| Ilia Kushev Илия Кушев | |
| Residence: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Birth Date: | 1980 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
| Turnedpro: | 2000 |
| Retired: | 2008 |
| Plays: | Right-handed |
| Careerprizemoney: | US$ 31,495 |
| Singlesrecord: | 3–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 285 (16 August 2004) |
| Doublesrecord: | 4–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 234 (17 January 2011) |
| Updated: | 30 January 2021 |
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 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
| Singles | align="center" valign="top" | - | 706 | 696 | 392 | 401 | 451 | 520 | 710 | align="center" valign="top" | - |
| Doubles | 1009 | 697 | 610 | 365 | 391 | 454 | 728 | 923 | 1351 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
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| Win | 1–0 | Macedonia F1, Skopje | Futures | Clay |  Artemon Apostu-Efremov | 6–3, 7–6(9–7) | ||
| Loss | 1–1 | Greece F4, Thessaloniki | Futures | Clay | Konstantinos Economidis | 6–2, 4–6, 1–6 | ||
| Loss | 1–2 | Serbia and Montenegro F3, Belgrade | Futures | Clay |  František Polyak | 4–6, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 1–3 | Qatar F3, Doha | Futures | Hard |  Zbynek Mlynarik | 6–4, 1–6, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 1–4 | Serbia and Montenegro F1, Belgrade | Futures | Clay | Ilija Bozoljac | 4–6, 6–4, 0–6 | ||
| Loss | 1–5 | Macedonia F2, Skopje | Futures | Clay | Ivaylo Traykov | 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), 5–7 | ||
| Loss | 1–6 | Serbia and Montenegro F2, Belgrade | Futures | Clay |  Predrag Rusevski | 4–6, 1–6 | ||
| Loss | 1–7 | Serbia and Montenegro F4, Novi Sad | Futures | Clay | Dejan Katić | 0–6, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 1–8 | Bulgaria F1, Sofia | Futures | Clay |  Maxime Authom | 4–6, 5–7 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | ||
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| Loss | 0–1 | style=background:moccasin; | Sofia, Bulgaria | style=background:moccasin; | Challenger | Clay | Luben Pampoulov | Christopher Kas Oliver Marach | 6–7(4–7), 7–6(9–7), 2–6 | |
| Win | 1–1 | style=background:moccasin; | Sofia, Bulgaria | style=background:moccasin; | Challenger | Clay | Luben Pampoulov | Todor Enev Dimo Tolev | 6–3, 6–1 | |
| Loss | 1–2 | Cyprus F1, Nicosia | Futures | Clay | Yordan Kanev | Elefterios Alexiou Alexandros Jakupovic | 3–6, 3–6 | |||
| Win | 2–2 | 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 | Qatar F4, Doha | Futures | Hard | Yordan Kanev |  Artem Sitak Dmitri Sitak | 6–7(5–7), 0–6 | |||
| Loss | 2–4 | Qatar F5, Doha | Futures | Hard | Yordan Kanev | Artem Sitak Dmitri Sitak | w/o | |||
| Loss | 2–5 | style=background:moccasin; | Timișoara, Romania | style=background:moccasin; | Challenger | Clay | Radoslav Lukaev | Ionuț Moldovan Gabriel Moraru | 2–6, 0–6 | |
| Loss | 2–6 | Austria F2, Bergheim | Futures | Carpet (i) | Todor Enev | Werner Eschauer Florin Mergea | 2–6, 3–6 | |||
| Win | 3–6 | Bulgaria F1, Plovdiv | Futures | Clay | Yordan Kanev |  Robert Gustafsson Jim May | 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3) | |||
| Win | 4–6 | Bulgaria F3, Sofia | Futures | Clay | Yordan Kanev | Todor Enev Tihomir Grozdanov | 7–6(7–4), 6–4 | |||
| Loss | 4–7 | Bulgaria F4, Sofia | Futures | Clay | Vasko Mladenov |  David Savić Miljan Zekić | 4–6, 3–6 | |||
| Win | 5–7 | Macedonia F1, Skopje | Futures | Clay | Yordan Kanev | Daniel Danilović Lazar Magdinčev | 1–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–4 | |||
| Loss | 5–8 | Bulgaria F4, Sofia | Futures | Clay | Todor Enev | Tihomir Grozdanov Simeon Ivanov | 3–6, 6–4, [4–10] |
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).
| Edition | Round | Date | Surface | Opponent | W/L | Result | |||
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| bgcolor=#efefef | 2003 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | QF | 11 July 2003 | Clay | Janko Tipsarević | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 3–6, 6–1, 2–6, 3–6 | |
| bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=2 | 2004 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | R1 | 11 April 2004 | Carpet (I) |  Amr Ghoneim | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 6–2, 6–2 | |
| QF | 18 July 2004 | Clay |  Filippo Volandri | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 2–6, 0–6 | |||
| bgcolor=#efefef | 2005 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | QF | 17 July 2005 | Clay |  Jarkko Nieminen | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 3–6, 5–7, 2–6 | |
| bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=4 | 2006 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | align=center rowspan=2 | R1 | 7 April 2006 | Clay |  Photos Kallias | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 6–3, 6–2, 7–5 |
| 9 April 2006 | Marcos Baghdatis | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 3–6, 2–6, 2–6 | |||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | QF | 21 July 2006 | Clay |  Kornél Bardóczky | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 5–7, 3–6, 0–6 | ||
| 23 July 2006 | Sebő Kiss | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 7–5, 1–6, 6–2 |
| Edition | Round | Date | Partner | Surface | Opponents | W/L | Result | ||
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| 2004 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | QF | 17 July 2004 | Yordan Kanev | Clay | Massimo Bertolini Andreas Seppi | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 4–6, 0–6, 1–6 | |
| bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=3 | 2005 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | R1 | 5 March 2005 | Yordan Kanev | Carpet (I) |  Lado Chikhladze Irakli Ushangishvili | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| QF | 16 July 2005 | Radoslav Lukaev | Clay | Jarkko Nieminen Lauri Kiiski | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 7–5, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3 | ||
| SF | 24 September 2005 | Radoslav Lukaev | Hard |  Mikhail Filima Orest Tereshchuk | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 4–6, 2–6, 6–7(3–7) | ||
| bgcolor=#efefef | 2006 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | R1 | 8 April 2006 | Ivaylo Traykov | Clay | Marcos Baghdatis Photos Kallias | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 4–6, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–0 |
| bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=2 | 2007 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | R1 | 7 April 2007 | Ivaylo Traykov | Carpet (I) | Ernests Gulbis Deniss Pavlovs | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 5–7, 4–6, 2–6 |
| RPO | 21 July 2007 | Todor Enev | Clay | Marcos Baghdatis Photos Kallias | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | 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 | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–1 |
Best Bulgarian tennis player – 2005[4]