Coordinates	37°46′45.48″N122°25′9.12″N
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Settlement type	Village
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Unit pref	Imperial
Timezone	CET
Utc offset	+1
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Raonići is a village in the municipality of Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

References

Category:Populated places in Višegrad

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Coordinates	37°46′45.48″N122°25′9.12″N
Name	Milos Raonic
Country
Residence	Thornhill, Ontario, Canada; Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Birth date	December 27, 1990
Birth place	Titograd, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia
Height
Turnedpro	2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	$697,768
Singlesrecord	30–20 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Singlestitles	1
Highestsinglesranking	No. 25 (May 2, 2011)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 26 (August 8, 2011)
Australianopenresult	4R (2011)
Frenchopenresult	1R (2011)
Wimbledonresult	2R (2011)
Usopenresult	1R (2010)
Doublesrecord	6–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Doublestitles	0
Highestdoublesranking	No. 232 (June 13, 2011)
Updated	July 18, 2011 }}

Milos Raonic ( , Montenegrin/Serbian: Милош Раонић, ''Miloš Raonić'' ; born December 27, 1990) is a Canadian professional tennis player from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.

Born in what is now Podgorica, Montenegro, Raonic moved to Canada with his family at the age of 3. Raonic is Canada's highest ATP ranked male singles player and the country's highest ever ranked player since computer rankings began in 1973. He qualified for his first grand slam event at the 2010 U.S. Open. In 2011 he rose from World No. 152 to World No. 37 in just a month, after he reached the fourth round of the Australian Open and won his first ATP title at the 2011 SAP Open. Raonic, who prefers to play on hard courts, plays an all-court game but is most notable for his serve, which is both powerful and accurate. Since late autumn of 2010 he has been coached by former Spanish pro player Galo Blanco in Barcelona.

Junior tennis career

Raonic's first ITF-sanctioned junior tennis event was the qualifying draw for the Canadian ITF Group 4 Championships in October 2003, where he lost in the first round to fellow Canadian Kirill Sinitsyn, 6–7, 3–6. His next junior circuit action was a year later at the Canadian ITF Championships 1 event, where he lost in the first round of the main draw, 4–6, 4–6 to compatriot Peter Marrack. In doubles at the same event he and partner Sheharyar Wali, also Canadian, reached the second round.

He won his first ITF tournament singles match in October 2005, defeating compatriot Tony Dang in three sets before falling in the round of 16 to American Christopher Racz. In doubles, he and compatriot Mohammed Niaki reached the semi-finals. Two weeks later, at the Canadian ITF Grade 3 Championships, Raonic reached his first final, where he and partner Sinitsyn lost to Marrack and Peter Polansky. In singles he lost again to Marrack in the first round.

In April 2006, Raonic reached the later rounds in a singles event, defeating Marrack in straight sets in the quarter-finals at the 24th All-Canadian ITF Junior Championships before losing to Julien Gauthier in the semis. After reaching the second round in singles of the Canadian Junior Open (Grade 1) in August, he then won the 2006 U18 ITF World Ranking Event (Grade 4) in early October, defeating Gauthier in the final 6–4, 6–0. He also captured the doubles title partnering compatriot John Taylor.

Raonic reached the third round in singles at a Grade 1 junior event in November–December 2006, the Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships. Two weeks later he lost the singles final of the Grade 4 Prince Cup and won the doubles. In 2007 he lost early in the Grade 2 and Grade 1 junior events he entered. Raonic did however reach the finals of the Grade 3 US Junior International Hard Court Championships in August and won both the Grade 3 2007 U18 ITF World Ranking Event and Grade 4 U18 ITF World Ranking Event 2 in October on home soil. He also won the doubles at these events, partnering compatriot Nathaniel Gery for both. In doubles, he also lost in the final of the Pan American Closed ITF Championships (Group B1) in early October, partnering American Waylon Chin.

In December 2007, Raonic qualified for the prestigious Orange Bowl Tennis Championships, a Grade A event. He went on to reach the third round where he lost to American Chase Buchanan, 4–6 in the third. Raonic began 2008 with a bang in juniors, winning the Grade 1 Nottinghill ITF event doubles event, partnering American Bradley Klahn. He and Klahn the following week reached the second round of the Australian Open before winning the Grade 1 USTA International Spring Championships in March–April. At the USTA International Spring, Raonic reached the quarter-finals for the first time in singles at a Grade 1 event, losing to Klahn in straight sets.

Professional tennis career

2007

Raonic was given wild cards into three Tennis Canada and Banque Nationale sponsored ITF Futures events in March, held indoors in the Province of Quebec. At Hull he won his first ever singles match played, over World No. 687 Fabrice Martin , 7–5, 2–6, 6–4. He lost in the next round to World No. 661 Patrick Schmolzer, 3–6, 3–6. The following week he lost in the first round to No. 2 seed John Paul Frattero, 6–7, 3–6. In doubles, at both events, Raonic partnered fellow junior Vasek Pospisil and lost in the first round. Then in Rock Forest he again reached the second round, going out to No. 1 seed, Davis Cup teammate, hometown favourite and future coach Fred Niemeyer. He and Niemeyer played doubles in Sherbrooke too and reached the semi-finals.

Raonic saw his first ATP Challenger Series action in the summer, receiving a further wild card into the main draw of the Granby Challenger. He lost to No. 5 seed Gary Lugassy in the first round handily, 4–6, 0–6. He also played doubles with Lugassy but went out in the first round. Raonic ended the year ranked World No. 1386, in both singles and doubles.

2008

Raonic was again a wild card entrant in singles in the Banque Nationale Futures events in Quebec in March, fairing far better this time. At Canada F1 in Gatineau, he and partner Milan Pokrajac, unseeded, won the doubles title, while in singles he lost to World No. 457 Michael Yani in the quarter-finals in three sets. The following week in Montreal Raonic and Pokrajac finished doubles runners-up and in singles Raonic went out in the second round. Then in Canada F3 in Sherbrooke, Raonic reached his first tour finals in singles, winning four three-set matches to do so. In the final he lost 5–7, 6–7(4) to unseeded Italian Enrico Iannuzzi . In doubles, he and Pokrajac lost in the first round.

