Aleksandrina Naydenova

Aleksandrina Naydenova (Bulgarian: Александрина Найденова; born 29 February 1992) is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player.

Aleksandrina Naydenova
Александрина Найденова
Naydenova in 2010
Country (sports) Bulgaria
ResidencePlovdiv, Bulgaria
Born (1992-02-29) 29 February 1992
Plovdiv
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Turned pro2007
Retired2020
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 237,920
Singles
Career record336–269 (55.5%)
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 218 (9 September 2019)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2017)
Doubles
Career record213–183 (53.8%)
Career titles14 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 95 (25 September 2017)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2014)

On 9 September 2019, she reached her highest singles ranking of 218 by the WTA whilst her best doubles ranking is No. 95, achieved on 25 September 2017.

Suspension and ban

On 27 December 2019, Naydenova was given a provisional suspension by the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) for several cases of suspected match-fixing between 2015 and 2019.[2] After months of appealing in to the TIU in the Independent Anti-Corruption Hearing, in late November 2020, Naydenova was banned from professional tennis for life for 13 charges; 12 cases of match-fixing across WTA Tour and ITF Women's Circuit, and one relating to numerous incidents of non-cooperation with the TIU during the investigation process.[3] The then 28-year-old from Plovdiv was also fined US$ 150,000. She was ranked No. 239 in singles at the time of her suspension.[4][5][6]


Career statistics

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2017 Bol Ladies Open, Croatia Clay North Macedonia Lina Gjorcheska Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová		 4–6, 2–6


Singles: 20 (10 titles, 10 runner–ups)
Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (4–5)
Clay (6–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2008 ITF Bogotá, Colombia 10,000 Clay (i) Colombia Viky Núñez Fuentes 6–4, 7–6(2)
Loss 1–1 Jun 2009 ITF Melilla, Spain 10,000 Hard Italy Giulia Gasparri 5–7, 4–6
Win 2–1 Jan 2011 ITF Bucaramanga, Colombia 10,000 Clay Colombia Yuliana Lizarazo 6–1, 6–2
Win 3–1 Mar 2011 ITF Concepción, Chile 10,000 Clay Argentina Andrea Benítez 1–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 4–1 Mar 2011 ITF Rancagua, Chile 10,000 Clay Argentina Catalina Pella 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 4–2 Jun 2011 ITF Izmir, Turkey 10,000 Clay Ukraine Elizaveta Ianchuk 5–7, 1–6
Loss 4–3 Jul 2011 ITF Izmir, Turkey 10,000 Clay Italy Agnese Zucchini 5–7, 3–6
Win 5–3 Jul 2011 ITF Izmir, Turkey 10,000 Clay Russia Daria Mishina 6–4, 6–3
Loss 5–4 Jul 2011 ITF Izmir, Turkey 10,000 Clay Romania Ana Bogdan 1–6, 2–6
Loss 5–5 Apr 2012 ITF Manama, Bahrain 10,000 Hard France Lou Brouleau 5–7, 1–6
Win 6–5 Sep 2012 ITF Madrid, Spain 10,000 Clay France Jade Suvrijn 6–0, 6–4
Loss 6–6 Jan 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Egypt Mayar Sherif 2–6, 6–2, 1–6
Win 7–6 Jan 2015 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Austria Pia König 6–3, 6–4
Loss 7–7 Apr 2015 ITF León, Mexico 15,000 Hard United States Danielle Lao 6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Loss 7–8 Jul 2016 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil 25,000 Hard Chile Daniela Seguel 5–7, 6–4, 5–7
Loss 7–9 Sep 2018 ITF Marbella, Spain 15,000 Clay Romania Gabriela Talabă 2–6, 2–6
Win 8–9 Sep 2018 ITF Ceuta, Spain 15,000 Hard Spain Lucía Cortez Llorca 6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Win 9–9 Jul 2019 ITF Qujing, China 25,000 Hard (i) China Yang Yidi 7–5, 6–3
Win 10–9 Aug 2019 ITF Guiyang, China 25,000 Hard South Korea Jang Su-jeong 6–4, 6–2
Loss 10–10 Sep 2019 Changsha Open, China 60,000 Clay Serbia Nina Stojanović 1–6, 1–6

