Orlin Stanoytchev

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]

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

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