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
Residence	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Born	(1992-02-29) 29 February 1992 (age 32) Plovdiv
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Turned pro	2007
Retired	2020
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 237,920
Singles
Career record	336–269
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 218 (9 September 2019)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2017)
Doubles
Career record	213–183
Career titles	14 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 95 (25 September 2017)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (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

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	Jun 2017	Bol Ladies Open, Croatia	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	Chuang Chia-jung Renata Voráčová	4–6, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2008	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	10,000	Clay (i)	Viky Núñez Fuentes	6–4, 7–6(2)
Loss	1–1	Jun 2009	ITF Melilla, Spain	10,000	Hard	Giulia Gasparri	5–7, 4–6
Win	2–1	Jan 2011	ITF Bucaramanga, Colombia	10,000	Clay	Yuliana Lizarazo	6–1, 6–2
Win	3–1	Mar 2011	ITF Concepción, Chile	10,000	Clay	Andrea Benítez	1–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	4–1	Mar 2011	ITF Rancagua, Chile	10,000	Clay	Catalina Pella	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	4–2	Jun 2011	ITF Izmir, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Elizaveta Ianchuk	5–7, 1–6
Loss	4–3	Jul 2011	ITF Izmir, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Agnese Zucchini	5–7, 3–6
Win	5–3	Jul 2011	ITF Izmir, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Daria Mishina	6–4, 6–3
Loss	5–4	Jul 2011	ITF Izmir, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Ana Bogdan	1–6, 2–6
Loss	5–5	Apr 2012	ITF Manama, Bahrain	10,000	Hard	Lou Brouleau	5–7, 1–6
Win	6–5	Sep 2012	ITF Madrid, Spain	10,000	Clay	Jade Suvrijn	6–0, 6–4
Loss	6–6	Jan 2013	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Mayar Sherif	2–6, 6–2, 1–6
Win	7–6	Jan 2015	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Pia König	6–3, 6–4
Loss	7–7	Apr 2015	ITF León, Mexico	15,000	Hard	Danielle Lao	6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Loss	7–8	Jul 2016	ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil	25,000	Hard	Daniela Seguel	5–7, 6–4, 5–7
Loss	7–9	Sep 2018	ITF Marbella, Spain	15,000	Clay	Gabriela Talabă	2–6, 2–6
Win	8–9	Sep 2018	ITF Ceuta, Spain	15,000	Hard	Lucía Cortez Llorca	6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Win	9–9	Jul 2019	ITF Qujing, China	25,000	Hard (i)	Yang Yidi	7–5, 6–3
Win	10–9	Aug 2019	ITF Guiyang, China	25,000	Hard	Jang Su-jeong	6–4, 6–2
Loss	10–10	Sep 2019	Changsha Open, China	60,000	Clay	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	Nathália Rossi	Carla Beltrami Guillermina Zukerman	5–7, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 2008	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	10,000	Clay (i)	Yuliana Lizarazo	Viky Núñez Fuentes Paula Robles-García	3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–3	Dec 2008	ITF Fortaleza, Brazil	10,000	Hard	Nathália Rossi	Natalia Guitler Carla Tiene	6–7(5), 1–6
Loss	0–4	Jun 2011	ITF Izmir, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	Tatiana Kotelnikova Eugeniya Pashkova	4–6, 0–6
Loss	0–5	Oct 2011	Lagos Open, Nigeria	25,000	Hard	Tadeja Majerič	Nina Bratchikova Melanie Klaffner	5–7, 7–5, [6–10]
