Isabella Shinikova

Isabella Shinikova
Изабелла Шиникова
	Shinikova at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Residence	Sofia, Bulgaria
Born	25 October 1991; Sofia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$686,134
Singles
Career record	582–399
Career titles	26 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 133 (20 February 2017)
Current ranking	No. 408 (24 February 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2020, 2021)
French Open	Q2 (2022)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2019, 2021, 2022)
US Open	Q3 (2019)
Doubles
Career record	389–312
Career titles	32 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 159 (20 May 2019)
Current ranking	No. 382 (24 February 2025)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	20–26
	Last updated on: 24 February 2025.

Isabella Shinikova (Bulgarian: Изабелла Шиникова) (born 25 October 1991) is a Bulgarian tennis player.

On 20 February 2017, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 133. On 20 May 2019, she peaked at No. 159 in the WTA doubles rankings. She also plays for the Bulgaria Billie Jean King Cup team, with a win–loss record of 20–26 as of April 2025.

Junior career

Shinikova started playing tennis at the age seven. She played on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2006 and won two singles titles and one doubles title.^[1]

Professional career

2009–15: Professional debut, success on the ITF Circuit

In 2009, Shinikova made her pro debut at a $25k event. Since then, she has been playing on the ITF Women's Circuit, and in 2015, she topped the annual leaderboard winning eight titles through the year.^[2]^[3]

2016–17: WTA Tour, major & top 150 debuts

In April 2016, Shinikova made her main-draw debut at a WTA Tour tournament at the Katowice Open, losing to Alizé Cornet in the first round. Then, she failed to qualify for the main draws of Stuttgart Open, Rosmalen Open and Birmingham Classic. In July 2016, Shinikova qualified for the main draw of the Bucharest Open, losing to Simona Halep, in the second round.

She made her major debut in 2016 in the qualifying draws of the Wimbledon and at the US Open, where seeded 31st, she lost to Laura Robson in the second round. In 2017, she made also her debut in the qualifying draw at the other two Grand Slam events. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 133 on 20 February 2017, following the Australian Open.

2019–22: Progress at Grand Slam tournaments

She reached second round at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, the third round of qualifying at the 2019 US Open, her best showing at a major thus far, and the second round of qualifying at the 2020 Australian Open.

