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 moneyUS$ 94,296
Singles
Career record5–11 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
1 Challengers, 3 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 121 (27 September 1993)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open1R (1994)
French OpenQ2 (1996)
Doubles
Career record0–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
0 Challengers, 5 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 253 (17 August 1998)
Last updated on: 31 January 2021.

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 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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