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	8 June 1978 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2005
Prize money	$150,485
Singles
Career record	240–190
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 152 (15 May 2000)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2002)
French Open	Q2 (2002)
Wimbledon	Q1 (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

She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 152 on 15 May 2000. 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

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

Singles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	18 August 1996	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Tanja Karsten	7–6, 6–7, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	17 August 1997	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Elena Dementieva	5–7, 4–6
Winner	2.	7 September 1997	ITF Cluj, Romania	Clay	Alice Pirsu	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Winner	3.	28 September 1997	ITF Albena, Bulgaria	Clay	Lubomira Bacheva	2–6, 6–4, 6–0
Winner	4.	5 July 1998	ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands	Clay	Yvette Basting	7–6, 6–2
Winner	5.	6 September 1998	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Nadejda Ostrovskaya	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	11 April 1999	ITF Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Petra Mandula	5–7, 5–7
Winner	6.	3 October 1999	ITF Oporto, Portugal	Clay	Anna Zarska	7–6, 4–6, 7–5
Winner	7.	23 April 2000	ITF Prostějov, Czech Republic	Clay	Daphne van de Zande	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	15 September 2002	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Margalita Chakhnashvili	3–6, 6–4, 0–6
Runner-up	4.	31 August 2003	ITF Bielefeld, Germany	Clay	Christina Fitz	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	26 October 2003	ITF Rockhampton, Australia	Hard	Nina Duebbers	5–7, 1–6

Doubles: 17 (9 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	18 September 1994	ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Clay	Dora Djilianova	Teodora Nedeva Antoaneta Pandjerova	4–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	25 September 1994	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	Hard	Dora Djilianova	Galina Dimitrova Claudia Timm	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	30 January 1995	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Dora Djilianova	Corina Morariu Christina Zachariadou	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	29 May 1995	ITF Katowice, Poland	Clay	Galina Dimitrova	Monika Kratochvílová Hana Šromová	3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	17 September 1995	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	Clay	Galina Dimitrova	Dora Djilianova Pavlina Nola	6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Winner	2.	18 August 1996	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	İpek Şenoğlu	Khoo Chin-bee Alice Pirsu	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	15 September 1996	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	Clay	Galina Dimitrova	Antoaneta Pandjerova Pavlina Nola	4–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	29 June 1997	ITF Velp, Netherlands	Clay	Galina Dimitrova	Kim Kilsdonk Jolanda Mens	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	4.	28 September 1997	ITF Albena, Bulgaria	Clay	Galina Dimitrova	Lubomira Bacheva Antoaneta Pandjerova	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	3 May 1998	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Teodora Nedeva	Olga Blahotová Michaela Paštiková	5–7, 6–7
Runner-up	7.	17 May 1998	ITF Novi Sad, Serbia	Clay	Antoaneta Pandjerova	Tatjana Ječmenica Dragana Zarić	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	8.	9 August 1998	ITF Paderborn, Germany	Clay	Ester Brunn	Linda Faltynková Petra Kučová	3–6, 2–6
Winner	5.	10 September 2000	ITF Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Antoaneta Pandjerova	Katarina Mišić Marketa Kochta	6–4, 6–2
Winner	6.	17 September 2000	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Antoaneta Pandjerova	Natalia Galouza Shelley Stephens	6–1, 7–6^(7–4)
Winner	7.	29 September 2002	ITF Batumi, Georgia	Hard	Antoaneta Pandjerova	Goulnara Fattakhetdinova Maria Kondratieva	2–6, 6–1, 6–1
Winner	8.	27 October 2002	ITF Saint-Raphaël, France	Hard (i)	Antoaneta Pandjerova	Katarina Mišić Dragana Zarić	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Winner	9.	21 September 2003	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	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. 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