2023: United Cup debut

On 23 November 2022, she was confirmed as a participant at the 2023 United Cup as part of the Bulgarian team.^[4] She won her doubles match, partnering Alexander Lazarov, and the tie against Belgium represented by former doubles No. 1, Elise Mertens, and her partner David Goffin.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Grand Slam performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	W–L
Australian Open	A	Q1	A	A	Q2	Q2	A	A	A	0–0
French Open	A	Q1	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q2	A	A	0–0
Wimbledon	Q1	Q1	A	Q2	NH	Q2	Q2	A	A	0–0
US Open	Q2	A	A	Q3	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 48 (27 titles, 21 runner–ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments
W40 tournaments
W25 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (15–6)
Clay (12–15)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2010	ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria	W10	Clay	Danka Kovinić	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Apr 2011	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Clay	Ekaterine Gorgodze	1–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Apr 2011	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Hard	Quirine Lemoine	4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–4	Jun 2011	ITF Madrid, Spain	W10	Clay	Lisa Sabino	5–7, 3–6
Win	1–4	Mar 2012	ITF Amiens, France	W10	Clay (i)	Ysaline Bonaventure	6–3, 0–6, 6–3
Loss	1–5	Mar 2012	ITF La Marsa, Tunisia	W25	Clay	Elina Svitolina	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Loss	1–6	Dec 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Clay	Irina Ramialison	1–6, 6–2, 0–6
Win	2–6	Dec 2012	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W10	Hard (i)	İpek Soylu	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2–7	Jun 2013	ITF Adana, Turkey	W10	Hard	Zuzana Zlochová	5–7, 0–6
Loss	2–8	Jun 2013	ITF Breda, Netherlands	W10	Clay	Bernarda Pera	4–6, 6–4, 0–6
Loss	2–9	Mar 2014	ITF Bron, France	W10	Hard (i)	Ema Mikulčić	0–6, 5–7
Win	3–9	May 2014	ITF Caserta, Italy	W10	Clay	Marianna Zakarlyuk	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	4–9	Jan 2015	ITF El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Sandra Samir	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win	5–9	Feb 2015	ITF El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Marie Benoît	6–2, 5–7, 6–1
Loss	5–10	Mar 2015	ITF El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Myrtille Georges	4–6, 0–6
Win	6–10	Jul 2015	ITF Bursa, Turkey	W10	Clay	Julieta Lara Estable	6–3, 6–4
Win	7–10	Sep 2015	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	W10	Clay	Irina Bara	7–6⁽²⁾, 6–4
Win	8–10	Oct 2015	ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria	W10	Hard	Margot Yerolymos	6–3, 3–0 ret.
Win	9–10	Nov 2015	ITF El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Chiraz Bechri	6–1, 6–2
Win	10–10	Dec 2015	ITF El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Yana Sizikova	6–3, 6–2
Win	11–10	Dec 2015	ITF El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Marta Paigina	7–5, 6–1
Loss	11–11	Dec 2015	ITF El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Marta Paigina	2–6, 3–6
Win	12–11	Feb 2016	ITF Beinasco, Italy	W25	Clay (i)	Jessica Pieri	1–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win	13–11	Mar 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W10	Clay	Julia Grabher	6–4, 6–4
Win	14–11	Mar 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W10	Clay	Irina Bara	6–1, 4–6, 7–6⁽²⁾
Win	15–11	May 2016	Chiasso Open, Switzerland	W25	Clay	Amanda Carreras	6–3, 7–6⁽¹⁾
Win	16–11	May 2016	ITF Caserta, Italy	W25	Clay	Dalila Jakupović	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Win	17–11	Jul 2016	Bella Cup, Poland	W25	Clay	Tadeja Majerič	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	17–12	Sep 2016	ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria	W25	Clay	Kathinka von Deichmann	0–6, 3–6
Win	18–12	Nov 2016	ITF Stockholm, Sweden	W10	Hard (i)	Kristína Schmiedlová	6–2, 6–4
Loss	18–13	Oct 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Marie Témin	4–6, 0–6
Win	19–13	Oct 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Satsuki Takamura	6–1, 6–2
Loss	19–14	Oct 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Fatma Al-Nabhani	3–6, 1–6
Loss	19–15	Mar 2018	ITF Palmanova, Spain	W15	Clay	Ylena In-Albon	1–6, 5–7
Loss	19–16	Mar 2018	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Lea Bošković	7–6⁽⁷⁾, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	19–17	Mar 2018	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Montserrat González	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 2–6
Win	20–17	Apr 2018	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers	6–3, 7–5
Loss	20–18	Jun 2018	ITF Klosters, Switzerland	W25	Clay	Miriam Kolodziejová	7–5, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	20–19	Jul 2018	ITF Båstad, Sweden	W25	Clay	Allie Kiick	2–6, 1–6
Win	21–19	Feb 2019	Trnava Indoor, Slovakia	W25	Hard (i)	Denisa Šátralová	6–1, 6–3
Win	22–19	Sep 2019	Oeste Ladies Open, Portugal	W60	Hard	Natalija Kostić	6–3, 2–0 ret.
