Milen Velev

Milen Velev
Милен Велев

Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Residence	Vienna, Austria
Born	(1971-09-04) 4 September 1971 Sofia, Bulgaria
Turned pro	1991
Retired	2002
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$ 94,296
Singles
Career record	5–11 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 1 Challengers, 3 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 121 (27 September 1993)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1994)
French Open	Q2 (1996)
Doubles
Career record	0–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 0 Challengers, 5 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 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.

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.

He was a quarter-finalist at the 1992 Saab International, an ATP Tour tournament held in Athens. En route he upset fifth seed Guillermo Pérez Roldán.

The Bulgarian played in the main draw of one Grand Slam event during his career, the 1994 Australian Open. He met veteran Mats Wilander in his opening round match, which he lost in four sets.

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 Iwański	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 Iwański 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 Iwański 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 Böröczky 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

External links

• Milen Velev at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Milen Velev at the International Tennis Federation
• Milen Velev at the Davis Cup