Maria Penkova
{{short description|Bulgarian tennis player}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Maria Penkova
Мария Пенкова
| image =
| country = {{BUL}}
| residence = Sofia, Bulgaria
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1984|06|25}}
| birth_place = Sofia, People's Republic of Bulgaria
| turnedpro = 1999
| retired = 2006
| plays =
| careerprizemoney = $27,706
| singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=105|lost=87}}
| singlestitles = 2 ITF
| highestsinglesranking = No. 412 (2 October 2006)
| doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=22|lost=36}}
| doublestitles = 0
| highestdoublesranking = No. 488 (20 September 2004)
| Team = yes
| FedCupresult = {{tennis record|won=3|lost=6|small=yes}}
(doubles 2-6)
}}
Maria Vladimirova Penkova ({{langx|bg|Мария Владимирова Пенкова}}, born 25 June 1984) is a retired tennis player from Bulgaria.
Career
In her career, Penkova won two singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
She is a former member of the Bulgaria Fed Cup team.{{cite web|url=http://bgtennis.bg/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE/59-%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0-%D1%81-%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0-%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8-%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5-%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8-%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0-%D0%B2-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5|title=Мария Пенкова с втора титла при жените, спечели турнира в Прокупле|publisher=bgtennis.bg|date=2006-07-09|accessdate=2015-03-15}}
In 2005, Penkova won a European club championship in Rennes, France as a member of the Cherno More Elite team (Bulgarian: Черно море Елит). Her teammates were Virginiya Trifonova, Sesil Karatantcheva and Tsvetana Pironkova.{{cite web|url=http://www.varnatennis.com/Home.aspx/About|title=За клуба (Черно море-Елит)|publisher=varnatennis.com|accessdate=2015-03-15|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804011118/http://varnatennis.com/Home.aspx/About|archivedate=2014-08-04}}
ITF Circuit finals
=Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)=
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| $100,000 tournaments |
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| $75,000 tournaments |
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| $50,000 tournaments |
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| $25,000 tournaments |
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| $10,000 tournaments |
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| Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0–0) |
| Clay (2–2) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
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!Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Opponent !class="unsortable"|Score |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 0–1 | {{dts|Mar 2005}} | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Rome, Italy | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Clay | {{flagicon|FRA}} Aravane Rezaï | 2–6, 3–6 |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 0–2 | {{dts|Sep 2005}} | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Bucharest, Romania | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Clay | {{flagicon|ROU}} Corina-Claudia Corduneanu | 2–6, 3–6 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 1–2 | {{dts|Jun 2006}} | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Ruse, Bulgaria | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Clay | {{flagicon|BUL}} Dia Evtimova | 5–7, 6–4, 6–1 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 2–2 | {{dts|Jul 2006}} | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Prokuplje, Serbia & Montenegro | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Clay | {{flagicon|HUN}} Milijana Adanko | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
=Doubles: 1 (runner–up)=
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!Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable" | Score |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 0–1 | {{dts|Apr 2004}} | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Makarska, Croatia | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} Lisa Tognetti | {{flagicon|SVK}} Martina Babáková | 1–6, 4–6 |
References
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External links
- {{WTA}}
- {{ITF}}
- {{Fed Cup player}}
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Category:Tennis players from Sofia
Category:Bulgarian female tennis players
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