In late April, Raonic next competed in an ITF tour event, defeating compatriot Kirill Sinitsyn 6–2, 6–0 to qualify (as the No. 5 seed) for the main draw in singles at U.S.A. F9 in Vero Beach on outdoor clay. In the main draw he lost however in the first round to fellow qualifier American Marcus Fugate, 1–6, 4–6. Raonic was a direct entrant into the main doubles draw, but he and partner Adam El Mihdawy lost in the first round. The following week at U.S.A. F10 in Orange Park, Florida, Raonic lost in the third round of singles qualifying despite being the No. 3 seed. He did not compete in any tour events next until July.

In July, Raonic, as a wild-card entrant, lost in the first round in singles of back-to-back Canadian held Challenger events, Granby and Moncton. In doubles he and partner Vasek Pospisil reached the second round at Granby but lost in the first in Moncton. The following week he received a wild card in qualifying for the 2008 Rogers Cup and lost in the first round to World No. 203 Alexandre Kudryavtsev 3–6, 4–6.

The next tour action Raonic saw was in October in Japan. In Kashiwa at Japan F10 he lost in the first round to fellow unseeded player Hiroki Kondo 4–6, 2–6. In doubles he and partner Tadayuki Longhi reached the second round. The following week at Japan F11 in Tokyo, Raonic upset No. 2 seed Tatsuma Ito in three sets before falling to Thailand Davis Cupper Peerakiat Siriluethaiwattana in the second round. He did not play doubles.

Raonic competed his 2008 tour play as a wild card entrant in the Rimouski Challenger, where he lost in the first round to Jose De Armas after taking the first set. In doubles however, he and partner Vasek Pospisil teamed to capture their first Challenger title. The wild cards defeated the No. 2 seeds in the semis and the No. 3 seeded team of Kristian Pless and Michael Ryderstedt in the final, 5–7, 6–4, 10–6. Raonic finished 2008 World No. 915 in singles and No. 513 in doubles. Following the 2008 season Raonic turned down an offer from the University of Virginia and turned pro signing on with the SFX agency.

2009

Raonic began his year in mid-January attempting to qualify in singles for U.S.A. F1 in Boca Raton, Florida, losing in three sets in the qualifying round as the No. 13 seed. He qualified the following week for the main draw at U.S.A. F2 as the No. 12 seed, but lost in the first round of the main draw. Qualifying for singles allowed him to enter the doubles draw as a wild card—he and partner Kevin Botti reached the second round.

The next week at U.S.A. F3 in Plantation, Florida, Raonic again lost in singles in the qualifying round, this time as the No. 9 seed. After a week off, he qualified for Croatia F1, as the No. 11 seed. He then knocked off World No. 293 and No. 7 seed Jan Mertl, World No. 425 Ivaylo Traykov, and No. 606 Denis Matsukevich before falling to No. 8 seed Louk Sorensen in the semi-finals. In doubles he and compatriot Erik Chvojka, the No. 3 seeds, reached the second round. The following week the Canadian doubles duo reached the finals of Croatia F2; in singles, Roanic again qualified for the main draw and then reached the quarter-finals.

After a couple weeks off, Raonic captured his first tour singles title, Canada F2 in Montreal. Receiving a wild card from Tennis Canada to play in the main draw, Raonic faced no seeded players and two qualifiers—he defeated World No. 594 Gregoire Burquier in the final, 6–3, 6–4. In doubles, he and Vasek Pospisil, the top seeds, reached the second round. The team then did one better the following week at Canada F3 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, reaching the semi-finals, again as the top seeds. In singles, Milos lost to Vasek in the quarter-finals in three close sets.

Two weeks later Raonic again qualified for the main draw at a Futures event, this time as the No. 4 seed at U.S.A. F7, and reached the quarter-finals. He and partner Philip Bester, as the No. 3 seeds, captured the doubles title, defeating the No. 1 seeds in the final, Lester Cook and Treat Conrad Huey. The following week in Little Rock, Arkansas, Milos qualified for the main draw as the No. 2 seed, but lost in the first round. He did not play doubles.

Raonic's next action was in June at Slovenia F2. For the first time he received a spot in the main draw of a singles tournament based solely on this ranking. He lost however in the first round, to No. 1 seed Pavol Cervenak, 4–6, 2–6. In doubles, he and partner Aljaz Bedene lost in the second round. The following week at Slovenia F3 Milos again lost in the first round, this time to No. 3 seed Denis Molchanov . He and Molchanov teamed to win the doubles title however, the fourth tour doubles title of Raonic's career. The next week, Raonic reached the quarter-finals of Italy F15, on clay in Padova, while in doubles he and partner Marc Fornell-Mestrs reached the second round. He completed his European swing losing in the first round of Italy F16 in singles while reaching the semis in doubles, partnering with Stefano Valenti.

After two weeks off, Raonic resumed play at U.S.A. F16 in Pittsburgh, on clay. The No. 7 seed, he was upset in the second round by Rhyne Williams. In doubles he and partner Pospisil, the top seeds, lost in the semi-finals. The following week in Peoria, Illinois, the No. 6 seed Raonic reached the quarter-finals where he was upset by the unseeded Pospisil. He and Vasek captured the doubles title however, winning their final three matches handily. After a week off, Raonic once again received a wild card into the main draw of the Granby Challenger. He played World No. 262 to a first-set tie-break loss before succumbing in the second set 1–6. In doubles, he and Pospisil lost in a second-round tie-break to the No. 2 seeds Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski.

