Viktoriya Konstantinova Tomova ( bg, Виктория Константинова Томова, born 25 February 1995) is a professional Bulgarian tennis player. Tomova reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 89 achieved on 31 October 2022. Her best doubles ranking is world No. 254, achieved on 11 August 2014. She is currently the No. 1 Bulgarian in singles. She also plays for the

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with a current win–loss record of 12–11.

Professional career

2016: WTA debut and top 150

In July 2016, Tomova reached the biggest final of her career so far at the Hungarian Ladies Open, losing to fellow Bulgarian

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. The following week, she failed to qualify for the Bucharest Open, losing in the final qualifying round to

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. Tomova made her debut at US Open reaching qualifying competition. She finished the year as No. 152 in the world.

2017: WTA 250 tour-level debut, top 150 year end

Tomova started the season with a loss to Elitsa Kostova at the qualifying draw of the

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, and then she lost in the first round of qualifying draw in

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. At her debut at

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, she lost in the qualifying competition to

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. At her

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debut, she fell in the first round of the qualifying competition. In July, she scored her biggest win so far, defeating

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in the first round of the

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. At the US Open she lost at the qualifying competition. In October, she managed to qualify for the

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, where she lost to previous year's finalist

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in three sets. She finished the year ranked No. 141 in the world.

2018: Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open and first win at Wimbledon

Tomova made her debut in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, coming through qualifying rounds at the

as a lucky loser, but then lost in straight sets to

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. At the

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, she was eliminated in the second round of qualifying. She made her main draw debut at

, going through qualifying and defeating

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for her first Grand Slam match win but then lost to

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in the second round, in straight sets.

2019–20: US Open and WTA 500 debut

Tomova made her WTA 500 main draw debut by reaching the second round with a win over

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at the 2019 Pan Pacific Open but was defeated by top seed and eventual champion,

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. In 2020, she made her main draw debut at the US Open as a direct entry where she was defeated by 22nd-seeded

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, in the first round. Prior to that, Tomova tested positive for

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while staying in

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, Italy, for a prospective tournament. Despite the short season, she finished 2020 at No. 138, a new best year-end result.

2021: WTA 1000 debut, first WTA Tour semifinal

In March, she made her debut at the WTA 1000-level

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as a lucky loser. She lost in the first round to tenth seed

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. In April, Tomova reached for the first time in her career the semifinals of a

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tournament at the

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with a three-set victory over

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. As a result, she reached a new career-high of world No. 122 in the singles rankings, on 10 May 2021. At the

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, she advanced to the semifinals as a lucky loser, winning two matches in the same day after two days of postponement due to rain. She lost her semifinal to the eventual champion, fourth seeded

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. As a result of this run, Tomova rose 15 spots to No. 108. On 28 June, she reached a new new career-best ranking of No. 104. In August, Tomova entered the main draw of her first Grand Slam tournament for the season, coming through qualifying rounds at the US Open as a lucky loser where she lost to

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. At the WTA 125

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she reached again the semifinals for the first time at this level. She finished the year ranked 116 in singles, a new best year-end season ranking.

2022: French Open debut, first WTA 500 quarterfinal & WTA 125 final, top 100

Tomova qualified for the

to make her second main draw at this major but lost to eventual first-time quarterfinalist

. On 28 February 2022, she reached a career-high ranking of world No. 103. Defeating

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in qualifying, she made her main-draw debut at the

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. Also at the

, she made her debut as a lucky loser, thus completing the set of main-draw appearances in all four Grand Slam championships. However, she lost to world No. 9,

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, in the first round. At the

, she reached again quarterfinals for a second consecutive year defeating

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and world No. 69 and second seed,

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, en route, before losing in three tight sets to eventual finalist

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. At the

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, she replaced as a lucky loser second seed

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. After getting a bye into the second round, she defeated world No. 37,

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, to advance to her first WTA 500 quarterfinal defeating

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and taking revenge for the loss in the final round of qualifying. At

, she reached the second round for the second time defeating wildcard

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before losing to world No. 5,

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. At the same tournament, she made her debut in a doubles event at a major, partnering

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; they reached the second round. At the

, she reached again the quarterfinals defeating

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. She went one step further defeating former top-20 player

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in the semifinal. There, she lost to eventual champion

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. As a result, she reached a new career-high singles ranking of 101, on 11 July 2022. Following a semifinal showing at the Polish Open in

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, she reached world No. 99 on 8 August 2022 making her the only female representative of Bulgaria in the top 100. Tomova lost in the last round qualifying for the US Open to Slovak

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. At the Budapest Open, she reached the final of a WTA 125 tournament for the first time defeating two top-100 players, third seed

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and

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, and also two former top-50 players,

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and

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. She was defeated in the final by

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. She finished the year ranked No. 90 in the world, a new best year-end ranking, on 7 November 2022. Two weeks later, on 23 November 2022, she was confirmed as a participant at the 2023 United Cup as part of the Bulgarian team.

2023: United Cup debut

Performance timeline

''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

''Current after the 2022 Guadalajara Open.''

Doubles

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 24 (16 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Doubles: 20 (12 titles, 8 runner–ups)

National participation

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup

Viktoriya Tomova debuted in

in 2014; since then she has accumulated a 7–8 singles record and a 5–3 doubles record (12–11 overall).

Singles (7–8)

Doubles (5–3)

United Cup

Singles (0–1)

Notes

References

External links

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