Petya Nedelcheva

Petya Nedelcheva
Petya Nedelcheva at the 2015 BWF World Championships
Personal information
Country	Bulgaria
Born	July 30, 1983 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Handedness	Right
Coach	Orlin Tsvetanov
Women's singles
Highest ranking	8 (August 23, 2007[1])
Current ranking	67 (April 28, 2016[2])
Medal record Women's Badminton Representing  Bulgaria European Championships 2010 Manchester Women's doubles 2014 Kazan Women's doubles European Women's Team Championships 2016 Kazan Women's team 2014 Basel Women's team European Games 2015 Baku Women's singles
BWF profile

Petya Nedelcheva (Bulgarian: Петя Неделчева) (born July 30, 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

2004 Summer Olympics

Nedelcheva played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

In women's singles, she defeated 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.

2008 Summer Olympics

Petya Nedelcheva was one of the competitors in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

In women's singles, she defeated 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.

Major achievements

Rank	Event	Date	Obs
Open Championships
1	Women's singles	1999	Cyprus International
1 1 1	Women's singles Women's doubles Mixed doubles	2000, 2002	Greece International
1 1 1	Women's singles Women's doubles Mixed doubles	2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008 2003, 2005, 2006 2005	Bulgarian International
1	Women's singles	2001, 2004, 2008	Hungarian International
1	Women's singles	2002	Slovenian International
1	Women's singles	2002, 2006	Croatian International
1 1	Mixed doubles Women's doubles	2002 2004	Finnish International
1 1	Women's singles Women's doubles	2003	Iceland International
1 1	Women's singles Women's doubles	2003	Czech International
1	Women's doubles	2004	Austrian International
1	Women's doubles	2004	Le Volant d'Or
1 1	Women's singles Women's doubles	2004	Welsh International
1	Women's singles	2004	Irish Open
1	Women's singles	2005	Polish Open
1	Women's singles	2005	Slovak International
1 1	Mixed doubles Women's doubles	2006	Romanian International

Record against selected opponents

Includes results against Olympic quarterfinals, Worlds semifinalists, and Super Series finalists, plus all Olympic opponents.^[3]

• 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
• Adrianti 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

References

1. IBF Historical Ranking - WOMENS SINGLES
2. BWF World Ranking - WOMENS SINGLES
3. http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/profile/selectheadtohead.aspx?id=D122C443-A2F9-4A06-B076-6BF717DEEB83

External links

• Petya Nedelcheva at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
  
• BWF Player Profile