Loss	22–20	Oct 2021	ITF Lagos, Portugal	W25	Hard	Antonia Ružić	1–6, 4–6
Win	23–20	Apr 2023	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Lisa Mays	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win	24–20	Jul 2023	ITF Porto, Portugal	W40	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	6–4, 7–5
Loss	24–21	Aug 2023	Vrnjačka Banja Open, Serbia	W25	Clay	Polona Hercog	2–6, 4–6
Win	25–21	Feb 2025	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Jana Kovačková	3–6, 6–0, 7–6⁽⁷⁾
Win	26–21	Feb 2025	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Zhu Chenting	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win	27–21	Mar 2025	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Sofia Shapatava	6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 64 (32 titles, 32 runner–ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments
W40/50 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (14–10)
Clay (18–22)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2010	ITF Prokuplje, Serbia	W10	Clay	Jelena Durišič	Camelia Hristea Ionela-Andreea Iova	5–7, 4–6
Win	1–1	Aug 2010	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W10	Hard	Başak Eraydın	Fatma Al-Nabhani Magali de Lattre	3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win	2–1	Jan 2011	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	W10	Hard (i)	Ulrikke Eikeri	Teodora Mirčić Jasmina Tinjić	6–4, 6–4
Loss	2–2	Mar 2011	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Clay	Martina Gledacheva	Ilona Kremen Demi Schuurs	6–3, 6–7⁽³⁾, [8–10]
Loss	2–3	Jun 2011	ITF Madrid, Spain	W10	Hard	Julia Stamatova	Rocío de la Torre-Sánchez Olga Sáez Larra	4–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss	2–4	Jun 2011	ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands	W10	Clay	Kimberley Cassar	Olga Brózda Natalia Kołat	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 2–6, [2–10]
Loss	2–5	Jul 2011	ITF Prokuplje, Serbia	W10	Clay	Julia Stamatova	Polona Reberšak Zsófia Susányi	4–6, 6–7⁽²⁾
Win	3–5	Aug 2011	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W10	Hard	Irina Ramialison	Khristina Kazimova Christina Shakovets	3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Loss	3–6	Aug 2011	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W10	Hard	Sofia Kvatsabaia	Magali de Lattre Lisa Whybourn	3–6, 6–2, [10–12]
Loss	3–7	Mar 2012	ITF Bron, France	W10	Hard (i)	Justine Ozga	Diāna Marcinkēviča Despina Papamichail	5–7, 5–7
Win	4–7	Mar 2012	ITF La Marsa, Tunisia	W25	Clay	Ulrikke Eikeri	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Sandra Klemenschits	6–3, 6–4
Win	5–7	Apr 2012	ITF Vic, Spain	W10	Clay	Eugeniya Pashkova	Amanda Carreras Ximena Hermoso	6–1, 6–2
Loss	5–8	Jun 2012	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	W25	Clay	Ksenia Lykina	Aleksandra Krunić Ana Vrljić	2–6, 4–6
Win	6–8	Jul 2012	ITF Breda, Italy	W10	Clay	Ysaline Bonaventure	Carolin Daniels Xenia Knoll	6–4, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Loss	6–9	Jul 2012	ITF Denain, France	W25	Clay	Michaela Hončová	Myrtille Georges Céline Ghesquière	4–6, 2–6
Loss	6–10	Feb 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Clay	Eva Fernández Brugués	Han Na-lae Lee Jin-a	3–6, 3–6
Win	7–10	Mar 2013	ITF Amiens, France	W10	Clay (i)	Lena-Marie Hofmann	Bernice van de Velde Kelly Versteeg	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–1
Win	8–10	Mar 2013	ITF Le Havre, France	W10	Clay (i)	Estelle Cascino	Dejana Raickovic Laura Schaeder	0–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Win	9–10	Aug 2013	ITF Braunschweig, Germany	W15	Clay	Clothilde de Bernardi	Tereza Maliková Tereza Smitková	3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Loss	9–11	Sep 2013	ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria	W25	Clay	Dalia Zafirova	Xenia Knoll Teodora Mirčić	5–7, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Win	10–11	Feb 2014	ITF Bron, France	W10	Hard (i)	Alyona Sotnikova	Anna Klasen Katharina Lehnert	5–7, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, [10–5]
Win	11–11	Mar 2014	ITF Amiens, France	W10	Clay (i)	Alyona Sotnikova	Angelica Moratelli Anna-Giulia Remondina	6–1, 6–4
Win	12–11	Mar 2014	ITF Le Havre, France	W10	Clay (i)	Alyona Sotnikova	Bernice van de Velde Kelly Versteeg	6–4, 6–3
Win	13–11	Apr 2014	ITF Dijon, France	W15	Hard (i)	Réka Luca Jani	Martina Borecká Michaëlla Krajicek	6–3, 7–5
Loss	13–12	Aug 2014	ITF Innsbruck, Austria	W10	Clay	Julia Stamatova	Zuzanna Maciejewska Camilla Rosatello	2–6, 2–6
Loss	13–13	Aug 2014	ITF Braunschweig, Germany	W15	Clay	Polina Leykina	Conny Perrin Chanel Simmonds	3–6, 0–6
Win	14–13	Sep 2014	ITF Belgrade, Serbia	W10	Clay	Natalija Kostić	Nina Alibalić Nina Stojanović	6–1, 6–2
Loss	14–14	Sep 2014	ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria	W25	Clay	Réka Luca Jani	Andreea Mitu Irina Bara	5–7, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Win	15–14	Sep 2014	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	W10	Clay	Julia Terziyska	Diana Buzean Raluca Elena Platon	7–5, 6–1
