Maggy Maleeva

Maggy Maleeva was a Bulgarian tennis player who played professionally from 1989 to 2005. Maleeva was the world #4 in the singles in January 1996 and achieved a career-best doubles ranking of #13 in the world in February 2004. Her two older sisters Manuela and Katerina were also professional tennis players.

In 1990 Maleeva won the junior singles titles at the Australian Open, the French Open, and the US Open. The following year she won her first of five WTA doubles titles with victory at the Bol Open in Yugoslavia with partner Laura Golarsa. From 1992 to 2003 she also won 10 WTA singles titles. Maleeva made her début for Bulgaria in the Fed Cup in 1991 where she had a record of 18–8 in the singles and 9–9 in the doubles. At Grand Slams she reached the quarter-finals of the US Open in both the singles and doubles.

Maleeva competed at three Olympic Games; 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta, and 2004 Athína. At the 1992 Games she reached the third round in the singles where she lost to Steffi Graf. In Atlanta she again reached the third round, this time losing to Kimiko Date, and she also played in the doubles with her sister Katerina.