Isabella Shinikova

Isabella Shinikova
Изабелла Шиникова

Isabella Shinkova at the 2009 Allianz Cup
Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Residence	Sofia, Bulgaria
Born	(1991-10-25) 25 October 1991 Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$ 131,924
Singles
Career record	289–169
Career titles	0 WTA, 17 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 134 (November 14, 2016)
Current ranking	No. 134 (November 14, 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open	Q2 (2016)
Doubles
Career record	214–145
Career titles	0 WTA, 24 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 242 (23 July 2012)
Current ranking	No. 307 (11 July 2016)
Last updated on: 18 July 2016.

Isabella Shinikova (Bulgarian: Изабелла Шиникова) (born 25 October 1991) is a professional Bulgarian tennis player.

On October 3, 2016, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 135 whilst her best doubles ranking was 242 on 23 July 2012.^[1]

She has also played for the Bulgarian Fed Cup team, with a current 6–3 record.^[2]

Early life and Junior career

Shinikova was born in 1991 in Sofia. Shinikova started playing tennis at the age 7. She played on the ITF junior circuit in 2006 and won 2 singles and 1 doubles titles. ^[3]

Professional career

In 2009 Shinikova made her pro debut at an ITF $25000 event. Since then Shinikova is playing on the ITF pro circuit and in 2015 she topped the 2015 leaderboard winning 8 titles thru the year. ^[4]

2016

In April 2016 Shinikova made her debut at main draw of WTA tournament at Katowice Open, losing to Alizé Cornet 2-6, 7-6^(7-5), 3-6 in the first round. Then she failed to qualify for the main draws of Stuttgart Open, Ricoh Open and Aegon Classic Birmingham. In July, Shinikova qualified for the main draw at the BRD Bucharest Open losing to Simona Halep in the second round. Shinikova made her debut at US Open qualifying draw, seeded 31st, losing to Laura Robson in the second round.

Year-end rankings

Grand Slam performance timeline

ITF Circuit finals: 72 (42–30)

