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Lia Karatancheva
Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Residence	Sofia, Bulgaria
Born	8 September 2003 (age 21); Sofia
Turned pro	2017
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$61,023
Singles
Career record	151–143
Highest ranking	No. 347 (6 January 2025)
Current ranking	No. 347 (6 January 2025)
Doubles
Career record	73–73
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 199 (2 December 2024)
Current ranking	No. 205 (6 January 2025)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	10–5
	Last updated on: 6 January 2025.

Lia Radoslavova Karatancheva (Bulgarian: Лиа Радославова Каратанчева; born 8 September 2003) is a Bulgarian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking world No. 347, by the WTA, achieved on 6 January 2025. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 199, achieved on 2 December 2024.^[1]

Karatancheva has won three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She took part in the Bulgaria BJK Cup team for the first time in 2023.^[2] Playing for Bulgaria, Karatancheva has a win–loss record of 10–5.^[3]

Career

In March 2024, Karatancheva reached the doubles final in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.^[4]

Personal life

She is the daughter of former rower and member of parliament as part of the Bulgarian Business Bloc, Radoslav Karatantchev.^[5]^[6] Her mother Zhivka Angelova is journalist.^{[citation needed]}

She has three sisters one of whom, Gabriel Karatantcheva, was active as a professional tennis player from 2014 to 2017.^[7] Older sister, Sesil, and younger sister, Alexa, are also tennis players.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner–ups)

Legend
W75 tournaments (0–1)
W35 tournaments (0–1)

Finals by surface
Clay (0–1)
Hard (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2024	Open Castilla y León, Spain	W35	Hard	Yasmine Mansouri	2–6, 7–6^(7–5), 5–7
Loss	0–2	Sep 2024	Ladies Open Vienna, Austria	W75	Clay	Tena Lukas	4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (0–1)
W75 tournaments (0–2)
W50 tournaments (0–1)
W25/35 tournaments (3–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (2–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2022	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W25	Clay	Oana Gavrilă	Lina Gjorcheska Dea Herdzelas	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Jan 2024	ITF Naples, United States	W35	Clay	Isabelle Haverlag	Elvina Kalieva Maria Kozyreva	0–6, 0–6
Loss	1–2	Mar 2024	ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	W35	Hard	Rasheeda McAdoo	Carmen Corley Ivana Corley	1–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, [10–12]
Win	2–2	Apr 2024	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	W35	Clay	Eleni Christofi	Eleonora Alvisi Federica Urgesi	6–0, 6–4
Loss	2–3	May 2024	ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia	W35	Clay	Michaela Bayerlová	Ksenia Laskutova Radka Zelníčková	7–5, 6–7⁽³⁾, [9–11]
Loss	2–4	Jun 2024	Open Araba en Femenino, Spain	W100	Hard	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Estelle Cascino Alex Eala	3–6, 6–2, [4–10]
Win	3–4	Jul 2024	Open Castilla y León, Spain	W35	Hard	Radka Zelníčková	Alexandra Osborne Anna Rogers	2–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Loss	3–5	Aug 2024	Zagreb Open, Croatia	W50	Clay	Sapfo Sakellaridi	Živa Falkner Amarissa Tóth	4–6, 3–6
Loss	3–6	Sep 2024	Pazardzhik Cup, Bulgaria	W75	Clay	Sapfo Sakellaridi	Veronika Erjavec Anita Wagner	5–7, 6–3, [5–10]
Loss	3–7	Sep 2024	ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia	W75	Clay	Cristina Dinu	Amina Anshba Noma Noha Akugue	2–6, 6–7⁽²⁾
Loss	3–8	Oct 2024	ITF Faro, Portugal	W35	Hard	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Weronika Falkowska Stéphanie Visscher	4–6, 6–2, [5–10]

National representation

Billie Jean King Cup

Karatancheva debuted in Bulgaria Billie Jean King Cup team in 2023; since then she has accumulated a win–loss record of 5–2 in singles and 5–3 in doubles (10–5 overall).

