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Katerina Maleeva (born May 7, 1969) is a
successful Bulgaria|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
Armenians|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
Maleeva|Manuela and Magdalena Maleeva|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.

==Tournaments won==
===Singles===
Winner (WTA Tour): 
*1994 - Quebec City
*1991 - Indianapolis
*1990 - Houston
*1989 - Indianapolis; Bayonne; BÃ¥stad
*1988 - Indianapolis
*1987 - Tokyo (Japan Open); Athens
*1985 - Hilversum; Seabrook
*1984 - ITF/Lyon-FRA

===Doubles===
Winner:
*1992 - Essen (with Barbara Rittner)
*1985 - U.S. Clay Courts (with Manuela Maleeva)

==See also==

*Manuela Maleeva
*Magdalena Maleeva
*List of female tennis players

==External links==
*wta|id=130005|name=Katerina Maleeva