Petya Nedelcheva

Petya Nedelcheva (; born 30 July 1983) is a Bulgarian badminton player. She was born in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. At the Bulgarian National Badminton Championships she won more than 20 titles.

Career A right-handed Nedelcheva became a professional badminton player since 1999, when she competed at the Balkan Games Championships. In 2001, she won bronze medals at the European Junior Badminton Championships in the girls' singles and doubles event. She also won the silver medal at the 2010 European Badminton Championships in the women's doubles event partnered with Anastasia Russkikh of Russia. At the 2014 European Badminton Championships she won bronze partnered with Imogen Bankier from Scotland. In 2015, she settled for bronze at the Baku 2015 European Games in the women's singles event.

Olympic Games Nedelcheva competed at the 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, and 2012 London Summer Olympics. In 2004, she plays in the women's singles and beat Tine Rasmussen of Denmark and Seo Yoon-hee of Korea in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Nedelcheva lost to Zhou Mi of China 11–4, 11–1. Nedelcheva's partner in women's doubles was Neli Boteva. They were defeated by Ella Tripp and Joanne Wright of Great Britain in the round of 32. In 2008, she reached the third round in the women's singles event after defeat Sara Persson of Sweden and Hadia Hosny of Egypt in the first two rounds. In the third round, she lost to Wong Mew Choo of Malaysia in two sets. In 2012, she did not advance to the knock-out stage after placing 2nd in the group stage. She started off with a victory over Alesia Zaitsava from Belarus, but lost to Adriyanti Firdasari from Indonesia.

Achievements

European Games Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2015 Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan Line Kjærsfeldt 18–21, 14–21 Bronze Bronze

European Championships Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2010 Manchester Evening News Arena,Manchester, England Anastasia Russkikh Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova 18–21, 14–21 Silver Silver 2014 Gymnastics Center,Kazan, Russia Imogen Bankier Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl 21–12, 13–21, 7–21 Bronze Bronze

European Junior Championships Girls' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2001 Spała Olympic Center, Spała, Poland Juliane Schenk 4–11, 5–11 Bronze Bronze

Girls' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2001 Spała Olympic Center, Spała, Poland Maya Ivanova Carina Mette Juliane Schenk 15–9, 9–15, 7–15 Bronze Bronze

BWF Superseries The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2010 French Open Anastasia Russkikh Duanganong Aroonkesorn Kunchala Voravichitchaikul 16–21, 2–11r Runner-up BWF Superseries Finals tournament BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2006 Bulgaria Open Ella Karachkova 19–21, 21–19, 21–16 Winner 2008 Bulgaria Open Rosaria Yusfin Pungkasari 21–14, 21–12 Winner

