Vasko Mladenov

Vasko Mladenov (Bulgarian: Васко Младенов, born 30 July 1989) is a professional Bulgarian tennis player.

Vasko Mladenov
Vasko Mladenov
Country (sports) Bulgaria
ResidenceSofia, Bulgaria
Born (1989-07-30) 30 July 1989
Sofia, Bulgaria
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2005
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 47,373
Singles
Career record1–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
0 Challengers, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 637 (20 June 2016)
Current rankingNo. 1293 (11 January 2021)
Doubles
Career record1–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
0 Challengers, 17 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 359 (20 June 2016)
Current rankingNo. 959 (11 January 2021)
Last updated on: 17 January 2021.

On 6 June 2016, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 637 in June 2016 whilst his best doubles ranking was 359 in June 2016. Mladenov is a winner of seventeen ITF titles in doubles.

Mladenov is also a two time Bulgarian National Champion (2016 and 2017). He participated in the Davis Cup in doubles in March 2016 against Turkey, bringing Bulgaria a historic win 7:6, 6:7, 6:7, 7:6, 6:4 alongside fellow Bulgarian Alexander Lazov.

Mladenov also took part in the Davis Cup tie against Tunisia in August 2016, where he won his singles match against Moez Echargui in a thrilling 6:7, 7:5, 7:6 match. He also took part in the Davis Cup group 3 tie against Iceland, Macedonia, Albania and finally Bulgaria faced Monaco in the deciding playoff to promote to group 2, unfortunately Bulgaria lost the tie. He made his debut at an ATP tournament in 2018, playing in his native Bulgaria the ATP Sofia Open. He worked as an official sparring partner with Novak Djokovic for the 2013 Us Open. Vasko is also a rapper and a music producer, writing his own music and lyrics, mainly in Russian. He has released 3 albums and multiple single records such as "Химия", "Океаны".[1][2][3][4][5]

Early and personal life

Vasko was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, as the only child of Vasil, who is from Bulgaria and, Elena, who is from Russia. When he was five he began to play with his grandfather, Lev Shulga, who is a well known coach from the former U.S.S.R. Vasko speaks fluent Bulgarian, Russian and English. He is known for his aggressive and all-court style of play. Mladenov has a right-handed forehand and Double-handed backhand. His favourite surface is hard. His hobbies are listening to music, playing the piano, playing snooker, billiards and playing football. Currently he resides in Sofia, and is coached by Levar Harper-Griffith and Miroslav Gergov.

Junior career

He won three tournaments as a junior. The first one was in 2005, he defeated Plamen Avramov in Plovdiv in straight sets, final score was 6–0, 6–1. The second one also was in 2005, in Timișoara, he defeated Maksim Bakunin in three sets, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(4). The third and final one was in 2006, in Kyiv, he won the tournament after beating Uladzimir Ignatik in three sets, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1. All these tournaments were played on clay court. In 2007, in France, he played the European Junior. Bulgaria was represented by Vasko, Valentin Dimov and Aleksandar Lazov, they were runners-up.

Year-end rankings
Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Singles 1497 1541 969 950 1268 - - - - 1372 689 918 1071 965 1201
Doubles - 1476 796 727 584 - - - - 695 427 687 759 483 872

