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BIOGRAPHY

Grigor Dimitrov
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Grigor Dimitrov, born May 16, 1991, in Haskovo, Bulgaria, is a Bulgarian tennis player.

Dimitrov made his tennis debut in 2006, winning the Orange Bowl U16 boys singles and was later named the Eddie Herr International 2007 Rising Star.

In 2008, Dimitrov made his professional debut. His first title came on clay at a futures tournament in Barcelona (19 May). His first 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 Ji?í Van?k (CZE) 7-5 4-6 7-6(6), in the first round of the qualifying draw.

At the start of 2009 he was granted a wildcard to the main draw of the 2009 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In the first round he upset the then world #23 Tomas Berdych (CZE) 4-6 6-3 6-4. In the second round he faced World #1 Rafael Nadal and pushed Nadal to the edge before losing 7-5 3-6 6-2.

Dimitrov playing style is solid from the baseline. His service motion, also in the manner of Federer, is smooth and efficient.