Ilia Kushev
Bulgarian tennis player

Ilia Kushev

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Bulgarian tennis player
A.K.A.
Iliya Kushev
Gender:
Male
Places:
Bulgaria
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AthleteTennis player
Work field:
Sports
Birth:
13 December 1980(Plovdiv, Plovdiv Municipality, Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria)
Star sign:
Sagittarius
Residences
Sofia, Sofia Capital Municipality, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
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Introduction

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.

In 2006, Kushev married Vesela Tomova, a tennis coach.

Year-end rankings

Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Singles - 706 696 392 401 451 520 710 -
Doubles 1009 697 610 365 391 454 728 923 1351

Challenger and Futures Finals

Singles: 9 (1–8)

Titles by surface
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–8)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–8)
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win Jun 2001 Macedonia F1, Skopje Futures Clay Artemon Apostu-Efremov 6–3, 7–6
Loss Oct 2003 Greece F4, Thessaloniki Futures Clay Konstantinos Economidis 6–2, 4–6, 1–6
Loss Jun 2004 Serbia and Montenegro F3, Belgrade Futures Clay František Polyak 4–6, 3–6
Loss Dec 2004 Qatar F3, Doha Futures Hard Zbynek Mlynarik 6–4, 1–6, 3–6
Loss Jun 2005 Serbia and Montenegro F1, Belgrade Futures Clay Ilija Bozoljac 4–6, 6–4, 0–6
Loss Jun 2006 Macedonia F2, Skopje Futures Clay Ivaylo Traykov 6–7, 7–6, 5–7
Loss Jul 2006 Serbia and Montenegro F2, Belgrade Futures Clay Predrag Rusevski 4–6, 1–6
Loss Aug 2006 Serbia and Montenegro F4, Novi Sad Futures Clay Dejan Katić 0–6, 3–6
Loss May 2007 Bulgaria F1, Sofia Futures Clay Maxime Authom 4–6, 5–7

Doubles: 13 (5–8)

Titles by surface
Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–2)
ITF Futures (4–6)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (5–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–2)
ITF Futures (4–6)
Hard (0–2)
Clay (5–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Sep 2002 Sofia, Bulgaria Challenger Clay Luben Pampoulov Christopher Kas
Oliver Marach 		6–7, 7–6, 2–6
Win Sep 2003 Sofia, Bulgaria Challenger Clay Luben Pampoulov Todor Enev
Dimo Tolev 		6–3, 6–1
Loss Oct 2003 Cyprus F1, Nicosia Futures Clay Yordan Kanev Elefterios Alexiou
Alexandros Jakupovic 		3–6, 3–6
Win Jun 2004 Serbia and Montenegro F3, Belgrade Futures Clay Yordan Kanev Nikola Ćirić
Goran Tošić 		6–7, 7–6, 6–0
Loss Dec 2004 Qatar F4, Doha Futures Hard Yordan Kanev Artem Sitak
Dmitri Sitak 		6–7, 0–6
Loss Dec 2004 Qatar F5, Doha Futures Hard Yordan Kanev Artem Sitak
Dmitri Sitak 		w/o
Loss Aug 2005 Timișoara, Romania Challenger Clay Radoslav Lukaev Ionuț Moldovan
Gabriel Moraru 		2–6, 0–6
Loss Jan 2006 Austria F2, Bergheim Futures Carpet (i) Todor Enev Werner Eschauer
Florin Mergea 		2–6, 3–6
Win Aug 2006 Bulgaria F1, Plovdiv Futures Clay Yordan Kanev Robert Gustafsson
Jim May 		7–6, 7–6
Win Sep 2006 Bulgaria F3, Sofia Futures Clay Yordan Kanev Todor Enev
Tihomir Grozdanov 		7–6, 6–4
Loss Jun 2007 Bulgaria F4, Sofia Futures Clay Vasko Mladenov David Savić
Miljan Zekić 		4–6, 3–6
Win Jun 2007 Macedonia F1, Skopje Futures Clay Yordan Kanev Daniel Danilović
Lazar Magdinčev 		1–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss Jun 2008 Bulgaria F4, Sofia Futures Clay Todor Enev Tihomir Grozdanov
Simeon Ivanov 		3–6, 6–4, [4–10]

Davis Cup

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).

Singles (3–5)

Edition Round Date Surface Opponent W/L Result
2003 Europe/Africa Zone Group II QF 11 July 2003 Clay Janko Tipsarević L 3–6, 6–1, 2–6, 3–6
2004 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 11 April 2004 Carpet (I) Amr Ghoneim W 6–2, 6–2
QF 18 July 2004 Clay Filippo Volandri L 2–6, 0–6
2005 Europe/Africa Zone Group II QF 17 July 2005 Clay Jarkko Nieminen L 3–6, 5–7, 2–6
2006 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 7 April 2006 Clay Photos Kallias W 6–3, 6–2, 7–5
9 April 2006 Marcos Baghdatis L 3–6, 2–6, 2–6
QF 21 July 2006 Clay Kornél Bardóczky L 5–7, 3–6, 0–6
23 July 2006 Sebő Kiss W 7–5, 1–6, 6–2

Doubles (4–4)

Edition Round Date Partner Surface Opponents W/L Result
2004 Europe/Africa Zone Group II QF 17 July 2004 Yordan Kanev Clay Massimo Bertolini
Andreas Seppi 		L 4–6, 0–6, 1–6
2005 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 5 March 2005 Yordan Kanev Carpet (I) Lado Chikhladze
Irakli Ushangishvili 		W 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
QF 16 July 2005 Radoslav Lukaev Clay Jarkko Nieminen
Lauri Kiiski 		W 7–5, 6–3, 6–7, 6–3
SF 24 September 2005 Radoslav Lukaev Hard Mikhail Filima
Orest Tereshchuk 		L 4–6, 2–6, 6–7
2006 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 8 April 2006 Ivaylo Traykov Clay Marcos Baghdatis
Photos Kallias 		W 4–6, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6, 6–0
2007 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 7 April 2007 Ivaylo Traykov Carpet (I) Ernests Gulbis
Deniss Pavlovs 		L 5–7, 4–6, 2–6
RPO 21 July 2007 Todor Enev Clay Marcos Baghdatis
Photos Kallias 		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 		W 3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–1
  • RPO = Relegation Play–off

Honours

Best Bulgarian tennis player – 2005