Ivan Ivanov (, , born 30 October 2008) is a Bulgarian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 780, achieved on 2 February 2026.
In 2025, Ivanov has won two majors at junior-level â the boys' singles titles at Wimbledon and at the US Open, becoming the second Bulgarian in history after Grigor Dimitrov to lift both trophies in a season.
Ivanov represents Bulgaria at the Davis Cup.
In July 2022, Ivanov competed in the inaugural boys' U14 event at Wimbledon, where he lost in the semifinals to the eventual champion, Korean Se Hyuk Cho.
Ivanov had successful results on the ITF junior circuit, maintaining a 106âÂÂ35 singles win-loss record. In January 2024, He made his major jr. debut at the Australian Open, where he lost in the first round in singles and the second round in doubles.
In April 2025, Ivanov won the boys' singles category at the J300 Tournoi de Tennis ITF Junior in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France, defeating Ludvig Hede in the final. He also earned the trophy in doubles, playing with Thijs Boogaard â the pair defeated fourth seeds Alejandro Arcila and Karim Bennani in straight sets. The following month, the Bulgarian was a runner-up at the prestigious J500 Trofeo Bonfiglio in Milan, losing to fifth seed and home favourite Jacopo Vasamì in the final.
In June, Ivanov fell short of reaching his first major jr. final, losing to eventual champion Max Schönhaus in the singles semifinals at the French Open, where he also reached the quarterfinals in doubles with Boogaard.
At the 2025 Wimbledon Championships, Ivanov did not lose a set on his way to his first major jr. title, defeating 13th seed Schönhaus and then qualifier Ronit Karki in the final. With this feat, he became the second Bulgarian tennis player to win a boys' singles major title, after Grigor Dimitrov, who won Wimbledon and the US Open in 2008. As a result, Ivanov reached an ITF junior combined ranking of No. 1 on 14 July 2025.
As the top seed at the 2025 US Open, Ivanov made a third consecutive major jr. semifinal with wins over Maximus Dussault and eighth seed Schönhaus. He reached a consecutive junior final with a win over Kazakh Zangar Nurlanuly in straight sets. He earned the title after defeating compatriot Alexander Vasilev in straight sets. The match made history as the first all-Bulgarian major final ever.
In December, Ivanov was named the 2025 world junior champion by the ITF. At 17 years old, he was the first Bulgarian to finish the season as world No. 1 in the junior rankings. He has won five singles and four doubles junior titles overall.
Ivanov made his professional debut in 2023 at the M15 tournament in Manacor. Later in the year he received a qualifying wildcard for the 2023 Rafa Nadal Open, where he lost in the first round to Dane August Holmgren.
In August 2024, playing only the fifth professional event in his career, Ivanov reached his first ITF final at the M15 tournament in Sofia, but lost to Argentine Franco Ribero. He made his ATP Challenger main draw debut after he received a wildcard for the second edition of the Dobrich Challenger, the 2024 Izida Cup.
In May 2025, Ivanov defeated Gergely Madarász in the final of the M15 tournament in Szentendre, Hungary, becoming the first player born in 2008 to win an ITF Men's Tour title. He made his second main draw debut after receiving a wildcard for the two separate editions of the Sofia Challenger, the 2025 Izida Cup. In June 2025, prior to Wimbledon, Ivanov participated in the warm-up exhibition event, the Liverpool International Tennis Tournament 2025, where he reached the semifinals.
At the end of October 2025, one day after his 17th birthday, Ivanov received a main draw wildcard for his ATP Tour debut at the inaugural Hellenic Championship in Athens. He lost in the first round to qualifier Yannick Hanfmann.
Current through the 2025 Hellenic Championship.
Ivanov debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2025. Since then he has 3 nominations with 2 ties played; his singles W/L record is 0âÂÂ2 and doubles W/L record is 0âÂÂ0 (0âÂÂ2 overall).