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Dora Lane

Full name	Dora Lane (Djilianova)
Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Born	(1976-01-13) 13 January 1976 (age 48) Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Prize money	US$ 15,068
Singles
Career record	53–38
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 327 (23 October 1995)
Doubles
Career record	34–30
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 237 (7 August 1995)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	0–1 (doubles 0–1)

Dora Lane (born 13 January 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Bulgaria. She competed as Dora Djilianova.

Biography

Originally from Plovdiv, Lane competed on the ITF Circuit during the 1990s, reaching a best ranking of 327 in the world. Most notably she represented the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in a 1995 World Group Play-off against South Africa in Bloemfontein. She played in the doubles rubber, which she and partner Lubomira Bacheva lost to Amanda Coetzer and Elna Reinach.

Lane left the professional tennis circuit in 1996 to take up a scholarship to California State University, Fresno. As a senior, she was ranked as high as fourth in the country. She is now based in Reno, Nevada and works as an employment attorney.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1994	ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Monika Maštalířová	2–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Sep 1994	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Galia Angelova	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–2	Sep 1995	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Cecilia Ampuero	0–6, 5–7

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1994	ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Desislava Topalova	Teodora Nedeva Antoaneta Pandjerova	4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win	1–1	Sep 1994	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	10,000	Hard	Desislava Topalova	Galina Dimitrova Claudia Timm	6–3, 7–5
Loss	1–2	Feb 1995	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Desislava Topalova	Corina Morariu Christina Zachariadou	3–6, 5–7
Win	2–2	Sep 1995	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Pavlina Nola	Galina Dimitrova Desislava Topalova	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss	2–3	Oct 1995	ITF Bucharest, Romania	25,000	Clay	Pavlina Nola	Angela Kerek Maja Živec-Škulj	2–6, 7–6, 3–6

References

1. "In her own words: Employment attorney Dora Lane". nnbusinessview.com. 22 April 2014.

External links

• Dora Djilianova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Dora Djilianova at the International Tennis Federation
• Dora Djilianova at the Billie Jean King Cup

• 1976 births
• Living people
• Bulgarian female tennis players
• Fresno State Bulldogs women's tennis players
• Bulgarian emigrants to the United States
• Sportspeople from Plovdiv
• College women's tennis players in the United States
• Expatriate tennis players in the United States