Ilia Kushev

Ilia Kushev (sometimes also transliterated as Iliya Kushev) (Bulgarian: Илия Кушев, born 13 December 1980) is a 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][4][5]

Ilia Kushev
Илия Кушев
Country (sports) Bulgaria
ResidenceSofia, Bulgaria
Born (1980-12-13) 13 December 1980
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Turned pro2000
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$31,495
Singles
Career record3–4 (at Grand Slam-level, ATP World Tour-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0 ATP, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 285 (16 August 2004)
Doubles
Career record4–3 (at Grand Slam-level, ATP World Tour-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0 ATP, 5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 234 (17 January 2011)
Current rankingNo. 925 (16 August 2004)
Last updated on: 22 March 2015.

In 2006, Kushev married Vesela Tomova, a tennis coach.[6]

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

Futures and Challenger finals: 22 (6–16)

Singles: 9 (1–8)
Legend
ATP Challengers (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–8)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 17 June 2001 Skopje, Macedonia
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Artemon Apostu-Efremov 6–3, 7–6(9–7)
Runner-up 1. 19 October 2003 Thessaloniki, Greece
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Konstantinos Economidis 6–2, 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 27 June 2004 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay František Polyak 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 3. 3 December 2004 Doha, Qatar
ITF Futures $10,000		 Hard Zbynek Mlynarik 6–4, 1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 4. 12 June 2005 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Ilija Bozoljac 4–6, 6–4, 0–6
Runner-up 5. 18 June 2006 Skopje, Macedonia
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Ivaylo Traykov 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), 5–7
Runner-up 6. 2 July 2006 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Predrag Rusevski 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up 7. 13 August 2006 Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Dejan Katić 0–6, 3–6
Runner-up 8. 13 May 2007 Sofia, Bulgaria
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Maxime Authom 4–6, 5–7

Doubles: 13 (5–8)
Legend
ATP Challengers (1–2)
ITF Futures (4–6)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 15 September 2002 Sofia, Bulgaria
ATP Challenger $25,000		 Clay Luben Pampoulov Christopher Kas
Oliver Marach		 6–7(4–7), 7–6(9–7), 2–6
Winner 1. 14 September 2003 Sofia, Bulgaria
ATP Challenger $25,000		 Clay Luben Pampoulov Todor Enev
Dimo Tolev		 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 2. 26 October 2003 Nicosia, Cyprus
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Yordan Kanev Elefterios Alexiou
Alexandros Jakupovic		 3–6, 3–6
Winner 2. 27 June 2004 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Yordan Kanev Nikola Ćirić
Goran Tošić		 6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–4), 6–0
Runner-up 3. 10 December 2004 Doha, Qatar
ITF Futures $10,000		 Hard Yordan Kanev Artem Sitak
Dmitri Sitak		 6–7(5–7), 0–6
Runner-up 4. 17 December 2004 Doha, Qatar
ITF Futures $10,000		 Hard Yordan Kanev Artem Sitak
Dmitri Sitak		 W/O
Runner-up 5. 7 August 2005 Timișoara, Romania
ATP Challenger $25,000		 Clay Radoslav Lukaev Ionuț Moldovan
Gabriel Moraru		 2–6, 0–6
Runner-up 6. 29 January 2006 Bergheim, Austria
ITF Futures $15,000		 Carpet (I) Todor Enev Werner Eschauer
Florin Mergea		 2–6, 3–6
Winner 3. 27 August 2006 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Yordan Kanev Robert Gustafsson
Jim May		 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)
Winner 4. 10 September 2006 Sofia, Bulgaria
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Yordan Kanev Todor Enev
Tihomir Grozdanov		 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Runner-up 7. 3 June 2007 Sofia, Bulgaria
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Vasko Mladenov David Savić
Miljan Zekić		 4–6, 3–6
Winner 5. 10 June 2007 Skopje, Macedonia
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Yordan Kanev Daniel Danilović
Lazar Magdinchev		 1–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Runner-up 8. 1 June 2008 Sofia, Bulgaria
ITF Futures $10,000		 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 a 3–5 singles record and a 4–4 doubles record (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

References
  1. "Ilia Kushev - Overview - ATP World Tour - Tennis". Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  2. "Ilia Kushev - Overview - ATP World Tour - Tennis". Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  3. "Ilia Kushev - Overview - ATP World Tour - Tennis". Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  4. "Ilia Kushev - Overview - ATP World Tour - Tennis". Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  5. ITF Tennis – Pro Circuit – Player Profile – KUSHEV, Ilia (BUL)
  6. Manova, Tanya (14 April 2006). "ИЛИЯ КУШЕВ: не съм виждал Бойко Борисов да губи. Искам сдружението ГЕРБ да прерасне в партия и да влезе в парламента, казва тенисистът". bgtennis.com. Retrieved 9 March 2015.


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