Gabriel Donev

Gabriel Donev
Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Born	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$ 47,861
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. 981 (23 December 2024)
Doubles
Career record	0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 533 (19 August 2024)
Current ranking	No. 810 (23 December 2024)
	Last updated on: 23 December 2024.

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

Donev has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 782 achieved on 7 October 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 533 achieved on 19 August 2024.

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

Year-end ATP ranking

Year	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Singles	2013	993	1007	843	989	999	820	869	1003	981
Doubles	1435	-	-	971	1022	1043	1155	759	708	810

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals

Doubles: 14 (4–10)

Legend
ATP Challengers (0–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (4–10)

Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (4–9)
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
Loss	4–10	Aug 2024	M15 Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Simon Anthony Ivanov	Luka Pavlovic Paul Valsecchi	5–7, 7–6^(7–5), [3–10]

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

References

^ "„Девин" праща Габриел Донев в Германия". viasport.bg (in Bulgarian). 7 August 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
^ Herman Mostert. "SA, Bulgaria level in Davis Cup tie". www.sport24.co.za.

External links

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

[GabrielDonevFirstStepsProfessionalTennis-1] "„Девин" праща Габриел Донев в Германия". viasport.bg (in Bulgarian). 7 August 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2025.

[2] Herman Mostert. "SA, Bulgaria level in Davis Cup tie". www.sport24.co.za.

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