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Ivaylo Traykov (Bulgarian: Ивайло Трайков) is a former professional tennis player from Bulgaria.

Personal

Traykov was born in Sofia, Bulgaria on 17 December 1978, to Toncho, an economist, and Mariana, an engineer. Taking up tennis at the age of 7, Traykov is coached and trained by his father. Traykov enjoys reading books, playing cards and chess, while he considers Pete Sampras to be his idol. His career goal is to break into the top 50 rankings. His favourite shot is the serve, while his favourite surface is hardcourt.

Career

Traykov turned professional in 1995, and has spent the majority of his career playing in Futures and Challengers events. Throughout his career, he has won 1 Challenger tournament and 10 Futures tournaments. Traykov participated in the Wimbledon qualification events in 2000 and 2001, but lost in the first round for both years. He also participated in the Australian Open qualifiers in 2004, winning a match but failing to qualify.

In May 2001, Traykov made it into the main draw of the International Raiffeisen Grand Prix, in Sankt Pölten, as a lucky loser. He defeated Ján Krošlák in the first round, before falling to Ivan Ljubičić in the second round.

In 2006, he was declared the Tennis Player of the Year by the Bulgarian Tennis Federation, and has won five state individual championships (1996–1998, 2004 and 2006).

Traykov has represented Bulgaria in the Davis Cup since 1997, amassing a win–loss record of 8–8 in singles and 8–4 in doubles.

Year-end rankings

Year	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Singles	1048	1170	777	350	320	269	373	281	238	755	1046	441	504	427	690	1063	-
Doubles	787	930	851	683	653	-	1051	620	1586	1140	1683	-	-	1456	967	728	1414

Challenger and Futures Finals

Singles: 23 (13–10)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
ITF Futures (12–9)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (11–8)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Austria F2, Bergheim	Futures	Carpet (i)	Julien Boutter	6–3, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Austria F3, Mondseeland	Futures	Carpet (i)	Radek Štěpánek	4–6, 6–7
Loss	1–2	Yugoslavia F5, Subotica	Futures	Clay	Javier Perez-Vazquez	4–6, 1–6
Win	2–2	Yugoslavia F6, Niš	Futures	Clay	Matey Pampoulov	6–2, 6–3
Win	3–2	Yugoslavia F7, Nikšić	Futures	Clay	Javier Perez-Vazquez	6–3, 6–2
Loss	3–3	Croatia F1, Zagreb	Futures	Hard	Ivan Ljubičić	3–6, 7–6, 2–6
Win	4–3	Sofia, Bulgaria	Challenger	Clay	David Miketa	7–5, 6–2
Win	5–3	Turkey F2, Istanbul	Futures	Hard	Jeroen Masson	6–3, 6–4
Win	6–3	Serbia and Montenegro F1, Pančevo	Futures	Clay	Aleksander Slovič	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss	6–4	Serbia and Montenegro F2, Belgrade	Futures	Clay	Phillip Mullner	6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–7(5–7)
Loss	6–5	Budaörs, Hungary	Challenger	Clay	Tomáš Berdych	2–6, 3–6
Win	7–5	Macedonia F2, Skopje	Futures	Clay	Ilia Kushev	7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), 7–5
Win	8–5	Serbia and Montenegro F1, Belgrade	Futures	Clay	Yordan Kanev	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Loss	8–6	Bulgaria F1, Plovdiv	Futures	Clay	Todor Enev	2–6, 5–7
Loss	8–7	Bulgaria F2, Rousse	Futures	Clay	Ivan Sergeyev	6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	8–8	Macedonia F1, Skopje	Futures	Clay	Predrag Rusevski	3–6, 4–6
Loss	8–9	Macedonia F2, Skopje	Futures	Clay	Predrag Rusevski	3–6, 2–6
Win	9–9	Bulgaria F7, Sofia	Futures	Clay	David Savić	6–2, 7–5
Win	10–9	Bulgaria F1, Sofia	Futures	Clay	Simeon Ivanov	6–1, 6–2
Win	11–9	Bulgaria F6, Bourgas	Futures	Clay	Federico Torresi	3–0 ret.
Win	12–9	Bulgaria F7, Sliven	Futures	Clay	Pedro Clar	6–1, 3–6, 7–5
Loss	12–10	Bulgaria F8, Stara Zagora	Futures	Clay	Tihomir Grozdanov	5–7, 0–1 ret.
Win	13–10	Bulgaria F1, Sandanski	Futures	Clay	Tihomir Grozdanov	2–6, 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 5 (3–2)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (3–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Austria F3, Mondseeland	Futures	Carpet (i)	Milen Velev	Petr Pála Borut Urh	4–6, 6–7
Win	1–1	Greece F4, Alexandroupolis	Futures	Carpet	Milen Velev	Fernando González Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)
Win	2–1	Turkey F3, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Tihomir Grozdanov	Colin Ebelthite Jarryd Maher	3–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Loss	2–2	Bulgaria F2, Varna	Futures	Clay	Tihomir Grozdanov	Alexandru Carpen Adrian Cruciat	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–2	Bulgaria F3, Plovdiv	Futures	Clay	Tihomir Grozdanov	Ivan Anikanov Roman Tudoreanu	6–4, 6–3

