Elena Pampoulova

Country	Bulgaria  Germany
Residence	Sofia, Bulgaria
Date of birth	17 May 1972 (1972-05-17) (age 37)
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Turned pro	1988
Retired	2001
Career prize money	US$704,882
Singles
Career record	243–179
Career titles	1 WTA, 12 ITF
Highest ranking	62 (9 September 1996)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2r (1990, 1998, 1999)
French Open	2r (1990, 1998, 1999)
Wimbledon	3r (1999)
US Open	3r (1997)
Doubles
Career record	163–146
Career titles	3 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	38 (23 September 1996)

Elena Pampoulova (also Elena Wagner, Elena Pampoulova-Bergomi, born 17 May 1972, in Sofia) is a retired professional tennis player from Bulgaria. She competed for Fed Cup of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). Elena's first tennis coach was her own mother, Bulgarian tennis player Lubka Radkova. Elena's father, Emilian Pampoulov, is also a tennis player.

Contents 1 Tennis career 2 Personal life 3 WTA Tour finals 3.1 Singles champion (1) 3.2 Singles finalist (1) 3.3 Doubles champion (3) 3.4 Doubles finalist (5) 4 Notes 5 External links

[edit] Tennis career

Pampoulova's professional tennis career span from 1998 to 2001. Her career-high singles ranking is 62 (9 September 1996). Her career-high doubles ranking is 38 (23 September 1996). 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 (together with Katerina Maleeva and Magdalena Maleeva). From 1997 to 1999 Elena played for Germany and the Germany Fed Cup team. Her total tennis career prize money amounts to $704,882. Pampoulova has 13 career titles in singles (1 of the from WTA tour) and 11 career titles in doubles (3 of them from WTA tour).

[edit] Personal life

On 11 July 2006, Elena Pampoulova married her long-time boy-friend, Swiss banker Christian Bergomi. The couple currently lives in Switzerland, where Elena is an investment banker.^[1] Their son Alex was born in early 2008.

[edit] WTA Tour finals

[edit] Singles champion (1)

Legend

Grand Slam (0)

WTA Championships (0)

Tier I (0)

Tier II (0)

Tier III (0)

Tier IV & V (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	26 July 1992	Surabaya, Indonesia	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	2-6, 6-0, ret.

[edit] Singles finalist (1)

• 1998: Sopot (lost to Henrieta Nagyová)

[edit] Doubles champion (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	16 September 1996	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Olga Lugina	Alexandra Fusai Laura Garrone	1-6, 6-4, 7-5
2.	14 July 1998	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Pavlina Nola	Patty Schnyder Barbara Schett	6-4, 6-2
3.	14 July 1998	Knokke-Heist, Belgium	Clay	Eva Martincová	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Sandra Nacuk	3-6, 6-3, 6-3

[edit] Doubles finalist (5)

• 1989: Sofia (with Silke Meier, lost to Laura Garrone/Laura Golarsa)
• 1989: Athens (with Silke Meier, lost to Sandra Cecchini/Patricia Tarabini)
• 1996: Karlovy Vary (with Eva Martincová, lost to Karina Habšudová/Helena Suková)
• 1996: Auckland (with Aleksandra Olsza, lost to Janette Husárová/Dominique Monami)
• 1997: Budapest (with Eva Martincová, lost to Amanda Coetzer/Alexandra Fusai)

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Elena Wagner profile on the WTA Tour's official website
• Elena Pampoulova at the International Tennis Federation
• Elena Pampoulova at the Fed Cup
• Bulgarian Olympic Commitee