Desislava Topalova

Desislava Topalova
Десислава Топалова

Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Born	(1978-06-08) June 8, 1978 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2005
Prize money	$150,516
Singles
Career record	240-190
Career titles	10 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	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 184 (10 September 2001)

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

She reached her career high singles ranking of No. 152 in the world 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: 26 (18–8)

Singles: 13 (10–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	18 August 1996	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Tanja Karsten	7-6, 6-7, 6-1
Runner-up	1.	17 August 1997	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Elena Dementieva	5-7, 4-6
Winner	2.	7 September 1997	Cluj, Romania	Clay	Alice Pirsu	6–3, 5–7, 6-3
Winner	3.	28 September 1997	Albena, Bulgaria	Clay	Lubomira Bacheva	2–6, 6–4, 6-0
Winner	4.	5 July 1998	Alkmaar, Netherlands	Clay (O)	Yvette Basting	7-6, 6–2
Winner	5.	6 September 1998	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay (O)	Nadejda Ostrovskaya	6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Runner-up	2.	11 April 1999	Makarska, Croatia	Clay (O)	Petra Mandula	5-7, 5-7
Winner	6.	3 October 1999	Oporto, Portugal	Clay (O)	Anna Zarska	7-6, 4-6, 7-5
Winner	8.	23 April 2000	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Clay (O)	Daphne Van de Zande	6-4, 6-1
Winner	9.	15 September 2002	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay (O)	Margalita Chakhnashvili	3-6, 6-4, 0-6
Winner	10.	31 August 2003	Bielefeld, Germany	Clay (O)	Christina Fitz	6-3, 3-6, 3-6
Runner-up	3.	26 October 2003	Rockhampton, Australia	Hard (O)	Nina Duebbers	5-7, 1-6

Doubles: 13 (8–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winners	1.	18 August 1996	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	İpek Şenoğlu	Khoo Chin-bee Alice Pirsu	6–1, 6-4
Runners-up	1.	15 September 1996	Albena, Bulgaria	Clay	Galina Dimitrova	Antoaneta Pandjerova Pavlina Stoyanova	4–6, 2–6
Winners	2.	29 June 1997	Velp, Gelderland, Netherlands	Clay	Galina Dimitrova	Kim Kilsdonk Jolanda Mens	5–7, 7–5, 6-4
Winners	3.	28 September 1997	Albena, Bulgaria	Clay	Galina Dimitrova	Lubomira Bacheva Antoaneta Pandjerova	7-5–2, 6-1
Runners-up	2.	3 May 1998	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay (O)	Teodora Nedeva	Olga Blahotová Michaela Paštiková	5–7, 6–7
Runners-up	3.	17 May 1998	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay (O)	Antoaneta Pandjerova	Tatjana Ječmenica Dragana Zarić	2–6, 5–7
Runners-up	4.	9 August 1998	Paderborn, Germany	Clay (O)	Ester Brunn	Linda Faltynkova Petra Kucova	3–6, 2–6
Runners-up	5.	12 August 2000	Hechingen, Germany	Clay (O)	Michaela Paštiková	Miriam D'agostini Angelika Roesch	6-7(3-7), 2–6
Winners	4.	10 September 2000	Bucharest, Romania	Clay (O)	Antoaneta Pandjerova	Katarina Mišić Marketa Kochta	6-4, 6-2
Winners	5.	17 September 2000	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay (O)	Antoaneta Pandjerova	Natalia Galouza Shelley Stephens	6-1, 7-6(7-4)
Winners	6.	29 September 2002	Batumi, Georgia	Hard (O)	Antoaneta Pandjerova	Goulnara Fattakhetdinova Maria Kondratieva	2-6, 6-1, 6-1
Winners	7.	27 October 2002	St. Raphael, France	Hard (I)	Antoaneta Pandjerova	Katarina Mišić Dragana Zarić	4-6, 6-3, 6-1
Winners	8.	21 September 2003	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay (O)	Dragana Zarić	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	6-3, 7-5

References

External links

• Desislava Topalova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Desislava Topalova at the International Tennis Federation
• Desislava Topalova at the Fed Cup