How old is Katerina Maleeva?

Katerina Maleeva is 57 years old, born on May 7, 1969.

Which country is Katerina Maleeva from?

Katerina Maleeva is from Bulgaria.

How tall is Katerina Maleeva?

Katerina Maleeva is 168 cm / 5'6".

Does Katerina Maleeva use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?

Katerina Maleeva uses a two-handed backhand.

Is Katerina Maleeva left-handed or right-handed?

Katerina Maleeva plays right-handed.

How many Grand Slams has Katerina Maleeva won?

Katerina Maleeva has not won a Grand Slam title.

How many WTA 1000 titles has Katerina Maleeva won?

Katerina Maleeva has not won a WTA 1000 title.

How many WTA titles has Katerina Maleeva won?

Katerina Maleeva has won 11 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent other title was Quebec City in 1994.

What is Katerina Maleeva's highest WTA ranking?

Katerina Maleeva's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 6, first achieved on July 9, 1990.

What is Katerina Maleeva's career win-loss record?

Katerina Maleeva has a career WTA singles record of 324 wins and 185 losses (63.7%).

How much career prize money has Katerina Maleeva earned?

Katerina Maleeva has earned at least $2,220,371 in career prize money from professional tennis.

When did Katerina Maleeva play professional tennis?

Katerina Maleeva turned professional in 1984 and was active through 1996.

What is Katerina Maleeva's best surface?

Katerina Maleeva's best surface is hard court with a 68.1% win rate (145W-68L).

Who is Katerina Maleeva's biggest rival?

Katerina Maleeva's most frequent opponent is Steffi Graf, with a head-to-head record of 0–11 across 11 meetings.

Katerina Maleeva

BUL Age 57 168 cm / 5'6" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand Pro 1984–1996

Peak ranking

6 (Jul 9, 1990)

Elo peak

2070 (95.0%ile)

Career record

324–185 (63.7%)

Career titles

Prize money

$2,220,371

Recent WTA Matches full match log →

Date	Tournament	Category	Round	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match
Oct 18, 1996*	Zurich	WTA 1000	R16	Hard	Jennifer Capriati #60	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1996*	Zurich	WTA 1000	R32	Hard	Miriam Oremans #37	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 1996*	Leipzig	WTA 250	QF	Carpet	Anke Huber #6	4-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1996*	Leipzig	WTA 250	R16	Carpet	Sabine Appelmans #24	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1996*	Leipzig	WTA 250	R32	Carpet	Natalia Medvedeva #138	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rivals full rivalries list →

Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Steffi Graf	0	11	11	May 1, 1993	H2H
Zina Garrison	3	7	10	Nov 10, 1994	H2H
Helena Sukova	5	5	10	Sep 9, 1993	H2H
Manuela Maleeva Fragniere	1	8	9	Aug 20, 1993	H2H
Gabriela Sabatini	1	8	9	Jun 1, 1993	H2H

Titles (11)

Season	Age	Titles	GS	WTA 1000	500	250	WTA Finals	Tournaments
1985	16	2	—	—	—	2	—	Hilversum , Seabrook Island
1987	18	2	—	—	—	2	—	Athens , Tokyo Japan Open
1988	19	1	—	—	—	1	—	Indianapolis
1989	20	3	—	—	—	3	—	Bastad , Bayonne , Indianapolis
1990	21	1	—	—	—	1	—	Houston
1991	22	1	—	—	—	1	—	Indianapolis
1994	25	1	—	—	—	1	—	Quebec City
Total		11	—	—	—	11	—

Career Results

Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1984	15	2	2	4	50.0%	68	93
1985	16	30	20	50	60.0%	91	28
1986	17	24	20	44	54.6%	28	29
1987	18	35	15	50	70.0%	29	13
1988	19	35	16	51	68.6%	13	11
1989	20	32	11	43	74.4%	11	15
1990	21	47	16	63	74.6%	15	6
1991	22	35	16	51	68.6%	6	11
1992	23	30	18	48	62.5%	11	16
1993	24	28	17	45	62.2%	16	22
1994	25	20	16	36	55.6%	22	36
1995	26	1	11	12	8.3%	35	302
1996	27	5	7	12	41.7%	285	231
Career		324	185	509	63.7%	—	—

Career Results by 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 %
1984	15	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%
1985	16	6	7	13	46.2%	16	7	23	69.6%	3	3	6	50.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	30	20	50	60.0%
1986	17	6	5	11	54.5%	7	5	12	58.3%	2	1	3	66.7%	9	9	18	50.0%	24	20	44	54.5%
1987	18	13	4	17	76.5%	16	5	21	76.2%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	5	11	54.5%	35	15	50	70.0%
1988	19	21	7	28	75.0%	9	6	15	60.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	35	16	51	68.6%
1989	20	19	5	24	79.2%	13	6	19	68.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	32	11	43	74.4%
1990	21	19	6	25	76.0%	15	5	20	75.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	9	4	13	69.2%	47	16	63	74.6%
1991	22	23	6	29	79.3%	5	5	10	50.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	35	16	51	68.6%
1992	23	14	6	20	70.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	7	6	13	53.8%	30	18	48	62.5%
1993	24	11	7	18	61.1%	9	6	15	60.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	8	3	11	72.7%	28	17	45	62.2%
1994	25	8	7	15	53.3%	4	4	8	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	8	4	12	66.7%	20	16	36	55.6%
1995	26	1	4	5	20.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	11	12	8.3%
1996	27	2	3	5	40.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	5	7	12	41.7%
Career	—	145	68	213	68.1%	100	61	161	62.1%	19	12	31	61.3%	60	44	104	57.7%	324	185	509	63.7%

