Milen Velev () (born 4 September 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Bulgaria.ITF Pro Circuit Profile

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.Davis Cup Profile

He was a quarter-finalist at the 1992 Saab International, an ATP Tour tournament held in Athens.ATP World Tour Profile 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 Year1988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003Singles1054686477308286125647295521386295604649409947-Doubles99710565756551016-117011975744673535769344569561531

Challenger and Futures Finals

Singles: 7 (4–3) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)ITF Futures (3–2)Titles by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (3–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–9Oberstaufen, GermanyChallengerClay Sláva Doseděl6–3, 7–6Loss1–1Poznań, PolandChallengerClay Andrea Gaudenzi3–6, 6–3, 3–6Win2–1Yugoslavia F3B, ZaječarFuturesClay Dejan Petrovic6–4, 7–6Loss2–2Macedonia F1, SkopjeFuturesClay Cyril Buscaglione6–4, 4–6, 3–6Win3–2Greece F5, ThessalonikiFuturesClay Solon Peppas6–3, 6–1Loss3–3Macedonia F1, SkopjeFuturesClay Xavier Pujo2–6, 7–5, 3–6Win4–3Macedonia F3, SkopjeFuturesHard Todor Enev7–5, 6–4

Doubles: 8 (5–3) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)ITF Futures (5–2)Titles by surfaceHard (2–0)Clay (2–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Austria F3, MondseelandFuturesCarpet (i) Ivaylo Traykov Petr Pála Borut Urh4–6, 6–7Win1–1Macedonia F1, SkopjeFuturesClay Matey Pampoulov Cyril Buscaglione Olaf Knutel3–6, 6–4, 6–4Win2–1Macedonia F2, KočaniFuturesClay Matey Pampoulov Erik Csarnakovics Stefano Galvani7–5, 6–3Loss2–2Sopot, PolandChallengerClay Alexander Shvets James Greenhalgh Nenad Zimonjić1–6, 3–6Win3–2Greece F4, AlexandroupolisFuturesCarpet Ivaylo Traykov Fernando González Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)Win4–2Macedonia F3, SkopjeFuturesHard Relja Dulić Fišer Sebastian Fitz Sergei Pozdnev2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)Loss4–3Macedonia F2, SkopjeFuturesClay Todor Enev Mikhail Elgin Evgueni Smirnov6–4, 4–6, 1–6Win5–3Macedonia F3, SkopjeFuturesHard Todor Enev Radoslav Lukaev Predrag Rusevski6–2, 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/LResult1990 Europe Zone Group IIQF 4 May 1990Clay George KalovelonisW 6–3, 6–4, 6–0 6 May 1990 Konstantinos EffraimoglouW 6–2, 7–5SF 15 June 1990Clay Tomasz IwańskiL 3–6, 2–6, 3–6 17 June 1990 Wojciech KowalskiL 6–7(3–7), 5–71993 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR1 30 April 1993Clay Darek NowickiW 7–5, 6–4, 7–6(8–6) 2 May 1993 Bartłomiej DąbrowskiW 6–2, 5–7, 6–4, 6–1QF 16 July 1993Clay Marcos OndruskaW 6–4, 6–4, 1–6, 6–1 18 July 1993 Wayne FerreiraL 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 2–61998 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR1 1 May 1998Clay (I) Karim AlamiL 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–7(2–7), 2–6 3 May 1998 Mehdi TahiriW 6–2, 6–3RPO 17 July 1998 Clay Pascal SchaulW 6–3, 6–1, 7–51999 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR1 30 April 1999 Clay Goudjo GbedeyW 6–2, 6–2, 6–2QF 16 July 1999 Clay Attila SávoltW 1–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–2, 6–02000 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR1 30 April 2000 Clay Vasilis MazarakisL 6–7(5–7), 2–6, 0–6QF 21 July 2000 Clay Harel LevyL 1–6, 3–6, 2–62001 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIIRR 23 May 2001Clay Johan TheronW 4–1, 4–0, 4–0 24 May 2001 Komlavi LogloW 5–3, 4–0, 4–2 25 May 2001 Predrag RusevskiW 4–2, 4–5(4–7), 1–4, 5–4(7–3), 8–6SF 26 May 2001 Haris BašalićW 4–0, 5–3, 4–12002 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR1 3 May 2002Clay Orest TereshchukL 3–6, 6–2, 4–6, 1–6 5 May 2002 Andrei DernovskiyW 7–5, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3

Doubles (6–7) EditionRoundDatePartnerSurfaceOpponentsW/LResult1988 Europe Zone Group IRPO 11 June 1988 Julian Stamatov Clay George Cosac Florin SegărceanuL 4–6, 1–6, 4–61988 Europe Zone Group IIQF 13 May 1989 Krassimir Lazarov Clay Christophe Boggetti Jacques VincileoniL 6–7(2–7), 6–1, 6–3, 1–6, 6–81990 Europe Zone Group IIR1 31 March 1990 Ivan Keskinov Clay Yiannos Hadjigeorgiou Neoclis NeocleousW 6–1, 6–1, 6–4QF 5 May 1990 Stefan Tzvetkov Clay George Kalovelonis Ioannis RigasW 6–7(5–7), 1–6, 6–2, 6–1, 6–3SF 16 June 1990 Stefan Tzvetkov Clay Tomasz Iwański Wojciech KowalskiL 6–3, 4–6, 1–6, 2–61993 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR1 1 May 1993 Krassimir Lazarov Clay Tomasz Iwański Darek NowickiL 6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 2–61998 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR1 2 May 1998 Orlin Stanoytchev Clay (I) Karim Alami Mounir El AarejL 4–6, 5–7, 2–6RPO 18 July 1998 Orlin Stanoytchev Clay Adrian Graimprey Pascal SchaulW 6–3, 6–2, 6–41999 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR1 1 May 1999 Ivaylo Traykov Clay Jean-Kome Loglo Kossi LogloW 6–2, 6–4, 6–4QF 17 July 1999 Ivaylo Traykov Clay Zoltán Böröczky Attila SávoltL 3–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 5–72001 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIIF 27 May 2001 Todor Enev Clay Mohamed Mamoun Marwan ZewarW 4–2, 4–2, 4–12002 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR1 4 May 2002 Todor Enev Clay Andrei Dernovskiy Orest TereshchukW 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–3QF 13 July 2002 Todor Enev Hard Claude N'Goran Valentin SanonL 4–6, 7–5, 2–6, 6–1, 4–6 RPO = Relegation Play–off RR = Round Robin

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