Grigor Dimitrov

Began to play tennis at age five...Nicknamed G-Force, Dimi, PT (Prime Time)...Only child of father, Dimitar, who is a tennis coach, and mother, Maria, who is a sports teacher and former volleyball player... Speaks Bulgarian and English...Considers favorite shot backhand down the line and favorite surfaces are hard court and grass...Ambition is to be World No. 1...Idol is growing up was Pete Sampras...Hobbies include cars, computers and watches...Compiled outstanding junior results, finishing as No. 3 junior in world in 2008...Captured Wimbledon and US Open junior titles and advanced to QF at Roland Garros in '08...In '07, reached Orange Bowl final in Miami (l. to Berankis)...Practices at Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in Paris.

2011 -- The 3rd-youngest player in Top 100 (behind Tomic, Harrison) and top player from Bulgaria finished a year-end best No. 76, highlighted by 3 ATP World Tour QF showings on as many surfaces, in Munich (l. to F. Mayer) on clay, Eastbourne (l. to Tipsarevic) on grass and Bangkok (l. to Murray) on hard...Won a personal-best 18 matches and compiled marks of 11-16 on hard, 4-4 on grass and 3-5 on clay…Went 0-4 vs. Top 10 opponents…Earned a career-high $388,370...In early season Challenger action, won title in Cherbourg and finished with 6-2 mark...

2010 -- The young Bulgarian was youngest player at 19 years, six months to finish in Top 125 at a year-end best No. 106…Early in season won three Futures titles, two in Germany and one in Spain…Then between Aug. 23 and Sept. 26, won three straight Challenger titles at Geneva (d. Andujar) and two more in Bangkok (d. Kravchuk and d. Kudryavtsev)…After three events climbed from No. 245 to No. 136…In October, reached final at Orleans in France (l. to Mahut)…Compiled a 40-31 Challenger match record…In only ATP World Tour play outing at Queen’s, reached second round (d. Bogdanovic, l. to Lopez).

2009 -- Granted wild card in Rotterdam (d. Berdych; l. to World No. 1 Nadal 75 36 62)…Wild card at Marseille (l. to Simon 7-5 in third set, having served for match at 5-3)…Reached Queen’s Club 2nd RD…As wild card at Wimbledon retired with knee injury versus Kunitsyn…Wild card at Bastad…In September, won first Challenger doubles title (w/Gabashvili) at Trnava…

2008 -- Won three Futures title at Barcelona and Madrid…First ATP match at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (d. Andreev) in June…Won junior Wimbledon and US Open titles…Earned wild card at AMS Madrid (l. to Serra in 1st RD)…Also a wild card in Basel…