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Iva Budarova

TCH Age 66 Plays: Left-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1977–1990

Iva Budarova represented Czechoslovakia on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 25. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 150–207 and 3 singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak singles rank

25 (Jan 2, 1984)

Elo peak

1867 (83rd percentile)

Singles record

150–207 (42.0%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$465,627

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 →

Iva Budarova's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Sandra Cecchini #24	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 15, 1990*	QF	Kitzbuhel	Tier V → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Marion Maruska #195	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 14, 1990*	R16	Kitzbuhel	Tier V → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Andrea Vieira	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 13, 1990*	R32	Kitzbuhel	Tier V → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Eva Sviglerova #123	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 19, 1990*	R32	Estoril	Tier V → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Natalia Baudone #335	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 12, 1990*	R32	Palermo	Tier V → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

Iva Budarova's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Manuela Maleeva Fragniere	3	5	8	Mar 3, 1988	H2H
Hana Mandlikova	0	7	7	Aug 29, 1986	H2H
Bettina Fulco	2	4	6	Apr 11, 1990	H2H
Raffaella Reggi Concato	2	4	6	Jul 22, 1988	H2H
Martina Navratilova	0	6	6	Apr 21, 1988	H2H

Singles Titles (3)

Iva Budarova singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
1979	18	3	—	—	—	3	—	Gothenburg, Helsingfors, Uppsala
Total		3	—	—	—	3	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Iva Budarova career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1977	16	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—
1978	17	4	6	10	40.0%	—	—
1979	18	15	13	28	53.6%	—	—
1980	19	5	9	14	35.7%	—	—
1981	20	2	14	16	12.5%	—	—
1982	21	14	19	33	42.4%	—	—
1983	22	33	23	56	58.9%	—	—
1984	23	18	22	40	45.0%	25	56
1985	24	19	23	42	45.2%	68	68
1986	25	11	24	35	31.4%	57	112
1987	26	6	14	20	30.0%	113	116
1988	27	12	18	30	40.0%	114	105
1989	28	7	14	21	33.3%	104	141
1990	29	3	7	10	30.0%	141	186
Career		150	207	357	42.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Iva Budarova 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 %
1977	16	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1978	17	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	6	10	40.0%
1979	18	0	2	2	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	15	13	28	53.6%
1980	19	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	5	9	14	35.7%
1981	20	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	8	10	20.0%	2	14	16	12.5%
1982	21	8	5	13	61.5%	2	5	7	28.6%	1	4	5	20.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	14	19	33	42.4%
1983	22	12	6	18	66.7%	16	9	25	64.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	2	4	6	33.3%	33	23	56	58.9%
1984	23	4	5	9	44.4%	10	9	19	52.6%	3	3	6	50.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	18	22	40	45.0%
1985	24	9	11	20	45.0%	8	9	17	47.1%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	19	23	42	45.2%
1986	25	5	10	15	33.3%	3	5	8	37.5%	2	1	3	66.7%	1	8	9	11.1%	11	24	35	31.4%
1987	26	0	4	4	0.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	6	14	20	30.0%
1988	27	2	4	6	33.3%	9	11	20	45.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	12	18	30	40.0%
1989	28	0	2	2	0.0%	6	11	17	35.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	7	14	21	33.3%
1990	29	—	—	—	—	3	7	10	30.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	7	10	30.0%
Career	—	40	50	90	44.4%	72	88	160	45.0%	11	19	30	36.7%	15	46	61	24.6%	150	207	357	42.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Iva Budarova 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 %
1984	23	0	5	5	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	8	17	25	32.0%
1985	24	1	4	5	20.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	5	2	7	71.4%	0	0	—	—	7	8	15	46.7%
1986	25	0	3	3	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	3	9	12	25.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	5	18	23	21.7%
1987	26	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	12	14	14.3%
1988	27	0	4	4	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	6	12	18	33.3%
1989	28	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	2	7	9	22.2%	3	2	5	60.0%	5	11	16	31.2%
1990	29	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	6	7	14.3%
Career		1	17	18	5.6%	4	24	28	14.3%	18	31	49	36.7%	11	12	23	47.8%	34	84	118	28.8%

