Vasko Mladenov
Vasko Mladenov | |
Country (sports) | Bulgaria |
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Born |
Sofia, Bulgaria | 30 July 1989
Turned pro | 2005 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $25,117 |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–0 (at Grand Slam-level, ATP World Tour-level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 ATP, 0 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 650 (06 June 2016) |
Current ranking | No. 650 (06 June 2016) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 1–0 (at Grand Slam-level, ATP World Tour-level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 ATP, 12 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 411 (06 June 2016) |
Current ranking | No. 411 (06 June 2016) |
Last updated on: 12 June 2016. |
Vasko Mladenov (Bulgarian: Васко Младенов, born 30 July 1989) is a professional Bulgarian tennis player. On 6 June 2016, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 650 whilst his best doubles ranking was 411 on 6 June 2016. Currently he is the fifth highest ranked Bulgarian tennis player. He participated in Davis Cup in doubles in March 2016, but Bulgaria lost the match to Turkey.[1][2][3][4][5]
Early and Personal life
Vasko was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, as the only child of father Vasil, who is from Bulgaria and mother, Elena, who is from Russia. When he was five he began to play daily. In his early years his grandfather, Lev Shulga, served as his coach. He speaks Bulgaria, Russian and English. Mladenov employs an aggressive style of playing, Right Handed forehand and Double Handed Backhand. His favourite surfaces are clay and hard. His ambition is to get as far as possible in tennis career. His hobbies are listening to music, playing the piano, snooker, billiards and playing football. Currently he resides in Sofia, and is coached by Miroslav Gergov.
Junior career
He won three tournaments as a junior. The first one was in 2005, he defeated Plamen Avramov in Plovdiv in straight sets, final score was 6-0 6-1. The second one also was in 2005, in Timisoara, he defeated Maksim Bakunin in three sets, 6-4 4-6 7-6(4). The third and final one was in 2006, in Kiev, he won the tournament after beating Uladzimir Ignatik in three sets, 3-6 6-3 6-1. All these tournaments were played on clay court. In 2007, in France, he played the European Junior. Bulgaria was represented by Vasko, Valentin Dimov and Aleksandar Lazov, they were runners-up.
Year-end rankings
Year | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Singles | 1497 | 1541 | 969 | 950 | 1268 | - | - | - | - | 1372 | 689 |
Doubles | - | 1476 | 796 | 727 | 584 | - | - | - | - | 695 | 427 |
Futures and Challenger finals: 22 (12–10)
Singles: 2 (0–2)
Legend |
ATP Challengers (0–0) |
ITF Futures (0–2) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
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Runner-up | 1. | 17 July 2015 | Ankara, Turkey ITF Futures $10,000 |
Clay | Ivan Nedelko | 5–7, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 17 October 2015 | Cherkasy, Ukraine ITF Futures $10,000 |
Clay | Ivan Nedelko | 5–7, 4–6 |
Doubles: 20 (12–8)
Legend |
ATP Challengers (0–0) |
ITF Futures (12–8) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
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Winner | 1. | 27 May 2007 | Pleven, Bulgaria ITF Futures $10,000 |
Clay | Pirmin Haenle | Roman Kelecic Nikola Martinovic |
2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1. | 3 June 2007 | Sofia, Bulgaria ITF Futures $10,000 |
Clay | Ilia Kushev | David Savić Miljan Zekić |
4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 2. | 2 September 2007 | Burgas, Bulgaria ITF Futures $10,000 |
Clay | Sergey Betov | Roman Kelecic Nikola Martinovic |
3–0, Ret. |
Winner | 3. | 14 September 2008 | Stara Zagora, Bulgaria ITF Futures $10,000 |
Clay | Boris Nicola Bakalov | Ivan Bjelica Miljan Zekić |
