Borislava Botusharova

Borislava Botusharova
Singles
Native name	Борислава Ботушарова
Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Residence	Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
Born	(1994-11-28) 28 November 1994 (age 29) Pazardzhik
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$14,100
Career record	62–41 (60.2%)
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 407 (28 October 2013)
Doubles
Career record	28–29 (49.1%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 702 (9 September 2013)

Borislava Botusharova (Bulgarian: Борислава Ботушарова; born 26 November 1994) is a former professional tennis player from Bulgaria.

She has been an Old Dominion University tennis player. Botusharova was named the No. 6 ranked Newcomer/Freshman in the entire NCAA entering her first semester of college at ODU (Fall 2014). On 28 October 2013, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of world No. 407 whilst her best doubles ranking was 702, on 9 September 2013.^[1] She has also played once for the Bulgarian Fed Cup team in 2014, when she lost her singles match.^[2]

Professional career

ITF Circuit and college tennis

Botusharova made her debut in 2005 and started playing on the ITF Junior Circuit. She won several junior titles and played her first match on the pro circuit in 2009 and won her first and only title on the ITF Women's Circuit in 2013 in Varna, Bulgaria.^[3] In 2014, she was called up in the Bulgaria Fed Cup team. In the same year, Botushrova began studying Tourism Management at the Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. She started playing college tennis and received the Conference U.S. Player of the Week award.^[4]

She played her last match at a $10k event in Adana, Turkey, in June 2014.

Personal life

Botusharova was born in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria. She started playing tennis when she was five years old and her coach was mother Silvia. Botusharova's cousin is fellow Bulgarian tennis player Vivian Zlatanova.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Clay (1–1)
Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2012	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Carpet	Manon Arcangioli	1–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Sep 2013	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Pernilla Mendesová	6–4, 1–6, 7–6⁽²⁾
Loss	1–2	Oct 2013	ITF Albena, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Vivian Zlatanova	3–6, 6–3, 6–7⁽⁵⁾

Doubles: 3 (3 runner–ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Clay (0–2)
Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2012	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Viktoriya Tomova	Michaela Boev Anastasiya Vasylyeva	1–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Nov 2012	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Carpet	Vivian Zlatanova	Başak Eraydın Abbie Myers	0–6, 1–6
Loss	0–3	Aug 2013	ITF Pirot, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Ani Vangelova	Katarina Adamović Vladica Babić	0–6, 3–6