Sarah Iliev
{{Short description|French tennis player (born 2006)}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Sarah Iliev
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| country = {{FRA}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2006|10|03|df=yes}}
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| plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
| careerprizemoney = $43,648
| singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=69|lost=55}}
| singlestitles = 0
| highestsinglesranking = 550 (6 November 2023)
| currentsinglesranking = 844 (3 March 2025)
| doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=15|lost=16}}
| doublestitles = 2 ITF
| highestdoublesranking = 541 (3 March 2025)
| currentdoublesranking = 541 (3 March 2025)
| FrenchOpenresult = Q1 (2024)
| FrenchOpenjuniorresult = 1R (2023)
| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 1R (2025)
| FrenchOpenDoublesjuniorresult = 1R (2023)
| updated = 3 March 2025
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Sarah Iliev (born 3 October 2006) is a French female tennis player.
Iliev has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 550 achieved on 6 November 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/330506/sarah-iliev#rankingshistory|title=Sarah Iliev | Rankings History – WTA Official|website=Women's Tennis Association}}
Career
Iliev made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2023 Internationaux de Strasbourg, after qualifying into the singles main draw with wins over Ellen Perez and Bai Zhuoxuan, before losing in the first round to Lauren Davis.{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/photos/3013222/photos-the-players-contesting-their-first-wta-main-draw-in-2023|title=Photos: The players contesting their first WTA main draw in 2023|publisher=Women's Tennis Association|accessdate=20 December 2024}}{{Cite web |date=May 21, 2023 |title=Tennis: revivez la 2e journée des Internationaux féminins de Strasbourg, Sarah Iliev entre dans le tableau final!|url=https://www.dna.fr/sport/2023/05/21/tennis-suivez-la-2e-journee-des-internationaux-feminins-de-strasbourg|publisher=DNA (in French)}}
Performance timeline
{{Performance key}}{{Expand section|date=May 2023}}
ITF Circuit finals
=Singles: 3 (3 runner–ups)=
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| W35 tournaments (0–1) |
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| W15 tournaments (0–2) |
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| Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L !Date !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Opponent !class="unsortable"|Score | |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 0–1 | Nov 2022
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Monastir, Tunisia | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 | Hard | {{flagicon|EGY}} Merna Refaat | 3–6, 1–6 |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 0–2 | Jan 2023 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Fort-de-France, Martinique | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 | Hard | {{flagicon|FRA}} Emma Léné | 2–6, 4–6 | |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 0–3 | Apr 2025 | style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy | style="background:lightblue;"|W35 | Clay | {{flagicon|FIN}} Laura Hietaranta | 1–6, 1–6 |
= Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) =
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| W50 tournaments (1–0) |
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| W35 tournaments (0–1) |
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| W15 tournaments (1–0) |
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!Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !Date !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class=unsortable|Score |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 0–1 | Aug 2024 | style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Braunschweig, Germany | style="background:lightblue;"|W35 | Clay | {{Flagicon|JAP}} Ikumi Yamazaki | {{Flagicon|JAP}} Funa Kozaki | 3–6, 6–7(9) |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 1–1 | Sep 2024 | style="background:#ffe4c4;"|ITF Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, France | style="background:#ffe4c4;"|W50 | Clay | {{Flagicon|FRA}} Emma Léné | {{flagicon|LTU}} Justina Mikulskytė | 7–6(5), 6–2 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 2–1 | Mar 2025 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Hagetmau, France | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 | Hard (i) | {{Flagicon|FRA}} Emma Léné | {{flagicon|USA}} Ayana Akli | 7–6(2), 3–6, [10–8] |
References
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External links
- {{WTA|330506}}
- {{ITF|sarah-iliev/800540380/fra}}
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Category:French female tennis players
Category:21st-century French sportswomen
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