Viktoriya Tomova

Viktoriya Konstantinova Tomova (Виктория Константинова Томова, born 25 February 1995) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player.

She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 64, achieved on 5 February 2024.

Her best doubles ranking is world No. 254, achieved on 11 August 2014.

Tomova is the current No. 1 Bulgarian female player.

Competing for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 12–11 (as of March 2024).

In July 2016, Tomova reached the biggest final of her career so far at the Hungarian Ladies Open, losing to fellow Bulgarian Elitsa Kostova.

The following week, she failed to qualify for the Bucharest Open, losing in the final qualifying round to Nadia Podoroska.

Tomova made her debut at the US Open in the qualifying competition.

She finished the year as No. 152 in the world.

Tomova started the season with a loss to Elitsa Kostova at the qualifying draw of the Brisbane International, and then she lost in the first round of qualifying draw in Sydney.

At her debut at Australian Open, she lost in the qualifying competition to Eri Hozumi.

At her Wimbledon debut, she fell in the first round of the qualifying competition.

In July, she scored her biggest win so far, defeating Julia Görges in the first round of the Swedish Open.

At the US Open she lost at the qualifying competition.

In October, she managed to qualify for the Linz Open, where she lost to previous year's finalist Viktorija Golubic in three sets.

She finished the year ranked No. 141 in the world.

Tomova made her debut in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, coming through qualifying rounds at the Australian Open as a lucky loser, but then lost in straight sets to Nicole Gibbs.

At the French Open, she was eliminated in the second round of qualifying.

She made her main draw debut at Wimbledon, going through qualifying and defeating wildcard Tereza Smitková for her first Grand Slam match win but then lost to Serena Williams in the second round, in straight sets.

Tomova made her WTA 500 main draw debut by reaching the second round with a win over Alizé Cornet at the 2019 Pan Pacific Open but was defeated by top seed and eventual champion, Naomi Osaka.

In 2020, she made her main draw debut at the US Open as a direct entry where she was defeated by 22nd-seeded Amanda Anisimova, in the first round.

Prior to that, Tomova tested positive for COVID-19 while staying in Palermo, Italy, for a prospective tournament.

Despite the short season, she finished 2020 at No. 138, a new best year-result.

In March, she made her debut at the WTA 1000-level Dubai Tennis Championships entering the main draw as a lucky loser.

She lost in the first round to tenth seed Elise Mertens.

In April, Tomova reached for the first time in her career the semifinals of a WTA 250 tournament at the Copa Colsanitas with a three-set victory over Nuria Párrizas Díaz.

As a result, she reached a new career-high of world No. 122 in the singles rankings, on 10 May 2021.

At the Serbia Open, she advanced to the semifinals as a lucky loser, winning two matches in the same day after two days of postponement due to rain.

She lost her semifinal to the eventual champion, fourth seeded Paula Badosa.

As a result of this run, Tomova rose 15 spots to No. 108.

On 28 June, she reached a new new career-best ranking of No. 104.

In August, Tomova entered the main draw of her first Grand Slam tournament for the season, coming through qualifying rounds at the US Open as a lucky loser where she lost to Lauren Davis.

At the WTA 125 Open Internacional de Valencia, she reached again the semifinals for the first time at this level.

She finished the year ranked No. 116 in singles, a new best year-end season ranking.

Tomova qualified for the Australian Open to make her second main draw at this major but lost to eventual first-time quarterfinalist Alizé Cornet.

On 28 February 2022, she reached a career-high ranking of world No. 103.

Defeating Astra Sharma in qualifying, she made her main-draw debut at the Indian Wells Open.

Also at the French Open, she made her debut as a lucky loser, thus completing the set of main-draw appearances in all four Grand Slam events.

However, she lost to world No. 9, Danielle Collins, in the first round.

At the Internacional de Valencia, she reached quarterfinals for a second consecutive year, defeating Sara Errani and world No. 69 and second seed, Varvara Gracheva, en route, before losing in three tight sets to eventual finalist Wang Xiyu.