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home contact SESIL KARATANTCHEVA BULGARIAN TENNIS PLAYER WEB SITE Results Gaz de France Stars, 50,000 USD, Bucharest, Romania 5 May 2008 Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score R32 (WC) Simona Halep (ROU) 579 L 6-4 3-6 0-6 Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, 145,000 USD, Fes, Morocco 28 April 2008 Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score R16 (1) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 34 L 6-3 6(4)-7 1-6 R32 Elena Baltacha (GBR) 146 W 7-5 6-2 Ballenisles, 25,000 USD, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA 15 April 2008 Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score F (8) Soledad Esperon (ARG) 254 L 4-6 1-6 SF (Q) Sabine Klaschka (GER) 550 W 1-6 7-5 6-3 Q Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 296 W 3-6 6-2 6-3 R16 Story Tweedy-Yates (USA) 382 W 6-0 6-2 R16 DOUBLES with Shareen-Rena Lai (MAS) vs (1) Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) / Sunitha RAO (IND) - L 1-6 2-6 R32 (7) Lauren Albanese (USA) 265 W 6-3 6-1 Trofeo Tirreno Power, 25,000 USD, Civitavecchia, Italy 31 March 2008 Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score Q Betina Jozami (ARG) 203 L 4-6 4-6 R16 (WC) Stefania Chieppa (ITA) 433 W 6-1 6-0 R32 (Q) Natasa Zoric (SRB) 486 W 6-1 7-5 Internationali Citta di Latina, 50,000 USD, Latina, Italy 23 March 2008 Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score F (3) Iveta Benesova (CZE) 126 L 0-6 2-6 SF (4) Oviliva Sanchez (FRA) 123 W 2-6 6-4 7-6(1) Q Liana-Gabriela Ungur (ROU) 231 W 6-1 6-1 R16 (2) Monica Niculescu (ROU) 120 W 2-6 6-3 6-2 R32 (Q) Elisa Balsamo (ITA) 481 W 6-1 6-2 Q-Q Alexia Virgili (ITA) 544 W 6-3 6-3 Q-R16 (6) Melanie Klaffner (AUT) 325 W 6-3 6-4 Q-R32 Spehanie Vogt (LIE) 439 W 7-6(1) 6-0 Pacific Life Open, 2,100,000 USD, Indian Wells, California, USA 10 March 2008 Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score Q-R48 (13) Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) 121 L 5-7 2-6 Pacific Life Open Pre-qualification, Indian Wells, California, USA 8 March 2008 Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score F Nelly Radeva (USA) - W 6-1 6-3 SF McCall Jones (USA) - W 6-0 6-3 Tennis Channel Open, 50,000 USD, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 3 March 2008 Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score R32 (WC) Madison Brengle (USA) 266 L 6-7(6) 6-2 2-6 Q-Q Elena Bovina (RUS) 336 W 6-1 4-6 7-5 Q-R16 Amber Liu (USA) 270 W 6-3 6-3 Q-R32 Maureen Diaz (USA) 972 W 6-2 6-1 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, 175,000 USD, Memphis, Tennessee, USA 24 February 2008 Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score Q-R32 (7) Hana Sromova (CZE) 160 L 6-7(2) 4-6 Dow Corning Tennis Classic, 75,000 USD, Midland, Michigan, USA 4 February 2008 Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score R32 Valerie Tetreault (CAN) 348 L 2-6 1-6 La Quinta ITF Women's Circuit, 25,000 USD, La Quinta, California, USA 28 January 2008 Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score F (3) Sandra Klosel (GER) 117 W 6-4 7-5 SF (5) Viktoria Kutuzova (UKR) 172 W 6-1 3-6 6-4 Q Irena Pavlovic (FRA) 249 W 6-4 6-2 R16 Tina Schiechtl (AUT) 251 W 6-2 6-2 R32 (2) Angelika Bachmann (GER) 154 W 7-5 6-4 Q-R16 Stacia Fonseca (USA) 654 W 3-6 6-0 6-3 Q-R32 Danice Shackelford (USA) - W 6-1 6-3 Q-R64 Thien-Trang Nguyen (USA) 1047 W 6-1 6-2 Surprise ITF Women's Circuit, 25,000 USD, Surprise, Arizona, USA 14 January 2008 Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score F (8) Angela Haynes (USA) 222 W 6-2 4-6 6-4 SF (2) Viktoria Kutuzova (UKR) 178 W 7-6(4) 6-0 SF DOUBLES with Lai (MAS) vs Gullickson (USA) / Perry (USA) - L 4-6 3-6 Q Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 229 W 6-4 6-4 Q DOUBLES with Lai (MAS) vs Kondtratieva (RUS) / Lefevre (FRA) - W 6-4 6-4 R16 (WC) Robin Stephenson (USA) 449 W 6-0 6-2 R32 (5) Sunitha Rao (IND) 194 W 2-6 6-3 6-2 R16 DOUBLES with Lai (MAS) vs El Tabakh (CAN) / Tetreault (CAN) - W 4-6 6-4 [10-8] Q-R16 Kristina Kucova (SVK) 585 W 7-5 6-1 Q-R32 (1) Maria Kondratieva (RUS) 263 W 6-1 6-0 Q-R64 Susanna Lingman (USA) 672 W 6-3 6-3 Surprise Wildcard Event, Surprise, Arizona, USA 5 January 2008 Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score F Gyorgi Zsiros (HUN) - W 6-4 6-1 SF Page Bartelt (USA) - W 6-3 6-3 Q Shareen Lai (MAS) - W 6-1 6-1 Advanta Championships, PA, Philadelphia, USA 31 October 2005 Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score R16 