Bulgaria Davis Cup team

Bulgaria
Captain Todor Enev
ITF ranking 54 Steady
Colors Green & White
First year 1964
Years played 50
Ties played (W–L) 111 (59–52)
Most total wins Todor Enev (28–20)
Most singles wins Todor Enev (17–14)
Most doubles wins Ivo Bratanov (13–0)
Best doubles team Ivo Bratanov /
Ivaylo Traykov (5–0)
Bozhidar Pampoulov /
Matei Pampoulov (5–9)
Most ties played Todor Enev (33)
Most years played Todor Enev (14)

The Bulgaria Davis Cup team represents Bulgaria in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Bulgarian Tennis Federation.

In 2017 Bulgaria fell to Ireland in the Europe Zone Group III Promotional Play-off, the match which came down to the third rubber, saw the Bulgarian's lose 1-6 6-7, costing them a spot in Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2018.

History

Bulgaria made their Davis Cup debut in 1964. Their best performances came in the mid-1980s when they reached the Europe/Africa Zone Group I semifinals in two consecutive years - 1986 and 1987.

Current Team

Player information and rankings as of 3 April 2017

The following players were called up for the Europe/Africa Zone Group III ties against Armenia, Greece and Ireland in April 2017.

Player ATP Rank First year played Total Win/Loss Singles Win/Loss Doubles Win/Loss
Alexandar Lazov35320136–83–73–1
Dimitar Kuzmanov492201112–712–40–3
Alexandar Lazarov59020164–32–22–1
Tihomir Grozdanov1276200813–34–29–1
Recent callups
PlayerMost recent appearance
Vasko Mladenov2016 Europe/Africa Zone Group II, Relegation play-off
Dimitar Kutrovsky2015 Europe/Africa Zone Group II, Third Round
Grigor Dimitrov2015 Europe/Africa Zone Group II, Second round
Ilia Kushev2015 Europe/Africa Zone Group II, First round

Recent performances

Here is the list of all match-ups since 1981, when the competition started being held in the current World Group format.

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Year Competition Date Location Opponent Score Result
2010 Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 1st Round 5–7 March Sofia (BUL)  Monaco 3–2 Win
Europe/Africa Zone Group II, Quarterfinal 9–11 July Otočec (SLO)  Slovenia 0–5 Loss
2011 Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 1st Round 4–6 March Minsk (BLR)  Belarus 1–4 Loss
Europe/Africa Zone Group II, Relegation Play-off 8–10 July Sofia (BUL)  Cyprus 2–3 Loss
2012 Europe Zone Group III, Round Robin 2 May Sofia (BUL)  Albania 3–0 Win
Europe Zone Group III, Round Robin 4 May Sofia (BUL)  Georgia 3–0 Win
Europe Zone Group III, Final 5 May Sofia (BUL)  Macedonia 3–0 Win
2013 Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 1st Round 1–3 February Sofia (BUL)  Finland 2–3 Loss
Europe/Africa Zone Group II, Relegation Play-off 5–7 April Plovdiv (BUL)  Estonia 3–0 Win
2014 Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 1st Round 31 January–2 February Helsinki (FIN)  Finland 2–3 Loss
Europe/Africa Zone Group II, Relegation Play-off 4–6 April Athens (GRE)  Greece 4–1 Win
2015 Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 1st Round 6-8 March Jūrmala (LAT)  Latvia 4–1 Win
Europe/Africa Zone Group II, Quarterfinal 17–19 July Luxembourg City (LUX)  Luxembourg 5–0 Win
Europe/Africa Zone Group II, Semifinal 18–20 September Sofia (BUL)  Hungary 2–3 Loss
2016 Europe/Africa Zone Group II, 1st Round 4–6 March Ankara (TUR)  Turkey 2–3 Loss
Europe/Africa Zone Group II, Relegation Play-off 15–17 July Tunis (TUN)  Tunisia 2–3 Loss
2017 Europe Zone Group III, Round Robin 6 April Sozopol (BUL)  Armenia 3–0 Win
Europe Zone Group III, Round Robin 7 April Sozopol (BUL)  Greece 3–0 Win
Europe Zone Group III, Final 8 April Sozopol (BUL)  Ireland 1–2 Loss

Team representatives

This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match.

Player W-L
(Total)		 W-L
(Singles)		 W-L
(Doubles)		 Ties Debut Years Played
Georgi Arabov3–01–02–0319951
Teodor Bachev0–20–00–2219842
Ivo Bratanov18–25–213–01719966
Nikolai Chuparov0–30–20–1119641
Grigor Dimitrov20–416–14–31420087
Valentin Dimov0–30–20–1320093
Todor Enev28–2017–1411–633199914
Ljuben Genov13–1412–141–015196811
Tihomir Grozdanov13–34–29–11320086
Dinko Halachev0–10–10–0120141
Victor Ivanchev2–10–12–03120011
Simeon Ivanov5–01–04–0420081
Mihail Kanev1–01–00–0119951
Yordan Kanev3–72–51–2820044
Ivan Keskinov15–813–72–11419896
Ilia Kushev7–93–54–41120036
Dimitar Kutrovsky8–66–42–2620113
Dimitar Kuzmanov12–712–40–31420116
Alexandar Lazarov4–32–22–1420162
Krassimir Lazarov15–2410–145–1017198310
Marian Lazarov4–30–14–2619833
Alexander Lazov6–83–73–11020135
Radoslav Lukaev7–54–33–2520003
Mark Markov12–79–43–31319924
Tzvetan Mihov1–20–21–0220102
Bozhidar Pampoulov13–227–116–1117196713
Matei Pampoulov7–132–35–1015196911
Milko Petkov2–52–40–1419923
Lubomir Petrov4–93–81–1719756
Radoslav Radev13–34–19–21119943
Ruslan Rainov5–35–30–0619864
Rangel Rangelov3–52–41–1319642
Julian Stamatov15–1612–133–31419809
Orlin Stanoytchev10–99–71–21119916
Ivaylo Traykov16–148–88–620199711
Petar Trendafilov3–00–03–0320121
Stefan Tzvetkov1–20–01–2319902
Milen Velev20–1414–76–72019889
Stojan Velev5–64–31–3519673
Milen Yanakiev1–01–00–0119861
Kiril Yashmakov7–85–72–1719674

See also

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