Gergana Topalova
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Sofia, Bulgaria |
Born | (2000-02-22) 22 February 2000 (age 24) Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
Turned pro | 2018 |
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 107,019 |
Singles | |
Career record | 193–148 |
Career titles | 6 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 210 (24 June 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 234 (15 July 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Wimbledon | Q3 (2024) |
US Open | Q1 (2024) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 96–74 |
Career titles | 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 388 (12 September 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 539 (15 July 2024) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 7–7 (singles 3–4) |
Last updated on: 15 July 2024. |
Gergana Topalova (Bulgarian: Гергана Топалова; born 22 February 2000) is a Bulgarian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 210 in singles and 388 in doubles. Topalova is the current No. 2 Bulgarian female player.
She has won six singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she had a career-high combined ranking of 31, achieved on 22 January 2018.
Career
In 2019, Topalova made her Fed Cup debut for Bulgaria.[1][2]
2023–2024: WTA Tour debut
On 23 November 2022, she was confirmed as a participant at the 2023 United Cup as part of the Bulgarian team.[3] On New Year’s Eve 2022, she made her debut in mixed doubles match alongside Adrian Andreev which they lost to the top-seeded team of Maria Sakkari and Stefanos Tsitsipas. The following day, she made her WTA Tour debut and lost her maiden singles match to Elise Mertens in three sets.[4][5]
Topalova participated in the qualifying draw of the 2023 Hobart International. She entered as an alternate and lost in the first round of qualifying to Diane Parry.
Topalova reached the final round of the qualifying competition at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships on her Grand Slam qualifying debut.[6]
She made her main-draw debut at the 2024 Budapest Grand Prix as a qualifier, defeating second qualifying seed Ella Seidel.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Oct 2017 | ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria | W15 | Hard | ![]() | 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 |
Win | 2–0 | May 2018 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | W15 | Clay | ![]() | 7–5, 7–6(7–3) |
Win | 3–0 | Nov 2020 | ITF Heraklion, Greece | W15 | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 6–0 |
Win | 4–0 | May 2021 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | W15 | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 5–0 | Aug 2022 | ITF Agadir, Morocco | W25 | Clay | ![]() | 2–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 5–1 | Aug 2022 | ITF Parnu, Estonia | W25 | Clay | ![]() | 5–7, 2–6 |
Loss | 5–2 | Jul 2023 | ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | W25 | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 0–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 5–3 | Aug 2023 | ITF Wrocław, Poland | W40 | Clay | ![]() | 1–6, 5–7 |
Win | 6–3 | Sep 2023 | ITF Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, France | W40 | Clay | ![]() | 7–5, 5–7, 6–1 |
Loss | 6–4 | Oct 2023 | ITF Lisbon, Portugal | W40 | Clay | ![]() | 3–6, 6–2, 5–7 |
Loss | 6–5 | May 2024 | ITF Båstad, Sweden | W35 | Clay | ![]() | 4–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 13 (4 titles, 9 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | May 2018 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | W15 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 6–3, [10–4] |
Loss | 1–1 | Nov 2019 | ITF Gwalior, India | W25 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 1–2 | Feb 2020 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–2, 1–6, [4–10] |
Loss | 1–3 | Mar 2020 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 1–4 | Dec 2020 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7(2), 5–7 |
Loss | 1–5 | Feb 2021 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 1–6 | Oct 2021 | ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria | W15 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 4–6, [1–10] |
Win | 2–6 | Nov 2021 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 6–2 |
Win | 3–6 | Apr 2022 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(9), 6–2 |
Loss | 3–7 | Apr 2022 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7(2), 6–3, [5–10] |
Loss | 3–8 | Aug 2022 | ITF Parnu, Estonia | W25 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 6–4, [8–10] |
Win | 4–8 | Sep 2023 | ITF Oldenzaal, Netherlands | W40 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 2–6, [10–5] |
Loss | 4–9 | Sep 2023 | ITF Pazardzhik, Bulgaria | W40 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 5–7, [6–10] |
ITF Junior Circuit finals
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Singles (4–3)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Grade | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Mar 2016 | ITF Trnava, Slovakia | G4 | Hard (i) | ![]() | 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 1–1 | Sep 2016 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | G2 | Clay | ![]() | 4–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 1–2 | Mar 2017 | ITF Tashkent, Uzbekistan | G2 | Hard | ![]() | 0–6, 0–2 ret. |
Win | 2–2 | Apr 2017 | ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria | G2 | Clay | ![]() | 6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 3–2 | Oct 2017 | ITF Montevideo, Uruguay | G2 | Clay | ![]() | 6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 4–2 | Nov 2017 | ITF La Paz, Bolivia | G2 | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 4–3 | Apr 2018 | ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria | G2 | Clay | ![]() | 3–6, 4–6 |
Doubles (2–3)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Grade | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Aug 2015 | ITF Sofia, Bulgaria | G5 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–7, 6–2, [12–10] |
Win | 2–0 | Oct 2015 | ITF Mohammedia, Morocco | G4 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 2–1 | Apr 2017 | ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria | G2 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–7, 4–6 |
Loss | 2–2 | May 2017 | ITF Casablanca, Morocco | G1 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7(4), 1–6 |
Loss | 2–3 | Apr 2018 | ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria | G2 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 6–4, [6–10] |
National representation
Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup
Gergana Topalova debuted in Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 2019; since then she has accumulated a 3–4 singles and a 4–3 doubles (7–7 overall) win–loss record.
