Elena Pampoulova

Elena Pampulova (also Elena Pampulova-Wagner, Elena Pampulova-Bergomi, Bulgarian: Елена Пампулова, born 17 May 1972) is a retired tennis player from Bulgaria.

Elena Pampulova
Елена Пампулова

Country (sports)	Bulgaria (1972–1996)  Germany (1997–2001)
Residence	Sofia, Bulgaria
Born	(1972-05-17) 17 May 1972 Sofia, Bulgaria
Turned pro	1988
Retired	2001
Prize money	$704,882
Singles
Career record	243–179
Career titles	1 WTA, 12 ITF
Highest ranking	62 (9 September 1996)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (1990, 1998, 1999)
French Open	2R (1990, 1998, 1999)
Wimbledon	3R (1999)
US Open	3R (1997)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (1992)
Doubles
Career record	163–146
Career titles	3 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	38 (23 September 1996)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1995, 1998)
French Open	3R (1990, 1996, 1999)
Wimbledon	2R (1997)
US Open	2R (1995)
Mixed doubles
Career record	0–1
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	1R (1997)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	8–8

Her professional tennis career span from 1988 to 2001. Pampulova's career-high singles ranking is world No. 62, her career-high doubles ranking is No. 38, both achieved in September 1996.

Tennis career

Pampoulova played for Bulgaria and the Bulgaria Fed Cup team from 1988 to 1992. Pampulova was one of only three players to represent Bulgaria in tennis at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona (together with Katerina Maleeva and Magdalena Maleeva).

From 1997 to 1999, Elena played for the Germany Fed Cup team. She won 13 career titles in singles (one WTA) and 11 titles in doubles (three of them from WTA Tour).

Her first tennis coach was her own mother, Bulgarian tennis player Lubka Radkova. Elena's father, Emilian Pampoulov, is also a tennis player.

Personal life

On 11 July 2006, Pampoulova married her long-time boyfriend, Swiss banker Christian Bergomi. The couple lives in Switzerland, where Elena is an investment banker.[1] Their son Alex was born in early 2008.

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–0)
Tier IV (1–1)
Tier V (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	13 November 1994	Surabaya, Indonesia	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	2–6, 6–0, ret.
Runner-up	1.	2 August 1998	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Henrieta Nagyová	3–6, 7–5, 1–6

Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (1–0)
Tier IV (2–3)
Tier V (0–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	6 August 1989	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Silke Meier	Laura Garrone Laura Golarsa	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	2.	17 September 1989	Athens, Greece	Clay	Silke Meier	Sandra Cecchini Patricia Tarabini	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	15 September 1996	Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic	Clay	Eva Martincová	Karina Habšudová Helena Suková	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	22 September 1996	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Olga Lugina	Alexandra Fusai Laura Garrone	1–6, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	5 January 1997	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Aleksandra Olsza	Janette Husárová Dominique Van Roost	2–6, 7–6^(7–5), 3–6
Runner-up	5.	27 April 1997	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Eva Martincová	Amanda Coetzer Alexandra Fusai	3–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	19 July 1998	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Pavlina Nola	Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder	6–4, 6–2
Winner	3.	8 August 1999	Knokke-Heist, Belgium	Clay	Eva Martincová	Evgenia Koulikovskaya Sandra Naćuk	3–6, 6–3, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (12–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	30 October 1988	Baden, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Katarzyna Nowak	6–1, 6–1
Winner	2.	4 December 1988	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Xóchitl Escobedo	7–6^(7–3), 6–2
Winner	3.	28 May 1989	Athens, Greece	Clay	Dora Rangelova	6–1, 6–7, 6–1
Winner	4.	16 July 1989	Erlangen, West Germany	Clay	Wiltrud Probst	6–1, 2–6, 6–3
Winner	5.	20 August 1989	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Silke Frankl	6–4, 6–7, 6–0
Winner	6.	8 July 1990	Vaihingen, West Germany	Clay	Denisa Krajčovičová	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	22 November 1992	Nottingham, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Elena Makarova	6–3, 2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	2.	20 March 1994	Reims, France	Clay (i)	Catherine Mothes-Jobkel	1–6, 2–6
Winner	7.	30 October 1994	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Hiromi Nagano	6–4, 6–1
Winner	8.	3 December 1995	Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Paula Hermida	7–5, 6–3
Winner	9.	25 February 1996	Redbridge, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Haruka Inoue	6–4, 6–4
Winner	10.	3 March 1996	Southampton, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Isabelle Demongeot	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	11.	21 April 1996	Murcia, Spain	Clay	Patty Schnyder	6–4, 6–3
Winner	12.	29 March 1998	Woodlands, United States	Hard	Anna Smashnova	2–6, 6–1, 7–5

