Elena Pampoulova (also Elena Wagner, Elena Pampoulova-Bergomi, ; 17 May 1972 – 19 April 2023) was a Bulgarian tennis player. In her career, she won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour.

Her tennis career spanned from 1988 to 2001. Pampoulova's career-high singles ranking is world No. 62, her best doubles ranking is No. 38, both achieved in September 1996.

Tennis career 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) LegendTier ITier IITier IIITier IV (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Surabaya Classic, IndonesiaTier IV Hard Ai Sugiyama 2–6, 6–0, ret.Loss 1–1 Sopot Open, PolandTier IV Clay Henrieta Nagyová 3–6, 7–5, 1–6

Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendTier IITier III (1–0)Tier IV (2–3)Tier V (0–2)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (3–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1 Sofia Open, Bulgaria Tier V Clay Silke Meier Laura Garrone Laura Golarsa 4–6, 5–7Loss0–2 Athens Trophy, Greece Tier V Clay Silke Meier Sandra Cecchini Patricia Tarabini 6–4, 4–6, 2–6Loss0–3 Karlovy Vary, Czech RepublicTier IV Clay Eva Martincová Karina Habšudová Helena Suková 6–3, 3–6, 2–6Win1–3 Warsaw Open, PolandTier III Clay Olga Lugina Alexandra Fusai Laura Garrone 1–6, 6–4, 7–5Loss1–4 Auckland Open, New ZealandTier IV Hard Aleksandra Olsza Janette Husárová Dominique Monami 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6Loss1–5 Hungarian Ladies Open, HungaryTier IV Clay Eva Martincová Amanda Coetzer Alexandra Fusai 3–6, 1–6Win2–5 Palermo Ladies Open, ItalyTier IV Clay Pavlina Nola Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder 6–4, 6–2Win3–5 Knokke-Heist, BelgiumTier IV Clay Eva Martincová Evgenia Kulikovskaya Sandra Načuk 3–6, 6–3, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 14 (12 titles, 2 runner–ups) Legend$75,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (6–0)Clay (5–1)Carpet (1–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 ITF Baden, Switzerland10,000 Hard (i) Katarzyna Nowak 6–1, 6–1Win 2–0 ITF Melbourne, Australia10,000 Hard Xóchitl Escobedo 7–6(7–3), 6–2Win 3–0 ITF Athens, Greece10,000 Clay Dora Rangelova 6–1, 6–7, 6–1Win 4–0 ITF Erlangen, West Germany25,000 Clay Wiltrud Probst 6–1, 2–6, 6–3Win 5–0 ITF Budapest, Hungary25,000 Clay Silke Frankl 6–4, 6–7, 6–0Win 6–0 ITF Stuttgart-Vaihingen, West Germany25,000 Clay Denisa Krajčovičová 6–3, 6–3Loss 6–1 ITF Nottingham, UK25,000 Carpet (i) Elena Makarova 6–3, 2–6, 5–7Loss 6–2 ITF Reims, France25,000 Clay (i) Catherine Mothes-Jobkel 1–6, 2–6Win 7–2 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia 50,000 Clay Hiromi Nagano 6–4, 6–1Win 8–2 Open de Limoges, France50,000 Hard (i) Paula Hermida 7–5, 6–3Win 9–2 ITF Redbridge, UK25,000 Hard (i) Haruka Inoue 6–4, 6–4Win 10–2 ITF Southampton, UK50,000 Carpet (i) Isabelle Demongeot 6–3, 4–6, 6–4Win 11–2 ITF Murcia, Spain75,000 Clay Patty Schnyder 6–4, 6–3Win 12–2 ITF Woodlands, United States25,000 Hard Anna Smashnova 2–6, 6–1, 7–5

