Desislava Topalova (also transliterated as Dessislava Topalova , Bulgarian : Десислава Топалова ; born 8 June 1978) is a retired tennis player from Bulgaria.[1]
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 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 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 Galina Dimitrova Claudia Timm 6–3, 7–5 Loss 1–2 Feb 1995 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 10,000 Hard Corina Morariu Christina Zachariadou 3–6, 5–7 Loss 1–3 Jun 1995 ITF Katowice, Poland 10,000 Clay Monika Kratochvílová Hana Šromová 3–6, 6–4, 3–6 Loss 1–4 Sep 1995 ITF Varna, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay 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 4–6, 2–6 Win 3–5 Jun 1997 ITF Velp, Netherlands 10,000 Clay Kim Kilsdonk Jolanda Mens 5–7, 7–5, 6–4 Win 4–5 Sep 1997 ITF Albena, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay Lubomira Bacheva 7–5, 6–1 Loss 4–6 May 1998 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay Olga Vymetálková Michaela Paštiková 5–7, 6–7(5–7) Loss 4–7 May 1998 ITF Novi Sad, Yugoslavia 10,000 Clay Tatjana Ječmenica Dragana Zarić 2–6, 5–7 Loss 4–8 Aug 1998 ITF Paderborn, Germany 10,000 Clay Petra Raclavská 3–6, 2–6 Win 5–8 Sep 2000 ITF Bucharest, Romania 25,000 Clay Katarina Mišić Marketa Kochta 6–4, 6–2 Win 6–8 Sep 2000 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Shelley Stephens 6–1, 7–6(7–4) Win 7–8 Sep 2002 ITF Batumi, Georgia 75,000 Hard Gulnara Fattakhetdinova Maria Kondratieva 2–6, 6–1, 6–1 Win 8–8 Oct 2000 ITF Saint-Raphaël, France 25,000 Hard (i) 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 Loss 8–9 Sep 2003 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits 6–3, 7–5
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