Peschke, Kveta (CZE) 31 L 1-6 0-6 R32 (9) Zvonareva, Vera (RUS) 27 W 7-5 6-3 Generali Ladies, Linz, Austria 24 October 2005 Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score R16 (9) Golovin, Tatiana (FRA) 24 W 4-6 6-7(2) R32 Meusburger, Yvonne (AUT) 138 W 7-6(3) 6-3 Zurich Open, Zurich, Switzerland 17 October 2005 Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score R16 Pennetta, Flavia (ITA) 25 L 5-7 1-6 3-6 Q-Q Sugiyama, Ai (JPN) 28 L 1-6 2-6 Q-R16 Kleinova, Sandra (CZE) 187 W 7-6(3) 6-3 Q-R32 Muller, Martina (GER) 112 W 6-1 6-4 Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia 8 October 2005 Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score R16 (4) Dementieva, Elena (RUS) 8 L 0-6 1-6 R32 Jankovic, Jelena (SCG) 19 W 6-2 6-1 Q-Q Raymond, Lisa (USA) 91 W 4-6 6-2 6-1 Q-R16 Kleybanova, Alisa (RUS) 384 W 1-6 6-1 6-3 Q-R32 Salerni, Ma. Emilia (ARG) 123 W 6-3 6-3 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Filderstadt, Germany 3 October 2005 Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score Q-R32 Gehrlein, Stephanie (GER) 219 L 2-6 6-7(2) US Open, Flushing Meadows, New York, USA 15 August 2005 Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score R32 Mauresmo, Amelie (FRA) 3 L 0-6 1-6 R64 Shaughnessy, Meghann (USA) 53 W 2-6 7-5 7-5 Rogers Cup, Toronto, Canada 15 August 2005 Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score R32 Petrova, Nadia (RUS) 10 L 6-4 1-6 4-6 R64 Craybas, Jill (USA) 59 W 6-2 2-6 6-3 Acura Classic, San Diego, USA 1 August 2005 Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score Q Sugiyama, Ay (JPN) 38 L 1-6 2-6 R16 Washington, Mashona (USA) 55 W 6-1 6-2 R32 Raymond, Lisa (USA) 47 W 7-6(6) 6-4 R64 (13) Asagoe, Shinobu (JPN) 25 W 6-1 0-6 7-5 Wimbledon, London, Great Britain 20 June 2005 Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score 1r doubles with Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) vs (9) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)-Dinara Safina (RUS)   L 4-6 2-6 R32 (2) Sharapova, Maria (RUS) 2 L 0-6 1-6 R64 Janes, Amanda (GBR) 266 W 7-5 6-7(6) 7-5 Roland Garros French Open, Paris, France 23 May 2005 Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score Q (16) Likhovtseva, Elena (RUS) 19 L 6-2 4-6 4-6 R8 Gagliardi, Emmanuelle (SUI) 105 W 7-5 6-3 R16 (11) Williams, Venus (USA) 13 W 6-3 1-6 6-1 R32 (19) Asagoe, Shinobu (JPN) 21 W 7-5 6-2 R64 Bondarenko, Alyona (UKR) 90 W 4-6 7-5 6-4 Miami, Florida, USA 2 April 2005, $3 115 000, HARD Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score R128 PESCHKE, KVETA (CZE) 82 L 6-3 6-1 Indian Wells, California, USA 19 March 2005, $2 100 000, HARD Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score R64 (1) DAVENPORT, LINDSAY (USA) 1 L 6-3 6-2 R128 WEINGARTNER, MARLENE (GER) 70 W 6-7(5) 6-0 6-2 Memphis, TN, USA 19 February 2005, $170 000, HARD Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score R16 JACKSON, JAMEA (USA) 149 L 6-3 6-4 R32 NOORLANDER, SEDA (NED) 265 W 7-5 6-3 Australian Open, Australia 29 January 2005, $5 952 601, HARD Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score R128 (4) SHARAPOVA, MARIA (RUS) 4 L 6-3 6-1 Q-R32 (19) PEER, SHAHAR (ISR) 143 W 6-4 7-5 Q-R64 ALVES, MARIA FERNANDA (BRA) 182 W 6-3 6-3 Q-R128 SCHEEPERS, CHANELLE (RSA) 199 W 6-2 7-6(2) Gold Coast, Australia 8 January 2005, $170 000, HARD Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score Q (2) SCHNYDER, PATTY (SUI) 14 L 6-2 6-2 R16 (7) LIKHOVTSEVA, ELENA (RUS) 24 W 6-2 0-6 7-6(3) R32 CAMERIN, MARIA ELENA (ITA) 43 W 6-2 6-4 Q-Q (6) SFAR, SELIMA (TUN) 118 W 6-3 4-6 6-1 Q-R16 DELLACQUA, CASEY (AUS) 291 W 6-2 6-2 Q-R32 (1) LINETSKAYA, EVGENIA (RUS) 95 W 6-1 5-7 6-1

Note on name spelling: Sesil Karatantcheva is Bulgarian. Bulgaria uses the Cyrillic alphabet. That's why the Bulgarian names are transliterated in Latin alphabet. Unfortunately there's no common transliteration table and what happens is that either every person decides how to transliterate his name or some journalists translitarate it. Very often the more common translitaration is different from the one written in the passport. And this is the case with the surname of Sesil. She's known as either Karatantcheva (used by WTA) or Karatancheva (on some Bulgarian English language media). Regardless of the transliteration it shoud be pronounced [ka:-ra:-'tan-che:-va:] Her first name is transliterated as Sesil although some people might write it like Secile, Cecile, Secil. The way it should be prnounced is [se-'sil]. © 2005, All Rights Reserved, Karatantcheva.com

09 May 2008