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Dora Lane
Full nameDora Lane (Djilianova)
Country (sports) Bulgaria
Born (1976-01-13) 13 January 1976 (age 48)
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Prize moneyUS$ 15,068
Singles
Career record53–38
Career titles0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 327 (23 October 1995)
Doubles
Career record34–30
Career titles0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 237 (7 August 1995)
Team competitions
Fed Cup0–1
(doubles 0–1)

Dora Lane (born 13 January 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Bulgaria. She competed as Dora Djilianova.

Biography

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Originally from Plovdiv, Lane competed on the ITF Circuit during the 1990s, reaching a best ranking of 327 in the world. Most notably she represented the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in a 1995 World Group Play-off against South Africa in Bloemfontein. She played in the doubles rubber, which she and partner Lubomira Bacheva lost to Amanda Coetzer and Elna Reinach.

Lane left the professional tennis circuit in 1996 to take up a scholarship to California State University, Fresno. As a senior, she was ranked as high as fourth in the country. She is now based in Reno, Nevada and works as an employment attorney.[1]

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1994 ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay Czech Republic Monika Maštalířová 2–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Sep 1994 ITF Varna, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay Bulgaria Galia Angelova 6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–2 Sep 1995 ITF Varna, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay Bolivia Cecilia Ampuero 0–6, 5–7

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner–ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1994 ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay Bulgaria Desislava Topalova Bulgaria Teodora Nedeva
Bulgaria Antoaneta Pandjerova
4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win 1–1 Sep 1994 ITF Varna, Bulgaria 10,000 Hard Bulgaria Desislava Topalova Bulgaria Galina Dimitrova
Germany Claudia Timm
6–3, 7–5
Loss 1–2 Feb 1995 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 10,000 Hard Bulgaria Desislava Topalova United States Corina Morariu
Greece Christina Zachariadou
3–6, 5–7
Win 2–2 Sep 1995 ITF Varna, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay Bulgaria Pavlina Nola Bulgaria Galina Dimitrova
Bulgaria Desislava Topalova
4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss 2–3 Oct 1995 ITF Bucharest, Romania 25,000 Clay Bulgaria Pavlina Nola Germany Angela Kerek
Germany Maja Živec-Škulj
2–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6

References

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  1. ^ "In her own words: Employment attorney Dora Lane". nnbusinessview.com. 22 April 2014.
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