Ilia Kushev

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.^[1][2][3]

Ilia Kushev
Илия Кушев

Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Residence	Sofia, Bulgaria
Born	(1980-12-13) 13 December 1980 (age 44) Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Turned pro	2000
Retired	2008
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$ 31,495
Singles
Career record	3–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 0 Challengers, 1 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 285 (16 August 2004)
Doubles
Career record	4–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 1 Challengers, 4 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 234 (17 January 2011)
Last updated on: 30 January 2021.

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)

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2001	Macedonia F1, Skopje	Futures	Clay	Artemon Apostu-Efremov	6–3, 7–6(9–7)
Loss	1–1	Oct 2003	Greece F4, Thessaloniki	Futures	Clay	Konstantinos Economidis	6–2, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	1–2	Jun 2004	Serbia and Montenegro F3, Belgrade	Futures	Clay	František Polyak	4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–3	Dec 2004	Qatar F3, Doha	Futures	Hard	Zbynek Mlynarik	6–4, 1–6, 3–6
Loss	1–4	Jun 2005	Serbia and Montenegro F1, Belgrade	Futures	Clay	Ilija Bozoljac	4–6, 6–4, 0–6
Loss	1–5	Jun 2006	Macedonia F2, Skopje	Futures	Clay	Ivaylo Traykov	6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), 5–7
Loss	1–6	Jul 2006	Serbia and Montenegro F2, Belgrade	Futures	Clay	Predrag Rusevski	4–6, 1–6
Loss	1–7	Aug 2006	Serbia and Montenegro F4, Novi Sad	Futures	Clay	Dejan Katić	0–6, 3–6
Loss	1–8	May 2007	Bulgaria F1, Sofia	Futures	Clay	Maxime Authom	4–6, 5–7

Doubles: 13 (5–8)

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2002	Sofia, Bulgaria	Challenger	Clay	Luben Pampoulov	Christopher Kas Oliver Marach	6–7(4–7), 7–6(9–7), 2–6
Win	1–1	Sep 2003	Sofia, Bulgaria	Challenger	Clay	Luben Pampoulov	Todor Enev Dimo Tolev	6–3, 6–1
Loss	1–2	Oct 2003	Cyprus F1, Nicosia	Futures	Clay	Yordan Kanev	Elefterios Alexiou Alexandros Jakupovic	3–6, 3–6
Win	2–2	Jun 2004	Serbia and Montenegro F3, Belgrade	Futures	Clay	Yordan Kanev	Nikola Ćirić Goran Tošić	6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–4), 6–0
Loss	2–3	Dec 2004	Qatar F4, Doha	Futures	Hard	Yordan Kanev	Artem Sitak Dmitri Sitak	6–7(5–7), 0–6
Loss	2–4	Dec 2004	Qatar F5, Doha	Futures	Hard	Yordan Kanev	Artem Sitak Dmitri Sitak	w/o
Loss	2–5	Aug 2005	Timișoara, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Radoslav Lukaev	Ionuț Moldovan Gabriel Moraru	2–6, 0–6
Loss	2–6	Jan 2006	Austria F2, Bergheim	Futures	Carpet (i)	Todor Enev	Werner Eschauer Florin Mergea	2–6, 3–6
Win	3–6	Aug 2006	Bulgaria F1, Plovdiv	Futures	Clay	Yordan Kanev	Robert Gustafsson Jim May	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)
Win	4–6	Sep 2006	Bulgaria F3, Sofia	Futures	Clay	Yordan Kanev	Todor Enev Tihomir Grozdanov	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss	4–7	Jun 2007	Bulgaria F4, Sofia	Futures	Clay	Vasko Mladenov	David Savić Miljan Zekić	4–6, 3–6
Win	5–7	Jun 2007	Macedonia F1, Skopje	Futures	Clay	Yordan Kanev	Daniel Danilović Lazar Magdinčev	1–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Loss	5–8	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(5–7), 6–3
	SF	24 September 2005	Radoslav Lukaev	Hard	Mikhail Filima Orest Tereshchuk	L	4–6, 2–6, 6–7(3–7)
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(7–1), 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^[4]