Desislava Topalova

Desislava Topalova (also transliterated as Dessislava Topalova, Bulgarian: Десислава Топалова; born 8 June 1978) is a retired tennis player from Bulgaria.^[1]

Desislava Topalova
Десислава Топалова

Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Born	(1978-06-08) 8 June 1978 (age 46) Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2005
Prize money	US$ 150,485
Singles
Career record	240–190
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 152 (15 May 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2001)
French Open	Q2 (2000, 2001, 2002)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2000, 2001, 2002)
US Open	Q3 (2004)
Doubles
Career record	120–92
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 184 (10 September 2001)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	18–16 (singles 14–7)

During her career she won 7 ITF singles titles and reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 152 on 15 May 2000, whilst her best doubles ranking was No. 184 on 10 September 2001. Topalova was a member of the Bulgaria Fed Cup team between 1997 and the mid 2000s, serving as its captain in the later stages of her career.^[2]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (6–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 1996	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Tanja Karsten	7–6(7–1), 6–7(3–7), 6–1
Loss	1–1	Aug 1997	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Elena Dementieva	5–7, 4–6
Win	2–1	Sep 1997	ITF Cluj, Romania	10,000	Clay	Alice Pirsu	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Win	3–1	Sep 1997	ITF Albena, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Lubomira Bacheva	2–6, 6–4, 6–0
Win	4–1	Jul 1998	ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands	10,000	Clay	Yvette Basting	7–6(7–3), 6–2
Win	5–1	Sep 1998	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Nadejda Ostrovskaya	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	5–2	Apr 1999	ITF Makarska, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Petra Mandula	5–7, 5–7
Win	6–2	Oct 1999	ITF Porto, Portugal	25,000	Clay	Anna Bieleń-Żarska	7–6(8–6), 4–6, 7–5
Win	7–2	Apr 2000	ITF Prostějov, Czech Republic	25,000	Clay	Daphne van de Zande	6–4, 6–1
Loss	7–3	Sep 2002	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Margalita Chakhnashvili	3–6, 6–4, 0–6
Loss	7–4	Aug 2003	ITF Bielefeld, Germany	10,000	Clay	Christina Fitz	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	7–5	Oct 2003	ITF Rockhampton, Australia	25,000	Hard	Nina Dübbers	5–7, 1–6

Doubles: 17 (9 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (4–1) Clay (5–7) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1994	ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Dora Djilianova	Teodora Nedeva Antoaneta Pandjerova	4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win	1–1	Sep 1994	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	10,000	Hard	Dora Djilianova	Galina Dimitrova Claudia Timm	6–3, 7–5
Loss	1–2	Feb 1995	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Dora Djilianova	Corina Morariu Christina Zachariadou	3–6, 5–7
Loss	1–3	Jun 1995	ITF Katowice, Poland	10,000	Clay	Galina Dimitrova	Monika Kratochvílová Hana Šromová	3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	1–4	Sep 1995	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Galina Dimitrova	Dora Djilianova Pavlina Nola	6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Win	2–4	Aug 1996	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	10,000	Hard	İpek Şenoğlu	Khoo Chin-bee Alice Pirsu	6–1, 6–4
Loss	2–5	Sep 1996	ITF Albena, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Galina Dimitrova	Antoaneta Pandjerova Pavlina Nola	4–6, 2–6
Win	3–5	Jun 1997	ITF Velp, Netherlands	10,000	Clay	Galina Dimitrova	Kim Kilsdonk Jolanda Mens	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
Win	4–5	Sep 1997	ITF Albena, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Galina Dimitrova	Lubomira Bacheva Antoaneta Pandjerova	7–5, 6–1
Loss	4–6	May 1998	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Teodora Nedeva	Olga Vymetálková Michaela Paštiková	5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	4–7	May 1998	ITF Novi Sad, Yugoslavia	10,000	Clay	Antoaneta Pandjerova	Tatjana Ječmenica Dragana Zarić	2–6, 5–7
Loss	4–8	Aug 1998	ITF Paderborn, Germany	10,000	Clay	Esther Brunn	Linda Faltynková Petra Raclavská	3–6, 2–6
Win	5–8	Sep 2000	ITF Bucharest, Romania	25,000	Clay	Antoaneta Pandjerova	Katarina Mišić Marketa Kochta	6–4, 6–2
Win	6–8	Sep 2000	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Antoaneta Pandjerova	Natalia Galouza Shelley Stephens	6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Win	7–8	Sep 2002	ITF Batumi, Georgia	75,000	Hard	Antoaneta Pandjerova	Gulnara Fattakhetdinova Maria Kondratieva	2–6, 6–1, 6–1
Win	8–8	Oct 2000	ITF Saint-Raphaël, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Antoaneta Pandjerova	Katarina Mišić Dragana Zarić	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss	8–9	Sep 2003	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Dragana Zarić	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	6–3, 7–5

References

1. "WTA profile of Dessislava Topalova". wtatennis.com. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
2. "Пиронкова, Кръстевич, Пенкова и Топалова в състава ни за "Фед Къп"". bgtennis.com. 2006-03-28. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-03-05.

External links

• Desislava Topalova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Desislava Topalova at the International Tennis Federation
• Desislava Topalova at the Billie Jean King Cup