Ilia Kushev
Ilia Kushev is a 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
Futures and Challenger finals: 22 (6–16)
Singles: 9 (1–8)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
Winner | 1. | 17 June 2001 | Skopje, Macedonia ITF Futures $10,000 | Clay | Artemon Apostu-Efremov | 6–3, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 1. | 19 October 2003 | Thessaloniki, Greece ITF Futures $10,000 | Clay | Konstantinos Economidis | 6–2, 4–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 27 June 2004 | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro ITF Futures $10,000 | Clay | František Polyak | 4–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 3 December 2004 | Doha, Qatar ITF Futures $10,000 | Hard | Zbynek Mlynarik | 6–4, 1–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 12 June 2005 | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro ITF Futures $10,000 | Clay | Ilija Bozoljac | 4–6, 6–4, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 18 June 2006 | Skopje, Macedonia ITF Futures $10,000 | Clay | Ivaylo Traykov | 6–7, 7–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 6. | 2 July 2006 | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro ITF Futures $10,000 | Clay | Predrag Rusevski | 4–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 13 August 2006 | Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro ITF Futures $10,000 | Clay | Dejan Katić | 0–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 13 May 2007 | Sofia, Bulgaria ITF Futures $10,000 | Clay | Maxime Authom | 4–6, 5–7 |
Doubles: 13 (5–8)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
Runner-up | 1. | 15 September 2002 | Sofia, Bulgaria ATP Challenger $25,000 | Clay | Luben Pampoulov | Christopher Kas Oliver Marach | 6–7, 7–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 1. | 14 September 2003 | Sofia, Bulgaria ATP Challenger $25,000 | Clay | Luben Pampoulov | Todor Enev Dimo Tolev | 6–3, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 2. | 26 October 2003 | Nicosia, Cyprus ITF Futures $10,000 | Clay | Yordan Kanev | Elefterios Alexiou Alexandros Jakupovic | 3–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 2. | 27 June 2004 | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro ITF Futures $10,000 | Clay | Yordan Kanev | Nikola Ćirić Goran Tošić | 6–7, 7–6, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 3. | 10 December 2004 | Doha, Qatar ITF Futures $10,000 | Hard | Yordan Kanev | Artem Sitak Dmitri Sitak | 6–7, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 17 December 2004 | Doha, Qatar ITF Futures $10,000 | Hard | Yordan Kanev | Artem Sitak Dmitri Sitak | W/O |
Runner-up | 5. | 7 August 2005 | Timișoara, Romania ATP Challenger $25,000 | Clay | Radoslav Lukaev | Ionuț Moldovan Gabriel Moraru | 2–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 29 January 2006 | Bergheim, Austria ITF Futures $15,000 | Carpet | Todor Enev | Werner Eschauer Florin Mergea | 2–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 3. | 27 August 2006 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria ITF Futures $10,000 | Clay | Yordan Kanev | Robert Gustafsson Jim May | 7–6, 7–6 |
Winner | 4. | 10 September 2006 | Sofia, Bulgaria ITF Futures $10,000 | Clay | Yordan Kanev | Todor Enev Tihomir Grozdanov | 7–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 7. | 3 June 2007 | Sofia, Bulgaria ITF Futures $10,000 | Clay | Vasko Mladenov | David Savić Miljan Zekić | 4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 5. | 10 June 2007 | Skopje, Macedonia ITF Futures $10,000 | Clay | Yordan Kanev | Daniel Danilović Lazar Magdinchev | 1–6, 7–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 8. | 1 June 2008 | Sofia, Bulgaria ITF Futures $10,000 | Clay | Todor Enev | Tihomir Grozdanov Simeon Ivanov | 3–6, 6–4, |
Davis Cup
Ilia Kushev debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2003. Since then he has a 3–5 singles record and a 4–4 doubles record.Singles (3–5)
Doubles (4–4)
- RPO = Relegation Play–off