Gergana Topalova
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| Country (sports) |  Bulgaria |
|---|---|
| Residence | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Born | 22 February 2000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
| Turned pro | 2018 |
| Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$206,434 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 248–195 |
| Career titles | 6 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 210 (27 May 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 389 (19 January 2026) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Wimbledon | Q3 (2024) |
| US Open | Q1 (2024) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 104–79 |
| Career titles | 5 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 388 (12 September 2022) |
| Current ranking | No. 766 (19 January 2026) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 7–7 (singles 3–4) |
| Last updated on: 22 January 2026. | |
Gergana Topalova (Bulgarian: Гергана Топалова; born 22 February 2000) is a Bulgarian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 210 in singles and No. 388 in doubles. Topalova is the current No. 3 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 No. 31, achieved on 22 January 2018.
2023–2024: WTA Tour debut
In 2019, Topalova made her Fed Cup debut for Bulgaria.[1][2]
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.[6]
Topalova reached the final round of the qualifying competition at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships on her Grand Slam qualifying debut.[7]
She entered the main-draw at the 2024 Iași Open as a qualifier.[8] She also qualified for the main draw of the 2024 Budapest Grand Prix but lost to fourth seed Sara Sorribes Tormo in three sets.[9]
Grand Slam performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Singles
| Tournament | 2024 | 2025 | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | A | A | 0–0 |
| French Open | A | 0–0 | |
| Wimbledon | Q3 | 0–0 | |
| US Open | Q1 | 0–0 | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Oct 2017 | ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria | W15 | Hard |  Léa Tholey |
6–3, 2–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–0 | May 2018 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | W15 | Clay |  Nuria Párrizas Díaz |
7–5, 7–6(7–3) |
| Win | 3–0 | Nov 2020 | ITF Heraklion, Greece | W15 | Clay |  Romy Koelzer |
6–4, 6–0 |
| Win | 4–0 | May 2021 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | W15 | Clay |  Elina Avanesyan |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 5–0 | Aug 2022 | ITF Agadir, Morocco | W25 | Clay |  Angelica Moratelli |
2–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 5–1 | Aug 2022 | ITF Parnu, Estonia | W25 | Clay |  Weronika Falkowska |
5–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 5–2 | Jul 2023 | ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | W25 | Clay |  Martina Capurro |
6–3, 0–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 5–3 | Aug 2023 | ITF Wrocław, Poland | W40 | Clay |  Darya Astakhova |
1–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 6–3 | Sep 2023 | ITF Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, France | W40 | Clay |  Justina Mikulskytė |
7–5, 5–7, 6–1 |
| Loss | 6–4 | Oct 2023 | ITF Lisbon, Portugal | W40 | Clay |  Katarina Zavatska |
3–6, 6–2, 5–7 |
| Loss | 6–5 | May 2024 | ITF Båstad, Sweden | W35 | Clay |  Berfu Cengiz |
4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 6–6 | Apr 2025 | ITF Leme, Brazil | W35 | Clay | Alisa Oktiabreva |
1–6, 5–7 |
Doubles: 15 (5 titles, 10 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | May 2018 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | W15 | Clay | Petia Arshinkova |
 Riya Bhatia  Shelby Talcott |
4–6, 6–3, [10–4] |
| Loss | 1–1 | Nov 2019 | ITF Gwalior, India | W25 | Clay | Petia Arshinkova |
 Mana Kawamura Funa Kozaki |
4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Feb 2020 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | Petia Arshinkova |
Julie Belgraver Mylène Halemai |
6–2, 1–6, [4–10] |
| Loss | 1–3 | Mar 2020 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | Petia Arshinkova |
Mylène Halemai  Andreea Prisăcariu |
3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Dec 2020 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay |  Daniela Vismane |
Hurricane Tyra Black  Svenja Ochsner |
6–7(2), 5–7 |
| Loss | 1–5 | Feb 2021 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | Petia Arshinkova |
 María Herazo González Yuliana Lizarazo |
2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 1–6 | Oct 2021 | ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria | W15 | Hard | Julia Terziyska |
Katerina Dimitrova Oana Gavrilă |
6–3, 4–6, [1–10] |
| Win | 2–6 | Nov 2021 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard |  Eliessa Vanlangendonck |
 Anouk Koevermans Lexie Stevens |
6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–6 | Apr 2022 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | Vlada Koval |
Ksenia Laskutova  Sapfo Sakellaridi |
7–6(9), 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–7 | Apr 2022 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | Ksenia Laskutova |
 Vanessa Ersöz Doğa Türkmen |
6–7(2), 6–3, [5–10] |
| Loss | 3–8 | Aug 2022 | ITF Parnu, Estonia | W25 | Clay | Eleni Christofi |
Justina Mikulskytė Valeriya Strakhova |
2–6, 6–4, [8–10] |
| Win | 4–8 | Sep 2023 | ITF Oldenzaal, Netherlands | W40 | Clay | Daniela Vismane |
Isabelle Haverlag Eva Vedder |
7–5, 2–6, [10–5] |
| Loss | 4–9 | Sep 2023 | ITF Pazardzhik, Bulgaria | W40 | Clay | Daniela Vismane |
Cristina Dinu  Radka Zelníčková |
6–1, 5–7, [6–10] |
| Win | 5–9 | Apr 2025 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | W35 | Clay | Anna Hertel |
 Carolina Bohrer Martins Lilian Poling |
5–7, 6–1, [10–6] |
| Loss | 5–10 | Apr 2025 | ITF Boca Raton, United States | W35 | Clay | Despina Papamichail |
Ayana Akli  Diae El Jardi |
6–7(1), 5–7 |
ITF Junior Circuit finals
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Singles (4–3)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Grade | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Mar 2016 | ITF Trnava, Slovakia | G4 | Hard (i) | Adriana Šenkárová |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Sep 2016 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | G2 | Clay |  Lulu Sun |
4–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Mar 2017 | ITF Tashkent, Uzbekistan | G2 | Hard | Daria Snigur |
0–6, 0–2 ret. |
| Win | 2–2 | Apr 2017 | ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria | G2 | Clay |  Oona Orpana |
6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–2 | Oct 2017 | ITF Montevideo, Uruguay | G2 | Clay | Ana Geller |
6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–2 | Nov 2017 | ITF La Paz, Bolivia | G2 | Clay |  Gabriela Rivera |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Apr 2018 | ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria | G2 | Clay | Elina Avanesyan |
3–6, 4–6 |
Doubles (2–3)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Grade | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Aug 2015 | ITF Sofia, Bulgaria | G5 | Clay | Laura Cazacu |
 Katarina Marinkovikj Derya Yahe |
5–7, 6–2, [12–10] |
| Win | 2–0 | Oct 2015 | ITF Mohammedia, Morocco | G4 | Clay | Oumaima Aziz |
Diae El Jardi  Sada Nahimana |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Apr 2017 | ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria | G2 | Clay | Linda Puppendahl |
Vitória Okuyama Nathalia Wolf Gasparin |
5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | May 2017 | ITF Casablanca, Morocco | G1 | Clay | Weronika Falkowska |
Lea Ma  Zheng Qinwen |
6–7(4), 1–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Apr 2018 | ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria | G2 | Clay | Weronika Falkowska |
Elina Avanesyan Diana Khodan |
2–6, 6–4, [6–10] |