Loss	15–15	Oct 2014	ITF Albena, Bulgaria	W10	Clay	Iulia Helbet	Lenka Kunčíková Karolína Stuchlá	2–6, 4–6
Win	16–15	Jan 2015	ITF El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Estelle Cascino	Kristýna Hrabalová Vendula Žovincová	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–0
Win	17–15	Jan 2015	ITF El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Chantal Škamlová	Silvia Njirić Olga Parres Azcoitia	6–2, 6–0
Win	18–15	Feb 2015	ITF Mâcon, France	W10	Hard (i)	Eva Wacanno	Kinnie Laisné Marine Partaud	6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Win	19–15	Mar 2015	ITF El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Myrtille Georges	Chanel Simmonds Magali Kempen	1–6, 6–4, [10–2]
Loss	19–16	Mar 2015	ITF El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Fatma Al-Nabhani	Carolin Daniels Justyna Jegiołka	5–7, 7–5, [5–10]
Win	20–16	Jul 2015	ITF Bursa, Turkey	W10	Clay	Dia Evtimova	Ailen Crespo Azconzábal Ana Victoria Gobbi	6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Win	21–16	Sep 2015	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	W10	Clay	Irina Bara	Julieta Lara Estable Ana Victoria Gobbi	7–5, 4–6, [10–4]
Win	22–16	Oct 2015	ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria	W10	Hard	Julia Terziyska	Anna Klasen Charlotte Klasen	6–1, 6–2
Win	23–16	Dec 2015	ITF El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Karin Kennel	Darya Chernetsova Yana Sizikova	4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss	23–17	Dec 2015	ITF El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Francesca Stephenson	Darya Chernetsova Alexandra Perper	4–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Win	24–17	Mar 2016	ITF El Hammamet, Tunisia	W10	Clay	Julia Grabher	Yuliya Kalabina Polina Monova	7–5, 6–0
Loss	24–18	Mar 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W10	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	Julia Grabher Naomi Totka	5–7, 6–1, [11–13]
Win	25–18	Sep 2016	ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria	W25	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	Laura Schaeder Melanie Stokke	6–7⁽¹³⁾, 6–2, [10–6]
Loss	25–19	Mar 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Margarita Lazareva	Sandra Jamrichová Yulia Kulikova	5–7, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Win	26–19	Mar 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Chantal Škamlová	Margarita Lazareva Maria Marfutina	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 4–6, [10–8]
Loss	26–20	Jul 2017	ITF Horb, Germany	W25	Clay	Ágnes Bukta	Lesley Kerkhove Bibiane Schoofs	5–7, 3–6
Loss	26–21	Aug 2017	Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland	W25	Clay	Michaela Hončová	Xenia Knoll Amra Sadiković	2–6, 5–7
Loss	26–22	Oct 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Mariana Dražić	Lea Bošković Yasmine Mansouri	6–1, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss	26–23	Dec 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Victoria Muntean	Claudia Giovine Giorgia Marchetti	3–6, 1–6
Loss	26–24	Mar 2018	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Camilla Scala	Montserrat González Laura Pigossi	2–6, 0–6
Win	27–24	Jul 2018	ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany	W25	Clay	Polina Leykina	Chiara Scholl Emma Laine	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 7–5
Loss	27–25	Jul 2018	ITF Baja, Hungary	W25	Clay	Nicoleta Dascălu	Natalija Kostić Paula Ormaechea	w/o
Win	28–25	Sep 2018	ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France	W25	Hard (i)	Leonie Küng	Manon Arcangioli Shérazad Reix	6–2, 7–5
Loss	28–26	Jun 2019	ITF Klosters, Switzerland	W25	Clay	Leonie Küng	Lisa Sabino Gaia Sanesi	6–3, 1–6, [6–10]
Loss	28–27	Aug 2019	Kozerki Open, Poland	W25	Clay	Ulrikke Eikeri	Anna Hertel Anastasiya Shoshyna	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 2–6, [4–10]
Win	29–27	Sep 2019	Oeste Ladies Open, Portugal	W60	Hard	Jessika Ponchet	Anna Danilina Vivian Heisen	6–1, 6–3
Win	30–27	Jun 2021	Grado Tennis Cup, Italy	W25	Clay	Lucia Bronzetti	Federica di Sarra Camilla Rosatello	6–4, 2–6, [10–8]
Win	31–27	Jun 2022	Brașov Open, Romania	W60	Clay	Jesika Malečková	Veronika Erjavec Weronika Falkowska	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–3
Win	32–27	Mar 2023	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Naïma Karamoko	Fernanda Labraña Elena Milovanović	6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Loss	32–28	Jun 2023	ITF La Marsa, Tunisia	W25	Hard	Wei Sijia	Anastasia Gasanova Ekaterina Yashina	5–7, 7–6⁽¹⁾, [9–11]
Loss	32–29	Jan 2024	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W35	Hard	Linda Klimovičová	Daria Khomutsianskaya Evialina Laskevich	4–6, 2–6
Loss	32–30	Mar 2024	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Elena Milovanović	Evialina Laskevich Radka Zelníčková	0–6, 1–6
Loss	32–31	Oct 2024	ITF Kayseri, Turkey	W50	Hard	Melis Sezer	Briana Szabó Patricia Maria Țig	6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss	32–32	Mar 2025	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Elena-Teodora Cadar	Carolyn Ansari Zuzanna Pawlikowska	4–6, 0–6

