Dia Evtimova

Dia Evtimova
Диа Евтимова

At the Nürnberger Versicherungscup, 2014
Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Residence	Haskovo, Bulgaria
Born	(1987-04-30) 30 April 1987 Sofia, People's Republic of Bulgaria
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	2005
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$294,291
Singles
Career record	607–524
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 145 (31 October 2011)
Current ranking	No. 941 (6 May 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2012)
French Open	Q1 (2012)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2012)
US Open	Q3 (2012)
Doubles
Career record	246–191
Career titles	19 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 228 (23 June 2014)
Current ranking	No. 604 (6 May 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	15–21 (singles 7–13; doubles 8–8)
Last updated on: 12 May 2024.

Dia Evtimova (Bulgarian: Диа Евтимова; born 30 April 1987) is a Bulgarian tennis player. On 31 October 2011, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 145 whilst her best doubles ranking was 228 on 23 June 2014.

She has more than 600 match wins on the pro circuit which puts her 42nd on the List of Open Era and tenth among the active players. Evtimova also played for Bulgarian Fed Cup team, with a current 15–20 record.

Professional career

In 2010, she qualified for the Internationaux de Strasbourg where she was defeated by Maria Sharapova in the second round.

In 2011, she qualified for the Gastein Ladies and reached her first quarterfinal on the WTA Tour, before she was defeated by Patricia Mayr-Achleitner.

Grand Slam performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
French Open	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
US Open	Q1	Q2	Q3	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 26 (10 titles, 16 runner–ups)

Legend $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10/15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (2–0) Clay (8–15) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2005	ITF Maribor, Slovenia	10,000	Clay	Mari Andersson	5–7, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 2005	ITF Volos, Greece	10,000	Carpet	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	4–6, 6–7(5)
Loss	0–3	Jun 2006	ITF Rousse, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Maria Penkova	7–5, 4–6, 1–6
Win	1–3	Jun 2006	ITF Haskovo, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Anna Gerasimou	6–4, 6–7(5), 6–3
Loss	1–4	Aug 2006	ITF Maribor, Slovenia	10,000	Clay	Andreja Klepač	4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win	2–4	Sep 2006	ITF Palić, Serbia and Montenegro	10,000	Clay	Iveta Gerlová	6–0, 6–4
Loss	2–5	Oct 2006	Royal Cup, Montenegro	25,000	Clay	Ana Veselinović	4–6, 5–7
Loss	2–6	Jul 2007	ITF Bucharest, Romania	25,000	Clay	Julia Görges	0–6, 1–6
Loss	2–7	Mar 2009	ITF Rome, Italy	10,000	Clay	Karolina Kosińska	2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	2–8	Jul 2009	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Elena Bogdan	3–6, 1–6
Win	3–8	Sep 2009	ITF Sandanski, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Tanya Germanlieva	6–3, 6–0
Loss	3–9	Oct 2009	ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Simona Matei	2–6, 3–6
Loss	3–10	Oct 2009	ITF Madrid, Spain	50,000	Clay	Anna Floris	1–6, 3–6
Win	4–10	Feb 2011	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Marion Gaud	6–3, 6–4
Win	5–10	Jul 2011	ITF Ystad, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Jana Čepelová	6–3, 6–4
Win	6–10	Sep 2011	Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia	50,000	Clay	Anastasia Pivovarova	6–2, 6–2
Loss	6–11	May 2013	ITF Indian Harbour Beach, US	50,000	Clay	Petra Rampre	0–6, 1–6
Win	7–11	Oct 2013	ITF Burgas, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Viktoriya Tomova	6–1, 6–2
Loss	7–12	Jul 2015	ITF Torino, Italy	25,000	Clay	Alizé Lim	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	7–13	Dec 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Tayisiya Morderger	5–7, 1–6
Win	8–13	Feb 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Valentina Ivakhnenko	w/o
Loss	8–14	Nov 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Ekaterina Vishnevskaya	3–6, 6–0, 5–7
Loss	8–15	Nov 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Maryna Chernyshova	6–3, 5–7, 0–6
Loss	8–16	Jun 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Federica Bilardo	1–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win	9–16	Oct 2018	ITF Herzlia, Israel	15,000	Hard	Tamara Barad Itzhaki	6–0, 6–3
Win	10–16	Oct 2018	ITF Ofakim, Israel	15,000	Hard	Anastasia Pribylova	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(6)

Doubles: 34 (19 titles, 15 runner–ups)

