Ivaylo Traykov

Ivaylo Traykov
Ивайло Трайков

Country	Bulgaria
Residence	Sofia, Bulgaria
Born	(1978-12-17) 17 December 1978 Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1995
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$105,330
Singles
Career record	6–8 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 ATP, 13 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 211 (8 September 2003)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2004)
French Open	Q1 (2004)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2000, 2001, 2004)
Doubles
Career record	2–5 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 ATP, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 612 (2 December 2002)
Last updated on: 20 August 2012.

Ivaylo Traykov (Bulgarian: Ивайло Трайков) is a former professional tennis player from Bulgaria.

Personal

Traykov was born in Sofia, Bulgaria on 17 December 1978, to Toncho, an economist, and Mariana, an engineer. Taking up tennis at the age of 7, Traykov is coached and trained by his father. Traykov enjoys reading books, playing cards and chess, while he considers Pete Sampras to be his idol. His career goal is to break into the Top 50 rankings. His favourite shot is the serve, while his favourite surface is hardcourt.^[1]

Career

Traykov turned professional in 1995, and has spent the majority of his career playing in Futures and Challengers events. Throughout his career, he has won 1 Challenger tournament and 10 Futures tournaments. Traykov participated in the Wimbledon qualification events in 2000 and 2001, but lost in the first round for both years. He also participated in the Australian Open qualifiers in 2004, winning a match but failing to qualify.

In May 2001, Traykov made it into the main draw of the International Raiffeisen Grand Prix, in Sankt Pölten, as a lucky loser. He defeated Ján Krošlák in the first round, before falling to Ivan Ljubičić in the second round.^[2]

In 2006, he was declared the Tennis Player of the Year by the Bulgarian Tennis Federation, and has won five state individual championships (1996–1998, 2004 and 2006).

Traykov has represented Bulgaria in the Davis Cup since 1997, amassing a win/loss record of 8–8 in singles and 8–4 in doubles.^[3]

Year-end rankings

Futures and Challenger finals: 28 (16–12)

Singles: 23 (13–10)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	15 February 1998	Bergheim, Austria ITF Futures $10,000	Carpet (I)	Julien Boutter	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	21 February 1998	Mondseeland, Austria ITF Futures $10,000	Carpet (I)	Radek Štěpánek	4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	2.	16 August 1998	Subotica, Yugoslavia ITF Futures $10,000	Clay	Javier Perez-Vazquez	4–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	23 August 1998	Niš, Yugoslavia ITF Futures $10,000	Clay	Matey Pampoulov	6–2, 6–3
Winner	3.	30 August 1998	Nikšić, Yugoslavia ITF Futures $10,000	Clay	Javier Perez-Vazquez	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	21 February 1999	Zagreb, Croatia ITF Futures $15,000	Hard	Ivan Ljubičić	3–6, 7–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	12 September 1999	Sofia, Bulgaria ATP Challenger $25,000	Clay	David Miketa	7–5, 6–2
Winner	5.	28 July 2002	Istanbul, Turkey ITF Futures $10,000	Hard	Jeroen Masson	6–3, 6–4
Winner	6.	15 June 2003	Pančevo, Serbia & Montenegro ITF Futures $10,000	Clay	Aleksander Slovič	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Runner-up	4.	22 June 2003	Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro ITF Futures $10,000	Clay	Phillip Mullner	6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up	5.	19 July 2003	Budaörs, Hungary ATP Challenger $50,000	Clay	Tomáš Berdych	2–6, 3–6
Winner	7.	18 June 2006	Skopje, Macedonia ITF Futures $10,000	Clay	Ilia Kushev	7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), 7–5
Winner	8.	25 June 2006	Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro ITF Futures $10,000	Clay	Yordan Kanev	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	27 August 2006	Plovdiv, Bulgaria ITF Futures $10,000	Clay	Todor Enev	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	7.	20 May 2007	Rousse, Bulgaria ITF Futures $10,000	Clay	Ivan Sergeyev	6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	10 June 2007	Skopje, Macedonia ITF Futures $10,000	Clay	Predrag Rusevski	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	17 June 2007	Skopje, Macedonia ITF Futures $10,000	Clay	Predrag Rusevski	3–6, 2–6
Winner	9.	9 September 2007	Sofia, Bulgaria ITF Futures $10,000	Clay	David Savič	6–2, 7–5
Winner	10.	11 May 2008	Sofia, Bulgaria ITF Futures $10,000	Clay	Simeon Ivanov	6–1, 6–2
Winner	11.	31 August 2008	Bourgas, Bulgaria ITF Futures $10,000	Clay	Federico Torresi	3–0, Ret.
Winner	12.	7 September 2008	Sliven, Bulgaria ITF Futures $10,000	Clay	Pedro Clar-Rossello	6–1, 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up	10.	14 September 2008	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria ITF Futures $10,000	Clay	Tihomir Grozdanov	5–7, 0–1, Ret.
Winner	13.	10 May 2009	Sandanski, Bulgaria ITF Futures $10,000	Clay	Tihomir Grozdanov	2–6, 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 5 (3–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	21 February 1998	Mondseeland, Austria ITF Futures $10,000	Carpet (I)	Milen Velev	Petr Pála Borut Urh	4–6, 6–7
Winner	1.	4 July 1999	Alexandroupolis, Greece ITF Futures $10,000	Carpet	Milen Velev	Fernando González Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)
Winner	2.	21 March 2010	Antalya, Turkey ITF Futures $10,000	Clay	Tihomir Grozdanov	Colin Ebelthite Jarryd Maher	3–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Runner-up	2.	16 May 2010	Varna, Bulgaria ITF Futures $10,000	Clay	Tihomir Grozdanov	Alexandru Carpen Adrian Cruciat	4–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	23 May 2010	Plovdiv, Bulgaria ITF Futures $10,000	Clay	Tihomir Grozdanov	Ivan Anikanov Roman Tudoreanu	6–4, 6–3

