# Gabriel Donev

Gabriel Donev (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.

## 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 |