Loss	0–6	Nov 2011	ITF Benicarló, Spain	25,000	Clay	Ekaterina Ivanova	Inés Ferrer Suárez Richèl Hogenkamp	6–7(6), 4–6
Loss	0–7	May 2012	ITF Brasília, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Alizé Lim	Gabriela Paz María Álvarez Terán	2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–8	Sep 2012	ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France	25,000	Clay	Teliana Pereira	Timea Bacsinszky Mihaela Buzărnescu	4–6, 1–6
Loss	0–9	Sep 2012	Open de Saint-Malo, France	25,000	Clay	Teliana Pereira	Pemra Özgen Alyona Sotnikova	4–6, 6–7(6)
Win	1–9	Sep 2012	ITF Madrid, Spain	10,000	Clay	Malou Ejdesgaard	Tatiana Búa Yvonne Cavallé Reimers	5–7, 6–3, [10–3]
Loss	1–10	Oct 2012	ITF Seville, Spain	25,000	Clay	Teliana Pereira	Paula Kania-Choduń Katarzyna Piter	7–5, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss	1–11	Feb 2013	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Ekaterina Yashina	Katarzyna Kawa Natalia Kołat	1–6, 4–6
Loss	1–12	Apr 2013	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	50,000	Hard	Başak Eraydın	Ekaterina Bychkova Nadiia Kichenok	6–3, 2–6, [5–10]
Win	2–12	Mar 2014	ITF Port Pirie, Australia	15,000	Hard	Jessica Moore	Miyabi Inoue Hiroko Kuwata	6–4, 6–3
Loss	2–13	Mar 2014	ITF Mildura, Australia	15,000	Grass	Jessica Moore	Jang Su-jeong Lee So-ra	1–6, 6–1, [4–10]
Win	3–13	Apr 2014	ITF Glen Iris, Australia	15,000	Clay	Jessica Moore	Tammi Patterson Ellen Perez	6–4, 6–2
Win	4–13	Apr 2014	ITF Melbourne, Australia	15,000	Clay	Jessica Moore	Miyu Kato Yuuki Tanaka	7–5, 6–7(5), [10–7]
Loss	4–14	Sep 2014	Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia	25,000	Hard	Valeriya Strakhova	An-Sophie Mestach Sandra Zaniewska	1–6, 1–6
Loss	4–15	Aug 2015	ITF Wanfercee-Baulet, Belgium	15,000	Clay	Elyne Boeykens	Quirine Lemoine Eva Wacanno	6–2, 2–6, [6–10]
Win	5–15	Oct 2015	ITF Bucaramanga, Colombia	25,000	Clay	Daniela Seguel	Montserrat González Francesca Segarelli	6–2, 7–6(3)
Win	6–15	Feb 2016	ITF Cuernavaca, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Fanny Stollár	Elizaveta Ianchuk Kateřina Kramperová	6–3, 6–2
Win	7–15	May 2016	Fukuoka International, Japan	50,000	Carpet	Indy de Vroome	Nigina Abduraimova Ksenia Lykina	6–4, 6–1
Win	8–15	Jun 2016	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Tadeja Majerič	Irina Bara Elyne Boeykens	7–5, 1–6, [10–8]
Win	9–15	Nov 2016	ITF Chenzhou, China	25,000	Hard	Jacqueline Cako	Angelina Gabueva Sofia Shapatava	3–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Win	10–15	Nov 2016	Pune Open, India	25,000	Hard	Irina Khromacheva	Sowjanya Bavisetti Rishika Sunkara	6–2, 6–1
Win	11–15	Apr 2017	Chiasso Open, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	Kateřina Kramperová Rosalie van der Hoek	7–5, 2–6, [10–7]
Loss	11–16	May 2017	ITF Lleida, Spain	25,000	Clay	Vera Lapko	Andrea Gámiz Georgina García Pérez	1–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win	12–16	Jul 2017	ITF Getxo, Spain	25,000	Clay	Andrea Gámiz	Cristina Bucșa Noelia Zeballos	6–2, 6–4
Win	13–16	May 2018	ITF Baotou, China	60,000	Clay (i)	Alison Bai	Natalija Kostić Nika Kukharchuk	6–4, 0–6, [10–6]
Loss	13–17	Dec 2018	Pune Open, India	25,000	Hard	Tamara Zidanšek	Ankita Raina Karman Thandi	2–6, 7–6(5), [9–11]
Win	14–17	May 2019	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	25,000	Hard	İpek Soylu	Haruka Kaji 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

External links

• Aleksandrina Naydenova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Aleksandrina Naydenova at the International Tennis Federation
• Aleksandrina Naydenova at ESPN.com