Maria Geznenge

Maria Geznenge

Country (sports)	Bulgaria  Germany
Born	(1977-03-13) 13 March 1977 (age 46) Sofia, Bulgaria
Turned pro	1993
Retired	2006
Prize money	US$ 132,201
Singles
Career record	240–265 (47.5%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 190 (9 September 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2002, 2003)
French Open	Q1 (2003)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2002, 2003)
US Open	1R (2002)
Doubles
Career record	110–175 (38.6%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 163 (15 September 2003)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	5–2 (71.4%) (doubles 5-2)

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

In her career, she won one singles title and two doubles titles on the ITF 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 at the Fed Cup, Geznenge has a win–loss record of 5–2.^[1]

Geznenge retired from professional tennis 2006.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner–ups)

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)

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	ITF Joue-les-tours, 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, Great Britain	10,000	Hard (i)	Eleni Daniilidou	Helen Crook Victoria Davies	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	1–4	Feb 2002	ITF Midland, 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 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

References

External links

• Maria Geznenge at the Women's Tennis Association
• Maria Geznenge at the International Tennis Federation
• Maria Geznenge at the Billie Jean King Cup

This page was last edited on 30 January 2024, at 08:39