Aleksandrina Naydenova Explained

Aleksandrina Naydenova Александрина Найденова
Birth Date:	29 February 1992
Birth Place:	Plovdiv
Residence:	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Height:	1.7m (05.6feet)^[1]
Turnedpro:	2007
Retired:	2020
Plays:	Right (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	US$ 237,920
Singlestitles:	10 ITF
Australianopenresult:	Q1 (2017)
Doublestitles:	14 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 95 (25 September 2017)
Australianopendoublesresult:	1R (2014)

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

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)

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