Davis Cup

Ivaylo Traykov debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 1997. Since then he has 16 nominations with 20 ties played, his singles W/L record is 8–8 and doubles W/L record is 8–6 (16–14 overall).

Singles (8–8)

Edition	Round	Date	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
1998 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	RPO	19 July 1998	Clay	Pascal Schaul	W	6–3, 6–1
1999 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	30 April 1999	Clay	Jean-Kome Loglo	W	6–4, 5–7, 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
QF	18 July 1999	Clay	Gergely Kisgyörgy	L	2–6, 7–6(7–4), 5–7
2000 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	28 April 2000	Clay	Solon Peppas	W	6–1, 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
QF	21 July 2000	Clay	Lior Mor	W	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
23 July 2000	Harel Levy	L	7–6(7–5), 6–7(8–10), 6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8)
2003 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	4 April 2003	Carpet (I)	Orest Tereshchuk	L	6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 4–6
6 April 2003	Andrey Stepanov	W	7–6(7–3), 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
2004 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	9 April 2004	Carpet (I)	Karim Maamoun	W	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
QF	16 July 2004	Clay	Filippo Volandri	L	4–6, 2–6, 4–6
2005 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	4 March 2005	Carpet (I)	Lado Chikhladze	L	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 3–6
6 March 2005	David Kvernadze	W	6–2, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–0)
2006 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	QF	21 July 2006	Clay	Sebő Kiss	L	3–6, 3–6, 3–6
2007 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	6 April 2007	Carpet (I)	Ernests Gulbis	L	3–6, 2–6, 3–6
8 April 2007	Rihards Emulins	W	6–2, 7–5
RPO	6 April 2007	Clay	Photos Kallias	L	6–7(2–7), 1–6, 2–6

Doubles (8–6)

Edition	Round	Date	Partner	Surface	Opponents	W/L	Result
1997 Europe/Africa Zone Group III	RR	21 May 1997	Ivo Bratanov	Clay	Gordon Asciak Mark Schembri	W	7–6(10–8), 6–3
22 May 1997	Ivo Bratanov	Raigo Saluste Gert Vilms	W	6–2, 6–4
23 May 1997	Ivo Bratanov	Allan Cooper Norbert Oduor	W	6–3, 6–2
SF	24 May 1997	Ivo Bratanov	Evghenii Plugariov Maxim Savitski	W	6–1, 6–3
F	25 May 1997	Ivo Bratanov	Christophe Boggetti Sebastien Graeff	W	6–7(6–8), 6–2, 6–1
1999 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	1 May 1999	Milen Velev	Clay	Jean-Kome Loglo Kossi Loglo	W	6–2, 6–4, 6–4
QF	17 July 1999	Milen Velev	Clay	Zoltán Böröczky Attila Sávolt	L	3–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 5–7
2000 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	1R	29 April 2000	Orlin Stanoytchev	Clay	Konstantinos Economidis Anastasios Vasiliadis	L	6–3, 6–7(1–7), 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
2004 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	10 April 2004	Todor Enev	Carpet (I)	Amr Ghoneim Karim Maamoun	W	6–3, 7–5, 6–2
2006 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	8 April 2006	Ilia Kushev	Clay	Marcos Baghdatis Photos Kallias	W	4–6, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–0
QF	22 July 2006	Yordan Kanev	Clay	Kornél Bardóczky Gergely Kisgyörgy	L	6–4, 4–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 9–11
2007 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	7 April 2007	Ilia Kushev	Carpet (I)	Ernests Gulbis Deniss Pavlovs	L	5–7, 4–6, 2–6
2009 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	QF	11 July 2009	Todor Enev	Clay	Ernests Gulbis Deniss Pavlovs	L	4–6, 4–6, 4–6
2010 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	QF	10 July 2010	Grigor Dimitrov	Clay	Luka Gregorc Grega Žemlja	L	7–6(7–3), 6–7(2–7), 6–7(12–14), 3–6

RPO = Relegation playoff
RR = Round robin