The following week Raonic was given a wild card into singles qualifying for the 2009 Rogers Cup, where he began by beating World No. 77 Teymuraz Gabashvili in three sets following up with a straight sets win over World No. 113 Michael Llodra in the qualifying round. In the main draw, he lost to World No. 10 Fernando Gonzalez in three sets. Raonic finished the match having served and returned better on first serves than his opponent, and having won more points in the match, 112 to 107. In the week following this result, he lost to Kittipong Wachiramanowong in three sets in the final of Thailand F1 and, with partner Nikolaus Moser, won the doubles title. Then playing just singles in the next two weeks, he won the title for Thailand F2 and reached the semis of Thailand F3 (l/Jamie Baker).

Raonic spent the autumn of 2009 playing on the American Challenger circuit, but with less success than he had in summer. He finished 2009 ranked World No. 373 in singles and No. 425 in doubles.

2010

Raonic started the 2010 season with new coach, former teammate Frédéric Niemeyer. Raonic reached the semi-finals of three of his first five ITF Futures events in doubles, Great Britain F1, F2, partnering with Uladzimir Ignatik, and France F2 playing with Romain Jouan. He also won his doubles Davis Cup tie playing against Colombia with World No. 1 Daniel Nestor. He lost, however, both of his singles rubbers in Bogota.

In mid-April Raonic captured the Korea F2 singles title as the top seed, defeating No. 3 Hiroki Kondo in the final 6–1, 6–1. He did so without losing a set and by winning his first match without conceding a game, over World No. 668 Min-Hyoek Cho. In May he captured his second title in three weeks, dropping just one set in taking Korea F4. The following week he lost to No. 8 seed Tatsuma Ito in the first round of the 2010 Busan Open Challenger Tennis tournament. Despite the loss he saw his singles ranking reach a career high for the second time in two weeks, at World No. 303. Raonic reached a new career high singles ranking in late June, rising to World No. 276.

In July Raonic reached the singles finals of the 2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby before falling to No. 1 seed Tobias Kamke 3–6, 6–7. This result saw Raonic's ranking go to yet another new career best World No. 209. The following week Raonic received a special exemption to appear in the main draw of the 2010 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open where he has lost to No. 7 seed Robert Kendrick in the first round, 6–7(3), 4–6. Granted a wild card into the singles main draw of the 2010 Rogers Cup, Raonic lost in the first round to Victor Hănescu, 4–6, 4–6. In doubles he and partner Vasek Pospisil had the privilege of playing against Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, and winning, 10–8 in the tie-break. It was first time that the World Nos. 1 and 2 had played together in a tour doubles match since Jimmy Connors and Arthur Ashe did so in 1976. Raonic and Pospisil lost in the second round, however.

Raonic qualified for the U.S. Open but lost his main draw first round match to Australia No. 3 and wild card entrant Carsten Ball. Two weekends later in the Davis cup, versus the Dominican Republic, Raonic won his singles match 9–7 in the fifth set over Victor Estrella, as Canada won the tie 5–0 to stay in the Americas Zone Group 1 for 2011.

After a week off, Milos qualified for the 2010 Proton Malaysian Open. He reached quarterfinals before losing to Igor Andreev. One week later, Raonic qualified for the 2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championship. He lost to World No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the second round. Raonic competed well against Nadal, returning better on first serve in fact (winning 20% of points to Nadal's 14) while serving well on first serve (getting 67% of his first serves in play, winning 86% of those points). He had more chances to break point but experience and poise won out for the veteran as Nadal converted both of his only two break points and Raonic, none of his five.

The next two weeks playing in Asia, Tennis Canada hired Galo Blanco, who had worked with fellow Canadian player Steven Diez in Spain, on a two-week trial basis.(Niemeyer wished to step down and he and Blanco co-coached during this period.) Unseeded, Milos reached the quarter-finals of the 2010 Tashkent Challenger. After defeating No. 2 seed and Indian No. 1 Somdev Devvarman in the second round in straight sets, he was forced to retire with a sore shoulder trailing No. 5 seed Karol Beck. After a couple of weeks off, with Blanco now in charge, Raonic lost in the first round of qualifying for the 500 Series 2010 Valencia Open 500, to No. 2 seed Pablo Cuevas. It was turned out to be the last tour action he had for the year. Instead, he turned his attention to a six-week off-season training regiment in Barcelona, under the guidance of Blanco and trainer Tony Estalella, one that Blanco later described, during the 2011 Australian Open, as "amazing." In the second round he defeated No. 22 seed Michaël Llodra of France, again in three sets, becoming the first Canadian man in 10 years to reach the third round of a singles Grand Slam. He then knocked out the Russian World No. 10 Mikhail Youzhny in four sets to reach the fourth round, the first qualifier to make the 4th round of a Grand Slam since 1999. Playing his next match at the Hisense Arena, he fell to World No. 7 David Ferrer after he lost the last three sets, despite winning the first.

Despite the loss, Raonic received rave reviews for his performance at the Australian Open, such as when John McEnroe referred to Raonic as "the real deal" on Twitter, or the BBC's reference to Raonic as part of "a new generation". Martina Navratilova referred to Raonic as "a new star" saying that "the sky is the limit" for the young tennis player, and the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' referred to Raonic as a "future superstar".

Two weeks later, Raonic began play at the SAP Open tournament. After upsetting No. 4 seed Xavier Malisse in the first round in two sets, he then beat James Blake, again in two sets. After beating Richard Berankis in the quarterfinal match, 6–4, 7–6(2), he reached ATP tournament semifinals for the first time in his career. Raonic advanced to his first final of an ATP tournament when the No. 2 seed Gaël Monfils defaulted in the semifinals citing a wrist injury. In the final, Milos beat 1st seeded Fernando Verdasco 7–6(6), 7–6(5), winning his first ATP title, and became the first Canadian player to win an ATP singles tournament since Greg Rusedski in 1995 (before Rusedski started representing Great Britain).

