Isabella Shinikova

Isabella Shinikova
Изабелла Шиникова

Isabella Shinikova at the 2016 Wimbledon
Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Residence	Sofia, Bulgaria
Born	(1991-10-25) 25 October 1991 (age 25) Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$ 167,857
Singles
Career record	312–185
Career titles	0 WTA, 18 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 133 (February 20, 2017)
Current ranking	No. 133 (February 20, 2017)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2017)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2016)
US Open	Q2 (2016)
Doubles
Career record	221–154
Career titles	0 WTA, 25 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 224 (September 26, 2016)
Current ranking	No. 242 (February 20, 2017)
Last updated on: 20 February 2017.

Isabella Shinikova (Bulgarian: Изабелла Шиникова) (born 25 October 1991) is a professional Bulgarian tennis player.

On 20 February 2017, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 133 whilst her best doubles ranking was 224 on 26 September 2016.

She has also played for the Bulgarian Fed Cup team, with a current 8–9 record.

Shinikova was born in 1991 in Sofia. Shinikova started playing tennis at the age 7. She played on the ITF junior circuit in 2006 and won 2 singles and 1 doubles titles.

In 2009 Shinikova made her pro debut at an ITF $25000 event. Since then Shinikova is playing on the ITF pro circuit and in 2015 she topped the 2015 leaderboard winning 8 titles thru the year.

In April 2016 Shinikova made her debut at main draw of WTA tournament at Katowice Open, losing to Alizé Cornet 2-6, 7-6^(7-5), 3-6 in the first round. Then she failed to qualify for the main draws of Stuttgart Open, Ricoh Open and Aegon Classic Birmingham. In July, Shinikova qualified for the main draw at the BRD Bucharest Open losing to Simona Halep in the second round. Shinikova made her debut at US Open qualifying draw, seeded 31st, losing to Laura Robson in the second round.

Isabella Shinikova debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 2012. Since then she has a 4–3 singles record and a 4–6 doubles record (8–9 overall).