Gabriel Donev

Gabriel Donev (born 29 June 1996) is a Bulgarian tennis player.

Gabriel Donev

Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Born	(1996-06-29) 29 June 1996 Sliven, Bulgaria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Todor Donev
Prize money	US$ 42,881
Singles
Career record	0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 782 (7 October 2019)
Current ranking	No. 1010 (6 May 2024)
Doubles
Career record	0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 689 (16 October 2023)
Current ranking	No. 724 (6 May 2024)
Last updated on: 12 May 2024.

Donev has a career high ATP singles ranking of 782 achieved on 7 October 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 689 achieved on 16 October 2023.

Donev represents Bulgaria at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 0–2.

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals

Doubles: 13 (4–9)

Legend ATP Challengers (0–0) ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (4–9)

Titles by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (4–8) Grass (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2015	Bulgaria F2, Burgas	Futures	Clay	Eleftherios Theodorou	Tihomir Grozdanov Alexandar Lazov	5–7, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss	0–2	Aug 2018	Serbia F2, Novi Sad	Futures	Clay	Plamen Milushev	Moez Echargui Péter Nagy	7–5, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss	0–3	Aug 2019	M15 Târgu Mureș, Romania	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Maksim Tikhomirov	Hernán Casanova Facundo Juárez	2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	0–4	Mar 2021	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Vlad Andrei Dancu	Sanjar Fayziev Markos Kalovelonis	7–5, 6–7(3–7), [7–10]
Loss	0–5	Sep 2021	M15 Ulcinj, Montenegro	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Simon Anthony Ivanov	Juan Pablo Paz Eric Vanshelboim	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–6	Apr 2022	M15 Dubrovnik, Croatia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Simon Anthony Ivanov	Božo Barun Alen Rogić Hadžalić	4–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Loss	0–7	May 2022	M15 Heraklion, Greece	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Simon Anthony Ivanov	Aaron Addison Kelsey Stevenson	6–7(3–7), 6–7(4–7)
Loss	0–8	Jun 2022	M15 Budva, Montenegro	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Simon Anthony Ivanov	Simon Beaupain Loïc Cloes	4–6, 7–6(7–3), [3–10]
Win	1–8	Jul 2022	M15 Sofia, Bulgaria	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Simon Anthony Ivanov	Juan Ignacio Galarza Tomás Lipovšek Puches	3–6, 7–5, [11–9]
Win	2–8	Sep 2023	M15 Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Simon Anthony Ivanov	Giammarco Gandolfi Giannicola Misasi	6–1, 6–2
Win	3–8	Oct 2023	M25 Pazardzhik, Bulgaria	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Simon Anthony Ivanov	Matej Dodig Eric Vanshelboim	6–2, 6–1
Win	4–8	May 2024	M25 Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Kristijan Juhas	Stefan Popović Marat Sharipov	6–4, 6–2
Loss	4–9	May 2024	M15 Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Simon Anthony Ivanov	Keisuke Saitoh Daisuke Sumizawa	4–6, 0–6

National participation

Davis Cup (2 losses)

Gabriel Donev debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2019. Since then he has 2 nominations with 2 ties played, his singles W/L record is 0–1 and doubles W/L record is 0–1 (0–2 overall).

Group membership World Group (0–0) WG Play-off (0–0) Group I (0–0) Group II (0–2) Group III (0–0) Group IV (0–0)

Matches by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Matches by type Singles (0–1) Doubles (0–1)

• 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
1–4; 13–14 September 2019; Kelvin Grove Club, Cape Town, South Africa; Group II Europe/Africa First Round; Hard surface
Defeat	1	V	Singles	South Africa	Philip Henning	2–6, 3–6
1–3; 5–6 March 2021; Sport Hall Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria; World Group II; Hard (i)surface
Defeat	2	III	Doubles (with Alexandar Lazarov)	Mexico	Hans Hach Verdugo / Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	4–6, 4–6

External links

• Gabriel Donev at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Gabriel Donev at the International Tennis Federation
• Gabriel Donev at the Davis Cup