Bulgaria
CaptainValentin Dimov
ITF ranking43 Decrease (18 September 2023)
ColorsGreen & White
First year1964
Years played55
Ties played (W–L)121 (66–56)
Most total winsTodor Enev (28–20)
Most singles winsDimitar Kuzmanov (24–8)
Most doubles winsIvo Bratanov (13–0)
Best doubles teamIvo Bratanov /
Ivaylo Traykov (5–0)
Bozhidar Pampoulov /
Matei Pampoulov (5–9)
Most ties playedTodor Enev (33)
Most years playedTodor Enev (14)

The Bulgaria men's national tennis team represents Bulgaria in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Bulgarian Tennis Federation.

In the 2023 edition of the tournament Bulgaria defeated New Zealand in the World Group I Play-offs. With that win the team qualified for the World Group I for the first time in the team's history. In September, Bulgaria faced Kazakhstan on home soil, but lost the tie with 1–3 and will be competing again in the World Group I Play-offs in 2024.

History

Bulgaria made their Davis Cup debut in 1964. Their best performances came in the mid-1980s when they reached the Europe/Africa Zone Group I semifinals in two consecutive years – 1986 and 1987.

Current team

Player information and rankings as of 11 September 2023

The following players were called up for the World Group I tie against Kazakhstan in September 2023.

Player ATP Rank First year played Total Win/Loss Singles Win/Loss Doubles Win/Loss
Dimitar Kuzmanov179201126–1224–82–4
Alexandar Lazarov477201611–76–35–4
Yanaki Milev56920230–10–10–0
Petr Nesterov70720220–20–10–1
Alexander Donski80220194–21–03–2
Recent callups
PlayerMost recent appearance
Adrian Andreev2020 World Group II
Gabriel Donev2020 World Group II

Recent performances

Here is the list of all match-ups since 1981, when the competition started being held in the current World Group format.

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Year Competition Date Location Opponent Score Result
2020 World Group II Play-offs 6–7 September San José (CRC)  Costa Rica 4–1 Win
2021 World Group II 5–6 March Sofia (BUL)  Mexico 1–3 Loss
2022 World Group II Play-offs 4–5 March Sofia (BUL)  Paraguay 3–1 Win
World Group II 16–17 September Sofia (BUL)  South Africa 3–0 Win
2023 World Group I Play-offs 4–5 February Christchurch (NZL)  New Zealand 3–1 Win
World Group I 16–17 September Sofia (BUL)  Kazakhstan 1–3 Loss
2024 World Group I Play-offs TBD February TBD (BUL)  Bosnia and Herzegovina

Team representatives

This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match.

Player W-L
(Total)		 W-L
(Singles)		 W-L
(Doubles)		 Ties Debut Years played
Adrian Andreev2–21–11–1420182
Georgi Arabov3–01–02–0319951
Teodor Bachev0–20–00–2219842
Ivo Bratanov18–25–213–01719966
Nikolai Chuparov0–30–20–1119641
Grigor Dimitrov20–416–14–31420087
Valentin Dimov0–30–20–1320093
Gabriel Donev0–20–10–1220192
Alexander Donski4–21–03–2620194
Todor Enev28–2017–1411–633199914
Ljuben Genov13–1412–141–015196811
Tihomir Grozdanov13–34–29–11320086
Dinko Halachev0–10–10–0120141
Victor Ivanchev2–10–12–03120011
Simeon Ivanov5–01–04–0420081
Mihail Kanev1–01–00–0119951
Yordan Kanev3–72–51–2820044
Ivan Keskinov15–813–72–11419896
Ilia Kushev7–93–54–41120036
Dimitar Kutrovsky8–66–42–2620113
Dimitar Kuzmanov26–1224–82–425201111
Alexandar Lazarov11–76–35–41120166
Krassimir Lazarov15–2410–145–1017198310
Marian Lazarov4–30–14–2619833
Alexander Lazov8–95–83–11320136
Radoslav Lukaev7–54–33–2520003
Mark Markov12–79–43–31319924
Tzvetan Mihov1–20–21–0220102
Yanaki Milev0–10–10–0120231
Vasko Mladenov5–21–04–2620162
Petr Nesterov0–20–10–1220222
Bozhidar Pampoulov13–227–116–1117196713
Matei Pampoulov7–132–35–1015196911
Milko Petkov2–52–40–1419923
Lubomir Petrov4–93–81–1719756
Radoslav Radev13–34–19–21119943
Ruslan Rainov5–35–30–0619864
Rangel Rangelov3–52–41–1319642
Julian Stamatov15–1612–133–31419809
Orlin Stanoytchev10–99–71–21119916
Ivaylo Traykov16–148–88–620199711
Petar Trendafilov3–00–03–0320121
Stefan Tzvetkov1–20–01–2319902
Milen Velev20–1414–76–72019889
Stojan Velev5–64–31–3519673
Milen Yanakiev1–01–00–0119861
Kiril Yashmakov7–85–72–1719674

See also

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