Teimuraz Gabashvili

Began playing at age six at school....Born in Tbilisi, Georgia and moved to Moscow at age nine...Father, Besiki, is a retired auditor; mother, Ana, is a retired doctor...Has one younger brother, Levan, who plays pro basketball for Tbilisi Dynamo, and one younger sister, Ecaterina, who is a student...His uncle was a world champion from Russia in diving...Speaks Russian, Georgian, Spanish and English...His idols growing up were Lance Armstrong and six-time World No. 1 Pete Sampras... Hobbies include playing soccer and basketball...Does not have a favorite surface (enjoys playing on all) and considers return as strength in his game...Along with his parents and grandparents, says coach Andrei Kesarev, are most inspirational people in his life...Kesarev trained him for nine years for free since he couldn't afford a coach...Wife, Maria...Coached by former ATP pro Francisco Roig and Alvaro Margets from Barcelona Total Tennis Club.

2002 -- Won Futures doubles title in Saransk, Russia (w/Pavlioutchenkov).

2003 -- Claimed four Futures titles while posting a record of 29-6. Claimed doubles title at La Palma, Spain, futures event...

2004 -- Made ATP debut in Bastad, losing in three sets to Patience. Also played in Moscow, losing to Sargsian. Reached Challenger final in Bukhara, Uzbekistan (l. to Mertinak). Was 19-19 in Challengers. Claimed doubles title at Togliatti Challenger (w/ Vlasov).

2005 -- Opened season with win over Blake to reach Delray Beach 2nd RD (l. to Spadea). Also reached 2nd RD at ATP stop in Moscow (d. Muller, l. to Mirnyi). Reached three Challenger finals, claiming title at Poznan (d. A. Garcia). Runner-up at Barcelona (l. to Roitman) and Reunion Island (l. to Kohlschreiber). Finished 26-17 in Challengers...Doubles winner at Reunion Island (w/Robert)...

2006 -- Compiled consistent Challenger results (13-13 record) to finish just outside Top 100 of ATP Rankings...Reached 2nd RD at ATP stop in Barcelona (d. Andreev, l. to Wawrinka)...Then took a set off countryman Safin at AMS Rome...In June-July, reached SF at Challengers in Furth, Braunschweig and Poznan...Reached 2nd RD in Stuttgart and Washington, D.C. ...In US Open debut, defeated Daniel (l. to Blake)...Reached 2nd RD in Moscow, defeating Muller before falling to Davydenko...In final ATP tournament at AMS Paris, took place of Federer as a lucky loser and advanced to 3rd RD (l. to Nieminen)...Afterwards, climbed from 130 to No. 103...In doubles, claimed title at Grenoble Challenger (w/Korolev)...

2007 -- Advanced to first ATP QF at Memphis and 3rd RD at AMS Indian Wells (l. to Haas). Beat No. 7 Fernando Gonzalez in five sets for first Top 10 win en route to US Open 2nd RD. Rose to career-high No. 71 on Mar 19... In doubles, reached maiden ATP final at Indianapolis (w/ Karlovic).

2008

The Russian reached four ATP QF and won four Challenger titles to finish in year-end Top 100 for first time...Established personal-best ATP match wins (13) and went 29-10 in Challenger play...In February, reached consecutive ATP indoor QF in Rotterdam (l. to Simon) and Zagreb (l. to Ljubicic)...Followed with three clay court Challenger titles in May-June, at Telde (d. Andujar), Karlsruhe (d. Kamke) and Milan (d. Hartfield)...Continued clay success at ATP level, reaching QF in Amersfoort (l. to Gicquel) and Bucharest (l. to Gasquet)...Earned a career-high $260,489.