Singles (5–2)

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
2023	Z1 RR	11 Apr 2023	Antalya (TUR)	Croatia	Clay	Petra Marčinko	W	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
		12 Apr 2023		Sweden		Kajsa Rinaldo Persson	W	7–6^(13–11), 7–6^(7–4)
		13 Apr 2023		Norway		Ulrikke Eikeri	W	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
		14 Apr 2023		Denmark		Rebecca Munk Mortensen	W	6–0, 6–0
2024	Z1 RR	9 Apr 2024	Antalya (TUR)	Denmark	Clay	Johanne Svendsen	L	2–6, 2–6
	Z1 RR	10 Apr 2024		Austria		Tamira Paszek	L	5–7, 2–6
	Z1 PO	13 Apr 2024		Portugal		Angelina Voloshchuk	W	6–1, 6–3

Doubles (5–3)

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Partner	Surface	Against	Opponents	W/L	Result
2023	Z1 RR	10 Apr 2023	Antalya (TUR)	Gergana Topalova	Clay	Serbia	Katarina Kozarov Lola Radivojević	W	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
		13 Apr 2023		Gergana Topalova		Norway	Ulrikke Eikeri Malene Helgø	L	6–2, 1–6, 4–6
		14 Apr 2023		Gergana Topalova		Denmark	Rebecca Munk Mortensen Johanne Svendsen	W	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
2024	Z1 RR	8 Apr 2024	Oeiras (POR)	Isabella Shinikova	Clay	Hungary	Adrienn Nagy Natália Szabanin	L	4–6, 3–6
		9 Apr 2024		Isabella Shinikova		Denmark	Laura Brunkel Rebecca Munk Mortensen	W	6–4, 6–4
		10 Apr 2024		Gergana Topalova		Austria	Melanie Klaffner Tamira Paszek	W	6–7^(5–7), 6–1, [10–6]
	Z1 PO	12 Apr 2024		Gergana Topalova		Norway	Emily Sartz-Lunde Carina Syrtveit	W	7–6^(7–3), 7–5
	Z1 PO	13 Apr 2024		Isabella Shinikova		Portugal	Francisca Jorge Matilde Jorge	L	3–6, 6–4, [2–10]

References

^ "Lia Karatantcheva | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
^ "Глушкова и Каратанчева ще играят за първи път в националния отбор на Купата на БЖК". www.tenniskafe.com.
^ "Lia Karatancheva Billie Jean King Cup team". Billie Jean King Cup.
^ "Лия Каратанчева не успя да спечели финала в Санто Доминго". www.tenniskafe.com.
^ "Радослав Каратанчев стана шеф на апетитни спортни бази". mediapool.bg. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
^ "ITF трябва да пусне Сесил в Казахстан, oт нашата федерация и ДАМС са били готови да дадат на Каратанчева сума, близка до тази в Азия". topsport.bg. topsport editors. 11 January 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
^ "Каратанчева спечели турнир в САЩ, сестрата на Сесил наречена Малката Шарапова". topsport.bg. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2014.

External links

Lia Karatancheva at the Women's Tennis Association
Lia Karatancheva at the International Tennis Federation
Lia Karatancheva at the Billie Jean King Cup

[1] "Lia Karatantcheva | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.

[2] "Глушкова и Каратанчева ще играят за първи път в националния отбор на Купата на БЖК". www.tenniskafe.com.

[3] "Lia Karatancheva Billie Jean King Cup team". Billie Jean King Cup.

[4] "Лия Каратанчева не успя да спечели финала в Санто Доминго". www.tenniskafe.com.

[Mediapool979-5] "Радослав Каратанчев стана шеф на апетитни спортни бази". mediapool.bg. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2015.

[topsport.bg-6] "ITF трябва да пусне Сесил в Казахстан, oт нашата федерация и ДАМС са били готови да дадат на Каратанчева сума, близка до тази в Азия". topsport.bg. topsport editors. 11 January 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

[7] "Каратанчева спечели турнир в САЩ, сестрата на Сесил наречена Малката Шарапова". topsport.bg. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2014.

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