нола

Campbells Bay Tennis Club, Auckland- Women's Chelsea Cup Team, 2010; Pavlina Nola shown second from the left
Country (sports)	Bulgaria (1995–2001)  New Zealand (2001-02)
Residence	Auckland, New Zealand
Born	(1974-07-14) 14 July 1974 (age 49) Varna, Bulgaria
Turned pro	1995
Retired	2002
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 416,682
Singles
Career record	240–180 (57.1%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 68 (14 May 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1999, 2001, 2002)
French Open	1R (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)
Wimbledon	1R (1998, 1999, 2001)
US Open	2R (1998, 2000)
Doubles
Career record	79–86 (47.9%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 87 (3 August 1998)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	5–7 (41.7%) (singles 4–4; doubles 1-3)

Tennis career

Nola turned professional in 1995. She reached her career high ranking of No. 68 in the world on 14 May 2001. The best singles result of her career was finishing runner-up to Henrieta Nagyová at a WTA tournament in Palermo where she lost 3–6, 5–7. She also one won doubles title at the same tournament two years previously with Elena Pampoulova-Wagner. She played her last match in 2002, losing in the first round of the 2002 Australian Open to Janette Husárová.

Captain of Campbells Bay Tennis Club – Chelsea Cup team 2010 — Pavlina Nola was Captain of Campbell's Bay Tennis Club Chelsea Cup team in 2010. The Chelsea Cup is the premier club tennis league competition for North Shore City in New Zealand. Campbells Bay Tennis Club is a large tennis club based in the best location on the shore.

Pavlina was successful winning captain leading a team consisting of Franziska Etzel, Kairangi Vano, Vicki Wild and Charlotte Roberts. Such was Pavlina's dominance in the competition that in the nine matches she ended with astonishing statistics of playing nine matches and winning 108 games and giving the opposition only 14 games.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner–up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Tier I tournaments (0–0) Tier II tournaments (0–0) Tier III tournaments (0–0) Tier IV tournaments (0–1) Tier V tournaments (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2000	Palermo, Italy	Tier IV	Clay	Henrieta Nagyová	3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Tier I tournaments (0–0) Tier II tournaments (0–0) Tier III tournaments (0–0) Tier IV tournaments (1–0) Tier V tournaments (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 1998	Palermo, Italy	Tier IV	Clay	Elena Pampoulova	Barbara Schett   Patty Schnyder	6–4, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner–ups)

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

Finals by surface Hard (3–2) Clay (4–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 1994	ITF Burgas, Bulgaria	10,000	Hard	Henriëtte van Aalderen	7–5, 6–0
Win	2–0	Aug 1995	ITF Wahlscheid, Germany	10,000	Clay	Monika Starosta	6–4, 6–1
Win	3–0	Sep 1995	ITF Bad Nauheim, Germany	10,000	Clay	Alena Havrlíková	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–1	Aug 1996	ITF Horb, Germany	10,000	Clay	Choi Ju-yeon	3–6, 1–6
Win	4–1	Aug 1996	ITF Bad Nauheim, Germany	10,000	Clay	Lisa Fritz	6–3, 7–6^(7–2)
Win	5–1	Feb 1997	ITF Faro, Portugal	10,000	Hard	Athina Briegel	6–4, 6–1
Loss	5–2	Apr 1997	ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Milena Nekvapilová	2–6, 6–0, 2–6
Win	6–2	Jul 1997	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	25,000	Clay	Raluca Sandu	6–4, 6–1
Loss	6–3	Sep 1997	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Ana Alcázar	6–2, 3–6, 1–6
Win	7–3	Oct 1998	ITF Indian Wells, United States	25,000	Hard	Kim Eun-ha	6–3, 6–4
Loss	7–4	Apr 2000	ITF Norcross, United States	25,000	Hard	Marissa Irvin	2–6, 3–6
Loss	7–5	Nov 2001	ITF Port Pirie, Australia	25,000	Hard	Saori Obata	1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 11 (8 titles, 3 runner–ups)

