Bulgaria Davis Cup team
The Bulgaria Davis Cup team represents Bulgaria in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Bulgarian Tennis Federation.
In 2019 Bulgaria fell to South Africa in the Europe/Africa Zone Group II First Round tie, which saw the Bulgarian's lose 1–4, costing them a spot in the World Group I Play-offs in 2020.
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 as of 2019The following players were called up for the Europe/Africa Zone Group II tie against South Africa in September 2019.
Player | ATP Rank | First year played | Total Win/Loss | Singles Win/Loss | Doubles Win/Loss |
Dimitar Kuzmanov | 324 | 2011 | 19–9 | 17–5 | 2–4 |
Alexandar Lazarov | 527 | 2016 | 4–5 | 2–3 | 2–2 |
Alexander Donski | 792 | 2019 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Gabriel Donev | 796 | 2019 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
Adrian Andreev | 956 | 2018 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
;Recent callups
Player | Most recent appearance |
Alexander Lazov | 2018 Europe Zone Group III, Promotional play-off |
Vasko Mladenov | 2018 Europe Zone Group III, Promotional play-off |
Tihomir Grozdanov | 2017 Europe Zone Group III, Promotional play-off |
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
Team representatives
This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match.Player | W-L | W-L | W-L | Ties | Debut | Years Played |
Adrian Andreev | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2 | 2018 | 1 |
Georgi Arabov | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3 | 1995 | 1 |
Teodor Bachev | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2 | 1984 | 2 |
Ivo Bratanov | 18–2 | 5–2 | 13–0 | 17 | 1996 | 6 |
Nikolai Chuparov | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1 | 1964 | 1 |
Grigor Dimitrov | 20–4 | 16–1 | 4–3 | 14 | 2008 | 7 |
Valentin Dimov | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3 | 2009 | 3 |
Gabriel Donev | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1 | 2019 | 1 |
Alexander Donski | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1 | 2019 | 1 |
Todor Enev | 28–20 | 17–14 | 11–6 | 33 | 1999 | 14 |
Ljuben Genov | 13–14 | 12–14 | 1–0 | 15 | 1968 | 11 |
Tihomir Grozdanov | 13–3 | 4–2 | 9–1 | 13 | 2008 | 6 |
Dinko Halachev | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1 | 2014 | 1 |
Victor Ivanchev | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 31 | 2001 | 1 |
Simeon Ivanov | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4 | 2008 | 1 |
Mihail Kanev | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1 | 1995 | 1 |
Yordan Kanev | 3–7 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 8 | 2004 | 4 |
Ivan Keskinov | 15–8 | 13–7 | 2–1 | 14 | 1989 | 6 |
Ilia Kushev | 7–9 | 3–5 | 4–4 | 11 | 2003 | 6 |
Dimitar Kutrovsky | 8–6 | 6–4 | 2–2 | 6 | 2011 | 3 |
Dimitar Kuzmanov | 19–9 | 17–5 | 2–4 | 19 | 2011 | 8 |
Alexandar Lazarov | 4–5 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 5 | 2016 | 3 |
Krassimir Lazarov | 15–24 | 10–14 | 5–10 | 17 | 1983 | 10 |
Marian Lazarov | 4–3 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 6 | 1983 | 3 |
Alexander Lazov | 8–9 | 5–8 | 3–1 | 13 | 2013 | 6 |
Radoslav Lukaev | 7–5 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 5 | 2000 | 3 |
Mark Markov | 12–7 | 9–4 | 3–3 | 13 | 1992 | 4 |
Tzvetan Mihov | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2 | 2010 | 2 |
Vasko Mladenov | 5–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 6 | 2016 | 2 |
Bozhidar Pampoulov | 13–22 | 7–11 | 6–11 | 17 | 1967 | 13 |
Matei Pampoulov | 7–13 | 2–3 | 5–10 | 15 | 1969 | 11 |
Milko Petkov | 2–5 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 4 | 1992 | 3 |
Lubomir Petrov | 4–9 | 3–8 | 1–1 | 7 | 1975 | 6 |
Radoslav Radev | 13–3 | 4–1 | 9–2 | 11 | 1994 | 3 |
Ruslan Rainov | 5–3 | 5–3 | 0–0 | 6 | 1986 | 4 |
Rangel Rangelov | 3–5 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 3 | 1964 | 2 |
Julian Stamatov | 15–16 | 12–13 | 3–3 | 14 | 1980 | 9 |
Orlin Stanoytchev | 10–9 | 9–7 | 1–2 | 11 | 1991 | 6 |
Ivaylo Traykov | 16–14 | 8–8 | 8–6 | 20 | 1997 | 11 |
Petar Trendafilov | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3 | 2012 | 1 |
Stefan Tzvetkov | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3 | 1990 | 2 |
Milen Velev | 20–14 | 14–7 | 6–7 | 20 | 1988 | 9 |
Stojan Velev | 5–6 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 5 | 1967 | 3 |
Milen Yanakiev | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1 | 1986 | 1 |
Kiril Yashmakov | 7–8 | 5–7 | 2–1 | 7 | 1967 | 4 |