Career Results by 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	15	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1985	16	2	8	10	20.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	8	3	11	72.7%	1	0	1	100.0%	15	14	29	51.7%
1986	17	1	7	8	12.5%	2	5	7	28.6%	10	6	16	62.5%	2	1	3	66.7%	15	19	34	44.1%
1987	18	1	11	12	8.3%	2	1	3	66.7%	13	3	16	81.2%	5	0	5	100.0%	21	15	36	58.3%
1988	19	3	8	11	27.3%	5	1	6	83.3%	18	5	23	78.3%	5	1	6	83.3%	31	15	46	67.4%
1989	20	1	0	1	100.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	14	6	20	70.0%	7	2	9	77.8%	22	11	33	66.7%
1990	21	4	9	13	30.8%	11	6	17	64.7%	15	1	16	93.8%	7	0	7	100.0%	37	16	53	69.8%
1991	22	2	7	9	22.2%	4	4	8	50.0%	17	3	20	85.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	27	15	42	64.3%
1992	23	1	7	8	12.5%	4	3	7	57.1%	15	5	20	75.0%	6	1	7	85.7%	26	16	42	61.9%
1993	24	0	6	6	0.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	16	3	19	84.2%	5	1	6	83.3%	24	16	40	60.0%
1994	25	0	4	4	0.0%	7	2	9	77.8%	7	6	13	53.8%	5	2	7	71.4%	19	14	33	57.6%
1995	26	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	6	6	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	10	11	9.1%
1996	27	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	5	6	11	45.5%
Career		15	72	87	17.2%	44	35	79	55.7%	135	51	186	72.6%	50	11	61	82.0%	244	169	413	59.1%

Opponent ranking data available for 413/509 (81.1%) of Katerina Maleeva's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Season	Age	ELO	ELO %	Hard %	Clay %	Grass %	Set Win %	Set Margin	SoS %	Deep Run %	Dec. Set W%	TB W	TB L	TB W%
1984	15	1529	40	53	—	—	33.3%	-1.33	71	50	—	0	0	—
1985	16	1814	92	77	87	55	58.3%	+0.37	85	18	63	4	7	36
1986	17	1838	92	87	90	62	54.1%	+0.52	85	11	50	4	8	33
1987	18	1948	97	94	96	—	69.8%	+1.90	90	47	25	4	6	40
1988	19	1992	97	97	93	73	63.5%	+1.44	92	59	77	5	5	50
1989	20	1941	96	97	94	—	69.5%	+1.62	44	43	54	4	2	67
1990	21	2040	98	97	96	78	72.1%	+1.81	94	82	67	7	3	70
1991	22	1968	97	97	93	82	68.2%	+1.61	86	65	22	3	7	30
1992	23	1907	94	95	88	86	60.4%	+1.00	85	44	60	3	3	50
1993	24	1899	94	94	90	—	61.2%	+1.02	89	41	40	4	2	67
1994	25	1867	92	93	86	—	54.3%	+0.50	81	24	45	3	5	38
1995	26	1679	80	87	84	—	17.9%	-2.65	69	0	25	1	1	—
1996	27	1686	78	84	77	—	42.3%	+0.06	76	14	—	0	4	0
Career		1891	93	93	91	73	61.8%	+0.86	83	39	50	42	53	44

Tournament Results by Category

Results show best round reached per tournament per season.

Grand Slams

Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO
1985	16	R16	R32	R128	R128
1986	17	—	R16	R32	R32
1987	18	—	R16	R128	R32
1988	19	—	R128	R16	QF
1989	20	—	R16	—	R64
1990	21	QF	QF	QF	R16
1991	22	QF	R32	R16	R32
1992	23	R16	R64	QF	R32
1993	24	R16	R16	R128	QF
1994	25	R128	R64	R128	R64
1995	26	R128	R128	R128	—

WTA 1000

Season	Age	DLB	IW	ROM	BER	GER	HIL	KEY	MON	PHI	TOR	ZUR
1985	16	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1987	18	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1988	19	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1990	21	—	SF	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	F	—
1991	22	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	F	—	—	—
1992	23	—	SF	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—
1993	24	—	R32	R32	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	—
1994	25	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	R16	QF	—
1995	26	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	—
1996	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	—	R16

WTA 500

Season	Age	PAR	BER	LIN	STR
1989	20	—	R16	—	R32
1992	23	—	—	R16	—
1994	25	SF	—	R32	—
1995	26	R32	—	—	—

