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Milen Velev
Bulgarian tennis player

Milen Velev

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Bulgarian tennis player
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Place of birth
Sofia, Sofia Capital Municipality, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
Age
53 years
Residence
Vienna, Austria
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Biography

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

Year1988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003
Singles1054686477308286125647295521386295604649409947-
Doubles99710565756551016-117011975744673535769344569561531

Challenger and Futures Finals

Singles: 7 (4–3)

Titles by surface
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)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
ITF Futures (3–2)
Hard (1–0)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
WinJul 1993Oberstaufen, GermanyChallengerClay Sláva Doseděl6–3, 7–6
LossJul 1993Poznań, PolandChallengerClay Andrea Gaudenzi3–6, 6–3, 3–6
WinJun 1998Yugoslavia F3B, ZaječarFuturesClay Dejan Petrovic6–4, 7–6
LossJun 1998Macedonia F1, SkopjeFuturesClay Cyril Buscaglione6–4, 4–6, 3–6
WinJul 1999Greece F5, ThessalonikiFuturesClay Solon Peppas6–3, 6–1
LossJun 2000Macedonia F1, SkopjeFuturesClay Xavier Pujo2–6, 7–5, 3–6
WinJul 2001Macedonia F3, SkopjeFuturesHard Todor Enev7–5, 6–4

Doubles: 8 (5–3)

Titles by surface
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)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
ITF Futures (5–2)
Hard (2–0)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
LossFeb 1998Austria F3, MondseelandFuturesCarpet (i) Ivaylo Traykov Petr Pála
Borut Urh
4–6, 6–7
WinJun 1998Macedonia F1, SkopjeFuturesClay Matey Pampoulov Cyril Buscaglione
Olaf Knutel
3–6, 6–4, 6–4
WinJun 1998Macedonia F2, KočaniFuturesClay Matey Pampoulov Erik Csarnakovics
Stefano Galvani
7–5, 6–3
LossAug 1998Sopot, PolandChallengerClay Alexander Shvets James Greenhalgh
Nenad Zimonjić
1–6, 3–6
WinJul 1999Greece F4, AlexandroupolisFuturesCarpet Ivaylo Traykov Fernando González
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
7–6, 7–6
WinJul 2000Macedonia F3, SkopjeFuturesHard Relja Dulić Fišer Sebastian Fitz
Sergei Pozdnev
2–6, 6–2, 7–6
LossJun 2001Macedonia F2, SkopjeFuturesClay Todor Enev Mikhail Elgin
Evgueni Smirnov
6–4, 4–6, 1–6
WinJul 2001Macedonia F3, SkopjeFuturesHard 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)

EditionRoundDateSurfaceOpponentW/LResult
1990 Europe Zone Group IIQF4 May 1990Clay George KalovelonisW6–3, 6–4, 6–0
6 May 1990 Konstantinos EffraimoglouW6–2, 7–5
SF15 June 1990Clay Tomasz IwańskiL3–6, 2–6, 3–6
17 June 1990 Wojciech KowalskiL6–7, 5–7
1993 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR130 April 1993Clay Darek NowickiW7–5, 6–4, 7–6
2 May 1993 Bartłomiej DąbrowskiW6–2, 5–7, 6–4, 6–1
QF16 July 1993Clay Marcos OndruskaW6–4, 6–4, 1–6, 6–1
18 July 1993 Wayne FerreiraL3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6
1998 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR11 May 1998Clay (I) Karim AlamiL6–7, 6–4, 6–7, 2–6
3 May 1998 Mehdi TahiriW6–2, 6–3
RPO17 July 1998Clay Pascal SchaulW6–3, 6–1, 7–5
1999 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR130 April 1999Clay Goudjo GbedeyW6–2, 6–2, 6–2
QF16 July 1999Clay Attila SávoltW1–6, 7–6, 6–2, 6–0
2000 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR130 April 2000Clay Vasilis MazarakisL6–7, 2–6, 0–6
QF21 July 2000Clay Harel LevyL1–6, 3–6, 2–6
2001 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIIRR23 May 2001Clay Johan TheronW4–1, 4–0, 4–0
24 May 2001 Komlavi LogloW5–3, 4–0, 4–2
25 May 2001 Predrag RusevskiW4–2, 4–5, 1–4, 5–4, 8–6
SF26 May 2001 Haris BašalićW4–0, 5–3, 4–1
2002 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR13 May 2002Clay Orest TereshchukL3–6, 6–2, 4–6, 1–6
5 May 2002 Andrei DernovskiyW7–5, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3

Doubles (6–7)

EditionRoundDatePartnerSurfaceOpponentsW/LResult
1988 Europe Zone Group IRPO11 June 1988 Julian StamatovClay George Cosac
Florin Segărceanu
L4–6, 1–6, 4–6
1988 Europe Zone Group IIQF13 May 1989 Krassimir LazarovClay Christophe Boggetti
Jacques Vincileoni
L6–7, 6–1, 6–3, 1–6, 6–8
1990 Europe Zone Group IIR131 March 1990 Ivan KeskinovClay Yiannos Hadjigeorgiou
Neoclis Neocleous
W6–1, 6–1, 6–4
QF5 May 1990 Stefan TzvetkovClay George Kalovelonis
Ioannis Rigas
W6–7, 1–6, 6–2, 6–1, 6–3
SF16 June 1990 Stefan TzvetkovClay Tomasz Iwański
Wojciech Kowalski
L6–3, 4–6, 1–6, 2–6
1993 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR11 May 1993 Krassimir LazarovClay Tomasz Iwański
Darek Nowicki
L6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 2–6
1998 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR12 May 1998 Orlin StanoytchevClay (I) Karim Alami
Mounir El Aarej
L4–6, 5–7, 2–6
RPO18 July 1998 Orlin StanoytchevClay Adrian Graimprey
Pascal Schaul
W6–3, 6–2, 6–4
1999 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR11 May 1999 Ivaylo TraykovClay Jean-Kome Loglo
Kossi Loglo
W6–2, 6–4, 6–4
QF17 July 1999 Ivaylo TraykovClay Zoltán Böröczky
Attila Sávolt
L3–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 5–7
2001 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIIF27 May 2001 Todor EnevClay Mohamed Mamoun
Marwan Zewar
W4–2, 4–2, 4–1
2002 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR14 May 2002 Todor EnevClay Andrei Dernovskiy
Orest Tereshchuk
W7–6, 6–7, 7–6, 6–3
QF13 July 2002 Todor EnevHard Claude N'Goran
Valentin Sanon
L4–6, 7–5, 2–6, 6–1, 4–6
  • RPO = Relegation Play–off
  • RR = Round Robin
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