Yanaki Milev

Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Born	(2004-04-15) 15 April 2004 (age 20) Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Milko Milev
Prize money	US$ 51,327
Singles
Career record	0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 443 (26 August 2024)
Current ranking	No. 486 (11 November 2024)
Doubles
Career record	2–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 343 (4 November 2024)
Current ranking	No. 417 (11 November 2024)
Last updated on: 12 October 2024.

Yanaki Milev (born 15 April 2004) is a Bulgarian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 443 achieved on 26 August 2024. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 343 achieved on 4 November 2024.^[1]

Milev made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Sofia Open after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw with Petr Nesterov. They reached the quarterfinals, defeating Jack Vance and Jamie Vance, before losing to eventual champions Rafael Matos and David Vega Hernández. He also received a wildcard for the 2023 Sofia Open in the singles qualifying competition, and for the doubles main draw again with Nesterov, where they also reached the quarterfinals, defeating Spanish duo Íñigo Cervantes and defending champion David Vega Hernández.

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Dec 2022	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Rudolf Molleker	3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Jan 2023	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–2	Mar 2023	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Sean Cuenin	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win	2–2	Apr 2023	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș	6–4, 0–6, 6–4
Loss	2–3	Oct 2023	M25 Pazardzhik, Bulgaria	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Clément Tabur	2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	3–3	Mar 2024	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Giuseppe La Vela	6–3, 6–1
Loss	3–4	Mar 2024	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Stijn Slump	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	3–5	Apr 2024	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Jérôme Kym	5–7, 2–6
Loss	3–6	May 2024	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Nicolai Budkov Kjaer	1–6, 0–6
Win	4–6	Jun 2024	M15 Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Oleg Prihodko	7–6(7–4), 6–3

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2022	M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Petr Nesterov	Maks Kaśnikowski Olaf Pieczkowski	3–6, 5–7
Win	1–1	Oct 2022	M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Petr Nesterov	Adriano Dhzenev Anthony Genov	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–1	Jan 2023	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Matthias Ujvary	Quentin Folliot Arthur Reymond	3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Loss	2–2	Jun 2023	M25 Skopje, North Macedonia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Petr Nesterov	Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg Antoine Hoang	1–6, 2–6
Loss	2–3	Jul 2024	Verona, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Petr Nesterov	Marcelo Demoliner Guillermo Durán	7–6(8–6), 6–7(3–7), [13–15]
Win	3–3	Oct 2024	M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Petr Nesterov	Alessandro Spadola Matteo Vavassori	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win	4–3	Oct 2024	M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Petr Nesterov	Massimo Giunta Mariano Tammaro	6–3, 6–3
Loss	4–4	Nov 2024	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Petr Nesterov	Tim Handel Stefan Popović	3–6, 2–6

Yanaki Milev debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2023. Since then he has 3 nominations with 3 ties played; his singles W/L record is 2–2 and doubles W/L record is 0–0 (2–2 overall). ^[2]

• indicates the result of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Rubber result	No.	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
1–3; 16–17 September 2023; Bulgarian National Tennis Center, Sofia, Bulgaria; World Group I; Clay surface
Defeat	1	II	Singles	Kazakhstan	Alexander Bublik	4–6, 1–6
1–3; 3–4 February 2024; Tennis Center Avenue, Burgas, Bulgaria; World Group I Play-Off; Hard (i) surface
Defeat	2	II	Singles	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Damir Džumhur	3–6, 2–6
3–2; 14–16 September 2024; Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria; World Group II; Clay surface
Victory	3	II	Singles	El Salvador	César Cruz	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Victory	4	V	Singles		Marcelo Arévalo	2–6, 6–1, 7–6(8–6)

• Yanaki Milev at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Yanaki Milev at the International Tennis Federation