National participation

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup

Shinikova debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 2012. Since then, she has a 10–13 singles record and a 10–13 doubles record (20–26 overall).

Singles (10–13)

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
2012	Z1 PO	4 Feb 2012	Eilat (ISR)	Portugal	Hard	Maria João Koehler	L	3–6, 5–7
2014	Z1 RR	4 Feb 2014	Budapest (HUN)	Portugal	Hard (i)	Maria João Koehler	L	6–3, 1–6, 4–6
	Z1 RR	6 Feb 2014		Turkey		Pemra Özgen	W	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
	Z1 PO	9 Feb 2014		Luxembourg		Claudine Schaul	W	6–2, 6–3
2016	Z1 PO	6 Feb 2016	Eilat (ISR)	Georgia	Hard	Sofia Shapatava	W	1–6, 7–6^(7–1), 6–4
2017	Z1 RR	9 Feb 2017	Tallinn (EST)	Serbia	Hard (i)	Nina Stojanović	L	2–6, 2–6
2017	Z1 RR	10 Feb 2017	Tallinn (EST)	Estonia	Hard (i)	Maria Lota Kaul	W	7–5, 7–5
2018	Z1 RR	7 Feb 2018	Tallinn (EST)	Serbia	Hard (i)	Olga Danilović	L	3–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–7^(6–8)
	Z1 RR	8 Feb 2018		Georgia		Sofia Shapatava	W	6–3, 6–3
	Z1 PO	10 Feb 2018		Poland		Magdalena Fręch	L	5–7, 3–6
2019	Z1 RR	6 Feb 2019	Zielona Góra (POL)	Estonia	Hard (i)	Valeria Gorlats	W	7–6^(8–6), 6–3
		7 Feb 2019		Ukraine		Marta Kostyuk	L	5–7, 4–6
		8 Feb 2019		Sweden		Mirjam Björklund	L	3–6, 2–6
2020–21	Z1 RR	5 Feb 2020	Tallinn (EST)	Croatia	Hard (i)	Lea Bošković	L	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
	Z1 RR	6 Feb 2020		Ukraine		Dayana Yastremska	L	2–6, 1–6
	Z1 PO	8 Feb 2020		Greece		Valentini Grammatikopoulou	W	6–3, 6–1
2022	Z1 RR	11 Apr 2022	Antalya (TUR)	Austria	Clay	Julia Grabher	L	2–6, 3–6
		12 Apr 2022		Croatia		Petra Martić	L	3–6, 1–6
		13 Apr 2022		Sweden		Jacqueline Cabaj Awad	W	6–0, 3–6, 7–5
		14 Apr 2022		Slovenia		Pia Lovrič	L	4–6, 4–6
2023	Z1 RR	10 Apr 2023	Antalya (TUR)	Serbia	Clay	Lola Radivojević	L	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
2023	Z1 PO	15 Apr 2023	Antalya (TUR)	Turkey	Clay	Çağla Büyükakçay	W	6–3, 1–6, 6–1
2024	Z1 RR	10 Apr 2024	Oeiras (POR)	Austria	Clay	Tamara Kostic	W	6–2, 6–4