Davis Cup

Ivaylo Traykov debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 1997. Since then he has an 8–8 singles record and an 8–6 doubles record (16–14 overall).

Singles (8–8)

Edition	Round	Date	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
1998 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	RPO	19 July 1998	Clay	Pascal Schaul	W	6–3, 6–1
1999 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	30 April 1999	Clay	Jean-Kome Loglo	W	6–4, 5–7, 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
	QF	18 July 1999	Clay	Gergely Kisgyörgy	L	2–6, 7–6(7–4), 5–7
2000 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	28 April 2000	Clay	Solon Peppas	W	6–1, 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
	QF	21 July 2000	Clay	Lior Mor	W	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
		23 July 2000		Harel Levy	L	7–6(7–5), 6–7(8–10), 6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8)
2003 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	4 April 2003	Carpet (I)	Orest Tereshchuk	L	6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 4–6
		6 April 2003		Andrey Stepanov	W	7–6(7–3), 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
2004 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	9 April 2004	Carpet (I)	Karim Maamoun	W	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
	QF	16 July 2004	Clay	Filippo Volandri	L	4–6, 2–6, 4–6
2005 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	4 March 2005	Carpet (I)	Lado Chikhladze	L	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 3–6
		6 March 2005		David Kvernadze	W	6–2, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–0)
2006 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	QF	21 July 2006	Clay	Sebo Kiss	L	3–6, 3–6, 3–6
2007 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	6 April 2007	Carpet (I)	Ernests Gulbis	L	3–6, 2–6, 3–6
		8 April 2007		Rihards Emulins	W	6–2, 7–5
	RPO	6 April 2007	Clay	Photos Kallias	L	6–7(2–7), 1–6, 2–6

Doubles (8–6)

Edition	Round	Date	Partner	Surface	Opponents	W/L	Result
1997 Europe/Africa Zone Group III	RR	21 May 1997	Ivo Bratanov	Clay	Gordon Asciak Mark Schembri	W	7–6(10–8), 6–3
		22 May 1997	Ivo Bratanov		Raigo Saluste Gert Vilms	W	6–2, 6–4
		23 May 1997	Ivo Bratanov		Allan Cooper Norbert Oduor	W	6–3, 6–2
	SF	24 May 1997	Ivo Bratanov		Evghenii Plugariov Maxim Savitski	W	6–1, 6–3
	F	25 May 1997	Ivo Bratanov		Christophe Boggetti Sebastien Graeff	W	6–7(6–8), 6–2, 6–1
1999 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	1 May 1999	Milen Velev	Clay	Jean-Kome Loglo Kossi Loglo	W	6–2, 6–4, 6–4
	QF	17 July 1999	Milen Velev	Clay	Zoltán Boróczky Attila Sávolt	L	3–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 5–7
2000 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	1R	29 April 2000	Orlin Stanoytchev	Clay	Konstantinos Economidis Anastasios Vasiliadis	L	6–3, 6–7(1–7), 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
2004 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	10 April 2004	Todor Enev	Carpet (I)	Amr Ghoneim Karim Maamoun	W	6–3, 7–5, 6–2
2006 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	8 April 2006	Ilia Kushev	Clay	Marcos Baghdatis Photos Kallias	W	4–6, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–0
	QF	22 July 2006	Yordan Kanev	Clay	Kornél Bardóczky Gergely Kisgyörgy	L	6–4, 4–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 9–11
2007 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	7 April 2007	Ilia Kushev	Carpet (I)	Ernests Gulbis Deniss Pavlovs	L	5–7, 4–6, 2–6
2009 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	QF	11 July 2009	Todor Enev	Clay	Ernests Gulbis Deniss Pavlovs	L	4–6, 4–6, 4–6
2010 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	QF	10 July 2010	Grigor Dimitrov	Clay	Luka Gregorc Grega Žemlja	L	7–6(7–3), 6–7(2–7), 6–7(12–14), 3–6

• RPO = Relegation Play–off
• RR = Round Robin

External links

• Ivaylo Traykov at the Association of Tennis Professionals

References

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