Pavlina Nola

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 (1974–2001)
 New Zealand (2001-02)
ResidenceAuckland, New Zealand
Born (1974-07-14) 14 July 1974
Varna, Bulgaria
Turned pro1995
Retired2002
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$416,682
Singles
Career record240–180
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
Career titles1 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 87 (3 August 1998)

Tennis career

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

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Result Date Tournament Category Surface Opponent Score
Loss 16 July 2000 Palermo, Italy Tier IV Clay Henrieta Nagyova 3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Result Date Tournament Category Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 19 July 1998 Palermo, Italy Tier IV Clay Elena Pampoulova Barbara Schett
Patty Schnyder		 6–4, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (7–5)
Outcome No. Date Location Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 2 August 1994 Bourgas, Bulgaria Hard Henriëtte van Aalderen 7–5, 6–0
Winner 2. 20 August 1995 Wahlscheid, Germany Clay Monika Starosta 6–4, 6–1
Winner 3. 3 September 1995 Bad Nauheim, Germany Clay Alena Havrlíková 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 4 August 1996 Horb, Germany Clay Choi Ju-yeon 3–6, 1–6
Winner 4. 25 August 1996 Bad Nauheim, Germany Clay Lisa Fritz 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Winner 5. 23 February 1997 Faro, Portugal Hard Athina Briegel 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 2. 20 April 1997 Dubrovnik, Croatia Clay Milena Nekvapilová 2–6, 6–0, 2–6
Winner 6. 20 July 1997 Darmstadt, Germany Clay Raluca Sandu 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 3. 21 September 1997 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Ana Alcázar 6–2, 3–6, 1–6
Winner 7. 18 October 1998 Indian Wells, United States Hard Kim Eun-ha 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 4. 2 April 2000 Norcross, United States Hard Marissa Irvin 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 5. 18 November 2001 Port Pirie, Australia Hard Saori Obata 1–6, 2–6

Doubles (8–3)
Outcome No. Date Location Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 7 August 1995 Horb, Germany Clay Anna Linkova Ivana Havrliková
Monika Kratochvílová		 2–6, 5–7
Winner 1. 3 September 1995 Bad Nauheim, Germany Clay Renata Kochta Dominika Górecka
Petra Plačková		 7–6, 6–2
Winner 2. 17 September 1995 Varna, Bulgaria Clay Dora Djilianova Galina Dimitrova
Dessislava Topalova		 4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up 2. 1 October 1995 Bucharest, Romania Clay Dora Djilianova Angela Kerek
Maja Živec-Škulj		 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Winner 3. 25 August 1996 Bad Nauheim, Germany Clay Meike Fröhlich Simona Galikova
Patrícia Marková		 7–6(7–4), 7–6(12–10)
Winner 4. 15 September 1996 Varna, Bulgaria Clay Antoaneta Pandjerova Galina Dimitrova
Dessislava Topalova		 6–4, 6–2
Winner 5. 1 June 1997 Bourgas, Bulgaria Hard Teodora Nedeva Meike Fröhlich
Kristina Pojatina		 6–1, 6–2
Winner 6. 20 July 1997 Darmstadt, Germany Clay Svetlana Krivencheva Olga Ivanova
Magdalena Feistel		 6–0, 2–6, 6–3
Winner 7. 27 July 1997 Rostock, Germany Clay Svetlana Krivencheva Renee Reid
Réka Vidáts		 w/o
Runner-up 3. 17 August 1997 Bratislava, Slovakia Clay Svetlana Krivencheva Laurence Courtois
Henrieta Nagyová		 1–6, 0–6
Winner 8. 18 October 1998 Indian Wells, United States Hard Lindsay Lee-Waters Erika deLone
Katie Schlukebir		 6–0, 6–7(4–7), 6–1

Fed Cup

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)
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)
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
Tournament19951996199719981999200020012002Career SRWin-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
  • A = did not participate in the tournament
  • SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played
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