6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 4. | 20 December 2008 | São Paulo, Brazil ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard (I) | Nikita Kryvonos | Diogo Cruz Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli |
4–6, 6–1, [10–5] |
Runner-up | 2. | 28 December 2008 | São Paulo, Brazil ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard (I) | Nicolás Pastor | Mario Eckardt Patrick Taubert |
2–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 5. | 3 January 2009 | São Paulo, Brazil ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard (I) | Lars Poerschke | Diego Matos Eládio Ribeiro Neto |
6–1, 6–2 |
Winner | 6. | 18 May 2014 | Rivne, Ukraine ITF Futures $10,000 |
Clay | Nikita Kryvonos | Yurii Dzhavakian Vladimir Uzhylovsky |
6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 3. | 25 May 2014 | Rivne, Ukraine ITF Futures $10,000 |
Clay | Nikita Kryvonos | Yurii Dzhavakian Vladimir Uzhylovsky |
2–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 11 July 2014 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria ITF Futures $10,000 |
Clay | Dinko Halachev | Romain Arneodo Luca Margaroli |
6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
Winner | 7. | 11 April 2015 | El Kantaoui, Tunisia ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard | Anis Ghorbel | Remy Chala Daniil Medvedev |
4–6, 6–1, [11–9] |
Runner-up | 5. | 17 May 2015 | Cherkasy, Ukraine ITF Futures $10,000 |
Clay | Vadym Ursu | Sergiy Sergiienko Artem Smirnov |
6–3, 4–6, [7–10] |
Runner-up | 6. | 24 July 2015 | Ankara, Turkey ITF Futures $10,000 |
Clay | Alexander Igoshin | Daniele Capecchi Federico Maccari |
6–7(6–8), 6–3, [7–10] |
Winner | 8. | 6 September 2015 | El Kantaoui, Tunisia ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard | Anis Ghorbel | Aziz Dougaz Jordan Dyke |
6–2, 6–7(6–8), [10–6] |
Winner | 9. | 13 September 2015 | El Kantaoui, Tunisia ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard | Anis Ghorbel | Romain Bauvy Ugo Nastasi |
2–6, 7–5, [12–10] |
Runner-up | 7. | 29 November 2015 | El Kantaoui, Tunisia ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard | Anis Ghorbel | Jordi Muñoz Abreu David Perez Sanz |
3–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 10. | 6 December 2015 | El Kantaoui, Tunisia ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard | Anis Ghorbel | David Perez Sanz David Vega Hernandez |
6–7(2–7), 6–4, [10-8] |
Runner-up | 8. | 13 December 2015 | El Kantaoui, Tunisia ITF Futures $10,000 |
Hard | Anis Ghorbel | Peter Bothwell Lloyd Glasspool |
1–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 11. | 28 May 2016 | Cherkasy, Ukraine ITF Futures $10,000 |
Clay | Vladimir Uzhylovsky | Denys Mylokostov Danylo Veremeychuk |
6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 12. | 5 June 2016 | Stara Zagora, Bulgaria ITF Futures $10,000 |
Clay | Yan Sabanin | Carlos Calderón-Rodríguez Pedro Martínez Portero |
6–2, 7–6(7–2) |
Davis Cup
Vasko Mladenov debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2016. Since then he has a 0–0 singles record and a 1–0 doubles record (1–0 overall).
Doubles (1–0)
Edition | Round | Date | Partner | Surface | Opponents | W/L | Result |
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2016 Europe/Africa Zone Group II | R1 | 5 March 2016 | Alexander Lazov | Hard (I) | Cem İlkel Tuna Altuna |
W | 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
- RPO = Relegation Play–off
- PPO = Promotion Play–off
- RR = Round Robin
References
- ↑ – ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Vasko Mladenov
- ↑ Tennis – ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Vasko Mladenov – Playing Activity – Singles
- ↑ Tennis – ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Vasko Mladenov – Playing Activity – Doubles
- ↑ Tennis – ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Vasko Mladenov – Rankings History
- ↑ ITF Tennis – Pro Circuit – Player Profile – MLADENOV, Vasko (BUL)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vasko Mladenov. |
- Vasko Mladenov at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Vasko Mladenov at the International Tennis Federation
- Davis Cup profile