Svetlana Krivencheva

Svetlana Krivencheva (Bulgarian: Светлана Кривенчева) is a retired tennis player from Bulgaria.

Svetlana Krivencheva

Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Residence	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Born	30 December 1973 Plovdiv
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1991
Retired	2012
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 349,387
Singles
Career record	397–455 (46.6%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	142 (9 February 1998)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (1998)
French Open	Q2 (2002)
Wimbledon	Q2 (1997, 1998)
US Open	Q3 (1998)
Doubles
Career record	265–280 (48.6%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 21 ITF
Highest ranking	69 (3 August 1998)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1997, 1998)
French Open	1R (1996, 1997, 1998, 2000)
Wimbledon	1R (1998, 2000)
US Open	3R (1999)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	2–4 (33.3%) (singles 0–2; doubles 2-2)

Krivencheva won two singles and 21 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 9 February 1998, she reached her best singles ranking of 142nd in the world. On 3 August 1998, she peaked at No. 63 in doubles rankings.

Krivencheva retired from professional tennis in 2012, but made a temporary return at the 2017 Central Coast Open in Templeton, California.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (2 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (1–3) Clay (1–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 1992	ITF Vilamoura, Portugal	10,000	Hard	Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 2–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Loss	0–2	May 1992	ITF Balaguer, Spain	10,000	Clay	Paola Suárez	6–3, 3–6, 0–6
Win	1–2	Apr 1991	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Nicole Wist	4–6, 6–0, 7–5
Loss	1–3	Jul 1993	ITF Bol, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Laura Montalvo	0–6, 4–6
Win	2–3	Sep 1993	ITF Burgas, Bulgaria	10,000	Hard	Amanda Wainwright	6–3, 1–6, 7–6^(7–3)
Loss	2–4	Sep 1993	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Laurence Courtois	1–6, 1–6
Loss	2–5	Mar 1997	ITF Reims, France	25,000	Clay	Sarah Pitkowski	5–7, 1–6
Loss	2–6	Jul 2001	ITF Mahwah, United States	50,000	Hard	Janet Lee	4–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	2–7	Jul 2008	ITF Atlanta, United States	10,000	Hard	Amanda Fink	3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 41 (21 titles, 20 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (4–5) Clay (17–12) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 1989	ITF Marathon, Greece	10,000	Clay	Dora Rangelova	Lily Nejasmic Mary Nejasmic	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Aug 1989	ITF Rebecq, Belgium	10,000	Clay	Medi Dadoch	Ivana Jankovská Eva Melicharová	1–6, 3–6
Win	2–1	Apr 1991	ITF Bari, Italy	10,000	Clay	Monika Kratochvílová	Jennifer Fuchs Flora Perfetti	5–7, 6–2, 7–5
Win	3–1	Feb 1992	ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal	10,000	Hard	Elena Likhovtseva	Angelina Petrova Petra Rihtarić	6–4, 6–4
Win	4–1	Mar 1992	ITF Vilamoura, Portugal	10,000	Hard	Elena Likhovtseva	Tânia Couto Sofia Prazeres	6–3, 6–2
Win	5–1	May 1992	ITF Lerida, Spain	10,000	Clay	Irina Sukhova	Martina Crha Lisa Pugliese	6–1, 6–2
Win	6–1	May 1992	ITF Balaguer, Spain	10,000	Clay	Irina Sukhova	Paola Suárez Pamela Zingman	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	7–1	Aug 1992	ITF Rebecq, Belgium	10,000	Clay	Elena Likhovtseva	Nelly Barkan Maria Marfina	7–5, 6–2
Loss	7–2	Aug 1992	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	10,000	Clay	Agata Werblinska	Maria Marfina Elena Likhovtseva	3–6, 3–6
Loss	7–3	Sep 1992	ITF Burgas, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Elena Likhovtseva	Galia Angelova Tzvetelina Nikolova	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win	8–3	Oct 1992	ITF Langenthal, Switzerland	10,000	Hard (i)	Nelly Barkan	Gaby Coorengel Amy van Buuren	7–6^(7–4), 3–6, 6–4
Win	9–3	May 1993	ITF Lerida, Spain	10,000	Clay	Christina Zachariadou	Emily Bond Caroline Toyre	6–1, 6–4
