Yordan Kanev

Yordan Kanev
Йордан Кънев
Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Residence	Sofia, Bulgaria
Born	31 May 1984 (age 39); Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
Retired	2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 27,282
Singles
Career record	2–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1 ITF Futures
Highest ranking	No. 306 (9 August 2004)
Doubles
Career record	1–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	4 ITF Futures
Highest ranking	No. 366 (13 September 2004)
	Last updated on: 29 September 2021.

Yordan Kanev (Bulgarian: Йордан Кънев, born 31 May 1984) is a former professional tennis player from Bulgaria. Between 2004 and 2007 he has frequently part of Bulgaria's Davis Cup national team. On 9 August 2004, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 306 whilst his best doubles ranking was 366 on 13 September 2004.^[1]^[2]

Year-end rankings[edit]

Year	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Singles	-	1017	461	380	1032	791	984	1823
Doubles	1536	-	-	-	827	-	783	-

Challenger and Futures Finals[edit]

Singles: 4 (1–3)[edit]

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–3)

Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2003	Egypt F1, Cairo	Futures	Clay	Jaroslav Pospíšil	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	1–1	Mar 2004	India F2, Kolkata	Futures	Clay	Somdev Devvarman	4–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Jun 2004	Serbia & Montenegro F2, Belgrade	Futures	Clay	Nikola Ćirić	4–6, 7–6^(7–1), 4–6
Loss	1–3	Jun 2006	Serbia & Montenegro F1, Belgrade	Futures	Clay	Ivaylo Traykov	4–6, 6–4, 1–6

Doubles: 11 (4–7)[edit]

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (4–7)

Titles by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (4–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2003	Cyprus F1, Nicosia	Futures	Clay	Ilia Kushev	Elefterios Alexiou Alexandros Jakupovic	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Mar 2004	India F2, Kolkata	Futures	Clay	Todor Enev	Mustafa Ghouse Vishal Uppal	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Jun 2004	Serbia and Montenegro F3, Belgrade	Futures	Clay	Ilia Kushev	Nikola Ćirić Goran Tošić	6–7^(8–10), 7–6^(7–4), 6–0
Loss	1–3	Dec 2004	Qatar F4, Doha	Futures	Hard	Ilia Kushev	Artem Sitak Dmitri Sitak	6–7^(5–7), 0–6
Loss	1–4	Dec 2004	Qatar F5, Doha	Futures	Hard	Ilia Kushev	Artem Sitak Dmitri Sitak	w/o
Loss	1–5	Mar 2005	Italy F5, Catania	Futures	Clay	Stefano Ianni	Flavio Cipolla Francesco Piccari	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–6	Nov 2005	Canada F1, Toronto	Futures	Hard	Marco Crugnola	Benjamin Becker Philip Stolt	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 4–6
Loss	1–7	Mar 2006	Egypt F2, Port Said	Futures	Clay	Predrag Rusevski	Alexandr Dolgopolov Giancarlo Petrazzuolo	1–6, 2–6
Win	2–7	Sep 2006	Bulgaria F1, Plovdiv	Futures	Clay	Ilia Kushev	Robert Gustafsson Jim May	7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(7–3)
Win	3–7	Sep 2006	Bulgaria F3, Sofia	Futures	Clay	Ilia Kushev	Todor Enev Tihomir Grozdanov	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
Win	4–7	Jun 2007	Macedonia F1, Skopje	Futures	Clay	Ilia Kushev	Daniel Danilović Lazar Magdinčev	1–6, 7–6^(8–6), 6–4

Davis Cup[edit]

Yordan Kanev debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2004. Since then he has 9 nominations with 8 ties played, his singles W/L record is 2–5 and doubles W/L record is 1–2 (3–7 overall).

Singles (2–5)[edit]

Edition	Round	Date	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
2004 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	11 April 2004	Carpet (I)	Karim Maamoun	W	7–6^(7–1), 6–3
2004 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	QF	18 July 2004	Clay	Andreas Seppi	L	2–6, 5–7
2005 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	SF	25 September 2005	Hard	Sergei Bubka	L	7–6^(9–7), 4–6, 3–6
2006 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	7 April 2006	Clay	Marcos Baghdatis	L	1–6, 2–6, 2–6
2007 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	8 April 2007	Carpet (I)	Deniss Pavlovs	L	3–6, 1–6
	QF	20 July 2007	Clay	Marcos Baghdatis	L	2–6, 2–6, 2–6
	QF	22 July 2007	Clay	Petros Baghdatis	W	6–4, 6–3

Doubles (1–2)[edit]

Edition	Round	Date	Partner	Surface	Opponents	W/L	Result
2004 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	QF	17 July 2004	Ilia Kushev	Clay	Massimo Bertolini Andreas Seppi	L	4–6, 0–6, 1–6
2005 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	5 March 2005	Ilia Kushev	Carpet (I)	Lado Chikhladze Irakli Ushangishvili	W	6–4, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2006 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	QF	22 July 2006	Ivaylo Traykov	Clay	Kornél Bardóczky Gergely Kisgyörgy	L	6–4, 4–6, 4–6, 7–6^(7–3), 9–11

References[edit]

^ "Yordan Kanev – Overview – ATP World Tour – Tennis". Retrieved 29 September 2021.
^ ITF Tennis – Pro Circuit – Player Profile – KANEV, Yordan (BUL)

External links[edit]

Yordan Kanev at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Yordan Kanev at the International Tennis Federation
Yordan Kanev at the Davis Cup

[1] "Yordan Kanev – Overview – ATP World Tour – Tennis". Retrieved 29 September 2021.

[2] ITF Tennis – Pro Circuit – Player Profile – KANEV, Yordan (BUL)

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