Vasil Kirkov
_07_(cropped).jpg) Kirkov at the 2023 Cary Challenger II | |
| Country (sports) | .png){kind=small} United States |
|---|---|
| Residence | Tampa, United States |
| Born | 13 March 1999 Asenovgrad, Bulgaria |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Turned pro | 2016 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $ 196,074 |
| Singles | |
| Career titles | 2 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 439 (22 November 2021) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 5–7 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 10 Challengers, 8 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 78 (28 July 2025) |
| Current ranking | No. 78 (28 July 2025) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2025) |
| US Open | 3R (2023) |
| Last updated on: 30 July 2025. | |
Vasil Kirkov (born 13 March 1999) is a Bulgarian-born American professional tennis player. Kirkov has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 78 achieved on 28 July 2025. He also has a career high singles ranking of No. 439 achieved on 22 November 2021. Kirkov has won ten doubles ATP Challenger Tour titles, including six titles in 2025, the second-most Challenger titles for that season.
Career
Kirkov was awarded a qualifying wildcard at the 2016 US Open having reached the final of the USTA National Boy's 18 Championships in Kalamazoo, Michigan.[1][2]
Kirkov made his Grand Slam doubles main draw debut at the 2017 US Open with Danny Thomas after receiving a wildcard for winning the USTA Boy's 18 National hardcourt Championships in Kalamazoo with Thomas.[3][4][5]
In December 2019, Kirkov won the M15 in Cancun, Mexico, his first-ever ITF World Tennis Tour title as the No. 4 seed defeating No. 3 seed Nick Chappell in a close match with a scoreline of 6-7(3), 7-6(8), 7-6(1).[3]
Kirkov won his first Challenger title at the 2023 Challenger Santa Fe partnering Chilean Matias Soto, and his second title at the 2023 Salinas Challenger partnering Alfredo Perez, after defeating Ángel Díaz Jalil and Álvaro Guillén Meza in the final.[6] He reached the third round at the 2023 US Open after receiving a wildcard partnering Denis Kudla[7] but lost to Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek.[8]
He entered the ATP 500 2024 Mubadala Citi DC Open in Washington as a lucky loser partnering Evan King but they lost to Lloyd Glasspool and Santiago Gonzalez in the first round.[9] He also received a wildcard in doubles for the 2024 US Open partnering Christian Harrison.[10]
In March 2025, in Latin America, Kirkov won three back-to-back Challenger doubles titles in Santiago, Asunción, Paraguay and in Concepción, Chile partnering again with Chilean Matias Soto.[11][12][13] Following two challenger finals in Asia, Kirkov reached the top 100 in the doubles rankings on 5 May 2025 at world No. 98. He won his eight title at the Challenger 100, the 2025 Wuxi Open, with Bart Stevens.[14]
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 final)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2017 | French Open | Clay |  Danny Thomas
|
 Nicola Kuhn Zsombor Piros
|
4–6, 4–6 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
Doubles: 26 (18 titles, 8 runner-ups)
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ATP Challenger Finals (10–8)
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (3–7) |
| Clay (7–1) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2023 | Santa Fe, Argentina | Challenger | Clay |  Matías Soto
|
 Ignacio Carou Ignacio Monzón
|
7–6(7–3), 6–2 |
| Win | 2–0 | Jul 2023 | Salinas, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | Alfredo Perez
|
 Ángel Díaz Jalil Álvaro Guillén Meza
|
7–5, 7–5 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Jul 2023 | Lexington, USA | Challenger | Hard | George Goldhoff
|
Eliot Spizzirri Tyler Zink
|
6–4, 3–6, [8–10] |
| Loss | 2–2 | Oct 2023 | Fairfield, US | Challenger | Hard | Denis Kudla
|
Evan King Reese Stalder
|
5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–2 | Jan 2024 | Tenerife, Spain | Challenger | Hard |  Luis David Martínez