Singles: 30 (18–12)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	10 October 2010	Dobrich, Bulgaria	Clay	Danka Kovinić	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	3 April 2011	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Ekaterine Gorgodze	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	10 April 2011	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Quirine Lemoine	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	12 June 2011	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Lisa Sabino	5–7, 3–6
Winner	1.	18 March 2012	Amiens, France	Clay (I)	Ysaline Bonaventure	6–3, 0–6, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	24 March 2012	La Marsa, Tunisia	Clay	Elina Svitolina	6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up	6.	22 December 2012	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Irina Ramialison	1–6, 6–2, 0–6
Winner	2.	29 December 2012	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	İpek Soylu	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	1 June 2013	Adana, Turkey	Hard	Zuzana Zlochová	5–7, 0–6
Runner-up	8.	30 June 2013	Breda, Netherlands	Clay	Bernarda Pera	4–6, 6–4, 0–6
Runner-up	9.	2 March 2014	Bron, France	Hard (i)	Ema Mikulčić	0–6, 5–7
Winner	3.	24 May 2014	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Marianna Zakarlyuk	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	4.	25 January 2015	El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Hard	Sandra Samir	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	5.	1 February 2015	El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Hard	Marie Benoît	6–2, 5–7, 6–1
Runner-up	10.	22 March 2015	El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Hard	Myrtille Georges	4–6, 0–6
Winner	6.	18 July 2015	Bursa, Turkey	Clay	Julieta Lara Estable	6–3, 6–4
Winner	7.	27 September 2015	Varna, Bulgaria	Clay	Irina Maria Bara	7–6(7–2), 6–4
Winner	8.	4 October 2015	Sozopol, Bulgaria	Hard	Margot Yerolymos	6–3, 3–0 ret
Winner	9.	29 November 2015	El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Hard	Chiraz Bechri	6–1, 6–2
Winner	10.	6 December 2015	El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Hard	Yana Sizikova	6–3, 6–2
Winner	11.	13 December 2015	El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Hard	Marta Paigina	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	11.	20 December 2015	El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Hard	Marta Paigina	2–6, 3–6
Winner	12.	27 February 2016	Beinasco, Italy	Clay	Jessica Pieri	1–6, 6–2, 6-2
Winner	13.	13 March 2016	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Julia Grabher	6–4, 6–4
Winner	14.	20 March 2016	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Irina Maria Bara	6–1, 4–6, 7–6 (7–2)
Winner	15.	1 May 2016	Chiasso, Switzerland	Clay	Amanda Carreras	6–3, 7–6 (7–1)
Winner	16.	22 May 2016	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Dalila Jakupović	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Winner	17.	3 July 2016	Torun, Poland	Clay	Tadeja Majerič	7–5, 4-6, 6-2
Runner-up	12.	14 September 2016	Dobrich, Bulgaria	Clay	Kathinka von Deichmann	0–6, 3-6
Winner	18.	6 November 2016	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (indoor)	Kristína Schmiedlová	6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 42 (24–18)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runners-up	1.	18 July 2010	Prokuplje, Serbia	Clay	Jelena Durišič	Camelia Hristea Ionela-Andreea Iova	5–7, 4–6
Winners	1.	15 August 2010	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Başak Eraydın	Fatma Al-Nabhani Magali de Lattre	3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Winners	2.	16 January 2011	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Ulrikke Eikeri	Teodora Mirčić Jasmina Tinjić	6–4, 6–4
Runners-up	2.	27 March 2011	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Martina Gledacheva	Ilona Kremen Demi Schuurs	6–3, 6–7(3–7), [8–10]
Runners-up	3.	5 June 2011	Madrid, Spain	Hard	Julia Stamatova	Rocío de la Torre-Sánchez Olga Sáez Larra	4–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Runners-up	4.	19 June 2011	Alkmaar, Netherlands	Clay	Kimberley Cassar	Olga Brózda Natalia Kolat	7–6(8–6), 2–6, [2–10]
Runners-up	5.	3 July 2011	Prokuplje, Serbia	Clay	Julia Stamatova	Polona Reberšak Zsófia Susányi	4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Winners	3.	7 August 2011	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Irina Ramialison	Khristina Kazimova Christina Shakovets	3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Runners-up	6.	14 August 2011	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Sofia Kvatsabaia	Magali de Lattre Lisa Whybourn	3–6, 6–2, [10–12]
Runners-up	7.	4 March 2012	Bron, France	Hard (i)	Justine Ozga	Diāna Marcinkēviča Despina Papamichail	5–7, 5–7
Winners	4.	24 March 2012	La Marsa, Tunisia	Clay	Ulrikke Eikeri	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Sandra Klemenschits	6–3, 6–4
Winners	5.	29 April 2012	Vic, Spain	Clay	Eugeniya Pashkova	Amanda Carreras Ximena Hermoso	6–1, 6–2
Runners-up	8.	24 June 2012	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Ksenia Lykina	Aleksandra Krunić Ana Vrljić	2–6, 4–6
Winners	6.	1 July 2012	Breda, Netherlands	Clay	Ysaline Bonaventure	Carolin Daniels Xenia Knoll	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Runners-up	9.	8 July 2012	Denain, France	Clay	Michaela Hončová	Myrtille Georges Céline Ghesquière	4–6, 2–6
Runners-up	10.	1 February 2013	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Eva Fernández-Brugués	Han Na-lae Lee Jin-a	3–6, 3–6
Winners	7.	8 March 2013	Amiens, France	Clay (I)	Lena-Marie Hofmann	Bernice van de Velde Kelly Versteeg	7–6(7–5), 6–1
Winners	8.	15 March 2013	Le Havre, France	Clay (I)	Estelle Cascino	Dejana Raickovic Laura Schaeder	0–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Winners	9.	23 August 2013	Braunschweig, Germany	Clay	Clothilde de Bernardi	Tereza Malíková Tereza Smitková	3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Runners-up	11.	20 September 2013	Dobrich, Bulgaria	Clay	Dalia Zafirova	Xenia Knoll Teodora Mirčić	5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Winners	10.	28 February 2014	Bron, France	Hard (i)	Alyona Sotnikova	Anna Klasen Katharina Lehnert	5–7, 7–6(7–5), [10–5]
Winners	11.	7 March 2014	Amiens, France	Clay (I)	Alyona Sotnikova	Angelica Moratelli Anna Remondina	6–1, 6–4
Winners	12.	21 March 2014	Le Havre, France	Clay (I)	Alyona Sotnikova	Bernice van de Velde Kelly Versteeg	6–4, 6–3
Winners	13.	4 April 2014	Dijon, France	Hard (i)	Réka-Luca Jani	Martina Borecká Michaëlla Krajicek	6–3, 7–5
Runners-up	12.	15 August 2014	Innsbruck, Austria	Clay	Julia Stamatova	Zuzanna Maciejewska Camilla Rosatello	2–6, 2–6
Runners-up	13.	23 August 2014	Braunschweig, Germany	Clay	Polina Leykina	Conny Perrin Chanel Simmonds	3–6, 0–6
Winners	14.	7 September 2014	Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	Natalija Kostić	Nina Alibalić Nina Stojanović	6–1, 6–2
Runners-up	14.	20 September 2014	Dobrich, Bulgaria	Clay	Réka-Luca Jani	Andreea Mitu Irina Maria Bara	5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Winners	15.	28 September 2014	Varna, Bulgaria	Clay	Julia Terziyska	Diana Buzean Raluca Elena Platon	7–5, 6–1
Runners-up	15.	10 October 2014	Albena, Bulgaria	Clay	Julia Helbet	Lenka Kunčíková Karolína Stuchlá	2–6, 4–6
Winners	16.	24 January 2015	El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Hard	Estelle Cascino	Kristýna Hrabalová Vendula Žovincová	7–6(7–3), 6–0
Winners	17.	31 January 2015	El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Hard	Chantal Škamlová	Silvia Njirić Olga Parres Azcoitia	6–2, 6–0
Winners	18.	27 February 2015	Mâcon, France	Hard	Eva Wacanno	Kinnie Laisné Marine Partaud	6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Winners	19.	14 March 2015	El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Hard	Myrtille Georges	Chanel Simmonds Magali Kempen	1–6, 6–4, [10–2]
Runners-up	16.	29 March 2015	El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Hard	Fatma Al-Nabhani	Carolin Daniels Justyna Jegiołka	5–7, 7–5, [5–10]
Winners	20.	17 July 2015	Bursa, Turkey	Clay	Dia Evtimova	Ailen Crespo Azconzábal Ana Victoria Gobbi Monllau	6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Winners	21.	25 September 2015	Varna, Bulgaria	Clay	Irina Maria Bara	Julieta Lara Estable Ana Victoria Gobbi Monllau	7–5, 4–6, [10–4]
Winners	22.	4 October 2015	Sozopol, Bulgaria	Hard	Julia Terziyska	Anna Klasen Charlotte Klasen	6–1, 6–2
Winners	23.	6 December 2015	El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Hard	Karin Kennel	Darya Chernetsova Yana Sizikova	6–2, 6–3
Runners-up	17.	14 December 2015	El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Hard	Francesca Stephenson	Darya Chernetsova Alexandra Perper	4–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Winners	24.	6 March 2016	El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Clay	Julia Grabher	Yuliya Kalabina Polina Monova	7–5, 6–0
Runners-up	18.	13 March 2016	El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	Julia Grabher Naomi Totka	7-5, 1-6, [11-13]
Winners	25.	14 September 2016	Dobrich, Bulgaria	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	Laura Schaeder Melanie Stokke	6–7(13–15), 6–2, [10–6]

