Maria Geznenge

Maria Geznenge
Country (sports) Bulgaria
 Germany
Born (1977-03-13) 13 March 1977
Sofia, Bulgaria
Turned pro1993
Retired2006
Prize moneyUS$132,201
Singles
Career record240–265
Career titles0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 190 (9 September 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2002, 2003)
French OpenQ1 (2003)
WimbledonQ1 (2002, 2003)
US Open1R (2002)
Doubles
Career record110–175
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 163 (15 September 2003)
Team competitions
Fed Cup5–2

Maria Geznenge (Bulgarian: Мария Гезненге) (née Gusheva (Bulgarian: Гушева); born 13 March 1977) is a Bulgarian former tennis player.

In her career, she won one singles title and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 9 September 2002, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 190. On 15 September 2003, she peaked at No. 163 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Bulgaria in Fed Cup competitions, Geznenge has a win–loss record of 5–2 (all doubles).[1]

Geznenge retired from professional tour 2006.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 1998 ITF Pontevedra, Spain 10,000 Hard Paula Hermida 1–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 May 1998 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay Olga Vymetálková 4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss 1–2 Mar 2001 ITF Rome, Italy 10,000 Clay Dinara Safina 5–7, 0–6
Loss 1–3 Aug 2006 ITF Wahlstedt, Germany 10,000 Clay Julia Görges 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 10 (2 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Clay (0–4)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 1999 ITF Thessaloniki, Greece 10,000 Hard Louise Latimer Jindra Gabrisova
Ivona Mihailova
4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Feb 2000 ITF Faro, Portugal 10,000 Hard Antoaneta Pandjerova Natasha Galouza
Shelley Stephens
6–7(5–7), 3–6
Win 1–2 Oct 2000 Open de Touraine, France 25,000 Hard (i) Eleni Daniilidou Mia Buric
Laura Dell'Angelo
5–3, 4–1, 4–0
Loss 1–3 Feb 2001 ITF Tipton, UK 10,000 Hard (i) Eleni Daniilidou Helen Crook
Victoria Davies
6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Feb 2002 Midland Tennis Classic, United States 75,000 Hard (i) Michaela Paštiková Janet Lee
Elena Tatarkova
1–6, 3–6
Loss 1–5 Nov 2002 ITF Deauville, France 25,000 Clay (i) Antoaneta Pandjerova Zuzana Černá
Zuzana Hejdová
4–6, 5–7
Loss 1–6 Jun 2003 ITF Fontanafredda, Italy 25,000 Clay Dragana Zarić Li Ting
Sun Tiantian
4–6, 3–6
Loss 1–7 Jul 2003 ITF Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany 25,000 Clay Dragana Zarić Antonia Matic
Angelika Rösch
1–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 1–8 Nov 2003 ITF Deauville, France 25,000 Clay (i) Zuzana Hejdová Pauline Parmentier
Aurélie Védy
7–5, 2–6, 1–6
Win 2–8 Aug 2005 ITF Helsinki, Finland 25,000 Hard Stefanie Haidner Emma Laine
Essi Laine
7–5, 2–6, 6–4

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