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

Finals by surface Hard (2–0) Clay (6–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1995	ITF Horb, Germany	10,000	Carpet	Anna Linkova	Ivana Havrlíková   Monika Kratochvílová	2–6, 5–7
Win	1–1	Sep 1995	ITF Bad Nauheim, Germany	10,000	Clay	Renata Kochta	Dominika Górecka   Petra Plačková	7–6, 6–2
Win	2–1	Sep 1995	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Dora Djilianova	Galina Dimitrova   Desislava Topalova	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss	2–2	Oct 1995	ITF Bucharest, Romania	25,000	Clay	Dora Djilianova	Angela Kerek   Maja Živec-Škulj	2–6, 7–6^(7–5), 3–6
Win	3–2	Aug 1996	ITF Bad Nauheim, Germany	10,000	Clay	Meike Fröhlich	Simona Galikova   Patrícia Marková	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(12–10)
Win	4–2	Sep 1996	ITF Albena, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Antoaneta Pandjerova	Galina Dimitrova   Desislava Topalova	6–4, 6–2
Win	5–2	Jun 1997	ITF Burgas, Bulgaria	10,000	Hard	Teodora Nedeva	Meike Fröhlich   Kristina Pojatina	6–1, 6–2
Win	6–2	Jul 1997	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	25,000	Clay	Svetlana Krivencheva	Olga Ivanova   Magdalena Feistel	6–0, 2–6, 6–3
Win	7–2	Jul 1997	ITF Rostock, Germany	25,000	Clay	Svetlana Krivencheva	Renee Reid   Réka Vidáts	w/o
Loss	7–3	Aug 1997	ITF Bratislava, Slovakia	75,000	Clay	Svetlana Krivencheva	Laurence Courtois   Henrieta Nagyová	1–6, 0–6
Win	8–3	Oct 1998	ITF Indian Wells, United States	25,000	Hard	Lindsay Lee-Waters	Erika deLone   Katie Schlukebir	6–0, 6–7^(4–7), 6–1

Fed Cup

Pavlina Nola debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 1995. Since then, she has a 4–4 singles record and a 1–3 doubles record (5–7 overall).

Singles (4–4)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
1995 World Group I Play-Offs	PO	22 July 1995	South Africa	Hard	Amanda Coetzer	L	0–6, 1–6
		23 July 1995			Joannette Kruger	L	3–6, 1–6
1996 World Group II Play-Offs	PO	13 July 1996	South Korea	Clay	Kim Eun-ha	W	3–6, 6–0, 6–1
		14 July 1996			Park Sung-hee	L	3–6, 5–7
1999 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	19 April 1999	Yugoslavia	Clay	Dragana Zarić	W	6–1, 6–2
		20 April 1999	Finland		Hanna-Katri Aalto	W	6–3, 6–1
		21 April 1999	Great Britain		Samantha Smith	W	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
	PPO	22 April 1999	Slovenia		Katarina Srebotnik	L	2–6, 2–6

Doubles (1–3)

Edition	Round	Date	Partner	Against	Surface	Opponents	W/L	Result
1996 World Group II	PO	28 April 1996	Antoaneta Pandjerova	Slovakia	Clay	Henrieta Nagyová   Radka Zrubáková	L	7–5, 3–6, 1–6
1996 World Group II Play-Offs	PO	14 July 1996	Teodora Nedeva	South Korea	Clay	Choi Ju-yeon   Choi Young-ja	L	4–6, 6–4, 6–7^(3–7)
1999 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	19 April 1999	Desislava Topalova	Yugoslavia	Clay	Branka Bojović   Dragana Zarić	W	6–2, 6–2
		21 April 1999	Desislava Topalova	Great Britain		Julie Pullin   Joanne Ward	L	3–6, 5–7

• RR = Round Robin
• PPO = Promotion Play-Off

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key

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.

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	Career SR	Win–loss
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q2	1R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 4	0–4
French Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 4	0–4
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	1R	Q3	1R	A	0 / 3	0–3
US Open	A	A	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	A	0 / 5	2–5
SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 16	2–16

External links

• Pavlina Nola at the Women's Tennis Association  
• Pavlina Nola at the International Tennis Federation  
• Pavlina Nola at the Billie Jean King Cup