Lia Radoslavova Karatancheva ( bg, Лиа Радославова Каратанчева; born 8 September 2003) is a Bulgarian tennis player.
She has a career high
WTA singles ranking of world No. 439 achieved on 1 July 2024. She also has a career high WTA doubles ranking of No. 248 achieved on 5 August 2024.
Karatancheva has won three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Karatancheva took part in the
Bulgaria BJK Cup for the first time in 2023. Playing for
Bulgaria
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, Karatancheva has a win–loss record of 10–5.
In March 2024, Karatancheva played the doubles final in Santo Domingo.
Personal life
She is the daughter of former
rower and
member of parliament
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as part of the
Bulgarian Business Bloc
The Bulgarian Business Bloc ( bg, Български бизнес блок, Bulgarski biznes blok, BBB) was a political party in Bulgaria.
History
The party first participated in national elections in 1991, when it received 1.3% of the national v ...
, Radoslav Karatantchev.
Her mother Zhivka Angelova is journalist.
She has three sisters one of whom, Gabriel Karatantcheva, was active as a professional tennis player from 2014 to 2017.
Older sister
Sesil and younger sister Alexa, are also tennis players.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 1 (runner–up)
Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup
Lia Karatancheva debuted in
Bulgaria Billie Jean King Cup team in 2023; since then she has accumulated a 5–2 singles and a 5–3 doubles (10–5 overall) win–loss record.
Singles (5–2)
Doubles (5–3)
References
External links
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2003 births
Living people
Bulgarian female tennis players
Tennis players from Sofia
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