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.

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 49)
Varna, Bulgaria
Turned pro1995
Retired2002
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 416,682
Singles
Career record240–180 (57.1%)
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 (47.9%)
Career titles1 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 87 (3 August 1998)
Team competitions
Fed Cup5–7 (41.7%)
(singles 4–4; doubles 1-3)

Tennis career edit

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 edit

Singles: 1 (1 runner–up) edit

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   Henrieta Nagyová 3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 1 (1 title) edit

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   Elena Pampoulova   Barbara Schett
  Patty Schnyder
6–4, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner–ups) edit

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

Doubles: 11 (8 titles, 3 runner–ups) edit

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

Fed Cup edit

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) edit

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

Doubles (1–3) edit

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

Grand Slam singles performance timeline edit

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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