Ljudmila Pavlov (born 30 June 1974) is a Serbian former professional tennis player.

Ljudmila Pavlov
Country (sports) Yugoslavia
Born (1974-06-30) 30 June 1974 (age 50)
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record2–5 (Federation Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 790 (22 Apr 1991)
Doubles
Career record2–3 (Federation Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 671 (22 Jul 1991)

Yugoslavia

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Active during the 1990s, Pavlov is a native of Novi Sad and developed an interest in tennis as there was a club near the radio station her parents worked at.[1] She was a contemporary of Monica Seles, who is the same age and also grew up with her in Novi Sad. It was an injury to Seles that gave Pavlov a Federation Cup debut for Yugoslavia in 1991.[2]

College tennis

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Pavlov played collegiate tennis for Northwestern State University in Louisiana.[3] In 1994 she became the first player from Northwestern State to earn a national collegiate singles ranking and she was named Southland Conference player of the year.[4] Plagued by shoulder problems for much of the remainder of her collegiate career, she graduated from Northwestern State with honours in 1997.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ Babcock, Patricia (4 April 1997). "Yugoslavia was good to Pavlov". The Times.
  2. ^ "Yugoslavia loses with 828th-ranked player". Tampa Bay Times. 23 July 1991.
  3. ^ "Lady Demon volleys into national spotlight". The Times. 11 October 1994.
  4. ^ "NSU's Pavlov ranked in tennis". The Times. 9 March 1994.
  5. ^ "Injuries revisit two NSU netters". The Times. 12 April 1996.
  6. ^ "36 student-athletes earn degrees at NSU". The Town Talk. 17 May 1997.
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