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Youlia Berberian – Maleeva

Head coach
Born October 6, 1944

1972 Sofia University “St. Climent Ohridski” – English Philology with a Bulgarian Language minor
1975 Six month coaching course at VIF (presently the National Sports Academy - NSA)

1959 - 62 Bulgarian Tournament for girls under 18; 1st place in singles doubles and mixed doubles.
1962 - 64 Bulgarian Tournamen for women; 1st place in singles, doubles and mixed doubles.
1966 Member of the Bulgarian National Team, winner of the Balkan Games in Zagreb.
1968 Bulgarian Tournamen for women; 1st place in singles and doubles. Member of the Bulgarian National Team, winner of the Balkan Games in Sofia.
1969 Bulgarian Tournamen for women; 1st place in doubles.
1970 - 71 Bulgarian Tournamen for women; 1st place in singles and doubles.
1972 Bulgarian Tournamen for women; 1st place in singles and doubles; Member of the Bulgarian National Team, winner of the Balkan Games in Bucharest.
1973 Bulgarian Tournamen for women; 1st place in singles and doubles.
1974 Bulgarian Tournamen for women; 1st place in doubles. Member of the Bulgarian National Team, winner of the Balkan Games in Ankara. At the European Championship in Wrotzlav defeats Olga Morozova (USSR), who played at the Wimbledon final just days prior to that and is currently the coach of Elena Dementieva (Russia).
1975 Bulgarian Tournamen for women; 1st place in singles and doubles.
1976 Bulgarian Tournamen for women; 1st place in singles.

Throughout her long-lived career as a competitor, she has won a total of 31 National Titles.

1968 - 1992 --employed by CSKA
1992 - 1997 – freelance coach.
1997 - 2001 г. Member of Parliament on the SDS (Union of Democratic Forces) platform at the 38th National Parliament. Lobbied for the “Children’s Protection” Bill.
1998 - 2007 – head coach at the “Maleeva” Tennis Club.

1995 - present – President of the Bulgarian Women’s Union, one of the first civilian organizations in Bulgaria, founded in 1901.
1998 - present – Member of the Board of Trustees of the American University in Bulgaria
1984 - 2004 Member of the governing council of BTF.
19 - 2004 President of the Coaching Council at УС of BTF.
2001 - present President of the Tennis Coach Association.
1998 - present Honorary member of the American “Professional Tennis Register” – PTR”
In 1995 publishes her book “I Want, Believe, and Can”.

Her achievement of training and introducing all her three daughters to the global tennis elite stands unique.