Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov as a Wimbledon youth champion in 2008
Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Residence	Haskovo, Bulgaria
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2008
Plays	right (one handed backhand)
Prize money	USD $21,026
Singles
Career record	29–19
Career titles	0 ATP, 3 Future
Highest ranking	477 (September 29, 2008)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	-
French Open	-
Wimbledon	-
US Open	-
Doubles
Career record	14-10
Career titles	0 ATP, 1 Future
Highest ranking	696 (June 23, 2008)
Last updated on: November 02, 2008.

Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgarian: Григор Димитров) (born May 16, 1991, in Haskovo) is a junior tennis player from Bulgaria.

Junior career

In 2006 he won the Orange Bowl U16 boys singles and was later named the Eddie Herr International 2007 Rising Star.

In 2007, Grigor was the finalist at the Orange Bowl U18 boys singles, losing to Ričardas Berankis of Lithuania. Alongside Vasek Pospisil, he reached the 2007 U.S. Open doubles final, falling to Jonathan Eysseric and Jérôme Inzerillo.

He began the 2008 grand slam season with a quarterfinal showing at Roland Garros, losing to Poland's Jerzy Janowicz in three sets. However he went on to win Wimbledon after defeating Henri Kontinen of Finland, 7-5 6-3 in the final. He won the title without dropping a set despite playing with a shoulder injury throughout the tournament. The victory saw him join former junior champions Roger Federer and Stefan Edberg and guaranteed him a wildcard entry into the 2009 Wimbledon men's draw. His success continued at the US Open, which he won on September 7, defeating American qualifier Devin Britton 6-3,6-4. On his way to the title he also defeated top seed Tsung-hua Yang of Taiwan in the semi-finals. After the tournament Dimitrov announced that he was ending his junior career and focusing on improving his ATP ranking. On September 8 he became junior world number one overtaking Tsung-hua Yang.

Professional career

Grigor began frequent participation in men's events in 2008. His first title came on clay at a futures tournament in Barcelona (19 May). His fist ATP level match was at 's-Hertogenbosch where he lost to Igor Andreev (RUS) 1-6, 3-6. After his junior US Open title he won back to back futures tournaments in Madrid on hard court and rose 300 places to career high ranking of 477. The achievement attracted enough attention to earn him a wildcard into the AMS Madrid qualifying draw where he lost 3-6 3-6 to then #64 Florent Serra (FRA). After being granted another wildcard to the Davidoff Swiss Indoors Championships in Basel, he won his first professional match at the ATP level by defeating #122 Jiří Vaněk (CZE) 75 46 76(6), in the first round of the qualifying draw.

Finals

Junior Grand Slam singles wins (2)

Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponents in the final	Score
2008	Wimbledon	Grass	Henri Kontinen	7-5 6-3
-	U.S. Open	Hard	Devin Britton	6-4 6-3

Singles wins (3)

Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponents in the final	Score
2008	Valldoreix F20 ITF FU $ 10 000	Clay	Pablo Santos-Gonzalez	6-3 6-4
-	Mostoles-Madrid F34 ITF FU $ 15 000	Hard	Ignacio Coll-Riudavets	7-6(3) 6-3
-	Alcorcon-Madrid F35 ITF FU $ 15 000	Hard	Ludovic Walter	6-4 6-4

Doubles wins (1)

Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
2008	Murcia F5 ITF FU $ 10 000	Clay	Carlos Poch-Gradin	Carlos Gonzalez-De Cueto Rhyne Williams	7-6(4) 6-3

Doubles runner-ups (1)

Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
2008	Majorca F2 ITF FU $ 10 000	Clay	Juan-Albert Viloca-Puig	Julien Jeanpierre Xavier Pujo	5-7 2-6

External links

• Grigor Dimitrov at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Template:ITF junior profile
• Davis Cup profile
• Information Tennis profile of Grigor Dimitrov