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2008 Russian Open Dimitria Popstoykova Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova 18–21, 8–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (62 titles, 34 runners-up) Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 1999 Cyprus International Diana Knekna 11–0, 11–4 Winner 2000 Greece Athens International Dobrinka Smilianova 11–4, 11–4 Winner 2000 Romanian International Lonneke Janssen 11–13, 11–7, 6–11 Runner-up 2001 Hungarian International Maja Pohar 7–1, 5–7, 7–5 Winner 2001 Bulgarian International Rebecca Pantaney 7–5, 2–7, 7–5 Winner 2001 Slovenian International Maja Pohar 7–2, 0–7, 6–8 Runner-up 2002 Athens International Neli Boteva 11–4, 11–3 Winner 2002 Slovenian International Anu Weckström 6–11, 11–1, 11–9 Winner 2002 Croatian International Tomomi Matsuda 7–5, 7–1, 5–7 Winner 2002 Iceland International Susan Hughes 11–3, 11–3 Winner 2002 Norwegian International Tine Rasmussen 11–3, 12–13, 8–11 Runner-up 2002 Finnish International Anu Weckström 1–7, 4–7, 0–7 Runner-up 2002 Bulgarian International Elena Sukhareva 11–7, 8–11, 0–11 Runner-up 2003 Slovak International Kaori Mori 6–11, 6–11 Runner-up 2003 Finnish Open Huaiwen Xu 6–11, 11–8, 5–11 Runner-up 2003 Austrian Open Huaiwen Xu 7–11, 1–11 Runner-up 2003 Iceland International Miyo Akao 11–5, 13–10 Winner 2003 Bulgarian International Susan Hughes 11–0, 11–0 Winner 2003 Norwegian International Tine Rasmussen 7–11, 5–11 Runner-up 2004 Irish International Elizabeth Cann 8–11, 11–8, 11–9 Winner 2004 Welsh International Susan Hughes 11–9, 11–8 Winner 2004 Hungarian International Maja Tvrdy 11–1, 11–6 Winner 2005 Slovak International Kamila Augustyn 11–2, 11–9 Winner 2005 Polish International Ella Karachkova 11–9, 11–7 Winner 2005 Bulgarian International Jeanine Cicognini 11–7, 11–2 Winner 2005 Dutch International Karina de Wit 11–3, 11–5 Winner 2005 Hungarian International Atu Rosalina 6–11, 6–11 Runner-up 2006 Croatian International Kati Tolmoff 21–14, 21–18 Winner 2006 Banu Sport International Simone Prutsch 21–12, 21–11 Winner 2006 Scotland International Ella Karachkova 18–21, 21–7, 18–21 Runner-up 2007 Turkey International Juliane Schenk 21–14, 12–21 retired Runner-up 2007 Bulgarian International Anna Rice 21–19, 21–16 Winner 2007 Hellas International Ragna Ingólfsdóttir Walkover Winner 2008 Polish International Juliane Schenk 16–21, 7–21 Runner-up 2008 Bulgarian International Susan Hughes 21–11, 21–15 Winner 2008 Hungarian International Maja Tvrdy 21–11, 21–8 Winner 2009 Austrian International Juliane Schenk 22–20, 8–21, 20–22 Runner-up 2009 Banuinvest International Linda Zetchiri 21–9, 21–17 Winner 2009 Polish International Linling Wang 15–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2009 Dutch International Juliane Schenk 12–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2009 Bulgarian International Linda Zetchiri 21–4, 19–8 retired Winner 2010 Austrian International Fransisca Ratnasari 15–21, 21–18, 14–21 Runner-up 2010 Bulgarian International Chloe Magee 21–17, 21–13 Winner 2011 Turkey International Anne Hald Jensen Walkover Winner 2011 Italian International Yao Jie 11–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2012 Bulgarian International Stefani Stoeva 21–9, 21–18 Winner 2012 Welsh International Chiang Mei-hui 21–19, 19–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2013 Austrian International Yui Hashimoto 11–21, 3–21 Runner-up 2013 Bulgarian International Beatriz Corrales 19–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2014 White Nights Stefani Stoeva 21–14, 21–17 Winner 2014 Bulgarian Eurasia Open Özge Bayrak 11–8, 11–6, 11–7 Winner

