Ilia Kushev


Ilia Kushev is a 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.
In 2006, Kushev married Vesela Tomova, a tennis coach.

Year-end rankings

Futures and Challenger finals: 22 (6–16)

Singles: 9 (1–8)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore in the final
Winner1.17 June 2001 Skopje, Macedonia
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay Artemon Apostu-Efremov6–3, 7–6
Runner-up1.19 October 2003 Thessaloniki, Greece
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay Konstantinos Economidis6–2, 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up2.27 June 2004 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay František Polyak4–6, 3–6
Runner-up3.3 December 2004 Doha, Qatar
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard Zbynek Mlynarik6–4, 1–6, 3–6
Runner-up4.12 June 2005 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay Ilija Bozoljac4–6, 6–4, 0–6
Runner-up5.18 June 2006 Skopje, Macedonia
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay Ivaylo Traykov6–7, 7–6, 5–7
Runner-up6.2 July 2006 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay Predrag Rusevski4–6, 1–6
Runner-up7.13 August 2006 Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay Dejan Katić0–6, 3–6
Runner-up8.13 May 2007 Sofia, Bulgaria
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay Maxime Authom4–6, 5–7

Doubles: 13 (5–8)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponents in the finalScore in the final
Runner-up1.15 September 2002 Sofia, Bulgaria
ATP Challenger $25,000
Clay Luben Pampoulov Christopher Kas
Oliver Marach
6–7, 7–6, 2–6
Winner1.14 September 2003 Sofia, Bulgaria
ATP Challenger $25,000
Clay Luben Pampoulov Todor Enev
Dimo Tolev
6–3, 6–1
Runner-up2.26 October 2003 Nicosia, Cyprus
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay Yordan Kanev Elefterios Alexiou
Alexandros Jakupovic
3–6, 3–6
Winner2.27 June 2004 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay Yordan Kanev Nikola Ćirić
Goran Tošić
6–7, 7–6, 6–0
Runner-up3.10 December 2004 Doha, Qatar
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard Yordan Kanev Artem Sitak
Dmitri Sitak
6–7, 0–6
Runner-up4.17 December 2004 Doha, Qatar
ITF Futures $10,000
Hard Yordan Kanev Artem Sitak
Dmitri Sitak
W/O
Runner-up5.7 August 2005 Timișoara, Romania
ATP Challenger $25,000
Clay Radoslav Lukaev Ionuț Moldovan
Gabriel Moraru
2–6, 0–6
Runner-up6.29 January 2006 Bergheim, Austria
ITF Futures $15,000
Carpet Todor Enev Werner Eschauer
Florin Mergea
2–6, 3–6
Winner3.27 August 2006 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay Yordan Kanev Robert Gustafsson
Jim May
7–6, 7–6
Winner4.10 September 2006 Sofia, Bulgaria
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay Yordan Kanev Todor Enev
Tihomir Grozdanov
7–6, 6–4
Runner-up7.3 June 2007 Sofia, Bulgaria
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay Vasko Mladenov David Savić
Miljan Zekić
4–6, 3–6
Winner5.10 June 2007 Skopje, Macedonia
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay Yordan Kanev Daniel Danilović
Lazar Magdinchev
1–6, 7–6, 6–4
Runner-up8.1 June 2008 Sofia, Bulgaria
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay Todor Enev Tihomir Grozdanov
Simeon Ivanov
3–6, 6–4,

Davis Cup

Ilia Kushev debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2003. Since then he has a 3–5 singles record and a 4–4 doubles record.

Singles (3–5)

Doubles (4–4)