Loss	9–4	Jun 1993	ITF Zagreb, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Vanessa Matthys	Ivona Horvat Tina Vukasović	5–7, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	9–5	Jul 1993	ITF Bol, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Petra Rihtaric	Laura Montalvo Valentina Solari	6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Win	10–5	Sep 1993	ITF Burgas, Bulgaria	10,000	Hard	Elena Tatarkova	Camilla Persson Anna-Karin Svensson	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	10–6	Oct 1994	ITF Poitiers, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Tatjana Ječmenica	Ludmila Richterová Helena Vildová	6–7, 1–6
Loss	10–7	Apr 1995	ITF Reims, France	25,000	Clay	Caroline Dhenin	Estefanía Bottini Gala León García	6–7, 6–1, 1–6
Win	11–7	Jul 1995	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	25,000	Clay	Květa Peschke	Magdalena Feistel Helena Vildová	7–6^(7–4), 6–2
Win	12–7	Aug 1995	ITF Budapest, Hungary	25,000	Clay	Tatjana Ječmenica	Magdalena Feistel Helena Vildová	6–4, 6–3
Loss	12–8	Mar 1996	ITF Prostějov, Czech Republic	50,000	Carpet (i)	Olga Lugina	Denisa Chládková Helena Vildová	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 5–7
Win	13–8	Mar 1997	ITF Reims, France	25,000	Clay (i)	Elena Tatarkova	Silke Meier Petra Schwarz	6–2, 6–2
Loss	13–9	Apr 1997	ITF Marathon, Greece	25,000	Clay	Virág Csurgó	Cara Black Irina Selyutina	3–6, 4–6
Win	14–9	Jul 1997	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	25,000	Clay	Pavlina Nola	Olga Ivanova Magdalena Feistel	6–0, 2–6, 6–3
Win	15–9	Jul 1997	ITF Rostock, Germany	25,000	Clay	Pavlina Nola	Renee Reid Réka Vidáts	w/o
Win	16–9	Aug 1997	ITF Sopot, Poland	75,000	Clay	Elena Tatarkova	Radka Bobková Lenka Němečková	7–6^(9–7), 6–3
Loss	16–10	Aug 1997	ITF Bratislava, Slovakia	75,000	Clay	Pavlina Nola	Laurence Courtois Henrieta Nagyová	1–6, 0–6
Loss	16–11	Nov 1997	ITF Poitiers, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Lea Ghirardi	Nancy Feber Petra Langrová	6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Loss	16–12	Feb 1999	ITF Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia	25,000	Carpet (i)	Eva Martincová	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	5–7, 2–6
Loss	16–13	Feb 1999	ITF Bushey, Great Britain	25,000	Carpet (i)	Tina Križan	Emmanuelle Gagliardi Katalin Marosi	7–6^(7–4), 2–6, 6–7^(0–7)
Win	17–13	Jul 1999	ITF Puchheim, Germany	25,000	Clay	Eva Melicharová	Kirstin Freye Syna Schmidle	6–2, 6–4
Win	18–13	Apr 2000	ITF Quartu Sant'Elena, Italy	10,000	Clay	Antoaneta Pandjerova	Michaela Paštiková Helena Vildová	7–5, 7–6^(11–9)
Loss	18–14	Apr 2000	ITF Maglie, Italy	25,000	Clay	Tatiana Poutchek	Alice Canepa Maria Paola Zavagli	1–6, 4–6
Loss	18–15	Apr 2000	ITF San Severo, Italy	10,000	Clay	Oana Elena Golimbioschi	Debby Haak Lotty Seelen	4–6, 3–6
Loss	18–16	Jun 2000	ITF Marseille, France	50,000	Clay	Anna Bieleń-Żarska	Alice Canepa Mariana Díaz Oliva	2–6, 3–6
Win	19–16	Jul 2000	ITF Puchheim, Germany	25,000	Clay	Zuzana Váleková	Angelika Bachmann Melanie Schnell	7–5, 3–6, 7–5
Win	20–16	Aug 2000	ITF Saint Gaudens, France	25,000	Clay	Elena Tatarkova	Eszter Molnár Maja Palaveršić	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss	20–17	Feb 2001	ITF Rockford, United States	25,000	Hard (i)	Elena Tatarkova	Katie Schlukebir Kristen Schlukebir	6–7^(4–7), 1–6
Loss	20–18	Feb 2005	ITF Rockford, United States	25,000	Hard (i)	Joana Cortez	Julie Ditty Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–3, 5–7, 5–7
Loss	20–19	Jul 2005	ITF College Park, United States	50,000	Hard	Ashley Harkleroad	María José Argeri Letícia Sobral	4–6, 6–3, 6–7^(1–7)
Loss	20–20	Oct 2009	ITF Williamsburg, United States	10,000	Clay	Angelina Gabueva	Ana-Maria Moura Gira Schofield	6–3, 0–6, [6–10]
Win	21–20	Oct 2010	ITF Williamsburg, United States	10,000	Clay	Angelina Gabueva	Salome Devidze Magda Okruashvili	6–4, 3–6, [10–8]

References

External links

• Svetlana Krivencheva at the Women's Tennis Association
• Svetlana Krivencheva at the International Tennis Federation
• Svetlana Krivencheva at the Billie Jean King Cup