Elena Pampoulova

Pampoulova played for Bulgaria and the Bulgaria Fed Cup team from 1988 to 1992. Pampoulova was one of only three players to represent Bulgaria in tennis at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona (together with Katerina Maleeva and Magdalena Maleeva). From 1997 to 1999, Elena played for the Germany Fed Cup team. She won 13 career titles in singles (one WTA Tour) and 11 titles in doubles (three of them from WTA Tour). Her first tennis coach was her own mother, Bulgarian tennis player Lubka Radkova. Elena's father, Emilian Pampoulov, is also a tennis player. ==Personal life==

On 11 July 2006, Pampoulova married her long-time boyfriend, Swiss banker Christian Bergomi. Their son Alex was born in early 2008. The couple lived in Switzerland, where Elena was an asset manager. In June 2022 she was found guilty of money laundering offences together with Credit Suisse and three other defendants. Prior to the trial, Credit Suisse unreservedly rejected as meritless all allegations raised against her and [was] convinced that she [was] innocent. Both the bank and Pampoulova announced their intentions to appeal the court decision. Pampoulova died on 19 April 2023, at the age of 50 after an illness. ==WTA Tour finals==

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up) Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups) ==ITF Circuit finals==

Singles: 14 (12 titles, 2 runner–ups) Doubles: 13 (8 titles, 5 runner–ups) ==Fed Cup==

Elena Pampoulova debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 1988. She has a 5–6 singles record and a 3–2 doubles record (8–8 overall). Singles (5–6) Doubles (3–2) ==Grand Slam singles performance timeline==