{{Short description|Bulgarian tennis player}} {{Infobox tennis biography |name = Yanaki Milev |image = |caption = |fullname = |country = {{BUL}} |residence = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2004|4|15}} |birth_place = [[Plovdiv]], Bulgaria |height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |weight = |turnedpro = |plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |coach = Milko Milev |careerprizemoney = [[United States Dollar|US$]] 70,684 |singlesrecord = 0–3 <small> (at [[ATP Tour]] level, [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] level, and in [[Davis Cup]])</small> |singlestitles = 0 |highestsinglesranking = No. 443 (26 August 2024) |currentsinglesranking = No. 753 (17 January 2026) |doublesrecord = 2–2 <small> (at [[ATP Tour]] level, [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] level, and in [[Davis Cup]])</small> |doublestitles = 0 |highestdoublesranking = No. 343 (4 November 2024) |currentdoublesranking = No. 622 (17 January 2026) |updated = 22 January 2026 }}

'''Yanaki Milev''' (born 15 April 2004) is a [[Bulgaria]]n [[tennis]] player. He has a career-high [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] singles ranking of world No. 443 achieved on 26 August 2024. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 343 achieved on 4 November 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yanaki-milev/m0ka/overview|title=Yanaki Milev &#124; Overview &#124; ATP Tour &#124; Tennis|website=ATP Tour}}</ref> He is currently the No. 7 Bulgarian player.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.atptour.com/en/rankings/singles?rankRange=0-5000&region=BUL | title=Bulgaria &#124; ATP Rankings (Singles)|website=ATP Tour }}</ref>

==Career== Milev made his ATP main draw debut at the [[2022 Sofia Open]] after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw with [[Petr Nesterov]]. They reached the quarterfinals, defeating Jack Vance and Jamie Vance, before losing to eventual champions [[Rafael Matos]] and [[David Vega Hernández]]. He also received a wildcard for the [[2023 Sofia Open]] in the singles qualifying competition, and for the doubles main draw again with Nesterov, where they also reached the quarterfinals, defeating Spanish duo [[Íñigo Cervantes]] and defending champion David Vega Hernández.

==Year-end ATP ranking== {| class="wikitable" |-bgcolor="#efefef" |align="center"|'''Year''' |align="center"|'''2021''' |align="center"|'''2022''' |align="center"|'''2023''' |align="center"|'''2024''' |align="center"|'''2025''' |- |align="center" valign="top"|'''Singles''' |align="center" valign="top"|1876 |align="center" valign="top"|894 |align="center" valign="top"|524 |align="center" valign="top"|500 |align="center" valign="top"|733 |- |align="center" valign="top"|'''Doubles''' |align="center" valign="top"|1875 |align="center" valign="top"|611 |align="center" valign="top"|606 |align="center" valign="top"|398 |align="center" valign="top"|710 |}

==Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals==

===Singles: 10 (4–6)=== {| |-valign=top | {|class=wikitable !Legend (singles) |-bgcolor=e5d1cb |-bgcolor=moccasin |ATP Challenger Tour (0-0) |-bgcolor=cffcff |ITF World Tennis Tour (4–6) |} | {|class=wikitable !Titles by surface |- |Hard (0–0) |- |Clay (4–6) |- |Grass (0–0) |- |Carpet (0–0) |} |}

{|class="sortable wikitable" !Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Opponent !class="unsortable"|Score |- |bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss |<small>0–1</small> |{{dts|Dec 2022}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 [[Antalya]], Turkey |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Rudolf Molleker]] |3–6, 4–6 |- |bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss |<small>0–2</small> |{{dts|Jan 2023}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 [[Antalya]], Turkey |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș]] |3–6, 2–6 |- |bgcolor=98fb98|Win |<small>1–2</small> |{{dts|Mar 2023}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 [[Antalya]], Turkey |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|FRA}} Sean Cuenin |4–6, 6–2, 6–2 |- |bgcolor=98fb98|Win |<small>2–2</small> |{{dts|Apr 2023}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 [[Antalya]], Turkey |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș]] |6–4, 0–6, 6–4 |- |bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss |<small>2–3</small> |{{dts|Oct 2023}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 [[Pazardzhik]], Bulgaria |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Clément Tabur]] |2–6, 6–3, 2–6 |- |bgcolor=98fb98|Win |<small>3–3</small> |{{dts|Mar 2024}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 [[Antalya]], Turkey |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|ITA}} Giuseppe La Vela |6–3, 6–1 |- |bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss |<small>3–4</small> |{{dts|Mar 2024}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 [[Antalya]], Turkey |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|NED}} Stijn Slump |4–6, 6–3, 4–6 |- |bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss |<small>3–5</small> |{{dts|Apr 2024}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 [[Antalya]], Turkey |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Jérôme Kym]] |5–7, 2–6 |- |bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss |<small>3–6</small> |{{dts|May 2024}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 [[Antalya]], Turkey |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Nicolai Budkov Kjaer]] |1–6, 0–6 |- |bgcolor=98fb98|Win |<small>4–6</small> |{{dts|Jun 2024}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 [[Kuršumlijska Banja]], Serbia |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Oleg Prihodko]] |7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 6–3 |}

