| Vasko Mladenov | |
| Residence: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Birth Date: | 1989 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Height: | 1.880NaN0 |
| Turnedpro: | 2005 |
| Plays: | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | US$47,373 |
| Singlesrecord: | 1–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 637 (20 June 2016) |
| Doublesrecord: | 1–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 359 (20 June 2016) |
| Updated: | 20 September 2021 |
Vasko Mladenov (Bulgarian: Васко Младенов, born 30 July 1989) is a former pro tennis player and an active padel player[1] from Bulgaria.
He is a three time Bulgarian National champion, once in doubles (2014) and two times in singles (2016, 2017). Mladenov also holds the record for the most professional international doubles titles in Bulgarian tennis history (18 ITF titles)
Mladenov also played for two years at the number 1 position at St. John's University (New York) in ITA Division 1. During his stay in New York he won the North Regional Championship (2011).
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.
At 2013 US Open, he was working with Novak Djokovic as his sparring partner.[2]
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.
In 2021, as a public figure, Mladenov took part in the second season of the Ukrainian version of “The Bachelorette” («Холостячка»), a famous romantic TV reality show, which ended up being the most watched TV show in Ukraine that year.
After the TV show, Vasko gained a large amount of fans in Ukraine.
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 Kyiv, 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.
After finishing his professional tennis career in 2020, Vasko moved on to padel. Alongside his partner Kiril Dimitrov (BUL) he achieved a total of 5 international tournament titles between 2021 and 2023.
In 2022, Mladenov and Dimitrov took part in the Padel World Cup qualifications, there they managed to deliver the first ever padel victory (against Norway) in the history of Bulgarian padel.
Mladenov and Dimitrov are currently known as the best padel team in Bulgaria.
In 2009 Mladenov starred a career in music as a rap/hip-hop performer as “Vasko”. The majority of his songs are in Russian, however, Vasko has released 5 songs in Bulgarian over the years. So far he has released 4 albums: «Сердце Солдата» (2010), «Дороги» (2012), «VNY3» (2014) and «Отражения» (2022).[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Vasko has also released multiple singles.
| Year | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||
| Singles | 1497 | 1541 | 969 | 950 | 1268 | align="center" valign="top" | - | align="center" valign="top" | - | align="center" valign="top" | - | align="center" valign="top" | - | 1372 | 689 | 918 | 1071 | 965 | 1201 | ||
| Doubles | align="center" valign="top" | - | 1476 | 796 | 727 | 584 | align="center" valign="top" | - | align="center" valign="top" | - | align="center" valign="top" | - | align="center" valign="top" | - | 695 | 427 | 687 | 759 | 483 | 872 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Turkey F28, Ankara | Futures | Clay | 5–7, 3–6 | |||
| Loss | 0–2 | Ukraine F6, Cherkasy | Futures | Clay | 5–7, 4–6 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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| Win | 1–0 | Bulgaria F3, Pleven | Futures | Clay | Pirmin Haenle | Roman Kelečić Nikola Martinović | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 1–1 | Bulgaria F4, Sofia | Futures | Clay | Ilia Kushev |  David Savić Miljan Zekić | 4–6, 3–6 | ||
| Win | 2–1 | Bulgaria F6, Burgas | Futures | Clay |  Sergey Betov | Roman Kelečić Nikola Martinović | 3–0 ret. | ||
| Win | 3–1 | Bulgaria F8, Stara Zagora | Futures | Clay | Boris Nicola Bakalov | Ivan Bjelica Miljan Zekić | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 4–1 | Brazil F33, São Paulo | Futures | Hard (i) |  Nikita Kryvonos |  Diogo Cruz Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli | 4–6, 6–1, [10–5] | ||
