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Elitsa Kostova

BUL Age 36 172 cm / 5'8" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 2012–2019

Elitsa Kostova represented Bulgaria on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 130. In TennisDB's records, Elitsa Kostova finished with a career record of 8–18 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

130 (Sep 12, 2016)

Elo peak

1546 (20th percentile)

Career record

8–18 (30.8%)

Career titles

Prize money

$637,567

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 →

Elitsa Kostova's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Jia-Jing Lu #181	1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 29, 2020	Q1 Q	Lyon	WTA 250	Hard
Giulia Gatto-Monticone #149	5-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 15, 2020	Q1 Q	Dubai Tennis Championships	WTA 500	Hard
Valentini Grammatikopoulou #230	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 2019	Q1 Q	Moscow	WTA 500	Hard
Katharina Hobgarski #273	6-2 2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 18, 2019	Q1 Q	Nürnberg	WTA 250	Clay
Varvara Lepchenko #151	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 11, 2019*	R32	Bogotá Open	WTA 250	Clay

Qualifying matches are shown here but excluded from main-draw summaries and leaderboards.

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Elitsa Kostova's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Varvara Lepchenko	0	1	1	Apr 11, 2019	H2H
Marketa Vondrousova	0	1	1	Jul 20, 2018	H2H
Anna Kalinskaya	1	0	1	Jul 19, 2018	H2H
Dalila Jakupovic	0	1	1	Apr 13, 2018	H2H
Nao Hibino	1	0	1	Apr 12, 2018	H2H

Career Results

Elitsa Kostova career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2012	22	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	157	252
2014	24	WTA	1	1	2	50.0%	253	208
2015	25	WTA	1	1	2	50.0%	206	247
2016	26	Qualifying Q	5	1	6	83.3%	—	—
2016	26	WTA	3	8	11	27.3%	249	136
2017	27	Qualifying Q	5	7	12	41.7%	—	—
2017	27	WTA	1	4	5	20.0%	135	201
2018	28	Qualifying Q	4	3	7	57.1%	—	—
2018	28	WTA	2	2	4	50.0%	210	214
2019	29	Qualifying Q	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—
2019	29	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	215	199
2020	30	Qualifying Q	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
Career		—	8	18	26	30.8%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Elitsa Kostova career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2012	22	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2014	24	WTA	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
2015	25	WTA	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
2016	26	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	4	0	4	100.0%	—	—	—	—	5	1	6	83.3%
2016	26	WTA	0	4	4	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	—	—	—	—	3	8	11	27.3%
2017	27	Qualifying Q	4	6	10	40.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	5	7	12	41.7%
2017	27	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%
2018	28	Qualifying Q	1	2	3	33.3%	3	1	4	75.0%	—	—	—	—	4	3	7	57.1%
2018	28	WTA	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%
2019	29	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
2019	29	WTA	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2020	30	Qualifying Q	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	—	—	0	6	6	0.0%	8	12	20	40.0%	—	—	—	—	8	18	26	30.8%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Elitsa Kostova 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 %
2012	22	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2014	24	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
2015	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
2016	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	3	7	10	30.0%	3	8	11	27.3%
2017	27	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
2018	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%
2019	29	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	8	12	20	40.0%	8	18	26	30.8%

Performance Stats

Elitsa Kostova 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%
2012	22	1/1	3.0	5.0	58.5%	54.8%	13.6%	33.3%	40.0%	37.7%	37.3%
2015	25	2/2	0.0	1.0	67.0%	47.0%	61.0%	31.3%	52.5%	51.9%	38.4%
2016	26	11/13	1.0	1.8	64.9%	51.8%	36.8%	35.5%	67.5%	46.3%	39.0%
2017	27	5/5	0.4	0.6	67.3%	57.8%	51.1%	54.9%	55.3%	54.7%	39.5%
2018	28	4/4	2.3	2.3	63.6%	52.6%	41.8%	59.0%	82.4%	48.5%	41.0%
2019	29	1/1	0.0	2.0	58.8%	60.0%	23.8%	37.5%	16.7%	45.1%	37.7%
Career		24/28	1.0	1.7	64.8%	53.3%	41.1%	43.1%	62.9%	48.5%	39.3%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 24/28 (85.7%) of Elitsa Kostova's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Elitsa Kostova 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
2012	22	1482	94.3	-1.80	-2.20	0.598	37.5%	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	+0.18
2014	24	1488	97.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.0%	-0.60	1–0	—	—	+0.12
2015	25	1485	97.3	+0.26	-1.24	0.798	45.6%	—	—	—	40.0%	-0.60	1–0	—	—	+0.33
2016	26	1453	96.1	-4.69	-3.14	0.726	43.1%	-29	+147	—	30.4%	-2.09	0–1	1–1	—	+1.01
2017	27	1448	101.5	-2.44	-1.65	0.873	47.6%	—	+114	—	20.0%	-1.40	—	0–1	—	-0.02
2018	28	1530	99.2	-3.01	-2.04	0.796	46.0%	—	+84	—	44.4%	-0.67	1–0	—	—	+0.39
2019	29	1462	96.3	-4.16	-3.78	0.687	41.1%	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	+0.10
2020	30	1422	92.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	31	1414	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		1546	95.4	-3.39	-2.48	0.762	44.4%	-29	+121	—	30.4%	-1.61	3–1 (75%)	1–2 (33%)	102.3	+8.12

