Yanaki Milev

Yanaki Milev

Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Born	(2004-04-15) 15 April 2004 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Milko Milev
Prize money	US$ 33,227
Singles
Career record	0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 482 (4 December 2023)
Current ranking	No. 552 (4 March 2024)
Doubles
Career record	2–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 464 (26 June 2023)
Current ranking	No. 695 (4 March 2024)
Last updated on: 6 March 2024.

Yanaki Milev (born 15 April 2004) is a Bulgarian tennis player.

Milev has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 482 achieved on 4 December 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 464 achieved on 26 June 2023.

Milev made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Sofia Open after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw with Petr Nesterov. They reached the quarterfinals defeating Jack Vance and Jamie Vance before losing to eventual champions Rafael Matos and David Vega Hernández. He also received a wildcard for the 2023 Sofia Open in the singles qualifying competition, and for the doubles main draw again with Nesterov where they also reached the quarterfinals defeating Spanish duo Íñigo Cervantes and defending champion David Vega Hernández.

Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 8 (3–5)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (0-0) ITF World Tennis Tour (3–5)

Titles by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (3–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Dec 2022	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Rudolf Molleker	3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Jan 2023	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–2	Mar 2023	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Sean Cuenin	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win	2–2	Apr 2023	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș	6–4, 0–6, 6–4
Loss	2–3	Oct 2023	M25 Pazardzhik, Bulgaria	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Clément Tabur	2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	3–3	Mar 2024	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Giuseppe La Vela	6–3, 6–1
Loss	3–4	Mar 2024	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Stijn Slump	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	3–5	Apr 2024	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Jérôme Kym	5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) ITF World Tennis Tour (2–2)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2022	M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Petr Nesterov	Maks Kaśnikowski Olaf Pieczkowski	3–6, 5–7
Win	1–1	Oct 2022	M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Petr Nesterov	Adriano Dhzenev Anthony Genov	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–1	Jan 2023	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Matthias Ujvary	Quentin Folliot Arthur Reymond	3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Loss	2–2	Jun 2023	M25 Skopje, North Macedonia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Petr Nesterov	Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg Antoine Hoang	1–6, 2–6

National participation

Davis Cup (2 losses)

Yanaki Milev debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2023. Since then he has 2 nominations with 2 ties played, his singles W/L record is 0–2 and doubles W/L record is 0–0 (0–2 overall).

Group membership World Group (0–0) WG Play-off (0–0) Group I (0–2) Group II (0–0) Group III (0–0) Group IV (0–0)

Matches by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Matches by type Singles (0–2) Doubles (0–0)

• indicates the result of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Rubber result	No.	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
1–3; 16–17 September 2023; Bulgarian National Tennis Center, Sofia, Bulgaria; World Group I; Clay surface
Defeat	1	II	Singles	Kazakhstan	Alexander Bublik	4–6, 1–6
1–3; 3–4 February 2024; Tennis Center Avenue, Burgas, Bulgaria; World Group I Play-Off; Hard (i) surface
Defeat	2	II	Singles	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Damir Džumhur	3–6, 2–6

External links

• Yanaki Milev at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Yanaki Milev at the International Tennis Federation