Doubles (8–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	4 November 1988	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Kristin Godridge	Natalia Leipus Bernadette Randall-Marshall	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 2–6
Winner	1.	9 April 1989	Bari, Italy	Clay	Marion Maruska	Andrea Noszály Eva-Maria Schürhoff	w/o
Winner	2.	14 June 1992	Modena, Italy	Clay	Ruxandra Dragomir	Alexandra Fusai Natalie Tschan	6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
Runner-up	2.	4 August 1992	Vaihingen, Germany	Clay	Joannette Kruger	Eva Martincová Pavlína Rajzlová	4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	3.	15 November 1992	Manchester, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Natalie Tschan	Elena Likhovtseva Elena Makarova	3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	22 November 1992	Nottingham, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Els Callens	Ruxandra Dragomir Irina Spîrlea	7–6^(7–3), 6–4
Winner	4.	11 April 1993	Limoges, France	Carpet (i)	Silvia Farina Elia	Stephanie Reece Danielle Scott	6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 6–2
Winner	5.	4 November 1993	Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Olga Lugina	Els Callens Nancy Feber	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	6.	11 December 1994	Cergy-Pontoise, France	Hard (i)	Angelique Olivier	Kateřina Šišková Eva Melicharová	6–1, 6–4
Winner	7.	29 October 1995	Lakeland, United States	Hard	Eva Martincová	Sandra Cacic Tracey Morton-Rodgers	1–6, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	3 December 1995	Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Eva Martincová	Eva Melicharová Helena Vildová	3–6, 6–0, 4–6
Winner	8.	2 August 1997	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Olga Lugina	Maria Goloviznina Evgenia Kulikovskaya	5–7, 7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	26 April 1998	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Clay	Olga Lugina	Lenka Cenková Kateřina Šišková	4–6, 6–4, 4–6

Fed Cup

Elena Pampoulova debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 1988. She has a 5–6 singles record and a 3–2 doubles record (8–8 overall).

Singles (5–6)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
1988 World Group I	QR	4 December 1988	Philippines	Hard	Sarah Rafael	W	6–3, 6–2
	R1	5 December 1988	Sweden		Catarina Lindqvist	L	5–7, 3–6
	PO	6 December 1988	Malta		Carol Cassar-Torreggiani	W	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
	PO	7 December 1988	Netherlands		Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	L	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 5–7
1990 World Group I	QR	21 July 1990	Philippines	Hard	Sarah Castillejo	W	6–2, 6–0
	R1	22 July 1990	Austria		Judith Wiesner	L	0–6, 0–6
	PO	23 July 1990	Norway		Amy Jonsson-Råholt	W	6–4, 6–3
	PO	24 July 1990	Brazil		Cláudia Chabalgoity	L	2–6, 6–2, 4–6
1992 World Group I Play-offs	PO	17 July 1992	Hungary	Clay	Anna Földényi	L	4–6, 2–6
↓  Representing  Germany  ↓
1999 World Group II	QF	24 April 1999	Japan	Clay	Shinobu Asagoe	L	6–7^(6–8), 1–6
		25 April 1999			Miho Saeki	W	7–6^(10–8), 6–3

Doubles (3–2)

Edition	Round	Date	Partner	Against	Surface	Opponents	W/L	Result
1988 World Group I	R1	5 December 1988	Galia Angelova	Sweden	Hard	Jonna Jonerup Maria Lindström	L	6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 1–6
1990 World Group I	PO	23 July 1990	Dora Rangelova	Norway	Hard	Amy Jonsson-Råholt Astrid Sunde	W	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
1992 World Group I Play-offs	RPO	16 July 1992	Magdalena Maleeva	Romania	Hard	Ruxandra Dragomir Irina Spîrlea	L	6–7^(5–7), 2–6
	RPO	17 July 1992	Katerina Maleeva	Hungary		Virág Csurgó Kata Györke	W	7–6^(8–6), 4–6, 6–1
↓  Representing  Germany  ↓
1997 World Group I	QF	2 March 1997	Barbara Rittner	Czech Republic	Hard (I)	Eva Martincová Ludmila Richterová	W	7–6^(7–3), 6–2

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	Career W–L
Australian Open	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	2R	2R	A	A	3–5
French Open	A	A	2R	1R	A	Q1	Q1	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	Q3	A	3–7
Wimbledon	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	3R	A	A	3–5
US Open	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	3R	1R	1R	A	A	3–6
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	2–3	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–4	1–3	2–3	2–4	4–4	0–0	0–0	12–23

• A = did not participate in the tournament.
• SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

Notes

1. "Наша топтенисистка вдигна сватба в Швейцария". Retrieved 12 July 2008.

External links

• Elena Pampoulova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Elena Pampoulova at the International Tennis Federation
• Elena Pampoulova at the Fed Cup
• Bulgarian Olympic Committee