Doubles: 13 (8 titles, 5 runner–ups) Legend$75,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (3–2)Clay (3–2)Carpet (2–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponents ScoreLoss 0–1 ITF Melbourne, Australia10,000 Hard Kristin Godridge Natalia Leipus Bernadette Randall 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 2–6Win 1–1 ITF Bari, Italy10,000 Clay Marion Maruska Andrea Noszály Eva-Maria Schürhoff w/oWin 2–1 ITF Modena, Italy25,000 Clay Ruxandra Dragomir Alexandra Fusai Natalie Tschan 6–3, 7–6(7–5)Loss 2–2 ITF Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany25,000 Clay Joannette Kruger Eva Martincová Pavlína Rajzlová 4–6, 0–6Loss 2–3 ITF Manchester, UK25,000 Carpet (i) Natalie Tschan Elena Likhovtseva Elena Makarova 3–6, 4–6Win 3–3 ITF Nottingham, UK25,000 Carpet (i) Els Callens Ruxandra Dragomir Irina Spîrlea 7–6(7–3), 6–4Win 4–3 Open de Limoges, France25,000 Carpet (i) Silvia Farina Elia Stephanie Reece Danielle Scott 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–2Win 5–3 ITF Poitiers, France25,000 Hard (i) Olga Lugina Els Callens Nancy Feber 6–4, 3–6, 6–3Win 6–3 ITF Cergy-Pontoise, France50,000 Hard (i) Angelique Olivier Kateřina Sisková Eva Melicharová 6–1, 6–4Win 7–3 ITF Lakeland, United States50,000 Hard Eva Martincová Sandra Cacic Tracey Morton-Rodgers 1–6, 6–2, 6–1Loss 7–4 Open de Limoges, France50,000 Hard (i) Eva Martincová Eva Melicharová Helena Vildová 3–6, 6–0, 4–6Win 8–4 Makarska International, Croatia75,000 Clay Olga Lugina Maria Goloviznina Evgenia Kulikovskaya 5–7, 7–5, 7–5Loss 8–5 ITF Prostějov, Czech Republic75,000 Clay Olga Lugina Lenka Cenková Kateřina Sisková 4–6, 6–4, 4–6

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) EditionRoundDateAgainstSurfaceOpponentW/LResult1988 World Group IQR 4 December 1988 Hard Sarah RafaelW 6–3, 6–2R1 5 December 1988 Catarina LindqvistL 5–7, 3–6PO 6 December 1988 Carol Cassar-TorreggianiW 7–6(7–5), 6–3PO 7 December 1988 Brenda Schultz-McCarthyL 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 5–71990 World Group IQR 21 July 1990 Hard Sarah CastillejoW 6–2, 6–0R1 22 July 1990 Judith WiesnerL 0–6, 0–6PO 23 July 1990 Amy Jonsson-RåholtW 6–4, 6–3PO 24 July 1990 Cláudia ChabalgoityL 2–6, 6–2, 4–61992 World Group I play-offsPO 17 July 1992 Clay Anna FöldényiL 4–6, 2–6 ↓  Representing   ↓1999 World Group IIQF 24 April 1999 Clay Shinobu AsagoeL 6–7(6–8), 1–6 25 April 1999 Miho SaekiW 7–6(10–8), 6–3

Doubles (3–2) EditionRoundDatePartnerAgainstSurfaceOpponentsW/LResult1988 World Group IR1 5 December 1988 Galia Angelova Hard Jonna Jonerup Maria LindströmL 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 1–61990 World Group IPO 23 July 1990 Dora Rangelova Hard Amy Jonsson-Råholt Astrid SundeW 4–6, 6–2, 6–31992 World Group I play-offsRPO 16 July 1992 Magdalena Maleeva Hard Ruxandra Dragomir Irina SpîrleaL 6–7(5–7), 2–6RPO 17 July 1992 Katerina Maleeva Virág Csurgó Kata GyörkeW 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–1 ↓  Representing   ↓1997 World Group IQF 2 March 1997 Barbara Rittner Hard (I) Eva Martincová Ludmila RichterováW 7–6(7–3), 6–2

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Career W–L Australian OpenAA2RAAAA1RA1R2R2RAA3–5 French OpenAA2R1RAQ1Q11R1R1R2R2RQ3A3–7 WimbledonAAA2RAAA1R1RA1R3RAA3–5 US OpenAA1RAAAA1R2R3R1R1RAA3–6 Win–loss0–00–02–31–20–00–00–00–41–32–32–44–40–00–012–23

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External links

Bulgarian Olympic Committee