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)
Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (0–2)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2015 Turkey F28, Ankara Futures Clay Ivan Nedelko 5–7, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2015 Ukraine F6, Cherkasy Futures Clay Ivan Nedelko 5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 31 (17–14)
Legend (Doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (17–14)
Titles by Surface
Hard (10–5)
Clay (7–8)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2007 Bulgaria F3, Pleven Futures Clay Pirmin Haenle Roman Kelečić
Nikola Martinović		 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Jun 2007 Bulgaria F4, Sofia Futures Clay Ilia Kushev David Savić
Miljan Zekić		 4–6, 3–6
Win 2–1 Sep 2007 Bulgaria F6, Burgas Futures Clay Sergey Betov Roman Kelečić
Nikola Martinović		 3–0 ret.
Win 3–1 Sep 2008 Bulgaria F8, Stara Zagora Futures Clay Boris Nicola Bakalov Ivan Bjelica
Miljan Zekić		 6–3, 6–4
Win 4–1 Dec 2008 Brazil F33, São Paulo Futures Hard (i) Nikita Kryvonos Diogo Cruz
Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli		 4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Loss 4–2 Dec 2008 Brazil F34, São Paulo Futures Hard (i) Nicolás Pastor Mario Eckardt
Patrick Taubert		 2–6, 2–6
Win 5–2 Dec 2008 Brazil F35, São Paulo Futures Hard Lars Pörschke Diego Matos
Eládio Ribeiro Neto		 6–1, 6–2
Win 6–2 May 2014 Ukraine F4, Rivne Futures Clay Nikita Kryvonos Yurii Dzhavakian
Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi		 6–4, 6–4
Loss 6–3 May 2014 Ukraine F5, Rivne Futures Clay Nikita Kryvonos Yurii Dzhavakian
Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi		 2–6, 4–6
Loss 6–4 Jul 2014 Bulgaria F5, Plovdiv Futures Clay Dinko Halachev Romain Arneodo
Luca Margaroli		 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win 7–4 Apr 2015 Tunisia F13, El Kantaoui Futures Hard Anis Ghorbel Remy Chala
Daniil Medvedev		 4–6, 6–1, [11–9]
Loss 7–5 May 2015 Ukraine F1, Cherkasy Futures Clay Vadym Ursu Sergiy Sergiienko
Artem Smirnov		 6–3, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss 7–6 Jul 2015 Turkey F29, Ankara Futures Clay Alexander Igoshin Daniele Capecchi
Federico Maccari		 6–7(6–8), 6–3, [7–10]
Win 8–6 Sep 2015 Tunisia F21, El Kantaoui Futures Hard Anis Ghorbel Aziz Dougaz
Jordan Dyke		 6–2, 6–7(6–8), [10–6]
Win 9–6 Sep 2015 Tunisia F22, El Kantaoui Futures Hard Anis Ghorbel Romain Bauvy
Ugo Nastasi		 2–6, 7–5, [12–10]
Loss 9–7 Nov 2015 Tunisia F33, El Kantaoui Futures Hard Anis Ghorbel Jordi Muñoz Abreu
David Pérez Sanz		 3–6, 1–6
Win 10–7 Dec 2015 Tunisia F34, El Kantaoui Futures Hard Anis Ghorbel David Pérez Sanz
David Vega Hernández		 6–7(2–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Loss 10–8 Dec 2015 Tunisia F35, El Kantaoui Futures Hard Anis Ghorbel Peter Bothwell
Lloyd Glasspool		 1–6, 4–6
Win 11–8 May 2016 Ukraine F3, Cherkasy Futures Clay Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi Denys Mylokostov
Danylo Veremeychuk		 6–4, 6–1
Win 12–8 Jun 2016 Bulgaria F3, Stara Zagora Futures Clay Yan Sabanin Carlos Calderón
Pedro Martínez		 6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 12–9 Aug 2016 Belarus F1, Minsk Futures Hard Markos Kalovelonis Yaraslav Shyla
Dzmitry Zhyrmont		 6–7(8–10), 3–6
Loss 12–10 Jul 2017 Turkey F25, Istanbul Futures Clay Nikola Ćaćić Miki Janković
Dimitar Kuzmanov		 4–6, 6–2, [9–11]
Loss 12–11 Jul 2017 Turkey F26, Istanbul Futures Clay Alexander Igoshin Sarp Ağabigün
Marat Deviatiarov		 2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 12–12 May 2018 Tunisia F18, Djerba Futures Hard Anis Ghorbel Diego Hidalgo
Sem Verbeek		 2–6, 4–6
Win 13–12 May 2018 Tunisia F19, Djerba Futures Hard Anis Ghorbel Hady Habib
José Vidal Azorín		 4–6, 7–6(9–7), [12–10]
Win 14–12 May 2018 Tunisia F20, Djerba Futures Hard Anis Ghorbel Alexis Klégou
Francesco Vilardo		 6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Win 15–12 Jun 2018 Tunisia F21, Djerba Futures Hard Anis Ghorbel John Paul Fruttero
Albano Olivetti		 6–3, 6–2
Win 16–12 Sep 2018 Tunisia F32, Monastir Futures Hard Anis Ghorbel Alexander Merino
Christoph Negritu		 6–3, 6–3
Loss 16–13 Nov 2018 Estonia F2, Tartu Futures Carpet (i) Luca Castelnuovo Vladimir Ivanov
Maxim Ratniuk		 4–6, 6–1, [4–10]
Win 17–13 Mar 2019 M15 Tabarka, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Clay Anis Ghorbel Sergio Martos Gornés
Oriol Roca Batalla		 6–4, 6–1
Loss 17–14 Aug 2019 M15 Irpin, Ukraine World Tennis Tour Clay Sagadat Ayap Vladyslav Orlov
George Tsivadze		 6–1, 3–6, [5–10]

Davis Cup

Vasko Mladenov debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2016 against Turkey in Ankara. Since then he has a 1–0 singles record and a 4–2 doubles record (5–2 overall). He participated in Davis Cup in doubles in March 2016 against Turkey, bringing Bulgaria a historic win 7:6, 6:7, 6:7, 7:6, 6:4 alongside fellow Bulgarian Alexander Lazov. Mladenov also took part in the Davis Cup tie against Tunisia in August 2016, where he won his singles match against Moez Echargui in a thrilling 6:7, 7:5, 7:6 match. He also took part in the Davis Cup group 3 tie against Iceland, Macedonia, Albania and finally Bulgaria faced Monaco in the deciding playoff to promote to group 2, unfortunately Bulgaria lost the tie.

Singles (1–0)
Edition Round Date Surface Opponent W/L Result
2016 Europe/Africa Zone Group II RPO 17 July 2016 Hard Moez Echargui W 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 7–6(7-5)

Doubles (4–2)
Edition Round Date Partner Surface Opponents W/L Result
2016 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 5 March 2016 Alexander Lazov Hard (I) Cem İlkel
Tuna Altuna		 W 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–4
RPO 16 July 2016 Alexandar Lazarov Hard Malek Jaziri
Skander Mansouri		 L 4–6, 4–6, 3–6
2018 Europe Zone Group III RR 4 April 2018 Dimitar Kuzmanov Clay Elbi Mjeshtri
Genajd Shypheja		 W 6–0, 6–0
RR 5 April 2018 Dimitar Kuzmanov Clay Birkir Gunnarsson
Egill Sigurdsson		 W 6–2, 6–1
RR 6 April 2018 Adrian Andreev Clay Stefan Micov
Gorazd Srbljak		 W 6–4, 6–3
PRO 7 April 2018 Dimitar Kuzmanov Clay Romain Arneodo
Benjamin Balleret		 L 4–6, 3–6
  • RPO = Relegation Play–off
  • PPO = Promotion Play–off
  • RR = Round Robin

References
  1. – ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Vasko Mladenov
  2. Tennis – ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Vasko Mladenov – Playing Activity – Singles
  3. Tennis – ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Vasko Mladenov – Playing Activity – Doubles
  4. Tennis – ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Vasko Mladenov – Rankings History
  5. ITF Tennis – Pro Circuit – Player Profile – MLADENOV, Vasko (BUL)
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