Opponent ranking data available for 118/357 (33.1%) of Iva Budarova's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Iva Budarova 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
1977	16	1510	106.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	+0.50	—	0–1	—	+0.13
1978	17	1513	115.7	—	—	—	—	—	+54	—	50.0%	+0.27	1–5 (17%)	1–2 (33%)	94.8	+0.69
1979	18	1656	127.5	—	—	—	—	-71	-92	—	55.9%	+0.54	2–3 (40%)	2–4 (33%)	98.2	+1.35
1980	19	1615	110.5	—	—	—	—	-119	-11	—	36.7%	-0.77	1–1	0–1	—	+0.90
1981	20	1550	124.3	—	—	—	—	-16	-7	—	26.3%	-1.76	0–6 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	91.3	-0.75
1982	21	1658	131.0	—	—	—	—	+17	-187	-105	43.2%	-0.34	4–6 (40%)	2–6 (25%)	97.4	+0.59
1983	22	1739	136.1	—	—	—	—	+19	+32	-171	58.1%	+0.11	5–6 (45%)	6–3 (67%)	104.6	-0.09
1984	23	1706	131.1	—	—	—	—	-7	+55	-61	45.1%	-0.77	1–3 (25%)	5–5 (50%)	97.5	-1.34
1985	24	1726	124.5	—	—	—	—	+18	-60	—	46.5%	-0.41	7–10 (41%)	6–8 (43%)	95.6	+0.23
1986	25	1588	118.5	—	—	—	—	-46	+59	+65	39.2%	-0.60	0–9 (0%)	3–7 (30%)	87.6	+0.40
1987	26	1564	120.2	—	—	—	—	-91	+95	—	36.4%	-0.77	0–4 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	93.7	-0.47
1988	27	1586	124.9	—	—	—	—	-129	+83	—	44.3%	-1.01	3–7 (30%)	6–3 (67%)	99.0	+0.10
1989	28	1560	109.4	—	—	—	—	—	+59	—	36.2%	-1.30	2–3 (40%)	2–1 (67%)	—	+0.49
1990	29	1535	102.8	—	—	—	—	—	+28	—	33.3%	-1.71	0–1	1–0	—	+0.15
Career		1867	130.7	—	—	—	—	-22	+23	-90	44.8%	-0.52	26–64 (29%)	35–46 (43%)	86.0	+0.67

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Iva Budarova Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1978	17	—	R32	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1979	18	—	R16	R128	—	2–2 (50%)
1980	19	—	R32	R128	—	1–2 (33%)
1981	20	—	R128	—	R128	0–2 (0%)
1982	21	R32	R64	R128	R64	3–4 (43%)
1983	22	R64	R32	R32	R64	5–4 (56%)
1984	23	R32	R32	R32	R64	6–4 (60%)
1985	24	—	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1986	25	—	R64	R32	R64	4–3 (57%)
1987	26	—	R64	R128	R128	1–3 (25%)
1988	27	—	R64	R64	R128	2–3 (40%)
1989	28	R128	R128	R64	—	1–3 (25%)
1990	29	—	R64	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		2–4 (33%)	13–13 (50%)	8–10 (44%)	4–8 (33%)	27–35 (44%)

WTA 1000

Iva Budarova WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CHA	W-L Win %
1990	29	R64	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

WTA 500

Iva Budarova WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	DLB	NAP	SDG	AME	BER	CAN	POR	CHA	KEY	LOS	MAN	STR	SYD	W-L Win %
1979	18	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1980	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1981	20	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1982	21	R64	—	—	R64	—	R32	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R64	5–6 (45%)
1983	22	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	5–6 (45%)
1984	23	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	R64	R16	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	4–7 (36%)
1985	24	—	R128	R64	—	—	R16	R32	QF	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	6–7 (46%)
1986	25	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	2–4 (33%)
1987	26	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1988	27	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	R32	R128	—	—	—	—	2–4 (33%)
1989	28	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	1–3 (25%)
1990	29	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	9–10 (47%)	6–6 (50%)	4–7 (36%)	4–6 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	27–45 (38%)

