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]

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

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