She won eleven singles and two doubles WTA Tour titles.

Born in Sofia, Maleeva is the second oldest of the three children of Georgi Maleev and Yuliya Berberyan.

After she retired from professional tennis in the 1970s, Berberyan started a coaching career.

She was the coach of her three daughters, Katerina, Manuela and Magdalena, each of whom eventually became WTA top 10 players.

In 1984 US open junior she defeated steffi graf in semis 7–5,7–6 & finally got the titles... but in doubles she partnered with steffi & lost in round 1 from niurka sodupe/shawn foltz 4–6,6–4,3–6 Katerina Maleeva debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 1984.