Legend $25,000 tournaments $10/15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (4–1) Clay (15–14)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2006	ITF Rousse, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Karoline Borgersen	Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova Nadejda Vassileva	6–0, 6–0
Loss	1–1	Jun 2006	ITF Haskovo, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Nicole Clerico	Rita Esteves de Freitas Neda Kozić	4–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Jul 2006	ITF Horb, Germany	10,000	Clay	Josipa Bek	Julia Görges Lydia Steinbach	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	2–2	Aug 2006	ITF Maribor, Slovenia	10,000	Clay	Maša Zec Peškirič	Diana Enache Antonia Xenia Tout	w/o
Loss	2–3	Sep 2009	ITF Rousse, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Malou Ejdesgaard	Ioana Ivan Simona Matei	1–6, 4–6
Loss	2–4	Jun 2013	ITF Périgueux, France	25,000	Clay	Anna Katalina Alzate Esmurzaeva	Michaela Hončová Laura Thorpe	6–7(3), 1–6
Loss	2–5	Jul 2013	ITF Denain, France	25,000	Clay	Laura Ioana Andrei	Tatiana Búa Arabela Fernández Rabener	5–7, 2–6
Win	3–5	Jul 2013	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Melis Sezer	Khristina Kazimova Vladyslava Zanosiyenko	7–5, 6–3
Win	4–5	Sep 2013	Allianz Cup, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Viktoriya Tomova	Beatriz García Vidagany Réka Luca Jani	6–4, 2–6, [10–6]
Win	5–5	Oct 2013	ITF Burgas, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Viktoriya Tomova	Federica Arcidiacono Julia Terziyska	6–4, 6–3
Loss	5–6	Dec 2013	ITF Mérida, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Hsu Chieh-yu	Barbara Bonić Hilda Melander	3–6, 5–7
Loss	5–7	Apr 2014	ITF Pelham, United States	25,000	Clay	Ilona Kremen	Danielle Lao Keri Wong	6–1, 4–6, [7–10]
Win	6–7	Jul 2015	Bursa Cup, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Isabella Shinikova	Ailen Crespo Azconzábal Ana Victoria Gobbi Monllau	6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	6–8	Mar 2016	ITF Orlando, United States	10,000	Clay	Ema Burgić Bucko	Ulrikke Eikeri Quirine Lemoine	1–6, 3–6
Loss	6–9	Jun 2016	ITF Ystad, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Pia König	Cornelia Lister Nina Stojanović	4–6, 2–6
Win	7–9	Jul 2016	Palić Open, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Barbara Bonić	Nina Potočnik Petra Krejsová	6–3, 6–3
Loss	7–10	Nov 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Valeria Gorlats	Ayla Aksu Melis Sezer	1–6, 6–7(5)
Win	8–10	Nov 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Melis Sezer	Ágnes Bukta Vivien Juhászová	6–4, 6–3
Win	9–10	Jan 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Jasmina Tinjić	Tayisiya Morderger Yana Morderger	6–4, 6–7(4), [10–5]
Win	10–10	Feb 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Jasmina Tinjić	Tayisiya Morderger Yana Morderger	2–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	10–11	Mar 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Jasmina Tinjić	Anastasia Frolova Alena Tarasova	5–7, 1–6
Win	11–11	Aug 2017	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Jasmina Tinjić	Chihiro Muramatsu Melis Sezer	6–4, 6–2
Win	12–11	Sep 2017	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	15,000	Clay	Michaela Boev	Maia Lumsden Julia Stamatova	2–6, 7–6(5), [10–3]
Win	13–11	Oct 2017	ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria	15,000	Hard	Michaela Boev	Julia Stamatova Léa Tholey	6–2, 4–6, [16–14]
Loss	13–12	Nov 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Réka Luca Jani	Maryna Chernyshova Sviatlana Pirazhenka	4–6, 1–6
Loss	13–13	Dec 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	Cristina Dinu Mia Eklund	3–6, 2–6
Loss	13–14	Mar 2018	ITF Orlando, United States	15,000	Clay	Ilona Kremen	Caty McNally Whitney Osuigwe	2–6, 3–6
Win	14–14	Jun 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Angelina Zhuravleva	Maryna Chernyshova Melis Sezer	7–5, 3–6, [14–12]
Win	15–14	Nov 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Hard	Ágnes Bukta	Veronika Pepelyaeva Anastasia Tikhonova	6–3, 3–6, [11–9]
Win	16–14	Nov 2020	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Carole Monnet	Weronika Falkowska Anna Kubareva	6–3, 2–6, [10–5]
Win	17–14	May 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Inês Murta	Rina Saigo Yukina Saigo	6–0, 6–2
Win	18–14	May 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Martina Colmegna	Doğa Türkmen Melis Ayda Uyar	6–2, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss	18–15	Mar 2024	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	İlay Yörük	Denisa Hindová Vittoria Modesti	5–7, 3–6
Win	19–15	May 2024	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Verena Meliss	Aya El Aouni Francesca Pace	6–4, 7–6(2)

Fed Cup participation

Dia Evtimova debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 2007. Since then, she has a 7–13 singles record and an 8–8 doubles record (15–21 overall).