Fed Cup

Isabella Shinikova debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 2012. Since then she has a 2–2 singles record and a 4–1 doubles record (6–3 overall).

Singles (2–2)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
2012 Europe/Africa Group I	RPO	4 February 2012	Portugal	Hard	Maria João Koehler	L	3–6, 5–7
2014 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	4 February 2014	Portugal	Hard (i)	Maria João Koehler	L	6–3, 1–6, 4–6
		6 February 2014	Turkey		Pemra Özgen	W	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
	RPO	9 February 2014	Luxembourg		Claudine Schaul	W	6–2, 6–3

Doubles (4–1)

Edition	Round	Date	Partner	Against	Surface	Opponents	W/L	Result
2013 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	7 February 2013	Elitsa Kostova	Netherlands	Hard	Arantxa Rus Bibiane Schoofs	W	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
		8 February 2013	Dia Evtimova	Luxembourg		Laura Correia Tiffany Cornelius	W	6–2, 6–2
		9 February 2013	Elitsa Kostova	Slovenia		Andreja Klepač Tina Rupert	W	6–2, 6–3
2014 Europe/Africa Group I	RR	4 February 2014	Viktoriya Tomova	Portugal	Hard (i)	Bárbara Luz Ines Murta	W	6–2, 7–5
		6 February 2014	Elitsa Kostova	Turkey		Çağla Büyükakçay Pemra Özgen	L	7–5, 1–6, 5–7

• RR = Round Robin
• RPO = Relegation Play-off

References

External links

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Women's Tennis Association: Top ten Bulgarian female singles tennis players as of October 31, 2016
1. Tsvetana Pironkova (66 1) 2. Elitsa Kostova (131 ) 3. Isabella Shinikova (137 ) 4. Viktoriya Tomova (153 4) 5. Sesil Karatantcheva (223 10)
6. Aleksandrina Naydenova (243 1) 7. Julia Terziyska (342 29) 8. Julia Stamatova (563 2)* 9. Dia Evtimova (565 1) 10.Petia Arshinkova (685 4)