Grigor Dimitrov is a professional tennis player from Bulgaria. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World Number 3 in November 2017 after winning the ATP Finals that year. As of April 2025, he has won more than US$29 million in prize money, placing him Number 16 in all-time earnings rankings.
Player Profile and Personal Life
Grigor Dimitrov was born on May 16, 1991, in Haskovo, Bulgaria. He stands 191 cm tall and he is right-handed with a one-handed backhand.
His father Dimitar Dimitrov was a tennis coach, and his mother Maria Dimitrova was a sports teacher and former volleyball player. Dimitrov began playing tennis at age three when his mother gave him his first racket. He trained under his father until age sixteen before moving to the Sanchez-Casal Academy in Spain and later joining Patrick Mouratoglou’s Academy in France.
Standing at an imposing height of 191 cm with a one-handed backhand reminiscent of Roger Federer’s style, Dimitrov earned the nickname “Baby Fed” early in his career.
Junior Career
Dimitrov had an illustrious junior career that included winning the boys’ singles titles at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2008.
He became the junior World Number 1 later that year and finished his junior career with a record of seventy-four wins and twenty-eight losses in singles.
Professional Career
Dimitrov turned professional in May 2007 and won his first Futures title later that year. In October 2013 at the Stockholm Open, he became the first Bulgarian man to win an ATP singles title by defeating David Ferrer in three sets.
In 2014, Dimitrov had a breakout season in which he won three ATP titles on three different surfaces.
On hard court, he claimed the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco by defeating Kevin Anderson in a three-set final. On clay, he secured the title at the BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy in Bucharest with a straight-sets victory over Lukáš Rosol. Finally, on grass, Dimitrov triumphed at the Aegon Championships at Queen’s Club in London.
Also in 2014, he reached his first Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon after defeating defending champion Andy Murray but lost to Novak Djokovic in four sets.
In 2017, Dimitrov reached new heights by winning four titles that year, including his first Masters title at Cincinnati Open and the ATP Finals in London. At the Australian Open, he reached the semifinals but lost to Rafael Nadal in a five-set thriller. These achievements propelled him to World Number 3.
In 2022, he marked his milestone three-hundred-fiftieth tour-level win and reached the semifinals of the Monte-Carlo Masters.
Then in 2024, He reached the quarterfinals of the French Open for the first time, completing a career milestone by reaching quarterfinals at all four Grand Slam tournaments.
Career Record
Singles
- Career Titles: Nine ATP titles (including one Masters title)
- Highest Singles Ranking: No. 3 on November 20, 2017
Best Grand Slam Singles Performances
- Australian Open - Semifinalist (2017)
- French Open - Quarterfinalist (2024)
- Wimbledon - Semifinalist (2014)
- US Open - Semifinalist (2019)
Other Tournaments
- Tour Finals - Winner (2017)
Doubles
- Highest Doubles Ranking: No. 66 on August ‘13
