Orlin Stanoytchev

Orlin Stanoytchev (Bulgarian: Орлин Станойчев) (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

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

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 12 (5–7)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 1996	Alpirsbach, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Magnus Norman	4–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Sep 1996	Budva, Yugoslavia	Challenger	Clay	Davide Scala	7–6, 6–1
Loss	1–2	Oct 1997	Mallorca, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Álex López Morón	4–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	Nov 1997	Portorož, Slovenia	Challenger	Hard (i)	Lars Burgsmüller	1–6, 7–6, 6–0
Win	3–2	Jun 1998	Split, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Attila Sávolt	7–6, 6–4
Loss	3–3	Sep 1998	Alpirsbach, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Stefan Koubek	6–7, 4–6
Loss	3–4	Nov 1998	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Hard (i)	Hendrik Dreekmann	6–7, 4–6
Loss	3–5	May 1999	Sofia, Bulgaria	Challenger	Clay	Marcello Craca	6–7, 0–6
Loss	3–6	Aug 1999	Geneva , Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Michel Kratochvil	0–6, 1–6
Loss	3–7	Sep 1999	Freudenstadt, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Michal Tabara	2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	4–7	Mar 2001	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Clemens Trimmel	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Win	5–7	Jun 2002	France F11, Toulon	Futures	Clay	Radoslav Lukaev	6–2, 0–6, 7–5

Doubles: 9 (5–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1996	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Oleg Ogorodov	Mark Petchey Danny Sapsford	3–6, 5–7
Win	1–1	Sep 1998	Szczecin , Poland	Challenger	Clay	Radomír Vašek	Massimo Ardinghi Álex López Morón	7–6, 3–6, 6–4
Win	2–1	Jul 2000	Ulm, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Mikhail Youzhny	Tomas Behrend Karsten Braasch	6–7(2–7), 7–5, 6–0
Win	3–1	Sep 2000	Sofia, Bulgaria	Challenger	Clay	Dejan Petrovic	Luben Pampoulov Radoslav Lukaev	6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6)
Loss	3–2	Jul 2001	Montauban, France	Challenger	Clay	Tuomas Ketola	Diego del Río Vadim Kutsenko	4–6, 2–6
Win	4–2	Aug 2001	Geneva , Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Diego del Río	Feliciano López Francisco Roig	2–6, 7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–3)
Win	5–2	Mar 2002	San Luis Potosí , Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Dick Norman	Ignacio Hirigoyen Sebastián Prieto	w/o
Loss	5–3	Aug 2002	Geneva , Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Andrés Schneiter	Victor Hănescu Leonardo Olguín	6–1, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	5–4	Sep 2006	Switzerland F6, Geneva	Futures	Clay	Constantin Sturdza	Marco Gualdi Martin Vacek	4–6, 2–6

• w/o = Walkover

Davis Cup

Orlin Stanoytchev debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 1991. Since then he has 9 nominations with 11 ties played, his singles W/L record is 9–7 and doubles W/L record is 1–2 (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)	Anders Håseth	L	6–3, 1–6, 2–6, 4–6
		5 May 1991		Christian Ruud	L	2–6, 3–6
1992 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	QF	17 July 1992	Clay	Anastasios Bavelas	L	2–6, 1–6, 2–6
		19 July 1992		George Kalovelonis	W	6–3, 6–3
1997 Europe/Africa Zone Group III	RR	21 May 1997	Clay	Christopher Gatt	W	6–4, 6–0
		22 May 1997		Rene Busch	W	6–0, 6–2
		23 May 1997		Allan Cooper	W	6–2, 6–1
	SF	24 May 1997		Iurie Gorban	W	6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–3
	F	25 May 1997		Sebastien Graeff	W	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1998 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	1 May 1998	Clay (I)	Mehdi Tahiri	W	6–2, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
		3 May 1998		Karim Alami	L	6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 1–6
	RPO	17 July 1998	Clay	Mike Scheidweiler	W	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
1999 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	QF	16 July 1999	Clay	Gergely Kisgyörgy	L	6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 5–7, 3–6
		18 July 1999		Attila Sávolt	L	4–6, 1–6, 4–6
2000 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	28 April 2000	Clay	Vasilis Mazarakis	W	6–2, 1–6, 6–3, 6–2
		30 April 2000		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	Milen Velev	Clay (I)	Karim Alami Mounir El Aarej	L	4–6, 5–7, 2–6
	RPO	18 July 1998	Milen Velev	Clay	Adrian Graimprey Pascal Schaul	W	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
2000 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	1R	29 April 2000	Ivaylo Traykov	Clay	Konstantinos Economidis Anastasios Vasiliadis	L	6–3, 6–7(1–7), 4–6, 6–7(5–7)

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

References

External links

• Orlin Stanoytchev at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Orlin Stanoytchev at the International Tennis Federation
• Orlin Stanoytchev at the Davis Cup