WTA 250

Iva Budarova WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	BAD	BAR	CIN	DAL	EAS	EST	GEN	HAM	HOU	KIT	NAP	ITA	SOF	STO	TKY	VIE	AIX	AME	AMS	ATH	BOC	BOS	BRI	CHA	CHI	DEN	DET	FOR	GOT	HEL	HER	HIL	HIT	KAN	KEY	LAS	LIT	LUG	LUN	MAH	MAN	MAR	MIL	NAS	OAK	OKL	PAL	PAL	PER	PHI	PHO	SAN	SEA	SEA	TAR	TUR	UPP	WIC	WOR	ZUR	W-L Win %
1977	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1978	17	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
1979	18	—	—	F	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	W	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	13–9 (59%)
1980	19	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–6 (40%)
1981	20	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–11 (15%)
1982	21	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–9 (40%)
1983	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	R32	R64	—	QF	R16	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	21–12 (64%)
1984	23	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	8–11 (42%)
1985	24	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	12–12 (50%)
1986	25	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	R32	5–17 (23%)
1987	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	3–8 (27%)
1988	27	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	R64	R32	—	—	R64	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	8–11 (42%)
1989	28	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R64	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–8 (38%)
1990	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	2–4 (33%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–5 (38%)	1–1 (50%)	2–5 (29%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	1–4 (20%)	0–3 (0%)	5–6 (45%)	6–5 (55%)	0–2 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	3–9 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–0 (100%)	3–0 (100%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–4 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	8–3 (73%)	2–1 (67%)	12–5 (71%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	2–4 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	3–0 (100%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	93–124 (43%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jan 2, 1984

First Top 100

Jan 2, 1984

First Top 50

Jan 2, 1984

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Iva Budarova ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1984	23	29	34	54	45	39	40	40	38	40	41	59	56
1985	24	—	68	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1986	25	57	57	62	65	70	66	58	66	64	101	109	112
1987	26	108	106	121	139	109	110	123	126	140	128	115	116
1988	27	115	112	121	105	130	127	120	98	93	98	102	105
1989	28	108	111	95	109	124	146	159	174	148	142	139	141
1990	29	139	132	128	132	152	136	158	177	180	184	188	186
1991	30	188	196	197	192	192	232	252	258	259	590	595	614
1992	31	618	659	671	660	661	661	—	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: Weekly WTA ranking snapshots are unavailable before 1984. Audited official No. 1 change dates and year-end Top 10 ranks are included, but weekly counts and ranks outside those anchors remain incomplete.

Similar Players

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Iva Budarova's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Betsy Nagelsen	USA	#25	1,892	590	266	324	45.1%	$1,016,519	6	1972–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Etsuko Inoue	JPN	#26	1,803	253	120	133	47.4%	$292,859	2	1980–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Linda Wild	USA	#23	1,815	281	135	146	48.0%	$1,237,931	5	1972–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Wendy White	USA	#28	1,857	350	161	189	46.0%	$573,859	1	1978–1992	Rivalries	Match log
Elise Burgin	USA	#27	1,846	297	132	165	44.4%	$825,452	1	1980–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Sabrina Goles	YUG	#27	1,843	233	114	119	48.9%	$353,941	1	1983–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Marcella Mesker	NED	#31	1,792	237	103	134	43.5%	$337,812	1	1979–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Anne Minter	AUS	#23	1,870	444	220	224	49.5%	$682,839	5	1979–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Susan Mascarin	USA	#32	1,797	255	113	142	44.3%	$260,633	1	1979–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Beth Herr	USA	#31	1,767	235	107	128	45.5%	$391,346	1	1981–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Andrea Leand	USA	#27	1,882	187	83	104	44.4%	$346,947	1	1981–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Camille Benjamin	USA	#27	1,821	400	177	223	44.3%	$688,139	0	1982–1994	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Iva Budarova?: Iva Budarova is 66 years old, born on July 31, 1960.
Which country does Iva Budarova represent?: Iva Budarova represents Czechoslovakia in TennisDB's WTA records.
Is Iva Budarova left-handed or right-handed?: Iva Budarova plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Iva Budarova won?: Iva Budarova has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Iva Budarova won?: TennisDB does not group any of Iva Budarova's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Iva Budarova won?: Iva Budarova has won 3 WTA singles titles across all categories. The latest season with a recorded title was 1979.
What is Iva Budarova's highest WTA ranking?: Iva Budarova's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 25, first achieved on January 2, 1984.
What is Iva Budarova's career win-loss record?: Iva Budarova has a career WTA singles record of 150 wins and 207 losses (42.0%).
How much career prize money has Iva Budarova earned?: Iva Budarova has earned at least $465,627 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Iva Budarova's career appear in TennisDB?: Iva Budarova appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1977 through 1990.
On which surface does Iva Budarova have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Iva Budarova's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 45.0% (72–88).
Who has Iva Budarova faced most often?: Iva Budarova's most frequent opponent is Manuela Maleeva Fragniere, with a head-to-head record of 3–5 across 8 meetings.