Vasko Mladenov

Vasko Mladenov (Bulgarian: Васко Младенов, born 30 July 1989) is a professional Bulgarian tennis player.

Vasko Mladenov
Vasko Mladenov
Country (sports) Bulgaria
ResidenceSofia, Bulgaria
Born (1989-07-30) 30 July 1989
Sofia, Bulgaria
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2005
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$45,681
Singles
Career record1–0 (at Grand Slam-level, ATP World Tour-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0 ATP, 0 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 637 (20 June 2016)
Current rankingNo. 1275 (27 April 2020)
Doubles
Career record4–2 (at Grand Slam-level, ATP World Tour-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0 ATP, 17 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 359 (20 June 2016)
Current rankingNo. 897 (27 April 2020)
Last updated on: 27 April 2020.

On 6 June 2016, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 637 in June 2016 whilst his best doubles ranking was 359 in June 2016. Mladenov is a winner of seventeen ITF titles in doubles.

Mladenov is also a two time Bulgarian National Champion (2016 and 2017). He participated in the Davis Cup in doubles in March 2016 against Turkey, bringing Bulgaria a historic win 7:6, 6:7, 6:7, 7:6, 6:4 alongside fellow Bulgarian Alexander Lazov.

Mladenov also took part in the Davis Cup tie against Tunisia in August 2016, where he won his singles match against Moez Echargui in a thrilling 6:7, 7:5, 7:6 match. He also took part in the Davis Cup group 3 tie against Iceland, Macedonia, Albania and finally Bulgaria faced Monaco in the deciding playoff to promote to group 2, unfortunately Bulgaria lost the tie. He made his debut at an ATP tournament in 2018, playing in his native Bulgaria the ATP Sofia Open. He worked as an official sparring partner with Novak Djokovic for the 2013 Us Open. Vasko is also a rapper and a music producer, writing his own music and lyrics, mainly in Russian. He has released 3 albums and multiple single records such as "Химия", "Океаны".[1][2][3][4][5]

Early and personal life

Vasko was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, as the only child of Vasil, who is from Bulgaria and, Elena, who is from Russia. When he was five he began to play with his grandfather, Lev Shulga, who is a well known coach from the former U.S.S.R. Vasko speaks fluent Bulgarian, Russian and English. He is known for his aggressive and all-court style of play. Mladenov has a right-handed forehand and Double-handed backhand. His favourite surface is hard. His hobbies are listening to music, playing the piano, playing snooker, billiards and playing football. Currently he resides in Sofia, and is coached by Levar Harper-Griffith and Miroslav Gergov.

Junior career

He won three tournaments as a junior. The first one was in 2005, he defeated Plamen Avramov in Plovdiv in straight sets, final score was 6–0, 6–1. The second one also was in 2005, in Timișoara, he defeated Maksim Bakunin in three sets, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(4). The third and final one was in 2006, in Kiev, he won the tournament after beating Uladzimir Ignatik in three sets, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1. All these tournaments were played on clay court. In 2007, in France, he played the European Junior. Bulgaria was represented by Vasko, Valentin Dimov and Aleksandar Lazov, they were runners-up.

Year-end rankings
Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Singles 1497 1541 969 950 1268 - - - - 1372 689 918 1071 965 1201
Doubles - 1476 796 727 584 - - - - 695 427 687 759 483 872

Futures and Challenger finals: 22 (17–10)

