Yanaki Milev (born 15 April 2004) is a Bulgarian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 443 achieved on 26 August 2024. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 343 achieved on 4 November 2024.

Career Milev made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Sofia Open after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw with Petr Nesterov. They reached the quarterfinals, defeating Jack Vance and Jamie Vance, before losing to eventual champions Rafael Matos and David Vega Hernández. He also received a wildcard for the 2023 Sofia Open in the singles qualifying competition, and for the doubles main draw again with Nesterov, where they also reached the quarterfinals, defeating Spanish duo of defending champion David Vega Hernández and Íñigo Cervantes.

Year-end ATP ranking Year20212022202320242025Singles1876894524500733Doubles1875611606398710

Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 11 (4–7) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (0-1)ITF World Tennis Tour (4–6)Titles by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (4–7)Grass (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Rudolf Molleker3–6, 4–6Loss0–2M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș3–6, 2–6Win1–2M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Sean Cuenin4–6, 6–2, 6–2Win2–2M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș6–4, 0–6, 6–4Loss2–3M25 Pazardzhik, BulgariaWorld Tennis TourClay Clément Tabur2–6, 6–3, 2–6Win3–3M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Giuseppe La Vela6–3, 6–1Loss3–4M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Stijn Slump4–6, 6–3, 4–6Loss3–5M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Jérôme Kym5–7, 2–6Loss3–6M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Nicolai Budkov Kjaer1–6, 0–6Win4–6M15 Kuršumlijska Banja, SerbiaWorld Tennis TourClay Oleg Prihodko7–6(7–4), 6–3Loss4–7Plovdiv, BulgariaChallengerClay Georgii Kravchenko0–6, 2–6

Doubles: 16 (5–11) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)ITF World Tennis Tour (5–10)Titles by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (4–9)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1M15 Sozopol, BulgariaWorld Tennis TourHard Petr Nesterov Maks Kaśnikowski Olaf Pieczkowski3–6, 5–7Win1–1M15 Sozopol, BulgariaWorld Tennis TourHard Petr Nesterov Adriano Dhzenev Anthony Genov6–3, 6–2Win2–1M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Matthias Ujvary Quentin Folliot Arthur Reymond3–6, 6–2, [10–6]Loss2–2M25 Skopje, North MacedoniaWorld Tennis TourClay Petr Nesterov Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg Antoine Hoang1–6, 2–6Loss2–3Verona, ItalyChallengerClay Petr Nesterov Marcelo Demoliner Guillermo Durán7–6(8–6), 6–7(3–7), [13–15]Win3–3M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyWorld Tennis TourClay Petr Nesterov Alessandro Spadola Matteo Vavassori7–6(7–4), 6–3Win4–3M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyWorld Tennis TourClay Petr Nesterov Massimo Giunta Mariano Tammaro6–3, 6–3Loss4–4M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Petr Nesterov Tim Handel Stefan Popović3–6, 2–6Loss4–5M15 Doha, QatarWorld Tennis TourHard Petr Nesterov Gabi Adrian Boitan Bogdan Pavel1–6, 2–6Loss4–6M25 Gandia, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Adrien Burdet Diego Augusto Barreto Sánchez Alejandro Manzanera Pertusa2–6, 2–6Win5–6M25 Zaragoza, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Álvaro Bueno Gil Alvaro Jimenez Keoni Puig McCallan6–4, 6–4Loss5–7M25 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Stefan Popović Federico Bondioli Raúl Brancaccio3–6, 7–5, [7–10]Loss5–8M25 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Stefan Popović Felix Mischker Martin van der Meerschen1–6, 6–2, [8–10]Loss5–9M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyWorld Tennis TourClay Philip Henning Ergi Kırkın Niels McDonald1–6, 3–6Loss5–10M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyWorld Tennis TourClay Stefan Popović Marco Furlanetto Nicolás Parizzia3–6, 4–6Loss5–11M25 Grado, ItalyWorld Tennis TourClay Lucio Ratti Oskar Brostrøm Poulsen Nikola Slavic6–4, 4–6, [9–11]

National participation

Davis Cup (2 wins, 3 losses) Yanaki Milev debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2023. Since then he has 5 nominations with 4 ties played; his singles W/L record is 2–3 and doubles W/L record is 0–0 (2–3 overall). Davis Cup – Player Profile – MILEV, Yanaki (BUL)

Group membershipWorld Group (0–0)WG Play-off (0–0)Group I (0–3)Group II (2–0)Group III (0–0)Group IV (0–0)Matches by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (2–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Matches by typeSingles (2–3)Doubles (0–0) indicates the result of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Rubber resultNo.RubberMatch type (partner if any)Opponent nationOpponent player(s)Score1–3; 16–17 September 2023; Bulgarian National Tennis Center, Sofia, Bulgaria; World Group I; Clay surfaceDefeat1IISingles KazakhstanAlexander Bublik4–6, 1–61–3; 3–4 February 2024; Tennis Center Avenue, Burgas, Bulgaria; World Group I Play-Off; Hard (i) surfaceDefeat2IISingles Bosnia and HerzegovinaDamir Džumhur3–6, 2–63–2; 14–16 September 2024; Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria; World Group II; Clay surfaceVictory 3IISingles El SalvadorCésar Cruz6–3, 4–6, 6–3Victory 4VSinglesMarcelo Arévalo2–6, 6–1, 7–6(8–6)3–2; 13–14 September 2025; Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria; World Group I; Clay surfaceDefeat5IVSingles FinlandEero Vasa2–6, 2–6

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