Orlin Stanoytchev

Orlin Stanoytchev
Орлин Станойчев

Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Residence	Geneva, Switzerland
Born	(1971-09-24) 24 September 1971 Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
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 (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 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

Futures and Challenger finals: 21 (10–11)

Singles: 12 (5–7)

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

Doubles: 9 (5–4)

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

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