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1999 Romanian International Raina Tzvetkova Neli Boteva Diana Koleva 15–12, 12–15, 3–15 Runner-up 2000 Greece Athens International Diana Koleva Maya Ivanova Dobrinka Smilianova 15–7, 15–7 Winner 2002 Athens International Neli Boteva Maria Ioannou Diana Knekna 11–3, 11–1 Winner 2003 Bulgarian International Neli Boteva Diana Dimova Maya Ivanova 15–10, 15–2 Winner 2003 Iceland International Neli Boteva Line Isberg Karina Sørensen 7–15, 15–9, 15–10 Winner 2004 Austrian International Neli Boteva Liza Parker Suzanne Rayappan 15–9, 15–14 Winner 2004 Finnish International Neli Boteva Judith Baumeyer Fabienne Baumeyer 15–11, 15–7 Winner 2004 Dutch International Neli Boteva Lena Frier Kristiansen Kamilla Rytter Juhl 15–10, 15–6 Winner 2004 Welsh International Yuan Wemyss Katie Litherland Julie Pike 17–14, 15–0 Winner 2004 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Anastasia Russkikh Jwala Gutta Shruti Kurien 15–11, 15–6 Winner 2005 Bulgarian International Diana Dimova Sabrina Jaquet Corinne Jörg 15–1, 15–11 Winner 2005 Portugal International Yuan Wemyss Sandra Marinello Kathrin Piotrowski 15–8, 11–15, 2–15 Runner-up 2006 Banu Sport International Diana Dimova Maja Kersnik Maja Tvrdy 21–13, 21–11 Winner 2006 Bulgarian International Diana Dimova Elena Chernyavskaya Anastasia Prokopenko 21–18, 21–13 Winner 2007 Turkey International Diana Dimova Nicole Grether Juliane Schenk Walkover Runner-up 2007 Hellas International Diana Dimova Maria Helsbøl Anne Skelbæk 21–14, 21–15 Winner 2008 Hungarian International Dimitria Popstoikova Olga Golovanova Anastasia Prokopenko 12–21, 21–10, 12–21 Runner-up 2009 Banuinvest International Dimitria Popstoikova Alexandra Milon Florentina Petre 21–17, 21–14 Winner 2009 Polish International Diana Dimova Rachel van Cutsen Paulien van Dooremalen 21–18, 14–21, 21–16 Winner 2009 Bulgarian International Anastasia Russkikh Nicole Grether Charmaine Reid 21–11, 21–18 Winner 2010 White Nights Anastasia Russkikh Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova 21–17, 21–15 Runner-up 2010 Bulgarian International Anastasia Russkikh Tatjana Bibik Olga Golovanova Walkover Winner 2013 Finnish Open Imogen Bankier Lena Grebak Maria Helsbøl 21–10, 21–14 Winner 2013 Dutch International Imogen Bankier Rie Eto Yu Wakita 14–21, 21–18, 12–21 Runner-up 2013 Bulgaria Eurasia Open Dimitria Popstoikova Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva 21–11, 21–8 Winner 2013 Kharkiv International Imogen Bankier Lena Grebak Maria Helsbøl 21–11, 21–12 Winner 2013 Belgian International Imogen Bankier Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva 13–21, 21–11, 21–18 Winner 2013 Czech International Imogen Bankier Jillie Cooper Kirsty Gilmour 21–6, 21–14 Winner 2014 Orléans International Imogen Bankier Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva 21–14, 21–7 Winner 2014 Bulgarian Eurasia Open Dimitria Popstoikova Özge Bayrak Neslihan Yiğit 5–11, 5–11, 11–8, 11–10, 7–11 Runner-up 2016 Hellas International Mariya Mitsova Annabella Jäger Vanessa Seele 21–11, 21–9 Winner 2016 Bulgarian International Mariya Mitsova Cemre Fere Neslihan Kılıç 15–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2016 Slovak Open Mariya Mitsova Vladyslava Lesnaya Darya Samarchants 11–5, 11–4, 11–3 Winner 2016 Prague International Mariya Mitsova Lauren Smith Sarah Walker 12–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2016 Hungarian International Mariya Mitsova Gabriella Bøje Cecilie Sentow 11–6, 11–6, 11–5 Winner 2016 Italian International Mariya Mitsova Anastasia Chervyakova Olga Morozova 18–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2017 Estonian International Mariya Mitsova Delphine Delrue Léa Palermo 21–12, 21–16 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1999 Cyprus International Georgi Petrov Peter Jensen Nina Messman 12–15, 3–15 Runner-up 2000 Greece Athens International Slantchezar Tzankov Ljuben Panov Diana Dimova 15–9, 15–10 Winner 2002 Finish International Konstantin Dobrev Sergey Ivlev Elena Shimko 3–7, 6–8, 7–0, 8–7, 7–4 Winner 2002 Athens International Konstantin Dobrev Boris Kessov Neli Boteva 3–11, 11–1, 11–6 Winner 2002 Bulgarian International Konstantin Dobrev Nikolai Zuyev Marina Yakusheva 11–4, 9–11, 7–11 Runner-up 2005 Bulgarian International Vladimir Metodiev Julian Hristov Diana Dimova 15–2, 15–6 Winner 2006 Banu Sport International Vladimir Metodiev Stiliyan Makarski Diana Dimova 16–21, 21–16, 11–21 Runner-up 2016 Hellas International Lilian Mihaylov Maciej Oceipa Karolina Gajos 21–18, 21–16 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament

Record against selected opponents Includes results against Olympic quarterfinals, Worlds semifinalists, and Super Series finalists, plus all Olympic opponents.

Huang Chia-chi 1–1 Alesia Zaitsava 1–0 Jiang Yanjiao 1–5 Li Xuerui 0–1 Liu Xin 0–1 Lu Lan 0–2 Wang Lin 0–1 Wang Shixian 0–2 Wang Xin 0–3 Wang Yihan 0–5 Xie Xingfang 0–3 Zhang Ning 0–4 Zhou Mi 0–4 Zhu Lin 0–2 Cheng Shao-chieh 0–1 Tracey Hallam 2–2 Tine Baun 3–6 Hadia Hosny 1–0 Pi Hongyan 3–8 Juliane Schenk 2–9 Xu Huaiwen 0–9 Wang Chen 0–5 Yip Pui Yin 1–2 Saina Nehwal 2–6 Adriyanti Firdasari 0–1 Maria Kristin Yulianti 2–0 Eriko Hirose 1–6 Minatsu Mitani 0–1 Sayaka Sato 2–4 Shizuka Uchida 1–0 Bae Youn-joo 0–1 Seo Yoon-hee 1–1 Sung Ji-hyun 1–2 Mia Audina 0–1 Wong Mew Choo 0–1 Carolina Marín 0–1 Sara Persson 3–3 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 0–1