Ilia Kushev (sometimes also transliterated as Iliya Kushev) (, born 13 December 1980) is a former professional tennis player from Bulgaria. He has frequently played for Bulgaria at the Davis Cup. On 16 August 2004, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 285 whilst his best doubles ranking was 234 on 16 August 2004.ITF Tennis – Pro Circuit – Player Profile – KUSHEV, Ilia (BUL)
In 2006, Kushev married Vesela Tomova, a tennis coach.
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Challenger and Futures Finals
Singles: 9 (1–8) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)ITF Futures (1–8)Titles by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (1–7)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Macedonia F1, SkopjeFuturesClay Artemon Apostu-Efremov6–3, 7–6(9–7)Loss1–1Greece F4, ThessalonikiFuturesClay Konstantinos Economidis6–2, 4–6, 1–6Loss1–2Serbia and Montenegro F3, BelgradeFuturesClay František Polyak4–6, 3–6Loss1–3Qatar F3, DohaFuturesHard Zbynek Mlynarik6–4, 1–6, 3–6Loss1–4Serbia and Montenegro F1, BelgradeFuturesClay Ilija Bozoljac4–6, 6–4, 0–6Loss1–5Macedonia F2, SkopjeFuturesClay Ivaylo Traykov6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), 5–7Loss1–6Serbia and Montenegro F2, BelgradeFuturesClay Predrag Rusevski4–6, 1–6Loss1–7Serbia and Montenegro F4, Novi SadFuturesClay Dejan Katić0–6, 3–6Loss1–8Bulgaria F1, SofiaFuturesClay Maxime Authom4–6, 5–7
Doubles: 13 (5–8) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (1–2)ITF Futures (4–6)Titles by surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (5–5)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Sofia, BulgariaChallengerClay Luben Pampoulov Christopher Kas Oliver Marach6–7(4–7), 7–6(9–7), 2–6Win1–1Sofia, BulgariaChallengerClay Luben Pampoulov Todor Enev Dimo Tolev6–3, 6–1Loss1–2Cyprus F1, NicosiaFuturesClay Yordan Kanev Elefterios Alexiou Alexandros Jakupovic3–6, 3–6Win2–2Serbia and Montenegro F3, BelgradeFuturesClay Yordan Kanev Nikola Ćirić Goran Tošić6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–4), 6–0Loss2–3Qatar F4, DohaFuturesHard Yordan Kanev Artem Sitak Dmitri Sitak6–7(5–7), 0–6Loss2–4Qatar F5, DohaFuturesHard Yordan Kanev Artem Sitak Dmitri Sitakw/oLoss2–5Timișoara, RomaniaChallengerClay Radoslav Lukaev Ionuț Moldovan Gabriel Moraru2–6, 0–6Loss2–6Austria F2, BergheimFuturesCarpet (i) Todor Enev Werner Eschauer Florin Mergea2–6, 3–6Win3–6Bulgaria F1, PlovdivFuturesClay Yordan Kanev Robert Gustafsson Jim May7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)Win4–6Bulgaria F3, SofiaFuturesClay Yordan Kanev Todor Enev Tihomir Grozdanov7–6(7–4), 6–4Loss4–7Bulgaria F4, SofiaFuturesClay Vasko Mladenov David Savić Miljan Zekić4–6, 3–6Win5–7Macedonia F1, SkopjeFuturesClay Yordan Kanev Daniel Danilović Lazar Magdinčev1–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–4Loss5–8Bulgaria F4, SofiaFuturesClay Todor Enev Tihomir Grozdanov Simeon Ivanov3–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Davis Cup Ilia Kushev debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2003. Since then he has 13 nominations with 11 ties played, his singles W/L record is 3–5 and doubles W/L record is 4–4 (7–9 overall).
Singles (3–5) EditionRoundDateSurfaceOpponentW/LResult2003 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIQF 11 July 2003 Clay Janko TipsarevićL 3–6, 6–1, 2–6, 3–62004 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR1 11 April 2004 Carpet (I) Amr GhoneimW 6–2, 6–2QF 18 July 2004 Clay Filippo VolandriL 2–6, 0–62005 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIQF 17 July 2005 Clay Jarkko NieminenL 3–6, 5–7, 2–62006 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR1 7 April 2006 Clay Photos KalliasW 6–3, 6–2, 7–5 9 April 2006 Marcos BaghdatisL 3–6, 2–6, 2–6QF 21 July 2006 Clay Kornél BardóczkyL 5–7, 3–6, 0–6 23 July 2006 Sebő KissW 7–5, 1–6, 6–2
Doubles (4–4) EditionRoundDatePartnerSurfaceOpponentsW/LResult2004 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIQF 17 July 2004 Yordan Kanev Clay Massimo Bertolini Andreas SeppiL 4–6, 0–6, 1–62005 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR1 5 March 2005 Yordan Kanev Carpet (I) Lado Chikhladze Irakli UshangishviliW 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4QF 16 July 2005 Radoslav Lukaev Clay Jarkko Nieminen Lauri KiiskiW 7–5, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3SF 24 September 2005 Radoslav Lukaev Hard Mikhail Filima Orest TereshchukL 4–6, 2–6, 6–7(3–7)2006 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR1 8 April 2006 Ivaylo Traykov Clay Marcos Baghdatis Photos KalliasW 4–6, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–02007 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR1 7 April 2007 Ivaylo Traykov Carpet (I) Ernests Gulbis Deniss PavlovsL 5–7, 4–6, 2–6RPO 21 July 2007 Todor Enev Clay Marcos Baghdatis Photos KalliasL 2–6, 3–6, 3–62015 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR1 7 March 2015 Tihomir Grozdanov Hard (I) Mārtiņš Podžus Jānis PodžusW 3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–1 RPO = Relegation Play–off
Honours Best Bulgarian tennis player – 2005
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