Milen Velev

Milen Velev (Bulgarian: Милен Велев) (born 4 September 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Bulgaria.[1]

Milen Velev
Милен Велев
Country (sports) Bulgaria
ResidenceVienna, Austria
Born (1971-09-04) 4 September 1971
Sofia, Bulgaria
Turned pro1991
Retired2002
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$94,296
Singles
Career record5–11 (at Grand Slam-level, ATP World Tour-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0 ATP, 4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 121 (27 September 1993)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open1R (1994)
French OpenQ2 (1996)
Doubles
Career record0–3 (at Grand Slam-level, ATP World Tour-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0 ATP, 5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 253 (17 August 1998)
Last updated on: 20 August 2012.

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

Futures and Challenger finals: 15 (9–6)

Singles: 7 (4–3)
Legend
ATP Challengers (1–1)
ITF Futures (3–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 25 July 1993 Oberstaufen, Germany
ATP Challenger $25,000		 Clay Sláva Doseděl 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up 1. 1 August 1993 Poznań, Poland
ATP Challenger $50,000		 Clay Andrea Gaudenzi 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner 2. 14 June 1998 Zaječar, Yugoslavia
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Dejan Petrovic 6–4, 7–6
Runner-up 2. 21 June 1998 Skopje, Macedonia
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Cyril Buscaglione 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Winner 3. 11 July 1999 Thessaloniki, Greece
ITF Futures $15,000		 Clay Solon Peppas 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 3. 18 June 2000 Skopje, Macedonia
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Xavier Pujo 2–6, 7–5, 3–6
Winner 4. 1 July 2001 Skopje, Macedonia
ITF Futures $10,000		 Hard Todor Enev 7–5, 6–4

Doubles: 8 (5–3)
Legend
ATP Challengers (0–1)
ITF Futures (5–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 21 February 1998 Mondseeland, Austria
ITF Futures $10,000		 Carpet (I) Ivaylo Traykov Petr Pála
Borut Urh		 4–6, 6–7
Winner 1. 21 June 1998 Skopje, Macedonia
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Matey Pampoulov Cyril Buscaglione
Olaf Knutel		 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner 2. 28 June 1998 Kočani, Macedonia
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Matey Pampoulov Erik Csarnakovics
Stefano Galvani		 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 2. 19 August 1998 Sopot, Poland
ATP Challenger $25,000		 Clay Alexander Shvets James Greenhalgh
Nenad Zimonjić		 1–6, 3–6
Winner 3. 4 July 1999 Alexandroupolis, Greece
ITF Futures $10,000		 Carpet Ivaylo Traykov Fernando González
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi		 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)
Winner 4. 2 July 2000 Skopje, Macedonia
ITF Futures $10,000		 Hard Relja Dulić Fišer Sebastian Fitz
Sergei Pozdnev		 2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up 3. 24 June 2001 Skopje, Macedonia
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Todor Enev Michail Elgin
Evgueni Smirnov		 6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Winner 5. 1 July 2001 Skopje, Macedonia
ITF Futures $10,000		 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 a 14–7 singles record and a 6–7 doubles record (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 Iwanski 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 Iwanski
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 Iwanski
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 Boróczky
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
  1. ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. Davis Cup Profile
  3. ATP World Tour Profile
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