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Lubomira Bacheva

BUL Age 51 Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1991–2004

Lubomira Bacheva represented Bulgaria on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 68. In TennisDB's records, Lubomira Bacheva finished with a career record of 27–56 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak ranking

68 (Nov 1, 1999)

Elo peak

1524 (13th percentile)

Career record

27–56 (32.5%)

Career titles

Prize money

$534,838

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Lubomira Bacheva's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Svetlana Kuznetsova #11	0-6 6-7(2)	L	H2H	Match data	May 26, 2004*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Ludmila Cervanova #92	3-6 6-2 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 17, 2003*	R32	Budapest	WTA 250	Clay
Mariana Diaz-Oliva #103	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 13, 2002*	QF	Palermo	WTA 250	Clay
Asa Carlsson #54	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 12, 2002*	R16	Palermo	WTA 250	Clay
Dally Randriantefy #142	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 11, 2002*	R32	Palermo	WTA 250	Clay

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Lubomira Bacheva's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Silvija Talaja	1	2	3	May 10, 2002	H2H
Rossana De Los Ríos	1	2	3	Feb 21, 2002	H2H
Mariana Diaz-Oliva	0	2	2	Jul 13, 2002	H2H
Jill Craybas	1	1	2	May 9, 2002	H2H
Magui Serna	0	2	2	Jul 19, 2001	H2H

Career Results

Lubomira Bacheva career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1991	16	0	1	1	0.0%	496	289
1992	17	2	4	6	33.3%	288	185
1993	18	0	2	2	0.0%	186	251
1994	19	0	1	1	0.0%	296	280
1999	24	7	10	17	41.2%	155	73
2000	25	7	15	22	31.8%	73	96
2001	26	6	14	20	30.0%	96	113
2002	27	5	7	12	41.7%	113	158
2003	28	0	1	1	0.0%	158	150
2004	29	0	1	1	0.0%	150	224
Career		27	56	83	32.5%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Lubomira Bacheva career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1991	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1992	17	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%
1993	18	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1994	19	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1999	24	1	2	3	33.3%	6	6	12	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	7	10	17	41.2%
2000	25	1	5	6	16.7%	4	6	10	40.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	2	3	33.3%	7	15	22	31.8%
2001	26	1	4	5	20.0%	5	8	13	38.5%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	6	14	20	30.0%
2002	27	—	—	—	—	5	7	12	41.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	7	12	41.7%
2003	28	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2004	29	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	3	11	14	21.4%	22	34	56	39.3%	1	6	7	14.3%	1	5	6	16.7%	27	56	83	32.5%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Lubomira Bacheva career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1991	16	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1992	17	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
1993	18	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1994	19	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1999	24	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	6	9	15	40.0%
2000	25	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	3	8	11	27.3%	7	15	22	31.8%
2001	26	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	2	7	9	22.2%	3	5	8	37.5%	6	14	20	30.0%
2002	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	3	4	7	42.9%	2	3	5	40.0%	5	7	12	41.7%
2003	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2004	29	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	3	3	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	12	24	36	33.3%	11	22	33	33.3%	25	53	78	32.1%

Opponent ranking data available for 78/83 (94.0%) of Lubomira Bacheva's WTA main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Lubomira Bacheva performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2004	29	1/1	0.0	2.0	71.2%	50.0%	35.3%	28.6%	66.7%	45.8%	35.0%
Career		1/83	0.0	2.0	71.2%	50.0%	35.3%	28.6%	66.7%	45.8%	35.0%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 1/83 (1.2%) of Lubomira Bacheva's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Lubomira Bacheva advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1991	16	1492	101.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.67	0–1	—	—	-0.12
1992	17	1489	110.8	—	—	—	—	—	+81	—	38.5%	-0.39	0–1	—	—	+0.42
1993	18	1463	95.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.25	—	—	—	+0.08
1994	19	1453	96.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	+0.04
1999	24	1493	110.9	—	—	—	—	+16	+47	—	40.5%	-0.49	2–1 (67%)	0–1	—	+0.34
2000	25	1474	102.9	—	—	—	—	-12	+51	+47	40.0%	-0.88	0–6 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	97.0	+1.59
2001	26	1455	103.2	—	—	—	—	-19	+45	—	31.8%	-0.86	2–2 (50%)	3–5 (38%)	98.9	+0.85
2002	27	1482	106.4	—	—	—	—	—	+28	—	42.3%	-0.46	1–1	1–1	—	+0.46
2003	28	1471	102.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.33	0–1	—	—	0.00
2004	29	1469	103.0	+0.39	+3.11	0.645	40.3%	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	0–1	—	-0.20
Career		1524	107.5	+0.39	+3.11	0.645	40.3%	-9	+45	+47	36.4%	-0.82	5–13 (28%)	9–10 (47%)	95.2	+4.17