Raonic received a wild card into the main singles draw of the following week's 2011 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships. Interestingly, he opened against Fernando Verdasco, the player he had just faced two days earlier, and prevailed again, this time in three sets. Milos next defeated Radek Štěpánek also in three sets, serving a career-high 38 aces in the process. After defeating qualifier Robert Kendrick in the quarter-finals, again losing the second set before prevailing, Raonic continued his unbeaten run, defeating No. 4 seed Mardy Fish in the semis, once again despite dropping the second set. He lost a closely contested final, however, to No. 1 seed and two-time Memphis champion Andy Roddick, 6–7(7), 7–6(11), 5–7, with Roddick making a diving forehand to win break point, on his fifth championship point for the match. Raonic's performance in this tournament elevated him to yet another career high ranking of World No. 37, making him the highest-ranked Canadian male singles player in ATP Rankings history.

Raonic won both his singles Davis Cup rubbers against Mexico on clay as well as the doubles tie together with Vasek Pospisil to advance Canada to the second round.

He was given a wild card berth for the Indian Wells Masters 1000 tournament main draw, where he lost to Ryan Harrison in the third round after wins over Marsel İlhan and Mardy Fish in the first two rounds. At the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open, Raonic was initially given a wild card berth, but due to his new career-high ranking of World No. 34, he was given direct entry as a seed after other seeded players withdrew. Seeded 31st, Raonic lost his opener to Somdev Devvarman, 6–7(5), 5–7.

Raonic started the clay court season at the Monte-Carlo Masters tournament by winning over Michaël Llodra and Ernests Gulbis before falling to 4th seed and eventual finalist David Ferrer in the third round. After the tournament, Raonic rose to a new career-high ranking of 28, his first time in the top 30. It is also his 7th week in the top 50. He reached third round at the 2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, and advanced to the semifinals at the 2011 Estoril Open (5th seeded there, he disposed of Igor Andreev in the first round, of João Sousa in the second round, and upset Gilles Simon in the quarterfinal before retiring due to a back injury against Fernando Verdasco 4–6 0–0). Raonic lost in the first rounds of the 2011 Mutua Madrid Open (to Feliciano Lopez), the 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia (to Fernando Verdasco) and in the 2011 French Open (to Michael Berrer).

On grass courts, Raonic's reached quarterfinals at the 2011 Gerry Weber Open by taking out both Pablo Andujar and Tobias Kamke in straight sets before losing to Philipp Petzschner in three. In doubles with partner Robin Hasse, he reached his first ATP World Tour doubles final. The pair lost to Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (the nicknamed "Indo-Pak Express") 9–11 in the deciding tie-break. At Wimbledon 31st seeded Milos advanced to the second round after disposing of Marc Gicquel. However in his second round match Raonic had to retire after winning 3 games in the first set due to injury.

Tennis Canada announced that Raonic underwent hip surgery, and will miss 6 weeks.

Equipment

Raonic endorses the Wilson K Factor [K]Blade 98 and he uses LUXILON M2 Pro 1.25 16L Strings. He also endorses Lacoste clothing.

Grand Slam performance timeline

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Colour commentating

Raonic is working for Rogers Sportsnet as a colour analyst for their broadcast of the 2011 Rogers Cup.

Personal

Raonic moved together with his family to Canada at the age of 3 from Titograd, Yugoslavia or what is now Podgorica, Montenegro. Raonic started playing tennis at the age of 8 at the Blackmore Tennis club in Richmond Hill, Ontario with coach, Casey Curtis. Growing up in the suburbs of Toronto, Ontario, Raonic stated how Canada is mostly a hockey country. He says he chose tennis because of its "individuality and [because he] felt [he] could train more alone and on a ball machine with [his] dad". His brother Momir, and sister Jelena, have moved back to Montenegro and Raonic says he visits his family there often. Raonic's uncle Branimir Gvozdenović used to be the Minister of Urbanism and Environmental Protection in the Government of Montenegro where he also performed the vice-prime minister duties. His parents live in Canada and are both engineers, his father Dusan holds a PhD in engineering and his mother Vesna has a masters degree in the same field, while his sister also has a masters degree. Raonic is fluent in two languages, speaking both Serbian and English. His three favourite sports teams are Real Madrid C.F., Toronto Raptors, and Toronto Maple Leafs.

In an interview after his third round win at the 2011 Australian Open it was questioned if he would follow in the footsteps of Greg Rusedski the last great Canadian tennis player who ended up playing for his second nationality in Great Britain. When asked if he would continue to play for Canada he replied "Yes". Raonic has shown a passion for Canada and the game of tennis in the country. This was displayed in an October, 2010 interview where he said of the matter that "I want to make a singles career, I enjoy it more and I want to make a difference in Canada with it. I feel if I were to achieve my goals it could make a great difference to the growth of tennis in Canada and help to produce more top players in the future."

References

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Coordinates	37°46′45.48″N122°25′9.12″N
Name	Roger Federer
Country
Residence	Bottmingen, Switzerland
Birth date	August 08, 1981
Birth place	Basel, Switzerland
Height
Turnedpro	1998
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	$ 68,723,311
Singlesrecord	823–188 (81.40% in ATP (World) Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Singlestitles	72 (ATP World Tour and Grand Slam)
Highestsinglesranking	No. 1 (2 February 2004)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 3 (27 February 2012)
Australianopenresult	W (2004, 2006, 2007, 2010)
Frenchopenresult	W (2009)
Wimbledonresult	W (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009)
Usopenresult	W (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
Othertournaments	Yes
Masterscupresult	W (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011)
Olympicsresult	4th place (losing bronze-finalist) ()
Doublesrecord	119–76 (61% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Doublestitles	8 (ATP World Tour and Grand Slam)
Othertournamentsdoubles	yes
Grandslamsdoublesresults	yes
Australianopendoublesresult	3R (2003)
Frenchopendoublesresult	1R (2000)
Wimbledondoublesresult	QF (2000)
Usopendoublesresult	3R (2002)
Olympicsdoublesresult	20px Gold Medal ()
Highestdoublesranking	No. 24 (9 June 2003)
Currentdoublesranking	No. 137 (16 January 2012)
Updated	3 March 2012}}

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Roger Federer () (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who holds the ATP No. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks. He was number 1 ranked for a total of 285 weeks, second only by a week to Pete Sampras' 286 weeks. As of 27 February 2012, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles. He is one of seven male players to capture the career Grand Slam and one of three (with Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal) to do so on three different surfaces (clay, grass, and hard courts). He is the only male player in tennis history to have reached the title match of each Grand Slam tournament at least five times and also the final at each of the nine ATP Masters 1000 Tournaments. Many sports analysts, tennis critics, and former and current players consider Federer to be the greatest tennis player of all time.

