Galina Dimitrova

Full name	Galina Dimitrova Courson
Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Born	(1978-04-11) 11 April 1978
Prize money	US$ 12,332
Singles
Career record	46–49 (48.4%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 400 (7 October 1996)
Doubles
Career record	43–35 (55.1%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 316 (24 July 1995)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	0–2 (0%) (singles 0–2)

Galina Dimitrova Courson (born 11 April 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Bulgaria.

Biography

Dimitrova spent her professional career on the ITF circuit, reaching a top singles ranking of 400 in the world. As a doubles player she had a best ranking of 316 and won three ITF titles. She represented the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in ties against Russia and Greece in 1997.

From 1998 to 2000, Dimitrova played college tennis for the University of North Georgia. A two-time Southern States Athletic Conference champion, she was both NAIA National Player of the Year and an All-American in 1999. Dimitrova, who was named All-American again in 2000, is a member of the UNG Athletics Hall of Fame.^[1]

She is now known as Galina Courson and is working as a financial advisor in Atlanta.

ITF Circuit finals

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (3–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 1994	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	10,000	Hard	Claudia Timm	Dora Djilianova Desislava Topalova	3–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Jun 1995	ITF Katowice, Poland	10,000	Clay	Desislava Topalova	Monika Kratochvílová Hana Šromová	3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Sep 1995	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Desislava Topalova	Dora Djilianova Pavlina Nola	6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Win	1–3	Jun 1996	ITF Skopje, Macedonia	10,000	Clay	Antoaneta Pandjerova	Marina Lazarovska Katarina Mišić	6–4, 6–0
Loss	1–4	Sep 1996	ITF Albena, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Desislava Topalova	Antoaneta Pandjerova Pavlina Nola	4–6, 2–6
Win	2–4	Jun 1997	ITF Velp, Netherlands	10,000	Clay	Desislava Topalova	Kim Kilsdonk Jolanda Mens	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
Win	3–4	Sep 1997	ITF Albena, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Desislava Topalova	Lubomira Bacheva Antoaneta Pandjerova	7–5, 6–1

References

External links

• Galina Dimitrova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Galina Dimitrova at the International Tennis Federation
• Galina Dimitrova at the Billie Jean King Cup