===Doubles: 16 (5–11)=== {| |-valign=top | {|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Legend (doubles) |-bgcolor=e5d1cb |-bgcolor=moccasin |ATP Challenger Tour (0–1) |-bgcolor=cffcff |ITF World Tennis Tour (5–10) |} | {|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Titles by surface |- |Hard (1–2) |- |Clay (4–9) |- |Grass (0–0) |- |Carpet (0–0) |} |}

{|class="sortable wikitable" !Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable"|Score |- |bgcolor=#FFA07A|Loss |<small>0–1</small> |{{dts|Oct 2022}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 [[Sozopol]], Bulgaria |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Petr Nesterov]] |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Maks Kaśnikowski]]<br />{{flagicon|POL}} Olaf Pieczkowski |3–6, 5–7 |- |bgcolor=98fb98|Win |<small>1–1</small> |{{dts|Oct 2022}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 [[Sozopol]], Bulgaria |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Petr Nesterov]] |{{flagicon|BUL}} Adriano Dhzenev<br />{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Anthony Genov]] |6–3, 6–2 |- |bgcolor=98fb98|Win |<small>2–1</small> |{{dts|Jan 2023}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 [[Antalya]], Turkey |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|AUT}} Matthias Ujvary |{{flagicon|FRA}} Quentin Folliot<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Arthur Reymond]] |3–6, 6–2, [10–6] |- |bgcolor=#FFA07A|Loss |<small>2–2</small> |{{dts|Jun 2023}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 [[Skopje]], North Macedonia |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Petr Nesterov]] |{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Antoine Hoang]] |1–6, 2–6 |- |bgcolor=#FFA07A|Loss |<small>2–3</small> |[[2024 Internazionali di Tennis Città di Verona – Doubles|{{dts|Jul 2024}}]] |style=background:moccasin;|[[Internazionali di Tennis Città di Verona|Verona]], Italy |style=background:moccasin;|Challenger |Clay |{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Petr Nesterov]] |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo Demoliner]]<br />{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Guillermo Durán]] |7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup>, 6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>, [13–15] |- |bgcolor=98fb98|Win |<small>3–3</small> |{{dts|Oct 2024}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 [[Pula, Sardinia|Santa Margherita di Pula]], Italy |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Petr Nesterov]] |{{flagicon|ITA}} Alessandro Spadola<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} Matteo Vavassori |7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 6–3 |- |bgcolor=98fb98|Win |<small>4–3</small> |{{dts|Oct 2024}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 [[Pula, Sardinia|Santa Margherita di Pula]], Italy |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Petr Nesterov]] |{{flagicon|ITA}} Massimo Giunta<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} Mariano Tammaro |6–3, 6–3 |- |bgcolor=#FFA07A|Loss |<small>4–4</small> |{{dts|Nov 2024}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 [[Antalya]], Turkey |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Petr Nesterov]] |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Tim Handel]]<br />{{flagicon|SRB}} Stefan Popović |3–6, 2–6 |- |bgcolor=#FFA07A|Loss |<small>4–5</small> |{{dts|Jan 2025}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 [[Doha]], Qatar |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Petr Nesterov]] |{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Gabi Adrian Boitan]]<br />{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Bogdan Pavel]] |1–6, 2–6 |- |bgcolor=#FFA07A|Loss |<small>4–6</small> |{{dts|Jul 2025}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 [[Gandia]], Spain |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|SUI}} Adrien Burdet |{{flagicon|ESP}} Diego Augusto Barreto Sánchez<br />{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Alejandro Manzanera Pertusa]] |2–6, 2–6 |- |bgcolor=98fb98|Win |<small>5–6</small> |{{dts|Oct 2025}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 [[Zaragoza]], Spain |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|ESP}} Álvaro Bueno Gil |{{flagicon|ESP}} Alvaro Jimenez<br />{{flagicon|ESP}} Keoni Puig McCallan |6–4, 6–4 |- |bgcolor=#FFA07A|Loss |<small>5–7</small> |{{dts|Jan 2026}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 [[Antalya]], Turkey |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|SRB}} Stefan Popović |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Federico Bondioli]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Raúl Brancaccio]] |3–6, 7–5, [7–10] |- |bgcolor=#FFA07A|Loss |<small>5–8</small> |{{dts|Feb 2026}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 [[Antalya]], Turkey |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|SRB}} Stefan Popović |{{flagicon|GBR}} Felix Mischker<br />{{flagicon|BEL}} Martin van der Meerschen |1–6, 6–2, [8–10] |- |bgcolor=#FFA07A|Loss |<small>5–9</small> |{{dts|Mar 2026}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 [[Pula, Sardinia|Santa Margherita di Pula]], Italy |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Philip Henning]] |{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Ergi Kırkın]]<br />{{flagicon|GER}} [[Niels McDonald]] |1–6, 3–6 |- |bgcolor=#FFA07A|Loss |<small>5–10</small> |{{dts|May 2026}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 [[Pula, Sardinia|Santa Margherita di Pula]], Italy |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|SRB}} Stefan Popović |{{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Furlanetto<br />{{flagicon|SUI}} Nicolás Parizzia |3–6, 4–6 |- |bgcolor=#FFA07A|Loss |<small>5–11</small> |{{dts|May 2026}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 [[Grado, Friuli Venezia Giulia|Grado]], Italy |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|ARG}} Lucio Ratti |{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Oskar Brostrøm Poulsen]]<br />{{flagicon|SWE}} Nikola Slavic |6–4, 4–6, [9–11] |}