Tournament Results by Category

WTA 1000

Elitsa Kostova WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	MIA	W-L Win %
2017	27	Q2	Q1	1–2 (33%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)

WTA 500

Elitsa Kostova WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	DUB	SPB	MOS	STA	W-L Win %
2016	26	—	—	—	Q1	R32	1–2 (33%)
2017	27	Q2	—	Q3	—	—	3–2 (60%)
2019	29	—	—	—	Q1	—	0–1 (0%)
2020	30	—	Q1	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–6 (40%)

WTA 250

Elitsa Kostova WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ACO	BUC	GST	LYO	RIO	BOG	BOL	BUD	FLO	IST	JIA	KUA	LUX	MON	NÜR	QUE	STR	TAS	W-L Win %
2012	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2014	24	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2015	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2016	26	—	R32	—	—	R16	R16	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	6–7 (46%)
2017	27	Q1	—	R32	—	—	R16	R32	Q1	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	Q2	—	2–7 (22%)
2018	28	Q1	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	Q2	—	—	Q2	—	—	—	—	—	6–5 (55%)
2019	29	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q1	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
2020	30	—	—	—	Q1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	6–5 (55%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	17–26 (40%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

130

Career-high date

Sep 12, 2016

First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Elitsa Kostova ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2006	16	—	—	—	—	—	1161	1177	1198	1121	1125	1128	1067
2007	17	1068	1052	1039	1026	1107	1157	1124	934	973	824	739	761
2008	18	759	759	729	618	620	609	530	496	420	432	451	412
2009	19	409	400	397	414	402	386	342	354	383	360	330	351
2010	20	352	338	341	334	340	353	341	298	298	258	238	215
2011	21	209	206	207	201	189	186	176	158	151	142	149	157
2012	22	151	149	152	153	154	156	169	195	192	226	246	252
2013	23	276	271	269	262	261	253	260	274	286	299	258	253
2014	24	241	250	245	246	254	260	216	189	201	195	214	208
2015	25	207	198	197	190	177	179	217	226	220	225	244	247
2016	26	248	229	217	207	200	183	131	135	134	131	139	136
2017	27	133	140	141	143	150	151	250	231	215	209	201	—
2018	28	204	207	217	189	176	178	174	179	197	200	215	214
2019	29	229	220	217	254	271	218	238	227	211	199	200	199
2020	30	196	195	199	—	—	—	—	203	212	209	210	210
2021	31	210	220	228	232	234	266	269	273	290	309	315	320
2022	32	315	316	312	319	327	423	584	644	887	1063	—	—

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Elitsa Kostova's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Miyu Kato	JPN	122	1,597	24	7	17	29.2%	2015–2019	Match log
Cindy Burger	NED	134	1,529	9	3	6	33.3%	2015–2017	Match log
Antonia Lottner	GER	128	1,652	37	11	26	29.7%	2014–2020	Match log
Varvara Flink	RUS	122	1,595	18	5	13	27.8%	2012–2020	Match log
Paula Kania-Chodun	POL	128	1,509	17	4	13	23.5%	2014–2016	Match log
Allie Kiick	USA	126	1,567	17	5	12	29.4%	2013–2022	Match log
Tara Moore	GBR	145	1,551	17	5	12	29.4%	2012–2021	Match log
Bibiane Schoofs	NED	142	1,573	14	5	9	35.7%	2011–2020	Match log
Amra Sadikovic	SUI	126	1,522	13	4	9	30.8%	2009–2017	Match log
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove	NED	135	1,587	28	7	21	25.0%	2013–2023	Match log
Nigina Abduraimova	UZB	144	1,500	25	6	19	24.0%	2008–2023	Match log
Misa Eguchi	JPN	109	1,542	22	7	15	31.8%	2014–2018	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Elitsa Kostova?: Elitsa Kostova is 36 years old, born on April 10, 1990.
Which country does Elitsa Kostova represent?: Elitsa Kostova represents Bulgaria in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Elitsa Kostova?: Elitsa Kostova is 172 cm / 5'8".
Is Elitsa Kostova left-handed or right-handed?: Elitsa Kostova plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Elitsa Kostova won?: Elitsa Kostova has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Elitsa Kostova won?: TennisDB does not group any of Elitsa Kostova's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Elitsa Kostova's highest WTA ranking?: Elitsa Kostova's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 130, first achieved on September 12, 2016.
What is Elitsa Kostova's career win-loss record?: Elitsa Kostova has a career WTA singles record of 8 wins and 18 losses (30.8%).
How much career prize money has Elitsa Kostova earned?: Elitsa Kostova has earned at least $637,567 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Elitsa Kostova's career appear in TennisDB?: Elitsa Kostova appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 2012 through 2019.
On which surface does Elitsa Kostova have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Elitsa Kostova's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 40.0% (8–12).
Who has Elitsa Kostova faced most often?: Elitsa Kostova's most frequent opponent is Varvara Lepchenko, with a head-to-head record of 0–1 across 1 meeting.