|
 Karol Drzewiecki Piotr Matuszewski
|
3–6, 6–4, [10–3] |
| Loss | 3–3 | Feb 2024 | Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis, Bahrain | Challenger | Hard |  Patrik Niklas-Salminen
|
 Petros Tsitsipas Sergio Martos Gornes
|
6–3, 3–6, [8–10] |
| Loss | 3–4 | Nov 2024 | Seoul Open, Korea | Challenger | Hard |  Bart Stevens
|
 Saketh Myneni Ramkumar Ramanathan
|
4–6, 6–4, [3–10] |
| Win | 4–4 | Nov 2024 | Kobe Challenger, Japan | Challenger | Hard (i) | Bart Stevens
|
 Kaichi Uchida Takeru Yuzuki
|
7-6(9-7), 7-5 |
| Loss | 4–5 | Feb 2025 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard |  Marcus Willis
|
 Daniel Cukierman Joshua Paris
|
7-5, 4-6, [10-12] |
| Win | 5–5 | Mar 2025 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Matías Soto
|
 Mateus Alves Luís Britto
|
6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 6–5 | Mar 2025 | Asunción, Paraguay | Challenger | Clay | Matías Soto
|
Mariano Kestelboim Guillermo Durán
|
6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 7–5 | Mar 2025 | Concepción, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Matías Soto
|
Takeru Yuzuki Seita Watanabe
|
6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 7–6 | Apr 2025 | Gwangju, South Korea | Challenger | Hard | Bart Stevens
|
 Ray Ho.svg.png){kind=small} Matthew Romios
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3–6, 6–7(6–8) |
| Loss | 7–7 | May 2025 | Guangzhou, China | Challenger | Hard | Bart Stevens
|
Ray Ho Matthew Romios
|
3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 8–7 | May 2025 | Wuxi, China | Challenger | Hard | Bart Stevens
|
Ray Ho Matthew Romios
|
3–6, 7–5, [10-6] |
| Win | 9–7 | Jun 2025 | Neckarcup, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Bart Stevens
|
Jakob Schnaitter Mark Wallner
|
7–6(7–5), 4-6, [10-7] |
| Loss | 9–8 | Jun 2025 | Perugia, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Robin Haase
|
 Romain Arneodo Manuel Guinard
|
6–3, 3–6, [5–10] |
| Win | 10-8 | Jul 2025 | Braunschweig, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Bart Stevens
|
 Alexander Merino Christoph Negritu
|
6–2, 6–3 |
References
- ^ "Young American Vasil Kirkov Falls In U.S. Open Qualifying". 23 August 2016.
- ^ "USTA PRO CIRCUIT MEN'S TENNIS RETURNS TO SUNRISE" (PDF). 12 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Florida Former 'Bobby' Winners Kirkov, Scholl Capture ITF World Tennis Tour Pro Titles". 19 December 2019.
- ^ "USTA Boys' 18 & 16 National Championships - Vasil Kirkov". USTABoys.com.
- ^ Lewis, Colette (12 August 2017). "Kypson Digs Deep For Second Kalamazoo Title".
- ^ "El ucraniano Marchenko corona el Challenger de Salinas; En la final de dobles, los ecuatorianos Ángel Díaz y Álvaro Guillén quedaron subcampeones" (in Spanish). 30 July 2023.
- ^ "Retiring John Isner and Jack Sock lead doubles wild cards at 2023 US Open". 26 August 2023.
- ^ "Dodig/Krajicek Advance, Top Seeds Koolhof/Skupski Fall At US Open". 4 September 2023.
- ^ "Korda/Michelsen cruise in Washington doubles debut". 1 August 2025.
- ^ "Alex Michelsen and Mackenzie McDonald lead doubles wild cards at 2024 US Open". 23 August 2024.
- ^ "En su mejor momento: Matías Soto vuelve a ganar en dobles y está cerca de obtener su tercer título consecutivo a nivel challenger; El chileno, junto al estadounidense Kirkov, se metieron en las semifinales del Challenger 75 de Concepción." (in Spanish). 27 March 2025.
- ^ "Brilla con luz propia: Matías Soto se mete en la final de dobles en el Challenger de Concepción e irá por su tercer título consecutivo" (in Spanish). 28 March 2025.
- ^ "Su tercer título consecutivo: Matías Soto se coronó campeón en el dobles del Challenger de Concepción" (in Spanish). 30 March 2025.
- ^ @GoJiangsu (May 13, 2025). "Congratulations to Sun Fajing🥳, winner of the #2025WuxiOpen men's singles final 2-0 victory at the #Wuxi International Tennis Center on May 11🎾. Vasil Kirkov and Bart Stevens took the title for the men's doubles🌟? #JiangsuSports #Tennis #ATPCH100 @asian_tennis @atptour @ATPChallenger" (Tweet) – via Twitter.