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
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Turned pro1996
Retired2005
Prize moneyUS$ 150,485
Singles
Career record240–190 (55.8%)
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 152 (15 May 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2001)
French OpenQ2 (2000, 2001, 2002)
WimbledonQ1 (2000, 2001, 2002)
US OpenQ3 (2004)
Doubles
Career record120–92 (56.6%)
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 184 (10 September 2001)
Team competitions
Fed Cup18–16 (52.9%) (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

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