Bulgaria Davis Cup team explained

Type:Davis
Bulgaria
Captain:Valentin Dimov
Itf Rank:43 (27 November 2023)
Colors:Green & White
First Year:1964
Years Played:56
Ties Played:123 (66–57)
Player Wins:Todor Enev (28–20)
Singles Wins:Dimitar Kuzmanov (24–9)
Doubles Wins:Ivo Bratanov (13–0)
Best Doubles:Ivo Bratanov /
Ivaylo Traykov (5–0)
Bozhidar Pampoulov /
Matei Pampoulov (5–9)
Most Ties:Todor Enev (33)
Most Years:Todor Enev (14)

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

In the 2024 edition of the tournament Bulgaria lost 1–3 to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the World Group I Play-offs. With that the team was relegated to World Group II of the competition.

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

The following players were called up for the World Group I Play-offs tie against Bosnia and Herzegovina in February 2024.

width=25% Playerwidth=15% ATP Rankwidth=15% First year playedwidth=15% Total Win/Losswidth=15% Singles Win/Losswidth=15% Doubles Win/Loss
Dimitar Kuzmanov225 201126–1324–92–4
Yanaki Milev550 20230–20–20–0
Petr Nesterov564 20220–30–20–1
Alexandar Lazarov847 201611–86–35–5
Alexander Donski956 20194–31–03–3
Recent callups
Player Most recent appearance
2020 World Group II
2020 World Group II

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

YearCompetitionDateLocationOpponentScoreResult
2020World Group II Play-offs6–7 SeptemberSan José (CRC)4–1Win
2021World Group II5–6 MarchSofia (BUL)1–3Loss
2022World Group II Play-offs4–5 MarchSofia (BUL)3–1Win
World Group II16–17 SeptemberSofia (BUL)3–0Win
2023World Group I Play-offs4–5 FebruaryChristchurch (NZL)3–1Win
World Group I16–17 SeptemberSofia (BUL)1–3Loss
2024World Group I Play-offs3–4 FebruaryBurgas (BUL)1–3Loss
World Group IISeptemberTBD (BUL)

Team representatives

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

width=200Playerwidth=100W-L
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(Doubles)		width=50Tieswidth=100Debutwidth=100Years played
Adrian Andreev2–21–11–1420182
Georgi Arabov3–01–02–0319951
Teodor Bachev0–20–00–2219842
Ivo Bratanov18–25–213–01719966
Nikolai Chuparov0–30–20–1119641
Grigor Dimitrov20–416–14–31420087
Valentin Dimov0–30–20–1320093
Gabriel Donev0–20–10–1220192
Alexander Donski4–31–03–3720195
Todor Enev28–2017–1411–633199914
Ljuben Genov13–1412–141–015196811
Tihomir Grozdanov13–34–29–11320086
Dinko Halachev0–10–10–0120141
Victor Ivanchev2–10–12–03120011
Simeon Ivanov5–01–04–0420081
Mihail Kanev1–01–00–0119951
Yordan Kanev3–72–51–2820044
Ivan Keskinov15–813–72–11419896
Ilia Kushev7–93–54–41120036
Dimitar Kutrovsky8–66–42–2620113
Dimitar Kuzmanov26–1324–92–426201112
Alexandar Lazarov11–86–35–51220167
Krassimir Lazarov15–2410–145–1017198310
Marian Lazarov4–30–14–2619833
Alexander Lazov8–95–83–11320136
Radoslav Lukaev7–54–33–2520003
Mark Markov12–79–43–31319924
Tzvetan Mihov1–20–21–0220102
Yanaki Milev0–20–20–0220232
Vasko Mladenov5–21–04–2620162
Petr Nesterov0–30–20–1320223
Bozhidar Pampoulov13–227–116–1117196713
Matei Pampoulov7–132–35–1015196911
Milko Petkov2–52–40–1419923
Lubomir Petrov4–93–81–1719756
Radoslav Radev13–34–19–21119943
Ruslan Rainov5–35–30–0619864
Rangel Rangelov3–52–41–1319642
Julian Stamatov15–1612–133–31419809
Orlin Stanoytchev10–99–71–21119916
Ivaylo Traykov16–148–88–620199711
Petar Trendafilov3–00–03–0320121
Stefan Tzvetkov1–20–01–2319902
Milen Velev20–1414–76–72019889
Stojan Velev5–64–31–3519673
Milen Yanakiev1–01–00–0119861
Kiril Yashmakov7–85–72–1719674

See also

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