Borislava Botusharova

Borislava Botusharova (Bulgarian: Борислава Ботушарова; born 26 November 1994) is a current Old Dominion University women's 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 No. 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]

Borislava Botusharova
Native nameБорислава Ботушарова
Country (sports) Bulgaria
ResidencePazardzhik
Born (1994-11-28) 28 November 1994
Pazardzhik
Turned pro2009
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$14,639
Singles
Career record62–41
Career titles0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 407 (28 October 2013)
Doubles
Career record28–29
Career titles0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 702 (9 September 2013)

Carrier

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 ITF pro circuit in 2009. Botchusharova won her first and only ITF title in 2013 in Varna, Bulgaria.[3] In 2014, she was called up in the Bulgaria Fed Cup team. In 2014 Botushrova began studying Tourism Management at the Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. She started playing college tennis and received the Conference USA Player of the Week award.[4]

She has won one doubles title on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. She played her last match there at a $10.000 event in Adana Turkey in June 2014.

Personal life

Botusharova was born on November 28, 1994 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: 6 (1–5)

Singles: 3 (1–2)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 4 November 2012 Heraklion, Greece Carpet Manon Arcangioli 1–6, 2–6
Winner 1. 30 September 2013 Varna, Bulgaria Clay Pernilla Mendesová 6–4, 1–6, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up 2. 6 October 2013 Albena, Bulgaria Clay Vivian Zlatanova 3–6, 6–3, 6–7(5–7)

Doubles: 3 (0–3)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 29 September 2012 Varna, Bulgaria Clay Viktoriya Tomova Michaela Boev
Anastasiya Vasylyeva		 1–6, 5–7
Runner-up 2. 9 November 2012 Heraklion, Greece Carpet Vivian Zlatanova Başak Eraydın
Abbie Myers		 0–6, 1–6
Runner-up 3. 9 August 2013 Pirot, Serbia Clay Ani Vangelova Katarina Adamović
Vladica Babić		 0–6, 3–6

Fed Cup

Borislava Botusharova debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 2014. She has a 0–1 singles and a 0–0 doubles record (0–1 overall).

Singles (0–1)
Edition Round Date Against Surface Opponent W/L Result
2014 Europe/Africa Group I RR 7 February 2014  Belarus Hard (I) Aliaksandra Sasnovich L 1–6, 3–6
gollark: No, just the nonexistence of earth.
gollark: It predicts that the Earth doesn't exist. This fits observations perfectly.
gollark: The most accurate theory is no-earth.
gollark: Testable and test**ed** is better.
gollark: For example, imagine if goblin theorists tried to figure out nuclear physics.

References
  1. "Borislava Botusharova's Biography". International Tennis Federation. 2010-11-15. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
  2. http://www.fedcup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100132275
  3. "Borislava Botusharova's ITF profile". ITF. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  4. "Ботушарова пак най-добра в колежанското на САЩ" (in Bulgarian). tennis24.bg. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2015.


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