| Milen Velev Милен Велев | |
| Residence: | Vienna, Austria |
| Birth Date: | 1971 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Turnedpro: | 1991 |
| Retired: | 2002 |
| Plays: | Right-handed |
| Careerprizemoney: | US$ 94,296 |
| Singlesrecord: | 5–11 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 121 (27 September 1993) |
| Australianopenresult: | 1R (1994) |
| Frenchopenresult: | Q2 (1996) |
| Doublesrecord: | 0–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 253 (17 August 1998) |
| Updated: | 31 January 2021 |
Milen Velev (Bulgarian: Милен Велев) (born 4 September 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Bulgaria.[1]
Velev appeared in 20 Davis Cup ties for Bulgaria, from 1988 to 2002. He was victorious in 20 of his 34 rubbers, finishing with a 14/7 record in singles and 6/7 in doubles. Only Todor Enev has won more Davis Cup matches for the national team. He had his best win in 1993, when he defeated top 30 player Marcos Ondruska, a South African.[2]
He was a quarter-finalist at the 1992 Saab International, an ATP Tour tournament held in Athens.[3] En route he upset fifth seed Guillermo Pérez Roldán.[3]
The Bulgarian played in the main draw of one Grand Slam event during his career, the 1994 Australian Open.[3] He met veteran Mats Wilander in his opening round match, which he lost in four sets.[3]
| Year | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | ||
| Singles | 1054 | 686 | 477 | 308 | 286 | 125 | 647 | 295 | 521 | 386 | 295 | 604 | 649 | 409 | 947 | align="center" valign="top" | - | |
| Doubles | 997 | 1056 | 575 | 655 | 1016 | align="center" valign="top" | - | 1170 | 1197 | 574 | 467 | 353 | 576 | 934 | 456 | 956 | 1531 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | ||
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| Win | 1–9 | style=background:moccasin; | Oberstaufen, Germany | style=background:moccasin; | Challenger | Clay |  Sláva Doseděl | 6–3, 7–6 | |
| Loss | 1–1 | style=background:moccasin; | Poznań, Poland | style=background:moccasin; | Challenger | Clay |  Andrea Gaudenzi | 3–6, 6–3, 3–6 | |
| Win | 2–1 | Yugoslavia F3B, Zaječar | Futures | Clay |  Dejan Petrovic | 6–4, 7–6 | |||
| Loss | 2–2 | Macedonia F1, Skopje | Futures | Clay |  Cyril Buscaglione | 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 | |||
| Win | 3–2 | Greece F5, Thessaloniki | Futures | Clay | Solon Peppas | 6–3, 6–1 | |||
| Loss | 3–3 | Macedonia F1, Skopje | Futures | Clay | Xavier Pujo | 2–6, 7–5, 3–6 | |||
| Win | 4–3 | Macedonia F3, Skopje | Futures | Hard | Todor Enev | 7–5, 6–4 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | ||
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| Loss | 0–1 | Austria F3, Mondseeland | Futures | Carpet (i) | Ivaylo Traykov | Petr Pála Borut Urh | 4–6, 6–7 | |||
| Win | 1–1 | Macedonia F1, Skopje | Futures | Clay |  Matey Pampoulov | Cyril Buscaglione Olaf Knutel | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 | |||
| Win | 2–1 | Macedonia F2, Kočani | Futures | Clay | Matey Pampoulov |  Erik Csarnakovics Stefano Galvani | 7–5, 6–3 | |||
| Loss | 2–2 | style=background:moccasin; | Sopot, Poland | style=background:moccasin; | Challenger | Clay |  Alexander Shvets |  James GreenhalghNenad Zimonjić | 1–6, 3–6 | |
| Win | 3–2 | Greece F4, Alexandroupolis | Futures | Carpet | Ivaylo Traykov | Fernando González Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4) | |||
| Win | 4–2 | Macedonia F3, Skopje | Futures | Hard | Relja Dulić Fišer | Sebastian Fitz Sergei Pozdnev | 2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–3) | |||
| Loss | 4–3 | Macedonia F2, Skopje | Futures | Clay | Todor Enev | Mikhail Elgin Evgueni Smirnov | 6–4, 4–6, 1–6 | |||
| Win | 5–3 | Macedonia F3, Skopje | Futures | Hard | Todor Enev | Radoslav Lukaev Predrag Rusevski | 6–2, 7–5 |
Milen Velev debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 1988. Since then he has 16 nominations with 20 ties played, his singles W/L record is 14–7 and doubles W/L record is 6–7 (20–14 overall).
