Maria Pavlidou

Maria Pavlidou (born 20 January 1978) is a Greek former professional tennis player.

Maria Pavlidou

Country (sports)	Greece
Born	(1978-01-20) 20 January 1978 (age 46)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$15,326
Singles
Career record	38–54
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 539 (4 February 2002)
Doubles
Career record	59–45
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 359 (8 October 2001)

A right-handed player from Thessaloniki, Pavlidou spent much of her early career playing college tennis in the United States for the University of Arkansas. She was an All-American in 1999 when she became the first female Arkansas player to reach the quarterfinals of an NCAA singles championships.^[1]

Pavlidou represented Greece in the Fed Cup from 2000 to 2003, featuring in a total of five singles and four doubles rubbers. She also competed for Greece at the Mediterranean Games, winning a gold medal in Tunis in 2001, as partner of Eleni Daniilidou in the women's doubles.^[2]

ITF finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	20 May 2001	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Cheli Bargil	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	30 September 2001	Kastoria, Greece	Clay	Karina Jacobsgaard	1–6, 1–6

Doubles: 11 (5–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	28 June 1998	Kavala, Greece	Hard	Réka Vidáts	Branka Bojović Evagelia Roussi	6–1, 6–1
Winner	2.	28 May 2000	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Simona Arghire	Elena Voropaeva Irina Kornienko	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	8 October 2000	Fiumicino, Italy	Clay	Asimina Kaplani	Martina Babáková Scarlett Werner	1–4, 4–1, 2–4
Runner-up	2.	15 October 2000	Ciampino, Italy	Clay	Asimina Kaplani	Adriana Burz Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	2–4, 5–4(5), 2–4, 1–4
Winner	3.	20 May 2001	Tel Aviv 1, Israel	Hard	Irina Kornienko	Evghenia Ablovatchi Yevgenia Savranska	6–2, 6–4
Winner	4.	27 May 2001	Tel Aviv 2, Israel	Hard	Irina Kornienko	Emily Hewson Natasha van der Merwe	w/o
Runner-up	3.	5 August 2001	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Evagelia Roussi	Maria Kondratieva Svetlana Mossiakova	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	26 August 2001	Volos, Greece	Carpet	Asimina Kaplani	Radoslava Topalova Virginia Trifonova	2–6, 6–4, 5–7
Winner	5.	30 September 2001	Kastoria, Greece	Clay	Asimina Kaplani	İpek Şenoğlu Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	28 July 2002	Algiers, Algeria	Clay	Asimina Kaplani	Rushmi Chakravarthi Christina Zachariadou	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	11 August 2002	Bath, Great Britain	Hard	Asimina Kaplani	Samantha Stosur Sarah Stone	4–6, 1–6

References

1. "Lysa Set For NCAA Quest". KARK. 25 May 2016.
2. "Αγγίζει το τέλειο η ελληνική αποστολή στους Μεσογειακούς Αγώνες". In.gr (in Greek). 6 September 2001.

External links

• Maria Pavlidou at the Women's Tennis Association
• Maria Pavlidou at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Maria Pavlidou at the International Tennis Federation