Manuela Maleeva

Full name: Manuela Georgieva Maleeva
Alias: Mrs F.Fragniere

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Bio	Manuela Georgieva Maleeva-Fragniere is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the Women's Tennis Association tour between 1982 and 1994. Through her marriage Maleeva began representing Switzerland officially from January 1990 until her retirement in February 1994. Maleeva-Fragniere was born in Sofia, the oldest of the three children of Georgi Maleev and Yuliya Berberyan. Her mother, who came from an Armenian family, was the best Bulgarian tennis player in the 1960s. After she retired from professional tennis in the 1970s, Berberyan started a coaching career. She coached all three of her daughters, Manuela, Katerina, and Magdalena, each of whom became WTA top ten players. In 1982, Maleeva-Fragniere won the junior French Open. Later that year, she made her debut on the senior tour and ended the year ranked in the top 200. In 1984, Maleeva-Fragniere won five tournaments and recorded wins over Chris Evert, Hana Mandlíková, Helena Suková, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Wendy Turnbull, Kathy Jordan, and Zina Garrison Jackson. After winning the tournament in Indianapolis, Maleeva-Fragniere rose to World No. 3 in the rankings. Once in the top ten, she did not leave it until 1992. Also in 1984, Maleeva won her only Grand Slam title – in mixed doubles at the US Open with American Tom Gullikson. In 1988, Maleeva-Fragniere won a bronze medal in singles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. In 1992 and 1993, Maleeva-Fragniere registered her all-time best achievement in Grand Slam singles competition when she reached the semifinals of the US Open both years (in 1992 after beating her sister, Magdalena, in the quarterfinals). In 1994, Maleeva-Fragniere retired from professional tennis. During her 12-year career, Maleeva won 19 WTA Tour singles titles, four doubles titles, and one mixed doubles title. She teamed with Jakob Hlasek to help Switzerland win the Hopman Cup in 1992 and, while playing for Bulgaria, twice reached the semifinals of Fed Cup (1985 and 1987). Maleeva has been married since 1987 to retired Swiss tennis player François Fragniere. They live near Lausanne and have two girls and a boy.

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8	GS Final Appearances
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