Singles (7–13)

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
2007	Z1 RR	18 Apr 2007	Plovdiv (BUL)	Great Britain	Clay	Elena Baltacha	L	6–4, 4–6, 6–8
		19 Apr 2007		Poland		Urszula Radwańska	L	1–6, 3–6
		20 Apr 2007		Luxembourg		Mandy Minella	L	3–6, 7–5, 3–6
	Z1 RPO	21 Apr 2007		Lithuania		Julija Gotovskytė	W	6–1, 3–0 ret.
2008	Z1 RR	30 Jan 2008	Budapest (HUN)	Portugal	Carpet (i)	Ana Catarina Nogueira	W	6–2, 7–5
		31 Jan 2008		Luxembourg		Mandy Minella	L	3–6, 7–6(7–2), 3–6
		1 Feb 2008		Netherlands		Renée Reinhard	L	0–6, 3–6
	Z1 PO	2 Feb 2008		Hungary		Ágnes Szávay	L	0–6, 0–6
2010	Z1 RR	3 Feb 2010	Lisbon (POR)	Netherlands	Hard (i)	Chayenne Ewijk	L	1–6, 7–6(8–6), 2–6
		4 Feb 2010		Israel		Keren Shlomo	W	6–0, 6–3
	Z1 RPO	6 Feb 2010		Portugal		Neuza Silva	W	6–1, 6–1
2011	Z1 RR	3 Feb 2011	Eilat (ISR)	Luxembourg	Hard	Anne Kremer	L	3–6, 3–6
	Z1 RPO	5 Feb 2011		Latvia		Irina Kuzmina	W	5–7, 6–3, 6–3
2012	Z1 PO	5 Feb 2012	Eilat (ISR)	Portugal	Hard	Michelle Larcher de Brito	L	1–6, 1–6
2013	Z1 RR	7 Feb 2013	Eilat (ISR)	Netherlands	Hard	Richèl Hogenkamp	W	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
		9 Feb 2013		Slovenia		Tina Rupert	W	6–1, 6–0
	Z1 PPO	10 Feb 2013		Great Britain		Laura Robson	L	0–6, 4–6
2015	Z1 RR	6 Feb 2015	Budapest (HUN)	Georgia	Hard (i)	Ekaterine Gorgodze	L	4–6, 4–6
	Z1 PO	7 Feb 2015		Ukraine		Elina Svitolina	L	2–6, 3–6
2016	Z1 PO	6 Feb 2016	Eilat (ISR)	Georgia	Hard	Ekaterine Gorgodze	L	6–0, 4–6, 2–6

Doubles (8–7)

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Result
2007	Z1 RR	20 Apr 2007	Plovdiv (BUL)	Luxembourg	Clay	Dessislava Mladenova	Mandy Minella Lynn Philippe	W	3–6, 7–6(7–3), 0–1 ret.
2008	Z1 RR	30 Jan 2008	Budapest (HUN)	Portugal	Carpet (i)	Tsvetana Pironkova	Magali de Lattre Maria João Koehler	W	6–1, 6–2
		31 Jan 2008		Luxembourg		Tsvetana Pironkova	Mandy Minella Claudine Schaul	W	6–4, 6–3
2010	Z1 RR	3 Feb 2010	Lisbon (POR)	Netherlands	Hard (i)	Tsvetana Pironkova	Richèl Hogenkamp Nicole Thyssen	W	7–5, 5–7, 6–2
		4 Feb 2010		Israel		Tsvetana Pironkova	Julia Glushko Shahar Pe'er	L	2–6, 5–7
2011	Z1 RR	4 Feb 2011	Eilat (ISR)	Israel	Hard	Magdalena Maleeva	Valeria Patiuk Keren Shlomo	W	6–3, 6–4
2012	Z1 RR	1 Feb 2012	Eilat (ISR)	Estonia	Hard	Tsvetana Pironkova	Eva Paalma Tatjana Vorobjova	W	w/o
		3 Feb 2012		Austria		Tsvetana Pironkova	Yvonne Meusburger Patricia Mayr	L	1–6, 2–6
2013	Z1 RR	8 Feb 2013	Eilat (ISR)	Luxembourg	Hard	Isabella Shinikova	Laura Correia Tiffany Cornelius	W	6–2, 6–2
2015	Z1 RR	4 Feb 2015	Budapest (HUN)	Portugal	Hard (i)	Viktoriya Tomova	Michelle Larcher de Brito Bárbara Luz	W	6–0, 6–3
		5 Feb 2015		Belarus		Viktoriya Tomova	Vera Lapko Aliaksandra Sasnovich	L	5–7, 1–6
		6 Feb 2015		Georgia		Elitsa Kostova	Oksana Kalashnikova Sofia Shapatava	L	3–6, 2–6
2016	Z1 RR	3 Feb 2016	Eilat (ISR)	Hungary	Hard	Isabella Shinikova	Dalma Gálfi Fanny Stollár	L	3–6, 1–6
		4 Feb 2016		Latvia		Isabella Shinikova	Diāna Marcinkēviča Jeļena Ostapenko	L	6–4, 0–6, 5–7
		5 Feb 2016		Belgium		Isabella Shinikova	Marie Benoît An-Sophie Mestach	L	7–6(7–4), 2–6, 4–6

External links

• Dia Evtimova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Dia Evtimova at the International Tennis Federation
• Dia Evtimova at the Billie Jean King Cup