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.ITF Tennis Profile.
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.ATP World Tour Profile.
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.Davis Cup profile.
Year-end rankings Year1991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006Singles995764720555195122167121114149268462----Doubles-9605575193772795032797251962252341698--1257
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 12 (5–7) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (4–7)ITF Futures (1–0)Titles by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (3–6)Grass (1–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Alpirsbach, GermanyChallengerClay Magnus Norman4–6, 2–6Win1–1Budva, YugoslaviaChallengerClay Davide Scala7–6, 6–1Loss1–2Mallorca, SpainChallengerClay Álex López Morón4–6, 4–6Win2–2Portorož, SloveniaChallengerHard (i) Lars Burgsmüller1–6, 7–6, 6–0Win3–2Split, CroatiaChallengerClay Attila Sávolt7–6, 6–4Loss3–3Alpirsbach, GermanyChallengerClay Stefan Koubek6–7, 4–6Loss3–4Aachen, GermanyChallengerHard (i) Hendrik Dreekmann6–7, 4–6Loss3–5Sofia, BulgariaChallengerClay Marcello Craca6–7, 0–6Loss3–6Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Michel Kratochvil0–6, 1–6Loss3–7Freudenstadt, GermanyChallengerClay Michal Tabara2–6, 6–7(5–7)Win4–7Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard (i) Clemens Trimmel6–4, 3–6, 7–5Win5–7France F11, ToulonFuturesClay Radoslav Lukaev6–2, 0–6, 7–5
Doubles: 9 (5–4) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (5–3)ITF Futures (0–1)Titles by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (5–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Oleg Ogorodov Mark Petchey Danny Sapsford3–6, 5–7Win1–1Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Radomír Vašek Massimo Ardinghi Álex López Morón7–6, 3–6, 6–4Win2–1Ulm, GermanyChallengerClay Mikhail Youzhny Tomas Behrend Karsten Braasch6–7(2–7), 7–5, 6–0Win3–1Sofia, BulgariaChallengerClay Dejan Petrovic Luben Pampoulov Radoslav Lukaev6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6)Loss3–2Montauban, FranceChallengerClay Tuomas Ketola Diego del Río Vadim Kutsenko4–6, 2–6Win4–2Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Diego del Río Feliciano López Francisco Roig2–6, 7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–3)Win5–2San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Dick Norman Ignacio Hirigoyen Sebastián Prietow/oLoss5–3Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Andrés Schneiter Victor Hănescu Leonardo Olguín6–1, 4–6, 4–6Loss5–4Switzerland F6, GenevaFuturesClay Constantin Sturdza Marco Gualdi Martin Vacek4–6, 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) EditionRoundDateSurfaceOpponentW/LResult1991 Europe Zone Group IIQF 3 May 1991Carpet (I) Anders HåsethL 6–3, 1–6, 2–6, 4–6 5 May 1991 Christian RuudL 2–6, 3–61992 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIQF 17 July 1992Clay Anastasios BavelasL 2–6, 1–6, 2–6 19 July 1992 George KalovelonisW 6–3, 6–31997 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIIRR 21 May 1997Clay Christopher GattW 6–4, 6–0 22 May 1997 Rene BuschW 6–0, 6–2 23 May 1997 Allan CooperW 6–2, 6–1SF 24 May 1997 Iurie GorbanW 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–3F 25 May 1997 Sebastien GraeffW 6–3, 4–6, 6–31998 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR1 1 May 1998Clay (I) Mehdi TahiriW 6–2, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 3 May 1998 Karim AlamiL 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 1–6RPO 17 July 1998 Clay Mike ScheidweilerW 6–2, 6–2, 6–11999 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIQF 16 July 1999Clay Gergely KisgyörgyL 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 5–7, 3–6 18 July 1999 Attila SávoltL 4–6, 1–6, 4–62000 Europe/Africa Zone Group IIR1 28 April 2000Clay Vasilis MazarakisW 6–2, 1–6, 6–3, 6–2 30 April 2000 Solon PeppasL 1–6, 6–3, 1–6, 2–6
Doubles (1–2) EditionRoundDatePartnerSurfaceOpponentsW/LResult1998 Europe/Africa Zone Group II1R 2 May 1998 Milen Velev Clay (I) Karim Alami Mounir El AarejL 4–6, 5–7, 2–6RPO 18 July 1998 Milen Velev Clay Adrian Graimprey Pascal SchaulW 6–3, 6–2, 6–42000 Europe/Africa Zone Group II1R 29 April 2000 Ivaylo Traykov Clay Konstantinos Economidis Anastasios VasiliadisL 6–3, 6–7(1–7), 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
RR = Round Robin RPO = Relegation Play-off
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