==National participation==

===Davis Cup (2 wins, 3 losses)=== Yanaki Milev debuted for the [[Bulgaria Davis Cup team]] in 2023. Since then he has 5 nominations with 4 ties played; his singles W/L record is 2–3 and doubles W/L record is 0–0 (2–3 overall). <ref name=daviscup>[https://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800458234 Davis Cup – Player Profile – MILEV, Yanaki (BUL)]</ref>

{| |- valign=top | {|class=wikitable |- !Group membership |- style="background:#ffc;" |World Group (0–0) |- style="background:#B0E0E6;" |WG Play-off (0–0) |- style="background:#cfc;" |Group I (0–3) |- style="background:#fcf;" |Group II (2–0) |- style="background:#9cf;" |Group III (0–0) |- style="background:#fc9;" |Group IV (0–0) |} | {|class=wikitable |- !Matches by surface |- |Hard (0–1) |- |Clay (2–2) |- |Grass (0–0) |- |Carpet (0–0) |} | {|class=wikitable |- !Matches by type |- |Singles (2–3) |- |Doubles (0–0) |} |} * <small>{{increase}} {{decrease}} indicates the result of the Davis Cup match followed by [[Davis Cup#Ties and rubbers|the score]], date, place of event, [[Davis Cup structure|the zonal classification and its phase]], and [[Tennis court#Types of tennis courts|the court surface]].</small>

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% |- ! scope="col" |Rubber result ! scope="col" |No. ! scope="col" |Rubber ! scope="col" |Match type (partner if any) ! scope="col" |Opponent nation ! scope="col" |Opponent player(s) ! scope="col" |Score |- !colspan=7|{{decrease}}1–3; 16–17 September 2023; Bulgarian National Tennis Center, [[Sofia]], Bulgaria; [[2023 Davis Cup World Group I#Bulgaria vs. Kazakhstan|World Group I]]; Clay surface |- style="background:#cfc;" |bgcolor=FFA07A|Defeat |1 |II |Singles |{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Kazakhstan Davis Cup team|Kazakhstan]] |[[Alexander Bublik]] |4–6, 1–6 |- !colspan=7|{{decrease}}1–3; 3–4 February 2024; Tennis Center Avenue, [[Burgas]], Bulgaria; [[2024 Davis Cup World Group I play-offs#Bulgaria vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina|World Group I Play-Off]]; Hard (i) surface |- style="background:#cfc;" |bgcolor=FFA07A|Defeat |2 |II |Singles |{{flagicon|BIH}} [[Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team|Bosnia and Herzegovina]] |[[Damir Džumhur]] |3–6, 2–6 |- !colspan=7|{{increase}}3–2; 14–16 September 2024; Tennis Club Lokomotiv, [[Plovdiv]], Bulgaria; [[2024 Davis Cup World Group II#Bulgaria vs. El_Salvador|World Group II]]; Clay surface |- style="background:#fcf;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Victory |3 |II |Singles |rowspan=2|{{flagicon|ESA}} [[El Salvador Davis Cup team|El Salvador]] |César Cruz |6–3, 4–6, 6–3 |- |- style="background:#fcf;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Victory |4 |V |Singles |[[Marcelo Arévalo]] |2–6, 6–1, 7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup> |- !colspan=7|{{increase}}3–2; 13–14 September 2025; Tennis Club Lokomotiv, [[Plovdiv]], Bulgaria; [[2025 Davis Cup World Group I#Bulgaria vs. Finland|World Group I]]; Clay surface |- style="background:#cfc;" |bgcolor=FFA07A|Defeat |5 |IV |Singles |{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Finland Davis Cup team|Finland]] |[[Eero Vasa]] |2–6, 2–6 |}

==References== {{reflist}}

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