| Edition | Round | Date | Surface | Opponent | W/L | Result | |||
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| bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=4 | 1990 Europe Zone Group II | align=center rowspan=2 | QF | 4 May 1990 | Clay | George Kalovelonis | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 6–3, 6–4, 6–0 |
| 6 May 1990 | Konstantinos Effraimoglou | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 6–2, 7–5 | |||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | SF | 15 June 1990 | Clay |  Tomasz Iwański | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 3–6, 2–6, 3–6 | ||
| 17 June 1990 | Wojciech Kowalski | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 6–7(3–7), 5–7 | |||||
| bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=4 | 1993 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | align=center rowspan=2 | R1 | 30 April 1993 | Clay | Darek Nowicki | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 7–5, 6–4, 7–6(8–6) |
| 2 May 1993 | Bartłomiej Dąbrowski | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 6–2, 5–7, 6–4, 6–1 | |||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | QF | 16 July 1993 | Clay | Marcos Ondruska | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 6–4, 6–4, 1–6, 6–1 | ||
| 18 July 1993 | Wayne Ferreira | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6 | |||||
| bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=3 | 1998 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | align=center rowspan=2 | R1 | 1 May 1998 | Clay (I) |  Karim Alami | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–7(2–7), 2–6 |
| 3 May 1998 | Mehdi Tahiri | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 6–2, 6–3 | |||||
| RPO | 17 July 1998 | Clay |  Pascal Schaul | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 6–3, 6–1, 7–5 | |||
| bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=2 | 1999 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | R1 | 30 April 1999 | Clay | Goudjo Gbedey | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 | |
| QF | 16 July 1999 | Clay |  Attila Sávolt | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 1–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–2, 6–0 | |||
| bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=2 | 2000 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | R1 | 30 April 2000 | Clay | Vasilis Mazarakis | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 6–7(5–7), 2–6, 0–6 | |
| QF | 21 July 2000 | Clay |  Harel Levy | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 1–6, 3–6, 2–6 | |||
| bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=4 | 2001 Europe/Africa Zone Group III | align=center rowspan=3 | RR | 23 May 2001 | Clay |  Johan Theron | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 4–1, 4–0, 4–0 |
| 24 May 2001 | Komlavi Loglo | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 5–3, 4–0, 4–2 | |||||
| 25 May 2001 | Predrag Rusevski | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 4–2, 4–5(4–7), 1–4, 5–4(7–3), 8–6 | |||||
| SF | 26 May 2001 |  Haris Bašalić | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 4–0, 5–3, 4–1 | ||||
| bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=2 | 2002 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | align=center rowspan=2 | R1 | 3 May 2002 | Clay |  Orest Tereshchuk | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 3–6, 6–2, 4–6, 1–6 |
| 5 May 2002 | Andrei Dernovskiy | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 7–5, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Edition | Round | Date | Partner | Surface | Opponents | W/L | Result | ||
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| 1988 Europe Zone Group I | RPO | 11 June 1988 | Julian Stamatov | Clay |  George Cosac Florin Segărceanu | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 4–6, 1–6, 4–6 | |
| 1988 Europe Zone Group II | QF | 13 May 1989 | Krassimir Lazarov | Clay | Christophe Boggetti Jacques Vincileoni | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 6–7(2–7), 6–1, 6–3, 1–6, 6–8 | |
| bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=3 | 1990 Europe Zone Group II | R1 | 31 March 1990 | Ivan Keskinov | Clay |  Yiannos Hadjigeorgiou Neoclis Neocleous | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 6–1, 6–1, 6–4 |
| QF | 5 May 1990 | Stefan Tzvetkov | Clay | George Kalovelonis Ioannis Rigas | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 6–7(5–7), 1–6, 6–2, 6–1, 6–3 | ||
| SF | 16 June 1990 | Stefan Tzvetkov | Clay | Tomasz Iwański Wojciech Kowalski | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 6–3, 4–6, 1–6, 2–6 | ||
| 1993 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | R1 | 1 May 1993 | Krassimir Lazarov | Clay | Tomasz Iwański Darek Nowicki | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 2–6 | |
| bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=2 | 1998 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | R1 | 2 May 1998 | Orlin Stanoytchev | Clay (I) | Karim Alami Mounir El Aarej | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 4–6, 5–7, 2–6 |
| RPO | 18 July 1998 | Orlin Stanoytchev | Clay | Adrian Graimprey Pascal Schaul | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 | ||
| bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=2 | 1999 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | R1 | 1 May 1999 | Ivaylo Traykov | Clay | Jean-Kome Loglo Kossi Loglo | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 6–2, 6–4, 6–4 |
| QF | 17 July 1999 | Ivaylo Traykov | Clay | Zoltán Böröczky Attila Sávolt | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 3–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 5–7 | ||
| 2001 Europe/Africa Zone Group III | F | 27 May 2001 | Todor Enev | Clay |  Mohamed Mamoun Marwan Zewar | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 4–2, 4–2, 4–1 | |
| bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=2 | 2002 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | R1 | 4 May 2002 | Todor Enev | Clay | Andrei Dernovskiy Orest Tereshchuk | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
| QF | 13 July 2002 | Todor Enev | Hard |  Claude N'Goran Valentin Sanon | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 4–6, 7–5, 2–6, 6–1, 4–6 |