Svetlana Krivencheva (Bulgarian: Светлана Кривенчева, born 30 December 1973) is a retired tennis player from Bulgaria.

Svetlana Krivencheva
Svetlana Krivencheva, 2006
Country (sports) Bulgaria
ResidencePlovdiv, Bulgaria
Born (1973-12-30) 30 December 1973 (age 50)
Plovdiv
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1991
Retired2012
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$349,520
Singles
Career record397–455 (46.6%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 142 (9 February 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1998)
French OpenQ2 (2002)
WimbledonQ2 (1997, 1998)
US OpenQ3 (1998)
Doubles
Career record265–280 (48.6%)
Career titles21 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 69 (3 August 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1997, 1998)
French Open1R (1996, 1997, 1998, 2000)
Wimbledon1R (1998, 2000)
US Open3R (1999)
Team competitions
Fed Cup2–4 (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 2012 but made a temporary return at the 2017 Central Coast Open in Templeton, California.

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 9 (2 titles, 7 runner–ups) edit

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)
Loss 0–2 May 1992 ITF Balaguer, Spain 10,000 Clay   Paola Suárez 6–3, 3–6, 0–6
Win 1–2 May 1993 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(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)
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) edit

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(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 Vukasovič
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(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), 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(4), 2–6, 6–7(0)
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(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 Open de 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), 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)
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]

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