WTA 250

Season	Age	BAD	BAR	DAL	EAS	GEN	HAM	HOU	KIT	NAP	SOF	TKY	WAS	AME	ATH	BAY	BOC	BRI	BRU	BUD	CAN	CHI	DEN	ESS	FIL	HIL	HIL	KAR	KEY	LEI	LUG	MAH	MAN	MAR	MON	NAS	OAK	OKL	ORL	PAL	PAL	PHO	PRA	PRI	QUE	SAN	SAN	SEA	STR	TAM	WOR	ZUR
1984	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF
1985	16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	W	—	R32	—	QF	R16	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	F	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	R32
1986	17	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	R16	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	R64	—	R32	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16
1987	18	SF	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	W	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF
1988	19	—	—	QF	—	—	F	—	—	W	SF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	QF	—	QF
1989	20	W	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	W	F	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—
1990	21	—	—	—	—	—	R32	W	—	SF	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—
1991	22	—	—	—	—	—	QF	QF	—	W	—	SF	F	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1992	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	SF	—	SF	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1993	24	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	SF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1994	25	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—
1995	26	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

WTA Finals

Season	Age	WTA
1987	18	R16
1988	19	R16
1990	21	QF
1991	22	R16
1992	23	R16

Data coverage note: 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.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jul 9, 1990

First top 100

Oct 1, 1984

First top 50

Apr 15, 1985

First top 20

Apr 27, 1987

First top 10

Jan 30, 1989

Ranking History Matrix

Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1984	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	193	98	93
1985	16	91	54	55	27	28	27	28	28	28	48	34	28
1986	17	28	32	30	38	29	35	35	35	30	28	31	29
1987	18	26	24	23	17	17	18	19	16	17	14	13	13
1988	19	13	13	12	12	12	15	15	15	14	14	11	11
1989	20	10	10	10	11	14	17	15	14	16	14	15	15
1990	21	14	12	12	9	7	7	7	6	7	7	6	6
1991	22	7	7	8	11	12	11	12	11	11	12	11	11
1992	23	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	15	15	13	16	16
1993	24	18	12	15	17	17	13	19	21	21	22	22	22
1994	25	26	25	26	30	33	35	32	31	35	41	36	36
1995	26	33	37	40	36	48	52	46	56	53	57	280	302
1996	27	279	225	304	235	228	217	227	224	224	221	217	231
1997	28	230	299	304	456	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other WTA players ranked by a composite similarity score over country, era, and peak rank.

Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Active Years	Match Log
Magdalena Maleeva	BUL	4	2,083	10	656	384	272	58.5%	1989-2005	Match log
Sylvia Hanika	GER	6	2,137	9	652	414	238	63.5%	1976-1990	Match log
Ai Sugiyama	JPN	8	1,951	6	773	411	362	53.2%	1992-2009	Match log
Lori Mcneil	USA	9	2,032	11	650	377	273	58.0%	1980-1999	Match log
Chanda Rubin	USA	6	2,047	7	574	343	231	59.8%	1990-2006	Match log
Julie Halard-Decugis	FRA	7	2,003	12	556	337	219	60.6%	1987-2000	Match log
Sandrine Testud	FRA	9	2,019	3	545	309	236	56.7%	1990-2004	Match log
Barbara Potter	USA	10	2,096	5	489	299	190	61.1%	1978-1989	Match log
Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy	NED	9	2,025	7	515	295	220	57.3%	1986-2008	Match log
Bettina Bunge	GER	8	2,123	5	476	294	182	61.8%	1978-1989	Match log
Barbara Schett	AUT	7	1,975	3	483	256	227	53.0%	1991-2005	Match log
Barbara Paulus	AUT	10	1,956	6	367	229	138	62.4%	1986-1998	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Katerina Maleeva?: Katerina Maleeva is 57 years old, born on May 7, 1969.
Which country is Katerina Maleeva from?: Katerina Maleeva is from Bulgaria.
How tall is Katerina Maleeva?: Katerina Maleeva is 168 cm / 5'6".
Does Katerina Maleeva use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Katerina Maleeva uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Katerina Maleeva left-handed or right-handed?: Katerina Maleeva plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Katerina Maleeva won?: Katerina Maleeva has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Katerina Maleeva won?: Katerina Maleeva has not won a WTA 1000 title.
How many WTA titles has Katerina Maleeva won?: Katerina Maleeva has won 11 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent other title was Quebec City in 1994.
What is Katerina Maleeva's highest WTA ranking?: Katerina Maleeva's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 6, first achieved on July 9, 1990.
What is Katerina Maleeva's career win-loss record?: Katerina Maleeva has a career WTA singles record of 324 wins and 185 losses (63.7%).
How much career prize money has Katerina Maleeva earned?: Katerina Maleeva has earned at least $2,220,371 in career prize money from professional tennis.
When did Katerina Maleeva play professional tennis?: Katerina Maleeva turned professional in 1984 and was active through 1996.
What is Katerina Maleeva's best surface?: Katerina Maleeva's best surface is hard court with a 68.1% win rate (145W-68L).
Who is Katerina Maleeva's biggest rival?: Katerina Maleeva's most frequent opponent is Steffi Graf, with a head-to-head record of 0–11 across 11 meetings.