Federer has appeared in an unprecedented 23 career Grand Slam tournament finals, including a men's record ten in a row, and appeared in 18 of 19 finals from the 2005 Wimbledon Championships through the 2010 Australian Open, the lone exception being the 2008 Australian Open. He holds the record of reaching the semifinals or better of 23 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments over five and a half years, from the 2004 Wimbledon Championships through the 2010 Australian Open. At the 2012 Australian Open, he reached a record 31st consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal.

Federer has won a record 6 ATP World Tour Finals and 18 ATP Masters Series tournaments (second all-time). He also won the Olympic gold medal in doubles with his compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. He spent eight years (2003–2010) continuously in the top 2 in the year-end rankings and nine (2003–2011) in the Top 3, also a record among male players. His rivalries with Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are considered two of the greatest of all time in the sport (also dubbed the Trivalry). Federer is greatly respected by fans and by fellow players alike as shown by the fact that he has won the ATPWorldTour.com Fans' Favorite Award a record 9 consecutive times (2003-2011) and the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award (which is voted for by the players themselves) a record 7 times overall and six times consecutively (2004-2009, 2011). Federer also won the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year Award in 2006. In 2011, he was voted the second most trusted and respected human in the world, second only to Nelson Mandela.

As a result of Federer's successes in tennis, he was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for a record four consecutive years (2005–2008). He is often referred to as the Federer Express or abbreviated to Fed Express, or FedEx, the Swiss Maestro, or simply Maestro.

Personal life

Childhood and early life

Federer was born in Binningen, near Basel, to Swiss national Robert Federer and South African-born Lynette Durand. He holds both Swiss and South African citizenships. He grew up in suburban Münchenstein, near Basel, close to the French and German borders and speaks Swiss German, German, French and English fluently, Swiss German being his native language. He was raised as a Roman Catholic and met Pope Benedict XVI while playing the 2006 Internazionali BNL d'Italia tournament in Rome. Like all male Swiss citizens, Federer was subject to compulsory military service in the Swiss Armed Forces. However, in 2003 he was deemed unfit due to a long-standing back problem and was subsequently not required to fulfill his military obligation. Federer himself also credits the range of sports he played as a child—he also played badminton and basketball—for his hand-eye coordination. “I was always very much more interested if a ball was involved,” he says. Most tennis prodigies, by contrast, play tennis to the exclusion of all other sports.

Marriage and family

Federer is married to former Women's Tennis Association player Mirka Vavrinec. He met her while both were competing for Switzerland in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Vavrinec retired from the tour in 2002 because of a foot injury and has since been working as Federer's public relations manager. They were married in Basel on 11 April 2009, surrounded by a small group of close friends and family at Wenkenhof Villa (municipality of Riehen). On 23 July 2009, Mirka gave birth to twin girls, Myla Rose and Charlene Riva.

Outreach and charitable efforts

Federer supports a number of charities. He established the Roger Federer Foundation in 2003 to help disadvantaged people and to promote sports. In 2005, he auctioned his racquet from his US Open championship to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. He was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador by UNICEF in 2006. At the 2005 Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, Federer arranged an exhibition involving several top players from the ATP tour and WTA tour called Rally for Relief. The proceeds from the event went to the victims of the tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Since then, he has visited South Africa and Tamil Nadu, one of the areas in India most affected by the tsunami. He has also appeared in UNICEF public messages to raise public awareness of AIDS. In response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Federer arranged a collaboration with fellow top tennis players Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Roddick, Kim Clijsters, Serena Williams, Lleyton Hewitt, and Sam Stosur to forgo their final day of preparation for the 2010 Australian Open to form a special charity event called Hit for Haiti, in which all proceeds went to Haiti earthquake victims. He was named a 2010 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in recognition of his leadership, accomplishments, and contributions to society.

Similar to the 2010 event, Hit for Haiti, Federer organized and participated in a charity match called Rally for Relief on 16 January 2011, to benefit those that were affected by the 2010-2011 Queensland floods.

Federer is currently number 25 on Forbes top 100 celebrities.

Tennis career

Pre-1998: Junior years

Federer's main accomplishments as a junior player came at Wimbledon in 1998, where he won both the boys' singles tournament over Irakli Labadze, and in doubles teamed up with Olivier Rochus, defeating the team of Michaël Llodra and Andy Ram. In addition, Federer lost the US Open Junior tournament in 1998 to David Nalbandian. He won four ITF junior singles tournaments in his career, including the prestigious Orange Bowl, where he defeated Guillermo Coria, in the finals. He ended 1998 as the junior world no. 1.

1998–2002: Early career in the ATP

Federer's first tournament as a professional was Gstaad in 1998 (12th grade), where he faced Lucas Arnold Ker in the round of 32 and lost. Federer's first final came at the Marseille Open in 2000, where he lost to fellow Swiss Marc Rosset. Federer won the 2001 Hopman Cup representing Switzerland along with Martina Hingis. The duo defeated the American pair of Monica Seles and Jan-Michael Gambill in the finals. Federer's first win was at the 2001 Milan Indoor tournament, where he defeated Julien Boutter. In 2001, Federer made his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the French Open, and at Wimbledon that same year defeated four-time defending champion Pete Sampras to reach the quarterfinals. The most prestigious event final he reached during this period was the 2002 Miami Masters event, where he lost to Andre Agassi, on hard court. In addition, Federer won his first Master Series event at the 2002 Hamburg Masters on clay, over Marat Safin; the victory made him a top-10 player for the first time. Federer made 10 singles finals between 1998 and 2002, of which he won four and lost six. He also made six finals in doubles. Of note are Federer and partner Max Mirnyi's defeat in the final of the Indian Wells Masters in 2002, and their victory in the same year in the final of the Rotterdam 500 series event. Federer had won the latter a year earlier with partner Jonas Björkman.

