Elena Pampoulova

Elena Pampoulova (also Elena Wagner, Elena Pampoulova-Bergomi, born May 17, 1972, in Sofia) is a retired professional tennis player from Bulgaria. She competed for Fed Cup of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). Elena's first tennis coach was her own mother, Bulgarian tennis player Lubka Radkova. Elena's father, Emilian Pampoulov, is also a tennis player.

Tennis career

Pampoulova's professional tennis career span from 1998 to 2001. Her career-high singles ranking is 62 (September 9, 1996). Her career-high doubles ranking is 38 (September 23, 1996). Pampoulova played for Bulgaria and the Bulgaria Fed Cup team from 1988 to 1992. Pampulova was one of only three players to represent Bulgaria in tennis at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona (together with Katerina Maleeva and Magdalena Maleeva). From 1997 to 1999 (until after her divorce with Axel Wagner) Elena played for Germany and the Germany Fed Cup team. Her total tennis career prize money amounts to $704,882. Pampoulova has 13 career titles in singles (1 of the from WTA tour) and 11 career titles in doubles (3 of them from WTA tour).

Personal life

On July 11, 2006, Elena Pampoulova married her long-time boy-friend, Swiss banker Christian Bergomi. The couple currently lives in Switzerland, where Elena is an investment banker. Their son Alex was born in early 2008.

WTA Tour finals

Singles champion (1)

Legend

Grand Slam (0)

WTA Championships (0)

Tier I (0)

Tier II (0)

Tier III (0)

Tier IV & V (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	July 26, 1992	Surabaya, Indonesia	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	2-6, 6-0, ret.

Singles finalist (1)

• 1998: Sopot (lost to Henrieta Nagyová)

Doubles champion (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	September 16, 1996	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Olga Lugina	Alexandra Fusai Laura Garrone	1-6, 6-4, 7-5
2.	July 14, 1998	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Pavlina Nola	Patty Schnyder Barbara Schett	6-4, 6-2
3.	July 14, 1998	Knokke-Heist, Belgium	Clay	Eva Martincová	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Sandra Nacuk	3-6, 6-3, 6-3

Doubles finalist (5)

• 1989: Sofia (with Silke Meier, lost to Laura Garrone/Laura Golarsa)
• 1989: Athens (with Silke Meier, lost to Sandra Cecchini/Patricia Tarabini)
• 1996: Karlovy Vary (with Eva Martincová, lost to Karina Habšudová/Helena Suková)
• 1996: Auckland (with Aleksandra Olsza, lost to Janette Husárová/Dominique Monami)
• 1997: Budapest (with Eva Martincová, lost to Amanda Coetzer/Alexandra Fusai)

Notes

External links

• Bulgarian Olympic Commitee