Doubles 31 (14 titles, 17 runner–ups)
Legend
$50/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (5–6)
Clay (8–10)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2008 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina 10,000 Clay Brazil Nathália Rossi Argentina Carla Beltrami
Argentina Guillermina Zukerman		 5–7, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2008 ITF Bogotá, Colombia 10,000 Clay (i) Colombia Yuliana Lizarazo Colombia Viky Núñez Fuentes
Colombia Paula Robles-García		 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Dec 2008 ITF Fortaleza, Brazil 10,000 Hard Brazil Nathália Rossi Brazil Natalia Guitler
Brazil Carla Tiene		 6–7(5), 1–6
Loss 0–4 Jun 2011 ITF Izmir, Turkey 10,000 Clay Slovakia Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Russia Tatiana Kotelnikova
Russia Eugeniya Pashkova		 4–6, 0–6
Loss 0–5 Oct 2011 ITF Lagos, Nigeria 25,000 Hard Slovenia Tadeja Majerič Russia Nina Bratchikova
Austria Melanie Klaffner		 5–7, 7–5, [6–10]
Loss 0–6 Nov 2011 ITF Benicarló, Spain 25,000 Clay Russia Ekaterina Ivanova Spain Inés Ferrer Suárez
Netherlands Richèl Hogenkamp		 6–7(6), 4–6
Loss 0–7 May 2012 ITF Brasília, Brazil 25,000 Clay France Alizé Lim Venezuela Gabriela Paz
Bolivia María Álvarez Terán		 2–6, 4–6
Loss 0–8 Sep 2012 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France 25,000 Clay Brazil Teliana Pereira Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky
Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu		 4–6, 1–6
Loss 0–9 Sep 2012 ITF Saint-Malo, France 25,000 Clay Brazil Teliana Pereira Turkey Pemra Özgen
Ukraine Alyona Sotnikova		 4–6, 6–7(6)
Win 1–9 Sep 2012 ITF Madrid, Spain 10,000 Clay Denmark Malou Ejdesgaard Argentina Tatiana Búa
Spain Yvonne Cavallé Reimers		 5–7, 6–3, [10–3]
Loss 1–10 Oct 2012 ITF Seville, Spain 25,000 Clay Brazil Teliana Pereira Poland Paula Kania-Choduń
Poland Katarzyna Piter		 7–5, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss 1–11 Feb 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Russia Ekaterina Yashina Poland Katarzyna Kawa
Poland Natalia Kołat		 1–6, 4–6
Loss 1–12 Apr 2013 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 50,000 Hard Turkey Başak Eraydın Russia Ekaterina Bychkova
Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok		 6–3, 2–6, [5–10]
Win 2–12 Mar 2014 ITF Port Pirie, Australia 15,000 Hard Australia Jessica Moore Japan Miyabi Inoue
Japan Hiroko Kuwata		 6–4, 6–3
Loss 2–13 Mar 2014 ITF Mildura, Australia 15,000 Grass Australia Jessica Moore South Korea Jang Su-jeong
South Korea Lee So-ra		 1–6, 6–1, [4–10]
Win 3–13 Apr 2014 ITF Glen Iris, Australia 15,000 Clay Australia Jessica Moore Australia Tammi Patterson
Australia Ellen Perez		 6–4, 6–2
Win 4–13 Apr 2014 ITF Melbourne, Australia 15,000 Clay Australia Jessica Moore Japan Miyu Kato
Japan Yuuki Tanaka		 7–5, 6–7(5), [10–7]
Loss 4–14 Sep 2014 Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia 25,000 Hard Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova Belgium An-Sophie Mestach
Poland Sandra Zaniewska		 1–6, 1–6
Loss 4–15 Aug 2015 ITF Wanfercee-Baulet, Belgium 15,000 Clay Belgium Elyne Boeykens Netherlands Quirine Lemoine
Netherlands Eva Wacanno		 6–2, 2–6, [6–10]
Win 5–15 Oct 2015 ITF Bucaramanga, Colombia 25,000 Clay Chile Daniela Seguel Paraguay Montserrat González
Dominican Republic Francesca Segarelli		 6–2, 7–6(3)
Win 6–15 Feb 2016 ITF Cuernavaca, Mexico 25,000 Hard Hungary Fanny Stollár Ukraine Elizaveta Ianchuk
Czech Republic Kateřina Kramperová		 6–3, 6–2
Win 7–15 May 2016 Fukuoka International, Japan 50,000 Carpet Netherlands Indy de Vroome Uzbekistan Nigina Abduraimova
Russia Ksenia Lykina		 6–4, 6–1
Win 8–15 Jun 2016 ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Slovenia Tadeja Majerič Romania Irina Bara
Belgium Elyne Boeykens		 7–5, 1–6, [10–8]
Win 9–15 Nov 2016 ITF Chenzhou, China 25,000 Hard United States Jacqueline Cako Russia Angelina Gabueva
Georgia (country) Sofia Shapatava		 3–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Win 10–15 Nov 2016 Pune Open, India 25,000 Hard Russia Irina Khromacheva India Sowjanya Bavisetti
India Rishika Sunkara		 6–2, 6–1
Win 11–15 Apr 2017 Chiasso Open, Switzerland 25,000 Clay North Macedonia Lina Gjorcheska Czech Republic Kateřina Kramperová
Netherlands Rosalie van der Hoek		 7–5, 2–6, [10–7]
Loss 11–16 May 2017 ITF Lleida, Spain 25,000 Clay Belarus Vera Lapko Venezuela Andrea Gámiz
Spain Georgina García Pérez		 1–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win 12–16 Jul 2017 ITF Getxo, Spain 25,000 Clay Venezuela Andrea Gámiz Spain Cristina Bucșa
Bolivia Noelia Zeballos		 6–2, 6–4
Win 13–16 May 2018 ITF Baotou, China 60,000 Clay (i) Australia Alison Bai Serbia Natalija Kostić
Russia Nika Kukharchuk		 6–4, 0–6, [10–6]
Loss 13–17 Dec 2018 ITF Pune Open, India 25,000 Hard Slovenia Tamara Zidanšek India Ankita Raina
India Karman Thandi		 2–6, 7–6(5), [9–11]
Win 14–17 May 2019 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25,000 Hard Turkey İpek Soylu Japan Haruka Kaji
Japan Risa Ozaki		 6–1, 6–3

References
  1. "Профил на Александрина Найденова" (in Bulgarian). tennis24.bg. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  2. "INTERPOL Integrity in Sport Bi-Weekly Bulletin 9–28 July 2020". Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  3. "Bulgarian tennis player gets lifetime ban for match-fixing". Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  4. Perros-Guirec. Une finale Soshyna-Naydenova à l'Open Engie de tennis
  5. Изхвърлиха от тениса доживот българка
  6. ALEKSANDRINA NAYDENOVA BANNED FROM TENNIS FOR LIFE
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