Vasko Mladenov

Vasko Mladenov

Vasko Mladenov
Country (sports)  Bulgaria
Born (1989-07-30) 30 July 1989
Sofia, Bulgaria
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
Runner-up 1. 17 July 2015 Turkey Ankara, Turkey
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay Russia Ivan Nedelko 5–7, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 17 October 2015 Ukraine Cherkasy, Ukraine
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay Russia 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
Winner 1. 27 May 2007 Bulgaria Pleven, Bulgaria
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay Germany Pirmin Haenle Croatia Roman Kelecic
Croatia Nikola Martinovic
2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 3 June 2007 Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay Bulgaria Ilia Kushev Serbia David Savić
Serbia Miljan Zekić
4–6, 3–6
Winner 2. 2 September 2007 Bulgaria Burgas, Bulgaria
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay Belarus Sergey Betov Croatia Roman Kelecic
Croatia Nikola Martinovic
3–0, Ret.
Winner 3. 14 September 2008 Bulgaria Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay Bulgaria Boris Nicola Bakalov Serbia Ivan Bjelica
Serbia Miljan Zekić
6–3, 6–4
Winner 4. 20 December 2008 Brazil São Paulo, Brazil
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard (I) United States Nikita Kryvonos Brazil Diogo Cruz
Brazil Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli
4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Runner-up 2. 28 December 2008 Brazil São Paulo, Brazil
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard (I) Argentina Nicolás Pastor Germany Mario Eckardt
Germany Patrick Taubert
2–6, 2–6
Winner 5. 3 January 2009 Brazil São Paulo, Brazil
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard (I) Germany Lars Poerschke Brazil Diego Matos
Brazil Eládio Ribeiro Neto
6–1, 6–2
Winner 6. 18 May 2014 Ukraine Rivne, Ukraine
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay United States Nikita Kryvonos Ukraine Yurii Dzhavakian
Ukraine Vladimir Uzhylovsky
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 3. 25 May 2014 Ukraine Rivne, Ukraine
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay United States Nikita Kryvonos Ukraine Yurii Dzhavakian
Ukraine Vladimir Uzhylovsky
2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 11 July 2014 Bulgaria Plovdiv, Bulgaria
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay Bulgaria Dinko Halachev Monaco Romain Arneodo
Switzerland Luca Margaroli
6–7(4–7), 4–6
Winner 7. 11 April 2015 Tunisia El Kantaoui, Tunisia
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard Tunisia Anis Ghorbel France Remy Chala
Russia Daniil Medvedev
4–6, 6–1, [11–9]
Runner-up 5. 17 May 2015 Ukraine Cherkasy, Ukraine
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay Ukraine Vadym Ursu Ukraine Sergiy Sergiienko
Ukraine Artem Smirnov
6–3, 4–6, [7–10]
Runner-up 6. 24 July 2015 Turkey Ankara, Turkey
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay Russia Alexander Igoshin Italy Daniele Capecchi
Italy Federico Maccari
6–7(6–8), 6–3, [7–10]
Winner 8. 6 September 2015 Tunisia El Kantaoui, Tunisia
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard Tunisia Anis Ghorbel Tunisia Aziz Dougaz
United States Jordan Dyke
6–2, 6–7(6–8), [10–6]
Winner 9. 13 September 2015 Tunisia El Kantaoui, Tunisia
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard Tunisia Anis Ghorbel France Romain Bauvy
Luxembourg Ugo Nastasi
2–6, 7–5, [12–10]
Runner-up 7. 29 November 2015 Tunisia El Kantaoui, Tunisia
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard Tunisia Anis Ghorbel Venezuela Jordi Muñoz Abreu
Spain David Perez Sanz
3–6, 1–6
Winner 10. 6 December 2015 Tunisia El Kantaoui, Tunisia
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard Tunisia Anis Ghorbel Spain David Perez Sanz
Spain David Vega Hernandez
6–7(2–7), 6–4, [10-8]
Runner-up 8. 13 December 2015 Tunisia El Kantaoui, Tunisia
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard Tunisia Anis Ghorbel Republic of Ireland Peter Bothwell
United Kingdom Lloyd Glasspool
1–6, 4–6
Winner 11. 28 May 2016 Ukraine Cherkasy, Ukraine
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay Ukraine Vladimir Uzhylovsky Ukraine Denys Mylokostov
Ukraine Danylo Veremeychuk
6–4, 6–1
Winner 12. 5 June 2016 Bulgaria Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay Russia Yan Sabanin Spain Carlos Calderón-Rodríguez
Spain 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
2016 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 5 March 2016 Bulgaria Alexander Lazov Hard (I) Turkey Cem İlkel
Turkey Tuna Altuna
W 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–4

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