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Katerina Maleeva (born May 7, 1969) is a successful Bulgarian tennis
player. She played in the WTA tour, competing in singles, doubles and mixed
doubles between 1984 and 1997. Her best position in the WTA rank list was
number 6 in 1990.
Biography
Born in Sofia, Katerina was the second oldest of the four
children of Yulia Berberyan and Georgi Maleev. The mother, who came from
a prominent Armenian family, which found refuge in Bulgaria after the 1896
Armenian massacres in the Ottoman Empire, was the best Bulgarian tennis player
in the 1960s. After she retired from professional tennis in the 1970s, Berberyan
started on a coaching career. She was the coach of all of her three daughters,
Katerina, Manuela and Magdalena, each of whom eventually became WTA top ten
players.
Throughout her professional career, Katerina has won a total
of 11 WTA Tour singles titles and two titles in doubles. She has been six
times in the top ten and has a balance of 369 victories and 210 losses. In
1994 she married her year-long partner, Georgi Stoimenov. The two have two
children and currently live in Sofia.
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