2003–2007: Breakthrough and dominance

In 2003, Federer won his first Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon, beating Mark Philippoussis. Federer won his first and only doubles Masters Series 1000 event in Miami with Max Mirnyi, and made it to one singles Masters Series 1000 event in Rome on clay, which he lost. Federer made it to nine finals on the ATP Tour and won seven of them, including the 500 series events at Dubai and Vienna. Lastly, Federer won the year-end championships over Andre Agassi.

During 2004, Federer won three Grand Slam singles titles for the first time in his career and became the first person to do so since Mats Wilander in 1988. His first Grand Slam hard-court title came at the Australian Open over Marat Safin. He then won his second Wimbledon crown over Andy Roddick. Federer defeated the 2001 US Open champion, Lleyton Hewitt, at the US Open for his first title there. Federer won three ATP Masters Series 1000 events. One was on clay in Hamburg, and the other two were on hard surfaces at Indian Wells and in Canada. Federer took the ATP 500 series event at Dubai and wrapped up the year by winning the year-end championships for the second time.

In 2005, Federer failed to reach the finals of the first two Grand Slam tournaments, losing the Australian Open semifinal to eventual champion Safin and the French Open semifinal to eventual champion Rafael Nadal. However, Federer quickly reestablished his dominance on grass, winning the Wimbledon Championships over Andy Roddick. At the US Open, Federer defeated Andre Agassi in the latter's last Grand Slam final. Federer also took four ATP Masters Series 1000 wins: Indian Wells, Miami, and Cincinnati on hard court, and Hamburg on clay. Furthermore, Federer won two ATP 500 series events at Rotterdam and Dubai. Federer lost the year-end championships to David Nalbandian in the final.

In 2006, Federer won three Grand Slam singles titles and reached the final of the other, with the only loss coming against Nadal in the French Open. This was the two men's first meeting in a Grand Slam final. Federer defeated Nadal in the Wimbledon Championships final. In the Australian Open, Federer defeated Marcos Baghdatis, and at the US Open, Federer defeated Roddick (2003 champion). In addition, Federer made it to six ATP Masters Series 1000 finals, winning four on hard surfaces and losing two on clay to Nadal. Federer won one ATP 500 series event in Tokyo and captured the year-end championships for the third time in his career.

In 2007, Federer reached all four Grand Slam singles finals, winning three of them. He won the Australian Open over Fernando González, Wimbledon over Rafael Nadal for the second time, and the US Open over Novak Djokovic. Federer lost the French Open to Nadal. Federer made five ATP Masters Series 1000 finals in 2007, winning the Hamburg and Cincinnati titles. Federer won one 500 series event in Dubai and won the year-end championships.

2008 to present

In 2008, Federer won one Grand Slam singles title, which came at the US Open over Briton Andy Murray. Federer was defeated by Nadal in two Grand Slam finals, at the French Open, and at Wimbledon, when he was going for six straight wins to break Björn Borg's record. At the Australian Open, Federer lost in the semifinals to Djokovic, which ended his record of 10 consecutive finals. Federer lost twice in Master Series 1000 finals on clay to Nadal, at Monte Carlo and Hamburg. However, Federer captured two titles in 250-level events at Estoril and Halle and one title in a 500 level event in Basel. In doubles, Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka won the gold medal at the Olympic Games.

In 2009, Federer won two Grand Slam singles titles, the French Open over Robin Söderling, and Wimbledon over Andy Roddick. Federer reached two other Grand Slam finals, losing to Nadal at the Australian Open, and to Juan Martín del Potro at the US Open. Federer won two more events, the first at the Madrid Masters over Nadal in the final on clay. The second was in Cincinnati over Djokovic, although Federer lost to Djokovic in Basel, later in the year. Federer completed a career Grand Slam by winning his first French Open title and won a men's record fifteenth Grand Slam singles title, which is one more than Pete Sampras's mark of fourteen.

In 2010, Federer slowed down in his milestones and achievements. The year started with a win at the Australian Open, defeating Andy Murray in the final. But at the French Open, Federer failed to reach a Grand Slam semifinal for the first time since the 2004 French Open, losing to Söderling, in the quarterfinals, and losing his no. 1 ranking. At the French Open, Federer won his 700th tour match and 150th tour match on clay. Federer was just one week away from equaling Pete Sampras's record of 286 weeks as world no. 1. In a big surprise at Wimbledon, Federer lost in the quarterfinal to Tomáš Berdych, and fell to world no. 3 in the rankings. At the 2010 US Open, Federer reached the semifinals, avenging his French Open loss to Söderling in the quarterfinals, but then lost a five-set match to third seed Novak Djokovic. Federer made it to four Masters 1000 finals, losing three of them (the Madrid Open, the Canadian Masters, and the Shanghai Masters) while winning the Cincinnati Masters against Mardy Fish. In 2010 Federer equaled Agassi for the number of Masters wins at 17 and tied Bjorn Borg's mark for number of total titles won, moving to just one behind Sampras. Towards the middle of July, Federer hired Pete Sampras' old coach Paul Annacone to put his tennis game and career on the right path on a trial basis. Federer won two lesser titles at the Stockholm Open and the Davidoff Swiss Indoors which brought his tally to 65 career titles. Lastly, Federer won the year-end championships by beating rival Rafael Nadal, for his fifth title at the event. He showed much of his old form, beating all contenders except Nadal in straight sets. Since Wimbledon 2010, Federer had a win-loss record of 34–4 and had multiple match points in two of his losses: to Novak Djokovic in the semifinal of the US Open, and to Gaël Monfils in the semifinal of the Paris Masters. Federer did not play in the 2010 Davis Cup.

