Orlin Stanoytchev

Orlin Stanoytchev
Орлин Станойчев
Country Bulgaria Bulgaria
Residence Geneva, Switzerland
Born 24 September 1971
Sofia, Bulgaria
Height 6'1" (185 cm)
Turned pro 1993
Retired 2002
Plays Right-handed
Prize money $484,515
Singles
Career record 16–50 (at Grand Slam-level, ATP World Tour-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0 ATP, 5 ITF
Highest ranking No. 96 (24 April 2000)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (1997, 2000)
French Open 2R (2000)
Wimbledon 1R (1997, 1999)
US Open 1R (2000)
Doubles
Career record 4–7 (at Grand Slam-level, ATP World Tour-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0 ATP, 5 ITF
Highest ranking No. 154 (10 June 2002)

Orlin Stanoytchev (born 24 September 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Bulgaria.

Career

Stanoytchev, the Bulgarian junior champion in 1989, made the second round of a Grand Slam just once, but came close on other occasions. Twice at Wimbledon he lost five set matches in the opening round, one of which was against Todd Woodbridge in 1999, with the Australian winning 10–8 in the final set. When he finally broke through for his first win, at the 2000 French Open, it was from two sets down, beating Stéphane Huet. He experienced the reverse in the US Open later that year, losing to world number six Yevgeny Kafelnikov, despite winning the first two sets.[1]

He reached two quarter-finals on the ATP Tour during his career, the first time in 1996 at Toulouse and the other in the 1999 Czech Open. The best win of his career came in the 1999 Majorca Open, when he defeated world number 22 Albert Costa.[2]

The Bulgarian made regular Davis Cup appearances for his country throughout the 1990s, playing 11 ties in all. He won nine of his 16 singles matches and had a 1/2 record in doubles.[3]

Year-end rankings

Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Singles 995 764 720 555 195 122 167 121 114 149 268 462 - - - -
Doubles - 960 557 519 377 279 503 279 725 196 225 234 1698 - - 1257

Futures and Challenger finals: 21 (10–11)

Singles: 12 (5–7)

Legend
ATP Challengers (4–7)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 1 September 1996 Germany Alpirsbach, Germany
ATP Challenger $25,000
Clay Sweden Magnus Norman 4–6, 2–6
Winner 1. 23 September 1996 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Budva, Yugoslavia
ATP Challenger $75,000
Clay Italy Davide Scala 7–6, 6–1
Runner-up 2. 5 October 1997 Spain Majorca, Spain
ATP Challenger $50,000
Clay Spain Álex López Morón 4–6, 4–6
Winner 2. 23 November 1997 Poland Portorož, Slovenia
ATP Challenger $25,000
Hard (I) Germany Lars Burgsmüller 1–6, 7–6, 6–0
Winner 3. 14 June 1998 Croatia Split, Croatia
ATP Challenger $100,000
Clay Hungary Attila Sávolt 7–6, 6–4
Runner-up 3. 6 September 1998 Germany Alpirsbach, Germany
ATP Challenger $37,500
Clay Austria Stefan Koubek 6–7, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 8 November 1998 Germany Aachen, Germany
ATP Challenger $50,000
Hard (I) Germany Hendrik Dreekmann 6–7, 4–6
Runner-up 5. 30 May 1999 Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
ATP Challenger $25,000
Clay Germany Marcello Craca 6–7, 0–6
Runner-up 6. 29 August 1999 Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland
ATP Challenger $50,000
Clay Switzerland Michel Kratochvil 0–6, 1–6
Runner-up 7. 5 September 1999 Germany Freudenstadt, Germany
ATP Challenger $37,500
Clay Czech Republic Michal Tabara 2–6, 6–7
Winner 4. 4 March 2001 France Cherbourg, France
ATP Challenger $37,500
Hard (I) Austria Clemens Trimmel 6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Winner 5. 30 June 2002 France Toulon, France
ITF Futures $15,000
Clay Bulgaria Radoslav Lukaev 6–2, 0–6, 7–5

Doubles: 9 (5–4)

