Pavlina Nola

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)
ResidenceAuckland, New Zealand
Born (1974-07-14) 14 July 1974 (age 50)
Varna, Bulgaria
Turned pro1995
Retired2002
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 416,682
Singles
Career record240–180
Career titles0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 68 (14 May 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1999, 2001, 2002)
French Open1R (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)
Wimbledon1R (1998, 1999, 2001)
US Open2R (1998, 2000)
Doubles
Career record79–86
Career titles1 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 87 (3 August 1998)
Team competitions
Fed Cup5–7
(singles 4–4; doubles 1-3)

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.

Tennis career

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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

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Singles: 1 (1 runner–up)

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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 Slovakia Henrieta Nagyová 3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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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 Germany Elena Pampoulova Austria Barbara Schett
Switzerland Patty Schnyder
6–4, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner–ups)

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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 Netherlands Henriëtte van Aalderen 7–5, 6–0
Win 2–0 Aug 1995 ITF Wahlscheid, Germany 10,000 Clay Poland Monika Starosta 6–4, 6–1
Win 3–0 Sep 1995 ITF Bad Nauheim, Germany 10,000 Clay Czech Republic Alena Havrlíková 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–1 Aug 1996 ITF Horb, Germany 10,000 Clay South Korea Choi Ju-yeon 3–6, 1–6
Win 4–1 Aug 1996 ITF Bad Nauheim, Germany 10,000 Clay Germany Lisa Fritz 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Win 5–1 Feb 1997 ITF Faro, Portugal 10,000 Hard Germany Athina Briegel 6–4, 6–1
Loss 5–2 Apr 1997 ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia 10,000 Clay Czech Republic Milena Nekvapilová 2–6, 6–0, 2–6
Win 6–2 Jul 1997 ITF Darmstadt, Germany 25,000 Clay Romania Raluca Sandu 6–4, 6–1
Loss 6–3 Sep 1997 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Spain Ana Alcázar 6–2, 3–6, 1–6
Win 7–3 Oct 1998 ITF Indian Wells, United States 25,000 Hard South Korea Kim Eun-ha 6–3, 6–4
Loss 7–4 Apr 2000 ITF Norcross, United States 25,000 Hard United States Marissa Irvin 2–6, 3–6
Loss 7–5 Nov 2001 ITF Port Pirie, Australia 25,000 Hard Japan Saori Obata 1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 11 (8 titles, 3 runner–ups)

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

Fed Cup

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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)

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

Doubles (1–3)

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

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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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
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