Borislava Botusharova Explained

Borislava Botusharova
Native Name:Борислава Ботушарова
Residence:Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
Birth Date:1994 11, df=y
Birth Place:Pazardzhik
Turnedpro:2009
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$14,100
Singlestitles:1 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 407 (28 October 2013)
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 702 (9 September 2013)

Borislava Botusharova (Bulgarian: Борислава Ботушарова; born 26 November 1994) is a former professional tennis player from Bulgaria.

She has been an Old Dominion University tennis player. Botusharova was named the No. 6 ranked Newcomer/Freshman in the entire NCAA entering her first semester of college at ODU (Fall 2014). On 28 October 2013, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of world No. 407 whilst her best doubles ranking was 702, on 9 September 2013.[1] She has also played once for the Bulgarian Fed Cup team in 2014, when she lost her singles match.[2]

Professional career

ITF Circuit and college tennis

Botusharova made her debut in 2005 and started playing on the ITF Junior Circuit. She won several junior titles and played her first match on the pro circuit in 2009 and won her first and only title on the ITF Women's Circuit in 2013 in Varna, Bulgaria.[3] In 2014, she was called up in the Bulgaria Fed Cup team.In the same year, Botushrova began studying Tourism Management at the Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. She started playing college tennis and received the Conference U.S. Player of the Week award.[4]

She played her last match at a $10k event in Adana, Turkey, in June 2014.

Personal life

Botusharova was born in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria. She started playing tennis when she was five years old and her coach was mother Silvia. Botusharova's cousin is fellow Bulgarian tennis player Vivian Zlatanova.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Clay (1–1)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1ITF Heraklion, Greece10,000Carpet Manon Arcangioli1–6, 2–6
Win1–1ITF Varna, Bulgaria10,000Clay Pernilla Mendesová6–4, 1–6, 7–6(2)
Loss1–2ITF Albena, Bulgaria10,000Clay Vivian Zlatanova3–6, 6–3, 6–7(5)

Doubles: 3 (3 runner–ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Clay (0–2)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1ITF Varna, Bulgaria10,000Clay Viktoriya Tomova Michaela Boev
Anastasiya Vasylyeva
1–6, 5–7
Loss0–2ITF Heraklion, Greece10,000Carpet Vivian Zlatanova Başak Eraydın
Abbie Myers
0–6, 1–6
Loss0–3ITF Pirot, Serbia10,000Clay Ani Vangelova Katarina Adamović
Vladica Babić
0–6, 3–6

Fed Cup

Singles (0–1)

Notes and References

  1. News: Borislava Botusharova's Biography . . 2010-11-15 . 2010-11-15 .
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-02-07 . 2014-02-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222173359/http://www.fedcup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100132275 . dead .
  3. Web site: Borislava Botusharova's ITF profile. ITF. 4 March 2015.
  4. News: Ботушарова пак най-добра в колежанското на САЩ. Bulgarian. 4 March 2015. tennis24.bg. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402140539/http://www.tennis24.bg/g3h4i11j1l25284m11/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0+%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BA+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9-%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0+%D0%B2+%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE+%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%A1%D0%90%D0%A9.html. 2 April 2015. dead.