Bulgarian tennis player
Milen Velev
Милен ВелевCountry (sports) | Bulgaria |
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Residence | Vienna, Austria |
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Born | (1971-09-04) 4 September 1971 (age 53) Sofia, Bulgaria |
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Turned pro | 1991 |
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Retired | 2002 |
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Plays | Right-handed |
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Prize money | US$ 94,296 |
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Singles |
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Career record | 5–11 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
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Career titles | 0 1 Challengers, 3 Futures |
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Highest ranking | No. 121 (27 September 1993) |
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Grand Slam singles results |
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Australian Open | 1R (1994) |
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French Open | Q2 (1996) |
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Doubles |
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Career record | 0–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
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Career titles | 0 0 Challengers, 5 Futures |
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Highest ranking | No. 253 (17 August 1998) |
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Last updated on: 31 January 2021. |
Milen Velev (Bulgarian: Милен Велев) (born 4 September 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Bulgaria.[1]
Career
Velev appeared in 20 Davis Cup ties for Bulgaria, from 1988 to 2002. He was victorious in 20 of his 34 rubbers, finishing with a 14/7 record in singles and 6/7 in doubles. Only Todor Enev has won more Davis Cup matches for the national team. He had his best win in 1993, when he defeated top 30 player Marcos Ondruska, a South African.[2]
He was a quarter-finalist at the 1992 Saab International, an ATP Tour tournament held in Athens.[3] En route he upset fifth seed Guillermo Pérez Roldán.[3]
The Bulgarian played in the main draw of one Grand Slam event during his career, the 1994 Australian Open.[3] He met veteran Mats Wilander in his opening round match, which he lost in four sets.[3]
Year-end rankings
Year | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
Singles | 1054 | 686 | 477 | 308 | 286 | 125 | 647 | 295 | 521 | 386 | 295 | 604 | 649 | 409 | 947 | - |
Doubles | 997 | 1056 | 575 | 655 | 1016 | - | 1170 | 1197 | 574 | 467 | 353 | 576 | 934 | 456 | 956 | 1531 |
Challenger and Futures Finals
Singles: 7 (4–3)
Legend (singles) | ATP Challenger Tour (1–1) | ITF Futures (3–2) | | Titles by surface | Hard (1–0) | Clay (3–3) | Grass (0–0) | Carpet (0–0) | |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Win | 1–9 | Jul 1993 | Oberstaufen, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Sláva Doseděl | 6–3, 7–6 |
Loss | 1–1 | Jul 1993 | Poznań, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Andrea Gaudenzi | 3–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Win | 2–1 | Jun 1998 | Yugoslavia F3B, Zaječar | Futures | Clay | Dejan Petrovic | 6–4, 7–6 |
Loss | 2–2 | Jun 1998 | Macedonia F1, Skopje | Futures | Clay | Cyril Buscaglione | 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 3–2 | Jul 1999 | Greece F5, Thessaloniki | Futures | Clay | Solon Peppas | 6–3, 6–1 |
Loss | 3–3 | Jun 2000 | Macedonia F1, Skopje | Futures | Clay | Xavier Pujo | 2–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
Win | 4–3 | Jul 2001 | Macedonia F3, Skopje | Futures | Hard | Todor Enev | 7–5, 6–4 |
Doubles: 8 (5–3)
Legend (doubles) | ATP Challenger Tour (0–1) | ITF Futures (5–2) | | Titles by surface | Hard (2–0) | Clay (2–2) | Grass (0–0) | Carpet (1–1) | |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | Feb 1998 | Austria F3, Mondseeland | Futures | Carpet (i) | Ivaylo Traykov | Petr Pála
Borut Urh | 4–6, 6–7 |
Win | 1–1 | Jun 1998 | Macedonia F1, Skopje | Futures | Clay | Matey Pampoulov | Cyril Buscaglione
Olaf Knutel | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 2–1 | Jun 1998 | Macedonia F2, Kočani | Futures | Clay | Matey Pampoulov | Erik Csarnakovics
Stefano Galvani | 7–5, 6–3 |
Loss | 2–2 | Aug 1998 | Sopot, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Alexander Shvets | James Greenhalgh
Nenad Zimonjić | 1–6, 3–6 |
Win | 3–2 | Jul 1999 | Greece F4, Alexandroupolis | Futures | Carpet | Ivaylo Traykov | Fernando González
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4) |
Win | 4–2 | Jul 2000 | Macedonia F3, Skopje | Futures | Hard | Relja Dulić Fišer | Sebastian Fitz
Sergei Pozdnev | 2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–3) |
Loss | 4–3 | Jun 2001 | Macedonia F2, Skopje | Futures | Clay | Todor Enev | Mikhail Elgin
Evgueni Smirnov | 6–4, 4–6, 1–6 |
Win | 5–3 | Jul 2001 | Macedonia F3, Skopje | Futures | Hard | Todor Enev | Radoslav Lukaev
Predrag Rusevski | 6–2, 7–5 |
Davis Cup
Milen Velev debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 1988. Since then he has 16 nominations with 20 ties played, his singles W/L record is 14–7 and doubles W/L record is 6–7 (20–14 overall).
