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 |  Tanja Karsten | 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 | .svg.png) 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 | Christina Fitz | 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 | Dora Djilianova | Galina Dimitrova
Claudia Timm | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Feb 1995 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | Dora Djilianova |  Corina Morariu
 Christina Zachariadou | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Jun 1995 | ITF Katowice, Poland | 10,000 | Clay | Galina Dimitrova |  Monika Kratochvílová
Hana Šromová | 3–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Sep 1995 | ITF Varna, Bulgaria | 10,000 | Clay | Galina Dimitrova | Dora Djilianova
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 | Galina Dimitrova | Antoaneta Pandjerova
Pavlina Nola | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 3–5 | Jun 1997 | ITF Velp, Netherlands | 10,000 | Clay | Galina Dimitrova | Kim Kilsdonk
Jolanda Mens | 5–7, 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–5 | Sep 1997 | ITF Albena, Bulgaria | 10,000 | Clay | Galina Dimitrova | Lubomira Bacheva
Antoaneta Pandjerova | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Loss | 4–6 | May 1998 | ITF Sofia, Bulgaria | 10,000 | Clay | Teodora Nedeva | Olga Vymetálková
Michaela Paštiková | 5–7, 6–7(5–7) |
| Loss | 4–7 | May 1998 | ITF Novi Sad, Yugoslavia | 10,000 | Clay | Antoaneta Pandjerova | .svg.png) Tatjana Ječmenica
Dragana Zarić | 2–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 4–8 | Aug 1998 | ITF Paderborn, Germany | 10,000 | Clay | Esther Brunn | Linda Faltynková
Petra Raclavská | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 5–8 | Sep 2000 | ITF Bucharest, Romania | 25,000 | Clay | Antoaneta Pandjerova | Katarina Mišić
Marketa Kochta | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 6–8 | Sep 2000 | ITF Sofia, Bulgaria | 25,000 | Clay | Antoaneta Pandjerova | Natalia Galouza
 Shelley Stephens | 6–1, 7–6(7–4) |
| Win | 7–8 | Sep 2002 | ITF Batumi, Georgia | 75,000 | Hard | Antoaneta Pandjerova | Gulnara Fattakhetdinova
Maria Kondratieva | 2–6, 6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 8–8 | Oct 2000 | ITF Saint-Raphaël, France | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Antoaneta Pandjerova | Katarina Mišić
Dragana Zarić | 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 8–9 | Sep 2003 | ITF Sofia, Bulgaria | 25,000 | Clay | Dragana Zarić |  Daniela Klemenschits
Sandra Klemenschits | 6–3, 7–5 |
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