Elena Pampoulova
Elena Pampulova is a retired tennis player from Bulgaria.
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.From 1997 to 1999, Elena played for the Germany Fed Cup team. She won 13 career titles in singles and 11 titles in doubles.
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. Their son Alex was born in early 2008.WTA career finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
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)
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, 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
Singles (12–2)
Doubles (8–5)
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.Singles (5–6)
Doubles (3–2)
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
- 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.