Bulgarian tennis player
Ilia Kushev (sometimes also transliterated as Iliya Kushev ) (Bulgarian : Илия Кушев , 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.[1] [2] [3]
In 2006, Kushev married Vesela Tomova, a tennis coach.
Year-end rankings [ ]
Year
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Singles
-
706
696
392
401
451
520
710
-
Doubles
1009
697
610
365
391
454
728
923
1351
Challenger and Futures Finals [ ]
Singles: 9 (1–8) [ ]
Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–8)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
W–L
Score
Win
1–0
Jun 2001
Macedonia F1, Skopje
Futures
Clay
Artemon Apostu-Efremov
6–3, 7–6(9–7)
Loss
1–1
Oct 2003
Greece F4, Thessaloniki
Futures
Clay
Konstantinos Economidis
6–2, 4–6, 1–6
Loss
1–2
Jun 2004
Serbia and Montenegro F3, Belgrade
Futures
Clay
František Polyak
4–6, 3–6
Loss
1–3
Dec 2004
Qatar F3, Doha
Futures
Hard
Zbynek Mlynarik
6–4, 1–6, 3–6
Loss
1–4
Jun 2005
Serbia and Montenegro F1, Belgrade
Futures
Clay
Ilija Bozoljac
4–6, 6–4, 0–6
Loss
1–5
Jun 2006
Macedonia F2, Skopje
Futures
Clay
Ivaylo Traykov
6–7(4–7) , 7–6(7–3) , 5–7
Loss
1–6
Jul 2006
Serbia and Montenegro F2, Belgrade
Futures
Clay
Predrag Rusevski
4–6, 1–6
Loss
1–7
Aug 2006
Serbia and Montenegro F4, Novi Sad
Futures
Clay
Dejan Katić
0–6, 3–6
Loss
1–8
May 2007
Bulgaria F1, Sofia
Futures
Clay
Maxime Authom
4–6, 5–7
Doubles: 13 (5–8) [ ]
Legend (Doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–2)
ITF Futures (4–6)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (5–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
W–L
Score
Loss
0–1
Sep 2002
Sofia , Bulgaria
Challenger
Clay
Luben Pampoulov
Christopher Kas Oliver Marach
6–7(4–7) , 7–6(9–7) , 2–6
Win
1–1
Sep 2003
Sofia , Bulgaria
Challenger
Clay
Luben Pampoulov
Todor Enev Dimo Tolev
6–3, 6–1
Loss
1–2
Oct 2003
Cyprus F1, Nicosia
Futures
Clay
Yordan Kanev
Elefterios Alexiou Alexandros Jakupovic
3–6, 3–6
Win
2–2
Jun 2004
Serbia and Montenegro F3, Belgrade
Futures
Clay
Yordan Kanev
Nikola Ćirić Goran Tošić
6–7(8–10) , 7–6(7–4) , 6–0
Loss
2–3
Dec 2004
Qatar F4, Doha
Futures
Hard
Yordan Kanev
Artem Sitak Dmitri Sitak
6–7(5–7) , 0–6
Loss
2–4
Dec 2004
Qatar F5, Doha
Futures
Hard
Yordan Kanev
Artem Sitak Dmitri Sitak
w/o
Loss
2–5
Aug 2005
Timișoara , Romania
Challenger
Clay
Radoslav Lukaev
Ionuț Moldovan Gabriel Moraru
2–6, 0–6
Loss
2–6
Jan 2006
Austria F2, Bergheim
Futures
Carpet (i)
Todor Enev
Werner Eschauer Florin Mergea
2–6, 3–6
Win
3–6
Aug 2006
Bulgaria F1, Plovdiv
Futures
Clay
Yordan Kanev
Robert Gustafsson Jim May
7–6(7–3) , 7–6(7–3)
Win
4–6
Sep 2006
Bulgaria F3, Sofia
Futures
Clay
Yordan Kanev
Todor Enev Tihomir Grozdanov
7–6(7–4) , 6–4
Loss
4–7
Jun 2007
Bulgaria F4, Sofia
Futures
Clay
Vasko Mladenov
David Savić Miljan Zekić
4–6, 3–6
Win
5–7
Jun 2007
Macedonia F1, Skopje
Futures
Clay
Yordan Kanev
Daniel Danilović Lazar Magdinčev
1–6, 7–6(8–6) , 6–4
Loss
5–8
Jun 2008
Bulgaria F4, Sofia
Futures
Clay
Todor Enev
Tihomir Grozdanov Simeon Ivanov
3–6, 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) [ ]
Edition
Round
Date
Surface
Opponent
W/L
Result
2003 Europe/Africa Zone Group II
QF
11 July 2003
Clay
Janko Tipsarević
L
3–6, 6–1, 2–6, 3–6
2004 Europe/Africa Zone Group II
R1
11 April 2004
Carpet (I)
Amr Ghoneim
W
6–2, 6–2
QF
18 July 2004
Clay
Filippo Volandri
L
2–6, 0–6
2005 Europe/Africa Zone Group II
QF
17 July 2005
Clay
Jarkko Nieminen
L
3–6, 5–7, 2–6
2006 Europe/Africa Zone Group II
R1
7 April 2006
Clay
Photos Kallias
W
6–3, 6–2, 7–5
9 April 2006
Marcos Baghdatis
L
3–6, 2–6, 2–6
QF
21 July 2006
Clay
Kornél Bardóczky
L
5–7, 3–6, 0–6
23 July 2006
Sebő Kiss
W
7–5, 1–6, 6–2
Doubles (4–4) [ ]
Edition
Round
Date
Partner
Surface
Opponents
W/L
Result
2004 Europe/Africa Zone Group II
QF
17 July 2004
Yordan Kanev
Clay
Massimo Bertolini Andreas Seppi
L
4–6, 0–6, 1–6
2005 Europe/Africa Zone Group II
R1
5 March 2005
Yordan Kanev
Carpet (I)
Lado Chikhladze Irakli Ushangishvili
W
6–4, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
QF
16 July 2005
Radoslav Lukaev
Clay
Jarkko Nieminen Lauri Kiiski
W
7–5, 6–3, 6–7(5–7) , 6–3
SF
24 September 2005
Radoslav Lukaev
Hard
Mikhail Filima Orest Tereshchuk
L
4–6, 2–6, 6–7(3–7)
2006 Europe/Africa Zone Group II
R1
8 April 2006
Ivaylo Traykov
Clay
Marcos Baghdatis Photos Kallias
W
4–6, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–1) , 6–0
2007 Europe/Africa Zone Group II
R1
7 April 2007
Ivaylo Traykov
Carpet (I)
Ernests Gulbis Deniss Pavlovs
L
5–7, 4–6, 2–6
RPO
21 July 2007
Todor Enev
Clay
Marcos Baghdatis Photos Kallias
L
2–6, 3–6, 3–6
2015 Europe/Africa Zone Group II
R1
7 March 2015
Tihomir Grozdanov
Hard (I)
Mārtiņš Podžus Jānis Podžus
W
3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–1
RPO = Relegation Play–off
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