Desislava Topalova

Desislava Topalova
Десислава Топалова
Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Born	June 8, 1978 (age 45); 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

Singles: 12 (7–5)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

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
Runner-up	3.	15 September 2002	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay (O)	Margalita Chakhnashvili	3–6, 6–4, 0–6
Runner-up	4.	31 August 2003	Bielefeld, Germany	Clay (O)	Christina Fitz	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	26 October 2003	Rockhampton, Australia	Hard (O)	Nina Duebbers	5–7, 1–6

Doubles: 17 (9–8)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

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