Maria Penkova

Maria Vladimirova Penkova (Bulgarian: Мария Владимирова Пенкова, born 25 June 1984) is a retired tennis player from Bulgaria.

Maria Penkova
Мария Пенкова

Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Residence	Sofia, Bulgaria
Born	(1984-06-25) 25 June 1984 Sofia, People's Republic of Bulgaria
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2006
Prize money	$27,706
Singles
Career record	105–87 (54.7%)
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 412 (2 October 2006)
Doubles
Career record	22–36 (37.9%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 488 (20 September 2004)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	3–6 (33.3%) (doubles 2-6)

Career

In her career, Penkova won two singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She is a former member of the Bulgaria Fed Cup team.

In 2005, Penkova won a European club championship in Rennes, France as a member of the Cherno More Elite team (Bulgarian: Черно море Елит). Her teammates were Virginiya Trifonova, Sesil Karatantcheva and Tsvetana Pironkova.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)

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

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (2–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2005	ITF Rome, Italy	10,000	Clay	Aravane Rezaï	2–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 2005	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Corina-Claudia Corduneanu	2–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Jun 2006	ITF Ruse, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Dia Evtimova	5–7, 6–4, 6–1
Win	2–2	Jul 2006	ITF Prokuplje, Serbia & Montenegro	10,000	Clay	Milijana Adanko	6–4, 4–6, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (runner–up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2004	ITF Makarska, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Lisa Tognetti	Martina Babáková Iveta Gerlová	1–6, 4–6

External links

• Maria Penkova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Maria Penkova at the International Tennis Federation
• Maria Penkova at the Billie Jean King Cup