Bulgaria Davis Cup team

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Bulgaria
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CaptainTodor Enev
ITF ranking59 Steady
ColorsGreen & White
First year1964
Years played53
Ties played (W–L)118 (63–55)
Most total winsTodor Enev (28–20)
Most singles winsDimitar Kuzmanov (20–6)
Most doubles winsIvo Bratanov (13–0)
Best doubles teamIvo Bratanov /
Ivaylo Traykov (5–0)
Bozhidar Pampoulov /
Matei Pampoulov (5–9)
Most ties playedTodor Enev (33)
Most years playedTodor Enev (14)

The Bulgaria Davis Cup team represents Bulgaria in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Bulgarian Tennis Federation.

In the 2020-21 edition of the tournament Bulgaria defeated Costa Rica in the World Group II Play-offs tie, which saw the Bulgarian's win 4–1, earning them a spot in World Group II. In March 2021, Bulgaria lost 1–3 in the World Group II tie with Mexico and will once again compete in the World Group II Play-offs in 2022.

History[]

Bulgaria made their Davis Cup debut in 1964. Their best performances came in the mid-1980s when they reached the Europe/Africa Zone Group I semifinals in two consecutive years - 1986 and 1987.

Current Team[]

Player information and rankings as of 1 March 2021

The following players were called up for the World Group II tie against Mexico in March 2021.

Player ATP Rank First year played Total Win/Loss Singles Win/Loss Doubles Win/Loss
Dimitar Kuzmanov 268 2011 21–9 19–5 2–4
Adrian Andreev 382 2018 2–1 1–0 1–1
Alexandar Lazarov 550 2016 5–6 3–3 2–3
Alexander Donski 600 2019 1–1 1–0 0–1
Gabriel Donev 914 2019 0–1 0–1 0–0
Recent callups
Player Most recent appearance
Alexander Lazov 2018 Europe Zone Group III, Promotional play-off
Vasko Mladenov 2018 Europe Zone Group III, Promotional play-off

Recent performances[]

Here is the list of all match-ups since 1981, when the competition started being held in the current World Group format.

1980s[]

1990s[]

2000s[]

2010s[]

2020s[]

Year Competition Date Location Opponent Score Result
2020 World Group II Play-offs 06–07 September San José (CRC)  Costa Rica 4-1 Win
2021 World Group II 05–06 March Sofia (BUL)  Mexico 1-3 Loss

Team representatives[]

This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match.

Player W-L
(Total) 		W-L
(Singles) 		W-L
(Doubles) 		Ties Debut Years Played
Adrian Andreev 2–2 1–1 1–1 4 2018 2
Georgi Arabov 3–0 1–0 2–0 3 1995 1
Teodor Bachev 0–2 0–0 0–2 2 1984 2
Ivo Bratanov 18–2 5–2 13–0 17 1996 6
Nikolai Chuparov 0–3 0–2 0–1 1 1964 1
Grigor Dimitrov 20–4 16–1 4–3 14 2008 7
Valentin Dimov 0–3 0–2 0–1 3 2009 3
Gabriel Donev 0–2 0–1 0–1 2 2019 2
Alexander Donski 1–1 1–0 0–1 2 2019 2
Todor Enev 28–20 17–14 11–6 33 1999 14
Ljuben Genov 13–14 12–14 1–0 15 1968 11
Tihomir Grozdanov 13–3 4–2 9–1 13 2008 6
Dinko Halachev 0–1 0–1 0–0 1 2014 1
Victor Ivanchev 2–1 0–1 2–0 31 2001 1
Simeon Ivanov 5–0 1–0 4–0 4 2008 1
Mihail Kanev 1–0 1–0 0–0 1 1995 1
Yordan Kanev 3–7 2–5 1–2 8 2004 4
Ivan Keskinov 15–8 13–7 2–1 14 1989 6
Ilia Kushev 7–9 3–5 4–4 11 2003 6
Dimitar Kutrovsky 8–6 6–4 2–2 6 2011 3
Dimitar Kuzmanov 22–10 20–6 2–4 21 2011 9
Alexandar Lazarov 5–7 3–3 2–4 7 2016 4
Krassimir Lazarov 15–24 10–14 5–10 17 1983 10
Marian Lazarov 4–3 0–1 4–2 6 1983 3
Alexander Lazov 8–9 5–8 3–1 13 2013 6
Radoslav Lukaev 7–5 4–3 3–2 5 2000 3
Mark Markov 12–7 9–4 3–3 13 1992 4
Tzvetan Mihov 1–2 0–2 1–0 2 2010 2
Vasko Mladenov 5–2 1–0 4–2 6 2016 2
Bozhidar Pampoulov 13–22 7–11 6–11 17 1967 13
Matei Pampoulov 7–13 2–3 5–10 15 1969 11
Milko Petkov 2–5 2–4 0–1 4 1992 3
Lubomir Petrov 4–9 3–8 1–1 7 1975 6
Radoslav Radev 13–3 4–1 9–2 11 1994 3
Ruslan Rainov 5–3 5–3 0–0 6 1986 4
Rangel Rangelov 3–5 2–4 1–1 3 1964 2
Julian Stamatov 15–16 12–13 3–3 14 1980 9
Orlin Stanoytchev 10–9 9–7 1–2 11 1991 6
Ivaylo Traykov 16–14 8–8 8–6 20 1997 11
Petar Trendafilov 3–0 0–0 3–0 3 2012 1
Stefan Tzvetkov 1–2 0–0 1–2 3 1990 2
Milen Velev 20–14 14–7 6–7 20 1988 9
Stojan Velev 5–6 4–3 1–3 5 1967 3
Milen Yanakiev 1–0 1–0 0–0 1 1986 1
Kiril Yashmakov 7–8 5–7 2–1 7 1967 4

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