Dessislava Svetoslavova Mladenova (Bulgarian: Десислава Светославова Младенова, born 21 June 1988) is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player.

Dessislava Mladenova
Десислава Младенова
Dessislava Mladenova at the 2008 Allianz Cup
Country (sports) Bulgaria
ResidenceSofia, Bulgaria
Born (1988-06-21) 21 June 1988 (age 35)
Sofia, Bulgaria
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Turned pro2004
Retired2011
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize moneyUS$ 19,354
Singles
Career record52–79 (39.7%)
Career titles0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 684 (6 October 2008)
Doubles
Career record64–54 (54.2%)
Career titles0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 388 (5 May 2008)
Team competitions
Fed Cup1–2 (33.3%)
(doubles 1-2)

On 6 October 2008, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 684, whilst her best doubles ranking was 388 on 5 May 2008.[2] IN her career, she won three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 1 (1 runner–up) edit

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2008 ITF Melilla, Spain 10,000 Hard   Tetyana Arefyeva 1–6, 6–7(1–7)

Doubles 10 (3 titles, 7 runner–ups) edit

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (1–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 May 2007 ITF Antalya, Turkey 25,000 Hard   Vojislava Lukić   Oksana Kalashnikova
  Sofia Kvatsabaia
2–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Jun 2008 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 10,000 Hard   Pemra Özgen   Chen Astrogo
  Volha Duko
5–7, 6–1, [5–10]
Loss 1–2 Sep 2008 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay   Émilie Bacquet   Mariya Malkhasyan
  Oksana Pavlova
2–6, 1–6
Loss 1–3 May 2009 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay   Dalia Zafirova   Laura Ioana Paar
  Diana-Andreea Gae
1–6, 7–5, [12–14]
Win 2–3 May 2009 ITF Craiova, Romania 10,000 Clay   Tanya Germanlieva   Simona Matei
  Nataša Zorić
4–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Loss 2–4 Nov 2009 ITF Volos, Greece 10,000 Carpet   Tanya Germanlieva   Olga Brózda
  Justyna Jegiołka
6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss 2–5 May 2010 ITF Craiova, Romania 10,000 Clay   Tanya Germanlieva   Alexandra Cadanțu
  Alexandra Damaschin
3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–6 Jul 2010 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay   Dalia Zafirova   Diana Enache
  Andreea Mitu
3–6, 1–6
Loss 2–7 May 2011 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 10,000 Hard   Anja Prislan   Laura Ioana Paar
  Sofia Kvatsabaia
2–6, 2–6
Win 3–7 May 2011 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 10,000 Hard   Andreea Vaideanu   Ganna Piven
  Anastasiya Vasylyeva
4–6, 6–1, [10–5]

Fed Cup edit

Dessislava Mladenova debuted for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team in 2007. Since then, she has a 1–2 doubles record (1–2 overall).

Doubles: 3 (1–2) edit

Edition Round Date Partner Against Surface Opponents W/L Result
2007 Europe/Africa Group I RR 18 April 2007 Jaklin Alawi   Great Britain Clay   Elena Baltacha
  Claire Curran
L 4–6, 2–6
19 April 2007 Jaklin Alawi   Poland   Marta Domachowska
  Klaudia Jans-Ignacik
L 0–6, 3–6
20 April 2007 Dia Evtimova   Luxembourg   Mandy Minella
  Lynn Philippe
W 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 0–1 ret.

References edit

  1. ^ "Профил на Десислава Младенова" (in Bulgarian). tennis24.bg. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Dessislava Mladenova's Biography". International Tennis Federation. 2010-11-13. Retrieved 2010-11-13.

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