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Katerina Maleeva, Maleeva - Berberyan (born May 7 , 1969 ) is a Bulgarian tennis player. She played in the WTA tour, competing in singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles between 1984 and 1997 . Her best position in the WTA rank list was number 6 in 1990 . BIOGRAPHY Born in Sofia , Katerina was the second oldest of the four children of Yulia Berberyan and Georgi Maleev . The mother, who came from a prominent Armenian family, which found refuge in Bulgaria after the 1896 Armenian massacres in the Ottoman Empire , was the best Bulgarian tennis player in the 1960s . After she retired from professional tennis in the 1970s , Berberyan started on a coaching career. She was the coach of all of her three daughters, Katerina, Manuela and Magdalena , each of whom eventually became WTA top ten players. Throughout her professional career, Katerina has won a total of 11 WTA Tour singles titles and two titles in Doubles . She has been six times in the top ten and has a balance of 369 victories and 210 losses. In 1994 she married her year-long partner, Georgi Stoimenov. The two have two children and currently live in Sofia . TOURNAMENTS WON Singles Winner (WTA Tour):
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