Elizara Yaneva () (born 21 March 2007) is a Bulgarian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of No. 149 by the WTA, achieved on 28 September 2026.
Career Juniors In 2024, she triumphed at both the J500 Mérida and the J300 Vrsar and reached the final of the Orange Bowl in the United States. That April, she also reached the final of the J300 Plovdiv Cup, losing to compatriot Rositsa Dencheva in the final despite having not lost a set prior to the final. She finished 2024 taking part on the Grand Slam Player Development Programme.
Playing in the junior majors in 2025, she and Dencheva reached the girls' doubles quarterfinals of the Australian Open, before losing to eventual champions, Annika and Kristina Penickova. She reached the second round of the girls' singles at the 2025 French Open. She played in the girls' doubles competition at the 2025 US Open, alongside Ksenia Efremova of France.
Professional Yaneva won her first title in February 2025 in Manacor, Spain on the W15 level.
She won the W50 tournament in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, in September 2025, defeating third seed Séléna Janicijevic of France in the final.
ITF World Tour finals Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendW75 tournaments (0–1)W50 tournaments (2–4)W15 tournaments (2–0)Finals by surfaceHard (2–4)Clay (2–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Feb 2025ITF Manacor, SpainW15 Hard Astrid Lew Yan Foon 5–1 ret.Win 2–0 Feb 2025ITF Manacor, SpainW15 Hard Britt Du Pree 2–6, 6–4, 6–3Win 3–0 Sep 2025Pazardzhik Cup, BulgariaW50+H Clay Séléna Janicijevic 7–5, 6–3Loss 3–1 Nov 2025Trnava Indoor, SlovakiaW50 Hard (i) Lucie Havlíčková 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(3)Loss 3–2 Jan 2026ITF Manchester, United KingdomW50 Hard (i) Céline Naef 6–4, 1–6, 4–6Loss 3–3 Feb 2026Porto Indoor, PortugalW75 Hard (i) Ayla Aksu 5–7, 4–6Loss 3–4 Feb 2026Porto Indoor 2, PortugalW50 Hard (i) Fiona Crawley 7–6(4), 3–6, 4–6Win 4–4 Sep 2026Pazardzhik Cup, BulgariaW50 Clay Loes Ebeling Koning 6–3, 6–7(1), 7–6(5)Loss 4–5 Sep 2026ITF Plovdiv, BulgariaW50 Clay Ane Mintegi del Olmo 6–2, 1–6, 3–6
Doubles: 1 (title) LegendW35 tournamentsFinals by surfaceClay (1–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Oct 2025ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW35 Clay Anja Stanković Eleonora Alvisi Gaia Maduzzi 7–5, 6–4
National representation Billie Jean King Cup Yaneva debuted in Bulgaria Billie Jean King Cup team in 2026; since then she has accumulated a win–loss record of 4–0 in singles and 3–0 in doubles (7–0 overall).
Singles (4–0) EditionRoundDateLocationAgainstSurfaceOpponentW/LResult 2026Z2 RR 6 Apr 2026 Banja Luka () Clay Jahnie van ZylW 6–0, 6–4 7 Apr 2026 Yasmine KabbajW 6–4, 6–1 10 Apr 2026 Sandra SamirW 6–4, 6–1Z2 PO 11 Apr 2026 Andrea Georgiou PapakyriacouW 6–0, 6–2
Doubles (3–0) EditionRoundDateLocationPartnerSurfaceAgainstOpponentsW/LResult 2026Z2 RR 6 Apr 2026 Banja Luka () Lidia Encheva Clay Allegra van der Walt Jahnie van ZylW 6–3, 6–3 8 Apr 2026 Rositsa Dencheva Jana Bozinovska Ana MitevskaW 6–0, 6–4 10 Apr 2026 Rositsa Dencheva Yasmin Ezzat Nada FouatW 6–2, 6–3
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