The year 2011, although great by most players' standards, was a lean year for Federer. He was defeated in straight sets in the semifinals of the 2011 Australian Open by eventual champion Novak Djokovic, marking the first time since July 2003 that he did not hold any of the four Major titles. In the French Open semifinal, Federer ended Djokovic's undefeated streak of 43 consecutive wins with a stunning four-set victory, arguably his best performance ever on clay. However, Federer then lost in the final to Rafael Nadal. At Wimbledon, Federer advanced to his 29th consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal, but lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. It marked the first time in his career that he had lost a Grand Slam match after winning the first two sets. At the US Open, Federer lost a much-anticipated semifinal match with Novak Djokovic, after squandering two match points in the fifth set which repeated his previous year's result against Djokovic and added a second loss from two sets up in Grand Slam play to his record. The loss at Flushing Meadows meant that Federer did not win any of the four Majors in 2011, the first time this has happened since 2002.

During this 2011 season, Federer won the Qatar Open, defeating Nikolay Davydenko in the final. However, he lost the final in Dubai to Djokovic and lost in the Miami Masters and Madrid Open semifinals to Rafael Nadal. In pulling out of the 2011 Shanghai Masters, Federer dropped out of the top 3 for the first time since June 2003. Later in the season, things picked up for Federer. He ended a 10-month title drought and won the Swiss Indoors for the fifth time, defeating youngster Kei Nishikori, who had defeated an ailing Djokovic in the semifinals. Federer followed this up with his first win at the Paris Masters, where he reached his first final at the event and defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. At the 2011 ATP World Tour Finals, Federer crushed Rafael Nadal in exactly one hour en route to the semifinals, where he defeated David Ferrer to reach the final at the year-end championships for the seventh time, his 100th tour-level final overall. As a result of this win, Federer also regained the world no. 3 ranking from Andy Murray. In the final, he defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for the third consecutive Sunday and, in doing so, claimed his record sixth ATP World Tour Finals title.

Federer began his 2012 season with the Qatar Open, where he withdrew in the semifinals. He then played in the 2012 Australian Open, where he defeated players such as Ivo Karlović, Bernard Tomic, and Juan Martín del Potro en route to setting up a 27th career meeting with Nadal in the semifinals, which he lost in four tight sets. He then participated in the Davis Cup representing Switzerland in the 2012 Davis Cup World Group, but Switzerland was eliminated in a home tie against the United States played on indoor clay in Fribourg. The loss included a four-set defeat for Federer at the hands of John Isner as well as a tight four-set loss with Stanislas Wawrinka in the doubles rubber against Mardy Fish and Mike Bryan. He then played the ATP 500 tournament in Rotterdam for the first time since 2005, where he won the title. He beat Del Potro in the final to clinch his second title in Rotterdam. Federer then played the ATP 500 Dubai event, where he reached the final by defeating Del Potro 7-6(5), 7-6(6) in the semifinal. Federer defeated Andy Murray in the final, improved his record against him to 7-8, and clinched the Dubai Duty Free championship for the fifth time in his career which was his 72nd career title. He is next scheduled to play the BNP Paribas Showdown exhibition in New York against Andy Roddick, prior to Indian Wells and then Miami Masters Tournaments along with Maria Sharapova and Caroline Wozniacki at 7 pm EST.

Rivalries

Federer vs. Nadal

Federer and Nadal have been playing each other since 2004, and their rivalry is a significant part of both men's careers.

They held the top two rankings on the ATP Tour from July 2005 until 14 September 2009, when Nadal fell to World No. 3 (Andy Murray became the new No. 2). They are the only pair of men to have ever finished four consecutive calendar years at the top. Federer was ranked number 1 for a record 237 consecutive weeks beginning in February 2004. Nadal, who is five years younger, ascended to No. 2 in July 2005 and held this spot for a record 160 consecutive weeks before surpassing Federer in August 2008.

Nadal leads their head-to-head 18–9. However, most of their matches have been on clay, which is statistically Nadal's best surface and statistically Federer's worst surface. Federer has a winning record on grass (2–1) and indoor hard courts (4–0) while Nadal leads the outdoor hard courts by 5–1 and clay by 12–2. Because tournament seedings are based on rankings, 19 of their matches have been in tournament finals, including an all-time record 8 Grand Slam finals. From 2006 to 2008 they played in every French Open and Wimbledon final, and then they met in the 2009 Australian Open final and the 2011 French Open final. Nadal won six of the eight, losing the first two Wimbledons. Three of these matches were five set-matches (2007 and 2008 Wimbledon, 2009 Australian Open), and the 2008 Wimbledon final has been lauded as the greatest match ever by many long-time tennis analysts. They have also played in a record 9 Masters Series finals, including their lone five hour match at the 2006 Rome Masters which Nadal won in a fifth-set tie-break having saved two match points.

Until 14 September 2009, when Juan Martín del Potro beat Nadal in the US Open semifinal on his way to defeating Federer in the final itself, no player had beaten both Nadal and Federer in the same Grand Slam. Federer was undefeated in US Open finals until losing in five sets to del Potro (5). Both Federer and Nadal have won Grand Slam events on three different surfaces successively (2008 French Open, 2008 Wimbledon, 2009 Australian Open for Nadal and 2008 US Open, 2009 French Open, 2009 Wimbledon for Federer). This rivalry is also part of the "Trivalry" between Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic.

Federer vs. Djokovic

The two have met 24 times with Federer leading 14–10, and 5–4 in Grand Slam events. Djokovic is the only player besides Nadal to have defeated Federer more than once in a Grand Slam tournament since 2004, the only player besides Nadal to defeat Federer in consecutive grand slam tournaments (2010 US Open and 2011 Australian Open) and the only player besides Nadal who has "double figure" career wins over Federer. Djokovic is one of two players (the other again being Nadal) currently on tour to have defeated Federer in straight sets at a Grand Slam (2008 Australian Open and 2011 Australian Open).

