Lia Karatancheva

Lia Radoslavova Karatancheva (Лиа Радославова Каратанчева; born 8 September 2003) is a Bulgarian tennis player. She won two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Karatancheva has a career high WTA singles ranking of 439 achieved on 1 July 2024. She also has a career high WTA doubles ranking of 271 achieved on 16 October 2023.

Karatancheva took part in the Bulgaria for the first time in 2023. Playing for Bulgaria, Karatancheva has a win–loss record of 10–5.

In March 2024, Karatancheva played the doubles final in Santo Domingo.

Personal life
She is the daughter of former rower and member of parliament as part of the Bulgarian Business Bloc, Radoslav Karatantchev. Her mother Zhivka Angelova is journalist.

She has three sisters one of whom, Gabriel Karatantcheva, was active as a professional tennis player from 2014 to 2017. Older sister Sesil and younger sister Alexa, are also tennis players.

Billie Jean King Cup
Lia Karatancheva debuted in Bulgaria Billie Jean King Cup team in 2023; since then she has accumulated a 5–2 singles and a 5–3 doubles (10–5 overall) win–loss record.