Singles (3–4)
Edition | Round | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Opponent | W/L | Result |
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2023 | Z1 RR | 11 Apr 2023 | Antalya (TUR) | ![]() | Clay | Tara Würth | W | 6–4, 2–6, 6–3 |
12 Apr 2023 | ![]() | Caijsa Hennemann | W | 1–6, 7–5, 6–3 | ||||
13 Apr 2023 | ![]() | Malene Helgø | L | 0–6, 2–6 | ||||
14 Apr 2023 | ![]() | Clara Tauson | L | 3–6, 1–6 | ||||
2024 | Z1 RR | 8 Apr 2024 | Antalya (TUR) | ![]() | Clay | Adrienn Nagy | L | 5–7, 6–7(4–7) |
Z1 PO | 12 Apr 2024 | ![]() | Emily Sartz-Lunde | W | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 | |||
13 Apr 2024 | ![]() | Francisca Jorge | L | 4–6, 4–6 |
Doubles (4–3)
Edition | Round | Date | Location | Partner | Surface | Against | Opponents | W/L | Result |
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2019 | Z1 RR | 8 Feb 2019 | Zielona Góra (POL) | Petia Arshinkova | Hard (i) | ![]() | Mirjam Björklund Cornelia Lister | L | 2–6, 3–6 |
2020-21 | Z1 RR | 8 Feb 2019 | Tallinn (EST) | Petia Arshinkova | Hard (i) | ![]() | Lesia Tsurenko Katarina Zavatska | L | 2–6, 1–6 |
2023 | Z1 RR | 10 Apr 2023 | Antalya (TUR) | Lia Karatancheva | Clay | ![]() | Katarina Kozarov Lola Radivojević | W | 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
13 Apr 2023 | Lia Karatancheva | ![]() | Ulrikke Eikeri Malene Helgø | L | 6–2, 1–6, 4–6 | ||||
14 Apr 2023 | Lia Karatancheva | ![]() | Rebecca Munk Mortensen Johanne Svendsen | W | 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 | ||||
2024 | Z1 RR | 10 Apr 2024 | Oeiras (POR) | Lia Karatancheva | Clay | ![]() | Melanie Klaffner Tamira Paszek | W | 6–7(5–7), 6–1, [10–6] |
Z1 PO | 12 Apr 2024 | Lia Karatancheva | ![]() | Emily Sartz-Lunde Carina Syrtveit | W | 7–6(7–3), 7–5 |
United Cup
Singles (0–1)
Edition | Round | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Opponent | W/L | Result |
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2023 | RR | 01 Jan 2023 | Perth (AUS) | ![]() | Hard | Elise Mertens | L | 4–6, 6–3, 0–6 |
Doubles (0–1)
Edition | Round | Date | Location | Partner | Surface | Against | Opponents | W/L | Result |
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2023 | RR | 20 Dec 2022 | Perth (AUS) | Adrian Andreev | Hard | ![]() | Maria Sakkari Stefanos Tsitsipas | L | 4–6, 4–6 |
References
- ^ "Нова загуба на жените за "Фед къп", но оставаме в групата". www.24chasa.bg (in Bulgarian).
- ^ "България все още има шанс за първото място на "Фед къп"". www.segabg.com (in Bulgarian). 7 February 2019.
- ^ "United Cup Field Set | ATP Tour | Tennis".
- ^ "Rookies learning from the best at United Cup". 3 January 2023.
- ^ "The players contesting their first WTA main draw in 2023". 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Bulgarian Tennis Player Gergana Topalova to Play in Final Qualifying Round at Wimbledon". 27 June 2024.
External links
- Gergana Topalova at the Women's Tennis Association
- Gergana Topalova at the International Tennis Federation
- Gergana Topalova at the Billie Jean King Cup
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