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.
![]() Campbells Bay Tennis Club, Auckland- Women's Chelsea Cup Team, 2010; Pavlina Nola shown second from the left | |
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Residence | Auckland, New Zealand |
Born | Varna, Bulgaria | 14 July 1974
Turned pro | 1995 |
Retired | 2002 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $416,682 |
Singles | |
Career record | 240–180 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 7 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 68 (14 May 2001) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (1999, 2001, 2002) |
French Open | 1R (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1998, 1999, 2001) |
US Open | 2R (1998, 2000) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 79–86 |
Career titles | 1 WTA, 8 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 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 |
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Loss | 16 July 2000 | Palermo, Italy | Tier IV | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 5–7 |
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Result | Date | Tournament | Category | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 19 July 1998 | Palermo, Italy | Tier IV | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
ITF Circuit finals
Legend |
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$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 |
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Winner | 1. | 2 August 1994 | Bourgas, Bulgaria | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 6–0 |
Winner | 2. | 20 August 1995 | Wahlscheid, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 3. | 3 September 1995 | Bad Nauheim, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1. | 4 August 1996 | Horb, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 4. | 25 August 1996 | Bad Nauheim, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 7–6(7–2) |
Winner | 5. | 23 February 1997 | Faro, Portugal | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 2. | 20 April 1997 | Dubrovnik, Croatia | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 6–0, 2–6 |
Winner | 6. | 20 July 1997 | Darmstadt, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 3. | 21 September 1997 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 3–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 7. | 18 October 1998 | Indian Wells, United States | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 4. | 2 April 2000 | Norcross, United States | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 18 November 2001 | Port Pirie, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 2–6 |
Doubles (8–3)
Outcome | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 7 August 1995 | Horb, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 1. | 3 September 1995 | Bad Nauheim, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 2. | 17 September 1995 | Varna, Bulgaria | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–4, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 2. | 1 October 1995 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–3 |
Winner | 3. | 25 August 1996 | Bad Nauheim, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7–4), 7–6(12–10) |
Winner | 4. | 15 September 1996 | Varna, Bulgaria | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 5. | 1 June 1997 | Bourgas, Bulgaria | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–2 |
Winner | 6. | 20 July 1997 | Darmstadt, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
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6–0, 2–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 7. | 27 July 1997 | Rostock, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
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w/o |
Runner-up | 3. | 17 August 1997 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 0–6 |
Winner | 8. | 18 October 1998 | Indian Wells, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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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 |
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1995 World Group I Play-Offs | PO | 22 July 1995 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
L | 0–6, 1–6 |
23 July 1995 | ![]() |
L | 3–6, 1–6 | ||||
1996 World Group II Play-Offs | PO | 13 July 1996 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
W | 3–6, 6–0, 6–1 |
14 July 1996 | ![]() |
L | 3–6, 5–7 | ||||
1999 Europe/Africa Group I | RR | 19 April 1999 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
W | 6–1, 6–2 |
20 April 1999 | ![]() |
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W | 6–3, 6–1 | |||
21 April 1999 | ![]() |
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W | 7–6(7–4), 6–4 | |||
PPO | 22 April 1999 | ![]() |
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L | 2–6, 2–6 |
Doubles (1–3)
Edition | Round | Date | Partner | Against | Surface | Opponents | W/L | Result |
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1996 World Group II | PO | 28 April 1996 | ![]() |
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Clay | ![]() ![]() |
L | 7–5, 3–6, 1–6 |
1996 World Group II Play-Offs | PO | 14 July 1996 | ![]() |
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Clay | ![]() ![]() |
L | 4–6, 6–4, 6–7(3–7) |
1999 Europe/Africa Group I | RR | 19 April 1999 | ![]() |
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Clay | ![]() ![]() |
W | 6–2, 6–2 |
21 April 1999 | ![]() |
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L | 3–6, 5–7 |
- RR = Round Robin
- PPO = Promotion Play-Off
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
Tournament | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | Career SR | Win-Loss |
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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