Legend
ATP Challengers (5–3)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 4 August 1996 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
ATP Challenger $100,000
Hard Uzbekistan Oleg Ogorodov United Kingdom Mark Petchey
United Kingdom Danny Sapsford
3–6, 5–7
Winner 1. 27 September 1998 Poland Szczecin, Poland
ATP Challenger $125,000
Clay Czech Republic Radomír Vašek Italy Massimo Ardinghi
Spain Álex López Morón
7–6, 3–6, 6–4
Winner 2. 9 July 2000 Germany Ulm, Germany
ATP Challenger $50,000
Clay Russia Mikhail Youzhny Germany Tomas Behrend
Germany Karsten Braasch
6–7(2–7), 7–5, 6–0
Winner 3. 10 September 2000 Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
ATP Challenger $25,000
Clay Australia Dejan Petrovic Austria Luben Pampoulov
Bulgaria Radoslav Lukaev
6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6)
Runner-up 2. 8 July 2001 France Montauban, France
ATP Challenger $25,000
Clay Finland Tuomas Ketola Argentina Diego del Rio
Uzbekistan Vadim Kutsenko
4–6, 2–6
Winner 4. 26 August 2001 Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland
ATP Challenger $50,000
Clay Argentina Diego del Rio Spain Feliciano López
Spain Francisco Roig
2–6, 7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–3)
Winner 5. 31 March 2002 Mexico San Luis Potosí, Mexico
ATP Challenger $50,000
Clay Belgium Dick Norman Argentina Ignacio Hirigoyen
Argentina Sebastián Prieto
W/O
Runner-up 3. 25 August 2002 Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland
ATP Challenger $37,500
Clay Argentina Andrés Schneiter Romania Victor Hănescu
Argentina Leonardo Olguin
6–1, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 17 September 2002 Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland
ITF Futures $10,000
Clay Switzerland Constantin Sturdza Italy Marco Gualdi
Czech Republic Martin Vacek
4–6, 2–6

Davis Cup

Orlin Stanoytchev debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 1991. Since then he has a 9–7 singles record and a 1–2 doubles record (10–9 overall).

Singles (9–7)

Edition Round Date Surface Opponent W/L Result
1991 Europe Zone Group II QF 3 May 1991 Carpet (I) Norway Anders Håseth L 6–3, 1–6, 2–6, 4–6
5 May 1991 Norway Christian Ruud L 2–6, 3–6
1992 Europe/Africa Zone Group II QF 17 July 1992 Clay Greece Anastasios Bavelas L 2–6, 1–6, 2–6
19 July 1992 Greece George Kalovelonis W 6–3, 6–3
1997 Europe/Africa Zone Group III RR 21 May 1997 Clay Malta Christopher Gatt W 6–4, 6–0
22 May 1997 Estonia Rene Busch W 6–0, 6–2
23 May 1997 Kenya Allan Cooper W 6–2, 6–1
SF 24 May 1997 Moldova Iurie Gorban W 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–3
F 25 May 1997 Monaco Sebastien Graeff W 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1998 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 1 May 1998 Clay (I) Morocco Mehdi Tahiri W 6–2, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
3 May 1998 Morocco Karim Alami L 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 1–6
RPO 17 July 1998 Clay Luxembourg Mike Scheidweiler W 6–2, 6–2, 6–1
1999 Europe/Africa Zone Group II QF 16 July 1999 Clay Hungary Gergely Kisgyörgy L 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 5–7, 3–6
18 July 1999 Hungary Attila Sávolt L 4–6, 1–6, 4–6
2000 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 28 April 2000 Clay Greece Vasilis Mazarakis W 6–2, 1–6, 6–3, 6–2
30 April 2000 Greece Solon Peppas L 1–6, 6–3, 1–6, 2–6

Doubles (1–2)

Edition Round Date Partner Surface Opponents W/L Result
1998 Europe/Africa Zone Group II 1R 2 May 1998 Bulgaria Milen Velev Clay (I) Morocco Karim Alami
Morocco Mounir El Aarej
L 4–6, 5–7, 2–6
RPO 18 July 1998 Bulgaria Milen Velev Clay Luxembourg Adrian Graimprey
Luxembourg Pascal Schaul
W 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
2000 Europe/Africa Zone Group II 1R 29 April 2000 Bulgaria Ivaylo Traykov Clay Greece Konstantinos Economidis
Greece Anastasios Vasiliadis
L 6–3, 6–7(1–7), 4–6, 6–7(5–7)

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