Doubles (10–13)

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Partner	Surface	Against	Opponents	W/L	Result
2013	Z1 RR	7 Feb 2013	Eilat (ISR)	Elitsa Kostova	Hard	Netherlands	Arantxa Rus Bibiane Schoofs	W	6–2, 7–6^(7–5)
		8 Feb 2013		Dia Evtimova		Luxembourg	Laura Correia Tiffany Cornelius	W	6–2, 6–2
		9 Feb 2013		Elitsa Kostova		Slovenia	Andreja Klepač Tina Rupert	W	6–2, 6–3
2014	Z1 RR	4 Feb 2014	Budapest (HUN)	Viktoriya Tomova	Hard (i)	Portugal	Bárbara Luz Ines Murta	W	6–2, 7–5
2014	Z1 RR	6 Feb 2014	Budapest (HUN)	Elitsa Kostova	Hard (i)	Turkey	Çağla Büyükakçay Pemra Özgen	L	7–5, 1–6, 5–7
2016	Z1 RR	3 Feb 2016	Eilat (ISR)	Dia Evtimova	Hard	Hungary	Dalma Gálfi Fanny Stollár	L	3–6, 1–6
		4 Feb 2016		Dia Evtimova		Latvia	Diāna Marcinkeviča Jeļena Ostapenko	L	6–4, 0–6, 5–7
		5 Feb 2016		Dia Evtimova		Belgium	Marie Benoît An-Sophie Mestach	L	7–6^(7–4), 2–6, 4–6
	Z1 PO	6 Feb 2016		Elitsa Kostova		Georgia	Oksana Kalashnikova Sofia Shapatava	L	2–6, 6–4, 4–6
2017	Z1 RR	10 Feb 2017	Tallinn (EST)	Sesil Karatantcheva	Hard (i)	Estonia	Anett Kontaveit Maileen Nuudi	L	3–6, 5–7
2019	Z1 RR	6 Feb 2019	Zielona Góra (POL)	Viktoriya Tomova	Hard (i)	Estonia	Anett Kontaveit Maileen Nuudi	W	6–2, 6–2
2019	Z1 RR	7 Feb 2019	Zielona Góra (POL)	Viktoriya Tomova	Hard (i)	Ukraine	Nadiia Kichenok Marta Kostyuk	L	0–6, 6–7^(0–7)
2020–21	Z1 RR	5 Feb 2020	Tallinn (EST)	Viktoriya Tomova	Hard (i)	Croatia	Jana Fett Darija Jurak	L	2–6, 6–3, 1–6
2022	Z1 RR	11 Apr 2022	Antalya (TUR)	Julia Terziyska	Clay	Austria	Barbara Haas Sinja Kraus	W	6–7^(6–8), 6–2, 6–4
2022	Z1 RR	14 Apr 2022	Antalya (TUR)	Julia Terziyska	Clay	Slovenia	Živa Falkner Lara Smejkal	W	6–0, 5–7, 6–1
2023	Z1 RR	11 Apr 2023	Antalya (TUR)	Julia Terziyska	Clay	Croatia	Lucija Ćirić Bagarić Antonia Ružić	W	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
2023	Z1 RR	12 Apr 2023	Antalya (TUR)	Julia Terziyska	Clay	Sweden	Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Caijsa Hennemann	L	6–7^(6–8), 6–4, 5–7
2024	Z1 RR	8 Apr 2024	Oeiras (POR)	Lia Karatancheva	Clay	Hungary	Adrienn Nagy Natália Szabanin	L	4–6, 3–6
	Z1 RR	9 Apr 2024		Lia Karatancheva		Denmark	Laura Brunkel Rebecca Munk Mortensen	W	6–4, 6–4
	Z1 PO	13 Apr 2024		Lia Karatancheva		Portugal	Francisca Jorge Matilde Jorge	L	3–6, 6–4, [2–10]
2025	Z2 RR	8 Apr 2025	Larnaca (CYP)	Rositsa Dencheva	Hard	Israel	Mika Buchnik Alian Zack	W	6–0, 6–2
	Z2 RR	9 Apr 2025		Lia Karatancheva		Egypt	Gana Hossam Salah Amira Mohamed Badwy	L	1–1, ret.
	Z2 PO	10 Apr 2025		Lia Karatancheva		Norway	Malene Helgø Ulrikke Eikeri	L	5–7, 5–7

