Galina Dimitrova Courson (born 11 April 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Bulgaria.
Biography Dimitrova spent her professional career on the ITF circuit, reaching a top singles ranking of 400 in the world. As a doubles player she had a best ranking of 316 and won three ITF titles. She represented the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in ties against Russia and Greece in 1997.
From 1998 to 2000, Dimitrova played college tennis for the University of North Georgia. A two-time Southern States Athletic Conference champion, she was both NAIA National Player of the Year and an All-American in 1999. Dimitrova, who was named All-American again in 2000, is a member of the UNG Athletics Hall of Fame.
She is now known as Galina Courson and is working as a financial advisor in Atlanta.
ITF Circuit finals
Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner–ups) Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (3–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponents ScoreLoss 0–1 ITF Varna, Bulgaria10,000 Hard Claudia Timm Dora Djilianova Desislava Topalova 3–6, 5–7Loss 0–2 ITF Katowice, Poland10,000 Clay Desislava Topalova Monika Kratochvílová Hana Šromová 3–6, 6–4, 3–6Loss 0–3 ITF Varna, Bulgaria10,000 Clay Desislava Topalova Dora Djilianova Pavlina Nola 6–4, 4–6, 5–7Win 1–3 ITF Skopje, Macedonia10,000 Clay Antoaneta Pandjerova Marina Lazarovska Katarina Mišić 6–4, 6–0Loss 1–4 ITF Albena, Bulgaria10,000 Clay Desislava Topalova Antoaneta Pandjerova Pavlina Nola 4–6, 2–6Win 2–4 ITF Velp, Netherlands10,000 Clay Desislava Topalova Kim Kilsdonk Jolanda Mens 5–7, 7–5, 6–4Win 3–4 ITF Albena, Bulgaria10,000 Clay Desislava Topalova Lubomira Bacheva Antoaneta Pandjerova 7–5, 6–1
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