Singles (14–7)
Edition | Round | Date | Surface | Opponent | W/L | Result |
1990 Europe Zone Group II | QF | 4 May 1990 | Clay | George Kalovelonis | W | 6–3, 6–4, 6–0 |
6 May 1990 | Konstantinos Effraimoglou | W | 6–2, 7–5 |
SF | 15 June 1990 | Clay | Tomasz Iwański | L | 3–6, 2–6, 3–6 |
17 June 1990 | Wojciech Kowalski | L | 6–7(3–7), 5–7 |
1993 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | R1 | 30 April 1993 | Clay | Darek Nowicki | W | 7–5, 6–4, 7–6(8–6) |
2 May 1993 | Bartłomiej Dąbrowski | W | 6–2, 5–7, 6–4, 6–1 |
QF | 16 July 1993 | Clay | Marcos Ondruska | W | 6–4, 6–4, 1–6, 6–1 |
18 July 1993 | Wayne Ferreira | L | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6 |
1998 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | R1 | 1 May 1998 | Clay (I) | Karim Alami | L | 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–7(2–7), 2–6 |
3 May 1998 | Mehdi Tahiri | W | 6–2, 6–3 |
RPO | 17 July 1998 | Clay | Pascal Schaul | W | 6–3, 6–1, 7–5 |
1999 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | R1 | 30 April 1999 | Clay | Goudjo Gbedey | W | 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 |
QF | 16 July 1999 | Clay | Attila Sávolt | W | 1–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–2, 6–0 |
2000 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | R1 | 30 April 2000 | Clay | Vasilis Mazarakis | L | 6–7(5–7), 2–6, 0–6 |
QF | 21 July 2000 | Clay | Harel Levy | L | 1–6, 3–6, 2–6 |
2001 Europe/Africa Zone Group III | RR | 23 May 2001 | Clay | Johan Theron | W | 4–1, 4–0, 4–0 |
24 May 2001 | Komlavi Loglo | W | 5–3, 4–0, 4–2 |
25 May 2001 | Predrag Rusevski | W | 4–2, 4–5(4–7), 1–4, 5–4(7–3), 8–6 |
SF | 26 May 2001 | Haris Bašalić | W | 4–0, 5–3, 4–1 |
2002 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | R1 | 3 May 2002 | Clay | Orest Tereshchuk | L | 3–6, 6–2, 4–6, 1–6 |
5 May 2002 | Andrei Dernovskiy | W | 7–5, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 |
Doubles (6–7)
Edition | Round | Date | Partner | Surface | Opponents | W/L | Result |
1988 Europe Zone Group I | RPO | 11 June 1988 | Julian Stamatov | Clay | George Cosac
Florin Segărceanu | L | 4–6, 1–6, 4–6 |
1988 Europe Zone Group II | QF | 13 May 1989 | Krassimir Lazarov | Clay | Christophe Boggetti
Jacques Vincileoni | L | 6–7(2–7), 6–1, 6–3, 1–6, 6–8 |
1990 Europe Zone Group II | R1 | 31 March 1990 | Ivan Keskinov | Clay | Yiannos Hadjigeorgiou
Neoclis Neocleous | W | 6–1, 6–1, 6–4 |
QF | 5 May 1990 | Stefan Tzvetkov | Clay | George Kalovelonis
Ioannis Rigas | W | 6–7(5–7), 1–6, 6–2, 6–1, 6–3 |
SF | 16 June 1990 | Stefan Tzvetkov | Clay | Tomasz Iwański
Wojciech Kowalski | L | 6–3, 4–6, 1–6, 2–6 |
1993 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | R1 | 1 May 1993 | Krassimir Lazarov | Clay | Tomasz Iwański
Darek Nowicki | L | 6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 2–6 |
1998 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | R1 | 2 May 1998 | Orlin Stanoytchev | Clay (I) | Karim Alami
Mounir El Aarej | L | 4–6, 5–7, 2–6 |
RPO | 18 July 1998 | Orlin Stanoytchev | Clay | Adrian Graimprey
Pascal Schaul | W | 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 |
1999 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | R1 | 1 May 1999 | Ivaylo Traykov | Clay | Jean-Kome Loglo
Kossi Loglo | W | 6–2, 6–4, 6–4 |
QF | 17 July 1999 | Ivaylo Traykov | Clay | Zoltán Böröczky
Attila Sávolt | L | 3–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
2001 Europe/Africa Zone Group III | F | 27 May 2001 | Todor Enev | Clay | Mohamed Mamoun
Marwan Zewar | W | 4–2, 4–2, 4–1 |
2002 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | R1 | 4 May 2002 | Todor Enev | Clay | Andrei Dernovskiy
Orest Tereshchuk | W | 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
QF | 13 July 2002 | Todor Enev | Hard | Claude N'Goran
Valentin Sanon | L | 4–6, 7–5, 2–6, 6–1, 4–6 |
- RPO = Relegation Play–off
- RR = Round Robin
References
- ^ ITF Pro Circuit Profile
- ^ Davis Cup Profile
- ^ a b c d ATP World Tour Profile
External links