Milen Velev
Милен Велев
Country (sports)Bulgaria 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.

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 Czech Republic Sláva Doseděl 6–3, 7–6
Loss 1–1 Jul 1993 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay Italy Andrea Gaudenzi 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 2–1 Jun 1998 Yugoslavia F3B, Zaječar Futures Clay Australia Dejan Petrovic 6–4, 7–6
Loss 2–2 Jun 1998 Macedonia F1, Skopje Futures Clay France Cyril Buscaglione 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win 3–2 Jul 1999 Greece F5, Thessaloniki Futures Clay Greece Solon Peppas 6–3, 6–1
Loss 3–3 Jun 2000 Macedonia F1, Skopje Futures Clay France Xavier Pujo 2–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win 4–3 Jul 2001 Macedonia F3, Skopje Futures Hard Bulgaria 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) Bulgaria Ivaylo Traykov Czech Republic Petr Pála
Slovenia Borut Urh
4–6, 6–7
Win 1–1 Jun 1998 Macedonia F1, Skopje Futures Clay Austria Matey Pampoulov France Cyril Buscaglione
Germany Olaf Knutel
3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 2–1 Jun 1998 Macedonia F2, Kočani Futures Clay Austria Matey Pampoulov Slovakia Erik Csarnakovics
Italy Stefano Galvani
7–5, 6–3
Loss 2–2 Aug 1998 Sopot, Poland Challenger Clay Belarus Alexander Shvets New Zealand James Greenhalgh
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Zimonjić
1–6, 3–6
Win 3–2 Jul 1999 Greece F4, Alexandroupolis Futures Carpet Bulgaria Ivaylo Traykov Chile Fernando González
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)
Win 4–2 Jul 2000 Macedonia F3, Skopje Futures Hard Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Relja Dulić Fišer Germany Sebastian Fitz
Russia Sergei Pozdnev
2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 4–3 Jun 2001 Macedonia F2, Skopje Futures Clay Bulgaria Todor Enev Russia Mikhail Elgin
Russia Evgueni Smirnov
6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Win 5–3 Jul 2001 Macedonia F3, Skopje Futures Hard Bulgaria Todor Enev Bulgaria Radoslav Lukaev
North Macedonia 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 Greece George Kalovelonis W 6–3, 6–4, 6–0
6 May 1990 Greece Konstantinos Effraimoglou W 6–2, 7–5
SF 15 June 1990 Clay Poland Tomasz Iwański L 3–6, 2–6, 3–6
17 June 1990 Poland Wojciech Kowalski L 6–7(3–7), 5–7
1993 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 30 April 1993 Clay Poland Darek Nowicki W 7–5, 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
2 May 1993 Poland Bartłomiej Dąbrowski W 6–2, 5–7, 6–4, 6–1
QF 16 July 1993 Clay South Africa Marcos Ondruska W 6–4, 6–4, 1–6, 6–1
18 July 1993 South Africa 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) Morocco Karim Alami L 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–7(2–7), 2–6
3 May 1998 Morocco Mehdi Tahiri W 6–2, 6–3
RPO 17 July 1998 Clay Luxembourg Pascal Schaul W 6–3, 6–1, 7–5
1999 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 30 April 1999 Clay Togo Goudjo Gbedey W 6–2, 6–2, 6–2
QF 16 July 1999 Clay Hungary Attila Sávolt W 1–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–2, 6–0
2000 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 30 April 2000 Clay Greece Vasilis Mazarakis L 6–7(5–7), 2–6, 0–6
QF 21 July 2000 Clay Israel Harel Levy L 1–6, 3–6, 2–6
2001 Europe/Africa Zone Group III RR 23 May 2001 Clay Namibia Johan Theron W 4–1, 4–0, 4–0
24 May 2001 Togo Komlavi Loglo W 5–3, 4–0, 4–2
25 May 2001 North Macedonia Predrag Rusevski W 4–2, 4–5(4–7), 1–4, 5–4(7–3), 8–6
SF 26 May 2001 Bosnia and Herzegovina Haris Bašalić W 4–0, 5–3, 4–1
2002 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 3 May 2002 Clay Ukraine Orest Tereshchuk L 3–6, 6–2, 4–6, 1–6
5 May 2002 Ukraine 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 Bulgaria Julian Stamatov Clay Romania George Cosac
Romania Florin Segărceanu
L 4–6, 1–6, 4–6
1988 Europe Zone Group II QF 13 May 1989 Bulgaria Krassimir Lazarov Clay Monaco Christophe Boggetti
Monaco Jacques Vincileoni
L 6–7(2–7), 6–1, 6–3, 1–6, 6–8
1990 Europe Zone Group II R1 31 March 1990 Bulgaria Ivan Keskinov Clay Cyprus Yiannos Hadjigeorgiou
Cyprus Neoclis Neocleous
W 6–1, 6–1, 6–4
QF 5 May 1990 Bulgaria Stefan Tzvetkov Clay Greece George Kalovelonis
Greece Ioannis Rigas
W 6–7(5–7), 1–6, 6–2, 6–1, 6–3
SF 16 June 1990 Bulgaria Stefan Tzvetkov Clay Poland Tomasz Iwański
Poland Wojciech Kowalski
L 6–3, 4–6, 1–6, 2–6
1993 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 1 May 1993 Bulgaria Krassimir Lazarov Clay Poland Tomasz Iwański
Poland Darek Nowicki
L 6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 2–6
1998 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 2 May 1998 Bulgaria Orlin Stanoytchev Clay (I) Morocco Karim Alami
Morocco Mounir El Aarej
L 4–6, 5–7, 2–6
RPO 18 July 1998 Bulgaria Orlin Stanoytchev Clay Luxembourg Adrian Graimprey
Luxembourg Pascal Schaul
W 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
1999 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 1 May 1999 Bulgaria Ivaylo Traykov Clay Togo Jean-Kome Loglo
Togo Kossi Loglo
W 6–2, 6–4, 6–4
QF 17 July 1999 Bulgaria Ivaylo Traykov Clay Hungary Zoltán Böröczky
Hungary Attila Sávolt
L 3–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 5–7
2001 Europe/Africa Zone Group III F 27 May 2001 Bulgaria Todor Enev Clay Egypt Mohamed Mamoun
Egypt Marwan Zewar
W 4–2, 4–2, 4–1
2002 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 4 May 2002 Bulgaria Todor Enev Clay Ukraine Andrei Dernovskiy
Ukraine Orest Tereshchuk
W 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–3
QF 13 July 2002 Bulgaria Todor Enev Hard Ivory Coast Claude N'Goran
Ivory Coast Valentin Sanon
L 4–6, 7–5, 2–6, 6–1, 4–6
  • RPO = Relegation Play–off
  • RR = Round Robin

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