| Loss | 4–2 | Brazil F34, São Paulo | Futures | Hard (i) |  Nicolás Pastor | Mario Eckardt Patrick Taubert | 2–6, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 5–2 | Brazil F35, São Paulo | Futures | Hard | Lars Pörschke | Diego Matos Eládio Ribeiro Neto | 6–1, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 6–2 | Ukraine F4, Rivne | Futures | Clay | Nikita Kryvonos |  Yurii Dzhavakian Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 6–3 | Ukraine F5, Rivne | Futures | Clay | Nikita Kryvonos | Yurii Dzhavakian Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi | 2–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 6–4 | Bulgaria F5, Plovdiv | Futures | Clay | Dinko Halachev | Romain Arneodo Luca Margaroli | 6–7(4–7), 4–6 | ||
| Win | 7–4 | Tunisia F13, El Kantaoui | Futures | Hard |  Anis Ghorbel |  Remy Chala Daniil Medvedev | 4–6, 6–1, [11–9] | ||
| Loss | 7–5 | Ukraine F1, Cherkasy | Futures | Clay | Vadym Ursu | Sergiy Sergiienko Artem Smirnov | 6–3, 4–6, [7–10] | ||
| Loss | 7–6 | Turkey F29, Ankara | Futures | Clay | Alexander Igoshin |  Daniele Capecchi Federico Maccari | 6–7(6–8), 6–3, [7–10] | ||
| Win | 8–6 | Tunisia F21, El Kantaoui | Futures | Hard | Anis Ghorbel | Aziz Dougaz Jordan Dyke | 6–2, 6–7(6–8), [10–6] | ||
| Win | 9–6 | Tunisia F22, El Kantaoui | Futures | Hard | Anis Ghorbel | Romain Bauvy Ugo Nastasi | 2–6, 7–5, [12–10] | ||
| Loss | 9–7 | Tunisia F33, El Kantaoui | Futures | Hard | Anis Ghorbel |  Jordi Muñoz Abreu David Pérez Sanz | 3–6, 1–6 | ||
| Win | 10–7 | Tunisia F34, El Kantaoui | Futures | Hard | Anis Ghorbel | David Pérez Sanz David Vega Hernández | 6–7(2–7), 6–4, [10–8] | ||
| Loss | 10–8 | Tunisia F35, El Kantaoui | Futures | Hard | Anis Ghorbel |  Peter Bothwell Lloyd Glasspool | 1–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 11–8 | Ukraine F3, Cherkasy | Futures | Clay | Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi | Denys Mylokostov Danylo Veremeychuk | 6–4, 6–1 | ||
| Win | 12–8 | Bulgaria F3, Stara Zagora | Futures | Clay | Yan Sabanin | Carlos Calderón Pedro Martínez | 6–2, 7–6(7–2) | ||
| Loss | 12–9 | Belarus F1, Minsk | Futures | Hard | Markos Kalovelonis | Yaraslav Shyla Dzmitry Zhyrmont | 6–7(8–10), 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 12–10 | Turkey F25, Istanbul | Futures | Clay | Nikola Ćaćić | Miki Janković Dimitar Kuzmanov | 4–6, 6–2, [9–11] | ||
| Loss | 12–11 | Turkey F26, Istanbul | Futures | Clay | Alexander Igoshin |  Sarp Ağabigün Marat Deviatiarov | 2–6, 6–7(5–7) | ||
| Loss | 12–12 | Tunisia F18, Djerba | Futures | Hard | Anis Ghorbel |  Diego HidalgoSem Verbeek | 2–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 13–12 | Tunisia F19, Djerba | Futures | Hard | Anis Ghorbel | Hady Habib José Vidal Azorín | 4–6, 7–6(9–7), [12–10] | ||
| Win | 14–12 | Tunisia F20, Djerba | Futures | Hard | Anis Ghorbel |  Alexis Klégou Francesco Vilardo | 6–3, 4–6, [10–7] | ||
| Win | 15–12 | Tunisia F21, Djerba | Futures | Hard | Anis Ghorbel | John Paul Fruttero Albano Olivetti | 6–3, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 16–12 | Tunisia F32, Monastir | Futures | Hard | Anis Ghorbel |  Alexander MerinoChristoph Negritu | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 16–13 | Estonia F2, Tartu | Futures | Carpet (i) | Luca Castelnuovo |  Vladimir Ivanov Maxim Ratniuk | 4–6, 6–1, [4–10] | ||
| Win | 17–13 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Anis Ghorbel | Sergio Martos Gornés Oriol Roca Batalla | 6–4, 6–1 | ||
| Loss | 17–14 | M15 Irpin, Ukraine | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Sagadat Ayap | Vladyslav Orlov George Tsivadze | 6–1, 3–6, [5–10] |
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.
| Edition | Round | Date | Partner | Surface | Opponents | W/L | Result | ||
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| 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 | ||
| RPO | 16 July 2016 | Alexandar Lazarov | Hard | Malek Jaziri Skander Mansouri | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 4–6, 4–6, 3–6 | ||
| bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=4 | 2018 Europe Zone Group III | RR | 4 April 2018 | Dimitar Kuzmanov | Clay |  Elbi Mjeshtri Genajd Shypheja | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 6–0, 6–0 |
| RR | 5 April 2018 | Dimitar Kuzmanov | Clay |  Birkir Gunnarsson Egill Sigurdsson | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 6–2, 6–1 | ||
| RR | 6 April 2018 | Adrian Andreev | Clay |  Stefan Micov Gorazd Srbljak | bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center | W | 6–4, 6–3 | ||
| PRO | 7 April 2018 | Dimitar Kuzmanov | Clay | Romain Arneodo Benjamin Balleret | bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center | L | 4–6, 3–6 |