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)
Residence	Auckland, New Zealand
Born	14 July 1974 Varna, Bulgaria
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
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

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

• 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

External links

• Pavlina Nola at the Women's Tennis Association
• Pavlina Nola at the International Tennis Federation
• Pavlina Nola at the Billie Jean King Cup