Singles: 2 (0–2)
Legend
ATP Challengers (0–0)
ITF Futures (0–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 17 July 2015 Ankara, Turkey
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Ivan Nedelko 5–7, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 17 October 2015 Cherkasy, Ukraine
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Ivan Nedelko 5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 20 (12–8)
Legend
ATP Challengers (0–0)
ITF Futures (12–8)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 27 May 2007 Pleven, Bulgaria
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Pirmin Haenle Roman Kelecic
Nikola Martinovic		 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 3 June 2007 Sofia, Bulgaria
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Ilia Kushev David Savić
Miljan Zekić		 4–6, 3–6
Winner 2. 2 September 2007 Burgas, Bulgaria
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Sergey Betov Roman Kelecic
Nikola Martinovic		 3–0, Ret.
Winner 3. 14 September 2008 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Boris Nicola Bakalov Ivan Bjelica
Miljan Zekić		 6–3, 6–4
Winner 4. 20 December 2008 São Paulo, Brazil
ITF Futures $10,000		 Hard (I) Nikita Kryvonos Diogo Cruz
Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli		 4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Runner-up 2. 28 December 2008 São Paulo, Brazil
ITF Futures $10,000		 Hard (I) Nicolás Pastor Mario Eckardt
Patrick Taubert		 2–6, 2–6
Winner 5. 3 January 2009 São Paulo, Brazil
ITF Futures $10,000		 Hard (I) Lars Poerschke Diego Matos
Eládio Ribeiro Neto		 6–1, 6–2
Winner 6. 18 May 2014 Rivne, Ukraine
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Nikita Kryvonos Yurii Dzhavakian
Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi		 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 3. 25 May 2014 Rivne, Ukraine
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Nikita Kryvonos Yurii Dzhavakian
Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi		 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 11 July 2014 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Dinko Halachev Romain Arneodo
Luca Margaroli		 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Winner 7. 11 April 2015 El Kantaoui, Tunisia
ITF Futures $10,000		 Hard Anis Ghorbel Remy Chala
Daniil Medvedev		 4–6, 6–1, [11–9]
Runner-up 5. 17 May 2015 Cherkasy, Ukraine
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Vadym Ursu Sergiy Sergiienko
Artem Smirnov		 6–3, 4–6, [7–10]
Runner-up 6. 24 July 2015 Ankara, Turkey
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Alexander Igoshin Daniele Capecchi
Federico Maccari		 6–7(6–8), 6–3, [7–10]
Winner 8. 6 September 2015 El Kantaoui, Tunisia
ITF Futures $10,000		 Hard Anis Ghorbel Aziz Dougaz
Jordan Dyke		 6–2, 6–7(6–8), [10–6]
Winner 9. 13 September 2015 El Kantaoui, Tunisia
ITF Futures $10,000		 Hard Anis Ghorbel Romain Bauvy
Ugo Nastasi		 2–6, 7–5, [12–10]
Runner-up 7. 29 November 2015 El Kantaoui, Tunisia
ITF Futures $10,000		 Hard Anis Ghorbel Jordi Muñoz Abreu
David Perez Sanz		 3–6, 1–6
Winner 10. 6 December 2015 El Kantaoui, Tunisia
ITF Futures $10,000		 Hard Anis Ghorbel David Perez Sanz
David Vega Hernandez		 6–7(2–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Runner-up 8. 13 December 2015 El Kantaoui, Tunisia
ITF Futures $10,000		 Hard Anis Ghorbel Peter Bothwell
Lloyd Glasspool		 1–6, 4–6
Winner 11. 28 May 2016 Cherkasy, Ukraine
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi Denys Mylokostov
Danylo Veremeychuk		 6–4, 6–1
Winner 12. 5 June 2016 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
ITF Futures $10,000		 Clay Yan Sabanin Carlos Calderón-Rodríguez
Pedro Martínez		 6–2, 7–6(7–2)

Davis Cup

Vasko Mladenov debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2016 against Turkey in Ankara. Since then he has a 1–0 singles record and a 4–2 doubles record (5–2 overall). He participated in Davis Cup in doubles in March 2016 against Turkey, bringing Bulgaria a historic win 7:6, 6:7, 6:7, 7:6, 6:4 alongside fellow Bulgarian Alexander Lazov. Mladenov also took part in the Davis Cup tie against Tunisia in August 2016, where he won his singles match against Moez Echargui in a thrilling 6:7, 7:5, 7:6 match. He also took part in the Davis Cup group 3 tie against Iceland, Macedonia, Albania and finally Bulgaria faced Monaco in the deciding playoff to promote to group 2, unfortunately Bulgaria lost the tie.

Singles (1–0)
Edition Round Date Surface Opponent W/L Result
2016 Europe/Africa Zone Group II Playoff 17 July 206 Hard (O) Moez Echargui W 6–7(5), 7–5, 7–6(5)

Doubles (4–2)
Edition Round Date Partner Surface Opponents W/L Result
2016 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 5 March 2016 Alexander Lazov Hard (I) Cem İlkel
Tuna Altuna		 W 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–4
2016 Europe/Africa Zone Group II Playoff RPO 16 July 2016 Alexandar Lazarov Hard (O) Malek Jaziri

Skander Mansouri

 L 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
2018 Europe Zone Group III Group tie RR 4 April 2018 Dimitar Kuzmanov Clay (O) Elbi Mjeshtri

Genajd Shypheja

 W 6–0, 6–0
2018 Europe Zone Group III Group tie RR 5 April 2018 Dimitar Kuzmanov Clay (O) Egill Sigurdsson

Birkir Gunnarsson

 W 6–2, 6–1
2018 Europe Zone Group III Group tie RR 6 April 2018 Adrian Andreev Clay (O) Stefan Micov

Gorazd Srbljak

 W 6–4, 6–3
2018 Europe Zone Group III Playoff PPO 7 April 2018 Dimitar Kuzmanov Clay (O) Romain Arneodo

Benjamin Balleret

 L 4–6, 3–6
  • RPO = Relegation Play–off
  • PPO = Promotion Play–off
  • RR = Round Robin

References
  1. – ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Vasko Mladenov
  2. Tennis – ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Vasko Mladenov – Playing Activity – Singles
  3. Tennis – ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Vasko Mladenov – Playing Activity – Doubles
  4. Tennis – ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Vasko Mladenov – Rankings History
  5. ITF Tennis – Pro Circuit – Player Profile – MLADENOV, Vasko (BUL)
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