Desislava Topalova (also transliterated as Dessislava Topalova, ; born 8 June 1978) is a retired tennis player from Bulgaria.
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.
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 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (6–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 ITF Istanbul, Turkey10,000 Hard Tanja Karsten 7–6(7–1), 6–7(3–7), 6–1Loss 1–1 ITF Istanbul, Turkey10,000 Hard Elena Dementieva 5–7, 4–6Win 2–1 ITF Cluj, Romania 10,000 Clay Alice Pirsu 6–3, 5–7, 6–3Win 3–1 ITF Albena, Bulgaria10,000 Clay Lubomira Bacheva 2–6, 6–4, 6–0Win 4–1 ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands10,000 Clay Yvette Basting 7–6(7–3), 6–2Win 5–1 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria25,000 Clay Nadejda Ostrovskaya 6–4, 4–6, 6–2Loss 5–2 ITF Makarska, Croatia10,000 Clay Petra Mandula 5–7, 5–7Win 6–2 ITF Porto, Portugal25,000 Clay Anna Bieleń-Żarska 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 7–5Win 7–2 ITF Prostějov, Czech Republic25,000 Clay Daphne van de Zande 6–4, 6–1Loss 7–3 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria25,000 Clay Margalita Chakhnashvili 3–6, 6–4, 0–6Loss 7–4 ITF Bielefeld, Germany10,000 Clay Christina Fitz 6–3, 3–6, 3–6Loss 7–5 ITF Rockhampton, Australia25,000 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 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (4–1)Clay (5–7)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponents ScoreLoss 0–1 ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria10,000 Clay Dora Djilianova Teodora Nedeva Antoaneta Pandjerova 4–6, 6–4, 2–6Win 1–1 ITF Varna, Bulgaria10,000 Hard Dora Djilianova Galina Dimitrova Claudia Timm 6–3, 7–5Loss 1–2 ITF Istanbul, Turkey10,000 Hard Dora Djilianova Corina Morariu Christina Zachariadou 3–6, 5–7Loss 1–3 ITF Katowice, Poland10,000 Clay Galina Dimitrova Monika Kratochvílová Hana Šromová 3–6, 6–4, 3–6Loss 1–4 ITF Varna, Bulgaria10,000 Clay Galina Dimitrova Dora Djilianova Pavlina Nola 6–4, 4–6, 5–7Win 2–4 ITF Istanbul, Turkey10,000 Hard İpek Şenoğlu Khoo Chin-bee Alice Pirsu 6–1, 6–4Loss 2–5 ITF Albena, Bulgaria10,000 Clay Galina Dimitrova Antoaneta Pandjerova Pavlina Nola 4–6, 2–6Win 3–5 ITF Velp, Netherlands10,000 Clay Galina Dimitrova Kim Kilsdonk Jolanda Mens 5–7, 7–5, 6–4Win 4–5 ITF Albena, Bulgaria10,000 Clay Galina Dimitrova Lubomira Bacheva Antoaneta Pandjerova 7–5, 6–1Loss 4–6 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria10,000 Clay Teodora Nedeva Olga Vymetálková Michaela Paštiková 5–7, 6–7(5–7)Loss 4–7 ITF Novi Sad, Yugoslavia10,000 Clay Antoaneta Pandjerova Tatjana Ječmenica Dragana Zarić 2–6, 5–7Loss 4–8 ITF Paderborn, Germany10,000 Clay Esther Brunn Linda Faltynková Petra Raclavská 3–6, 2–6Win 5–8 ITF Bucharest, Romania25,000 Clay Antoaneta Pandjerova Katarina Mišić Marketa Kochta 6–4, 6–2Win 6–8 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria25,000 Clay Antoaneta Pandjerova Natalia Galouza Shelley Stephens 6–1, 7–6(7–4)Win 7–8 ITF Batumi, Georgia75,000 Hard Antoaneta Pandjerova Gulnara Fattakhetdinova Maria Kondratieva 2–6, 6–1, 6–1Win 8–8 ITF Saint-Raphaël, France25,000 Hard (i) Antoaneta Pandjerova Katarina Mišić Dragana Zarić 4–6, 6–3, 6–1Loss 8–9 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria25,000 Clay Dragana Zarić Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits 6–3, 7–5
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