Maria Pavlidou (, born 20 January 1978) is a Greek former professional

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player. A right-handed player from

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, Pavlidou spent much of her early career playing college tennis in the United States for the

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. She was an

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in 1999 when she became the first female Arkansas player to reach the quarterfinals of an NCAA singles championships. Pavlidou represented Greece in the

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from 2000 to 2003, featuring in a total of five singles and four doubles rubbers. She also competed for Greece at the

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, winning a gold medal in Tunis in

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, as partner of

Eleni Daniilidou Eleni Daniilidou (; ; born 19 September 1982) is a Greek former tennis player from the island of Crete. She is considered one of the best Greek tennis players of the Open Era, winning five singles titles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tou ...

in the women's doubles.

ITF finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Doubles: 11 (5–6)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pavlidou, Maria 1978 births Living people Greek female tennis players Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Sportspeople from Thessaloniki Arkansas Razorbacks women's tennis players College women's tennis players in the United States Greek expatriate tennis players in the United States