United Cup

Singles (0–2)

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
2023	RR	29 Dec 2022	Perth (AUS)	Greece	Hard	Despina Papamichail	L	6–3, 4–6, 1–6
2023	RR	31 Dec 2022	Perth (AUS)	Belgium	Hard	Alison Van Uytvanck	L	1–6, 6–3, 3–6

Doubles (1–0)

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Partner	Surface	Against	Opponents	W/L	Result
2023	RR	1 Jan 2023	Perth (AUS)	Alexandar Lazarov	Hard	Belgium	Elise Mertens David Goffin	W	1–6, 7–6^(7–5), [10–6]

References

^ "ITF junior profile". Archived from the original on 2016-04-06. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
^ Nick Fishpool. "Spotlight On... Isabella Shinikova - December 2015". ITFtennis.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-09. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
^ "Katharina Hobgarski and Riccardo Bellotti Set Records for Most Titles on ITF Tour". 25 December 2016.
^ "United Cup Field Set | ATP Tour | Tennis".
^ "Rookies learning from the best at United Cup". 3 January 2023.
^ "Shinikova, Lazarov triumph in mixed doubles to give Bulgaria win vs. Belgium".
^ "Lazarov/Shinikova Triumph In Historic Mixed Doubles Decider; Bulgaria Defeat Belgium". 1 January 2023.

External links

Isabella Shinikova at the Women's Tennis Association
Isabella Shinikova at the International Tennis Federation
Isabella Shinikova at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived former page)

[1] "ITF junior profile". Archived from the original on 2016-04-06. Retrieved 2016-03-19.

[2] Nick Fishpool. "Spotlight On... Isabella Shinikova - December 2015". ITFtennis.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-09. Retrieved 2016-03-19.

[3] "Katharina Hobgarski and Riccardo Bellotti Set Records for Most Titles on ITF Tour". 25 December 2016.

[4] "United Cup Field Set | ATP Tour | Tennis".

[5] "Rookies learning from the best at United Cup". 3 January 2023.

[6] "Shinikova, Lazarov triumph in mixed doubles to give Bulgaria win vs. Belgium".

[7] "Lazarov/Shinikova Triumph In Historic Mixed Doubles Decider; Bulgaria Defeat Belgium". 1 January 2023.

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