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Lubomira Bacheva Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1999	24	—	R64	R128	R128	1–3 (25%)
2000	25	R128	R128	R64	R64	2–4 (33%)
2001	26	R128	R128	R128	—	0–3 (0%)
2002	27	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2004	29	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	1–5 (17%)	1–3 (25%)	1–2 (33%)	3–12 (20%)

WTA 1000

Lubomira Bacheva WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	MIA	BER	W-L Win %
1992	17	—	—	R32	1–1 (50%)
1994	19	—	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
2000	25	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
2001	26	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–4 (20%)

WTA 500

Lubomira Bacheva WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	HAM	AME	BRI	W-L Win %
1992	17	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
1993	18	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
2000	25	R16	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)

WTA 250

Lubomira Bacheva WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ANT	ASB	DOH	EST	LIB	BAY	BEL	BIR	BOG	BRA	BUD	CAS	KNO	LUX	MIL	OKL	OPO	PAL	SAN	STR	WAR	W-L Win %
1991	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1992	17	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1993	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1999	24	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	6–7 (46%)
2000	25	QF	R32	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	4–9 (31%)
2001	26	R16	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	R16	R32	R16	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	6–10 (38%)
2002	27	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	R16	5–6 (45%)
2003	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–4 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–4 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	22–37 (37%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Nov 1, 1999

First Top 100

May 24, 1999

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Lubomira Bacheva ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1991	16	—	—	498	382	382	398	342	337	325	291	282	289
1992	17	286	270	268	283	259	258	195	187	184	177	183	185
1993	18	186	179	176	169	193	195	235	252	251	—	—	—
1994	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	296	284	298	298	275	280
1995	20	276	256	277	252	288	274	270	266	229	234	230	227
1996	21	227	242	255	278	270	282	226	238	333	318	325	339
1997	22	335	343	292	301	316	339	413	338	269	269	253	242
1998	23	236	241	263	220	193	194	150	151	158	156	153	155
1999	24	153	153	135	112	100	96	105	105	81	69	73	73
2000	25	73	75	76	90	79	86	83	84	82	94	98	96
2001	26	99	97	98	82	97	97	103	107	114	114	114	113
2002	27	110	112	110	120	128	118	117	115	144	158	157	158
2003	28	160	163	156	168	163	178	184	155	144	151	150	150
2004	29	147	152	153	156	157	148	146	169	200	219	220	224
2005	30	220	221	213	232	267	361	1074	1157	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

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Pavlina Nola	NZL	68	1,611	80	25	55	31.3%	1997–2002	Match log
Sarah Taylor	USA	68	1,611	43	15	28	34.9%	1997–2003	Match log
Jana Nejedly	CAN	64	1,625	154	49	105	31.8%	1993–2002	Match log
Lea Ghirardi	FRA	73	1,549	69	23	46	33.3%	1993–1999	Match log
Jolene Watanabe	USA	72	1,619	125	45	80	36.0%	1991–2000	Match log
Samantha Reeves	USA	62	1,629	89	30	59	33.7%	1998–2004	Match log
Jing-Qian Yi	CHN	69	1,604	49	19	30	38.8%	1994–2001	Match log
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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Lubomira Bacheva?: Lubomira Bacheva is 51 years old, born on March 7, 1975.
Which country does Lubomira Bacheva represent?: Lubomira Bacheva represents Bulgaria in TennisDB's WTA records.
Is Lubomira Bacheva left-handed or right-handed?: Lubomira Bacheva plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Lubomira Bacheva won?: Lubomira Bacheva has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Lubomira Bacheva won?: TennisDB does not group any of Lubomira Bacheva's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Lubomira Bacheva's highest WTA ranking?: Lubomira Bacheva's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 68, first achieved on November 1, 1999.
What is Lubomira Bacheva's career win-loss record?: Lubomira Bacheva has a career WTA singles record of 27 wins and 56 losses (32.5%).
How much career prize money has Lubomira Bacheva earned?: Lubomira Bacheva has earned at least $534,838 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Lubomira Bacheva's career appear in TennisDB?: Lubomira Bacheva appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1991 through 2004.
On which surface does Lubomira Bacheva have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Lubomira Bacheva's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 39.3% (22–34).
Who has Lubomira Bacheva faced most often?: Lubomira Bacheva's most frequent opponent is Silvija Talaja, with a head-to-head record of 1–2 across 3 meetings.