Maria Pavlidou

Maria Pavlidou (born 20 January 1978) is a Greek former professional tennis player.

Maria Pavlidou
Country (sports) Greece
Born (1978-01-20) 20 January 1978
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$15,326
Singles
Career record38–54
Highest rankingNo. 539 (4 February 2002)
Doubles
Career record59–45
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 359 (8 October 2001)

A right-handed player from Thessaloniki, Pavlidou spent much of her early career playing college tennis in the United States for the University of Arkansas. She was an All-American in 1999 when she became the first female Arkansas player to reach the quarter-finals of an NCAA singles championships.[1]

Pavlidou represented Greece in the Fed Cup from 2000 to 2003, featuring in a total of five singles and four doubles rubbers. She also competed for Greece at the Mediterranean Games, winning a gold medal in Tunis in 2001, as partner of Eleni Daniilidou in the women's doubles.[2]

ITF finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 20 May 2001 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Cheli Bargil 6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 30 September 2001 Kastoria, Greece Clay Karina Jacobsgaard 1–6, 1–6

Doubles: 11 (5–6)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 28 June 1998 Kavala, Greece Hard Réka Vidáts Branka Bojović
Evagelia Roussi		 6–1, 6–1
Winner 2. 28 May 2000 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Simona Arghire Elena Voropaeva
Irina Kornienko		 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 1. 8 October 2000 Fiumicino, Italy Clay Asimina Kaplani Martina Babáková
Scarlett Werner		 1–4, 4–1, 2–4
Runner-up 2. 15 October 2000 Ciampino, Italy Clay Asimina Kaplani Adriana Burz
Andreea Ehritt-Vanc		 2–4, 5–4(5), 2–4, 1–4
Winner 3. 20 May 2001 Tel Aviv 1, Israel Hard Irina Kornienko Evghenia Ablovatchi
Yevgenia Savranska		 6–2, 6–4
Winner 4. 27 May 2001 Tel Aviv 2, Israel Hard Irina Kornienko Emily Hewson
Natasha Van Der Merwe		 w/o
Runner-up 3. 5 August 2001 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Evagelia Roussi Maria Kondratieva
Svetlana Mossiakova		 2–6, 5–7
Runner-up 4. 26 August 2001 Volos, Greece Carpet Asimina Kaplani Radoslava Topalova
Virginia Trifonova		 2–6, 6–4, 5–7
Winner 5. 30 September 2001 Kastoria, Greece Clay Asimina Kaplani İpek Şenoğlu
Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova		 6–3, 7–5
Runner-up 5. 28 July 2002 Algiers, Algeria Clay Asimina Kaplani Rushmi Chakravarthi
Christina Zachariadou		 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 6. 11 August 2002 Bath, Great Britain Hard Asimina Kaplani Samantha Stosur
Sarah Stone		 4–6, 1–6

References
  1. "Lysa Set For NCAA Quest". KARK. 25 May 2016.
  2. "Αγγίζει το τέλειο η ελληνική αποστολή στους Μεσογειακούς Αγώνες". In.gr (in Greek). 6 September 2001.
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