{{short description|Bulgarian tennis player}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Maria Penkova<br /><small>Мария Пенкова</small> | image = | country = {{BUL}} | residence = Sofia, Bulgaria | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1984|06|25}} | birth_place = Sofia, People's Republic of Bulgaria | turnedpro = 1999 | retired = 2006 | plays = | careerprizemoney = $27,706 | singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=105|lost=87}} | singlestitles = 2 ITF | highestsinglesranking = No. 412 (2 October 2006) | doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=22|lost=36}} | doublestitles = 0 | highestdoublesranking = No. 488 (20 September 2004) | Team = yes | FedCupresult = {{tennis record|won=3|lost=6|small=yes}}<br /><small>(doubles 2-6)</small> }}
'''Maria Vladimirova Penkova''' ({{langx|bg|Мария Владимирова Пенкова}}, born 25 June 1984) is a retired tennis player from Bulgaria.
==Career== In her career, Penkova won two singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She is a former member of the Bulgaria Fed Cup team.<ref name="Bulgarian Tennis">{{cite web|url=http://bgtennis.bg/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE/59-%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0-%D1%81-%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0-%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8-%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5-%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8-%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0-%D0%B2-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5|title=Мария Пенкова с втора титла при жените, спечели турнира в Прокупле|publisher=bgtennis.bg|date=2006-07-09|accessdate=2015-03-15}}</ref>
In 2005, Penkova won a European club championship in Rennes, France as a member of the Cherno More Elite team (Bulgarian: Черно море Елит). Her teammates were Virginiya Trifonova, Sesil Karatantcheva and Tsvetana Pironkova.<ref name="Cherno More Elite">{{cite web|url=http://www.varnatennis.com/Home.aspx/About|title=За клуба (Черно море-Елит)|publisher=varnatennis.com|accessdate=2015-03-15|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804011118/http://varnatennis.com/Home.aspx/About|archivedate=2014-08-04}}</ref>
==ITF Circuit finals== ===Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)=== {| |- valign=top | {|class="wikitable" style=font-size:85% !Legend |- style="background:#f88379;" | $100,000 tournaments |- style="background:#f7e98e;" | $75,000 tournaments |- style="background:#addfad;" | $50,000 tournaments |- style="background:lightblue;" | $25,000 tournaments |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | $10,000 tournaments |} | {|class="wikitable" style=font-size:85% |- !Finals by surface |- |Hard (0–0) |- |Clay (2–2) |- |Grass (0–0) |- |Carpet (0–0) |} |} {|class="sortable wikitable" !Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Opponent !class="unsortable"|Score |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | <small>0–1</small> | {{dts|Mar 2005}} | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Rome, Italy | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Clay | {{flagicon|FRA}} Aravane Rezaï | 2–6, 3–6 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | <small>0–2</small> | {{dts|Sep 2005}} | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Bucharest, Romania | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Clay | {{flagicon|ROU}} Corina-Claudia Corduneanu | 2–6, 3–6 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | <small>1–2</small> | {{dts|Jun 2006}} | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Ruse, Bulgaria | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Clay | {{flagicon|BUL}} Dia Evtimova | 5–7, 6–4, 6–1 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | <small>2–2</small> | {{dts|Jul 2006}} | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Prokuplje, Serbia & Montenegro | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Clay | {{flagicon|HUN}} Milijana Adanko | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |}
===Doubles: 1 (runner–up)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" !Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable" | Score |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | <small>0–1</small> | {{dts|Apr 2004}} | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Makarska, Croatia | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} Lisa Tognetti | {{flagicon|SVK}} Martina Babáková <br /> {{flagicon|CZE}} Iveta Gerlová | 1–6, 4–6 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{WTA}} * {{ITF}} * {{Fed Cup player}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Penkova, Maria}} Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:Tennis players from Sofia Category:Bulgarian female tennis players
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