Because of the continuously improving game and general rise of Djokovic in the last 3 years, many experts include Djokovic when talking about Nadal and Federer (all 3 have played each other at least 24 times) and Federer has cited his rivalry with Djokovic as his second favorite after his rivalry with Nadal. Experts such as John McEnroe have said that this is the beginning of a new change in tennis and have coined the current situation "The Trivalry" between Djokovic, Nadal, and Federer. Djokovic's recent back-to-back-to-back wins against Federer at the Australian Open, Dubai and Indian Wells tournament have made this rivalry even more intense. During that span, Djokovic had gone on a 43–0 winning streak dating back to the Davis Cup final the previous year. Federer ended Djokovic's perfect 41–0 season defeating him in the semifinals of the 2011 French Open, but Djokovic was able to avenge his loss at the 2011 US Open, and Federer lost with a score of 6–7, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 7–5. Federer cited this as one of the greatest losses in his career, as he had 2 consecutive match points in set five, with his serve, and was 2 sets up before Djokovic came back in what has become one of the greatest comebacks in tennis history (according to John McEnroe). McEnroe claimed that Djokovic's crosscourt forehand return was "one of the great all-time shots in tennis history" and that the semifinal was one of the greatest matches in history. Djokovic contributed to ending Federer's eight-year streak of winning at least one Grand Slam title per year and Djokovic became the second male tennis player to have at least 10 wins against Federer (the other being Nadal).

This rivalry is part of the "Trivalry" that consists of Djokovic, Nadal, and Federer. This rivalry is one of the greatest in the Open Era, and many experts have included the rivalry between Federer and Djokovic as one of the best hard-court rivalries in the Open Era.

Federer vs. Hewitt

Federer and Lleyton Hewitt have played each other on 26 occasions. Early in their careers, Hewitt dominated Federer, winning seven of their first nine meetings, including a victory from two sets down in the 2003 Davis Cup semifinal which allowed Australia to defeat Switzerland. However, from 2004 onward, Federer has dominated the rivalry, winning 16 of the last 17 meetings to emerge with a 18–8 overall head-to-head record. This is Federer's longest rivalry as these two first played each other as juniors in 1996. They have met in one Grand Slam final, the 2004 US Open final, where Federer won to win his first US Open title. Federer is 9–0 against Hewitt in Grand Slams, and has won six of the Grand Slams in which he has defeated Hewitt.

Federer vs. Nalbandian

David Nalbandian was Federer's biggest rival earlier in his career. Both players had an outstanding junior career, Federer won the Wimbledon junior title and Nalbandian won the US Open junior title (beating Federer). Even though Federer has a narrow advantage against Nalbandian, leading their meetings 11–8, Nalbandian beat Federer in their first five meetings after turning professional, including the fourth round of both the Australian Open and US Open in 2003. Their most impressive match was in the 2005 Shanghai Tennis Master Cup, where Nalbandian came back from being two sets to love down against Federer and ultimately prevailed in a fifth set tiebreak. The loss prevented Federer from tying John McEnroe's 82–3 all-time single year record, set in 1984. Nalbandian, Lleyton Hewitt and Andy Murray have beaten Federer 8 times, with only Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic recording more victories over Federer.

Federer vs. Murray

Federer and Murray have met 15 times, all hard courts, with Murray leading 8–7. Federer has won each of their Grand Slam matches (both were in the final) in straight sets at the 2008 US Open and 2010 Australian Open, but Murray leads 5–1 in ATP 1000 tournaments. They have met three times in the ATP World Tour Finals, with Murray winning in Shanghai in 2008 and Federer in London in 2009 and 2010. Their most recent encounter was in the 2012 Dubai final where Federer was victorious. Apart from Nadal, Murray is the only other active player to have a positive head to head record against Federer.

Federer vs. Roddick

One of Federer's longest rivalries is with Andy Roddick. Having met on many occasions, including four Grand Slam finals (three at Wimbledon and one at the US Open), Federer leads 21–2. Federer's dominance on the tour emerged as Roddick rose to World No. 1 ranking in 2003.

In the 2009 Wimbledon final Roddick took Federer to five sets. It included a fifth-set made up of 30 games (a Grand Slam final record) with the match lasting over 4 hours. With that victory, Federer broke Pete Sampras' record of 14 major titles.

Playing style

Federer's versatility was summarised by Jimmy Connors: "In an era of specialists, you're either a clay court specialist, a grass court specialist, or a hard court specialist...or you're Roger Federer."

Federer is an all-court, all-round player known for his speed, fluid style of play, and exceptional shot making. Federer mainly plays from the baseline but is also comfortable at the net, being one of the best volleyers in the game today. He has a powerful, accurate smash and very effectively performs rare elements in today's tennis, such as backhand smash, half-volley and jump smash (slam dunk). David Foster Wallace compared the brute force of Federer's forehand motion with that of "a great liquid whip," while John McEnroe has referred to Federer's forehand as "the greatest shot in our sport." Federer is also known for his efficient movement around the court and excellent footwork, which enables him to run around shots directed to his backhand and instead hit a powerful inside-out or inside-in forehand, one of his best shots. Federer plays with a single-handed backhand which gives him great variety. Federer's forehand and backhand slice are both known as the best ever to enter the game. He employs the slice, occasionally using it to lure the opponent to the net and pass him. Federer can also fire topspin winners and possesses a 'flick' backhand where he can generate pace with his wrist; this is usually used to pass the opponent at the net. His serve is difficult to read because he always uses a similar ball toss regardless of what type of serve he is going to hit and where he aims to hit it, and turns his back to his opponents during his motion. He is often able to produce big serves on key points during a match. His first serve is typically around 200 km/h (125 mph); however, he is capable of serving at 220 km/h (137 mph). Federer is also accomplished at serve and volleying, and employed this tactic especially frequently in his early career. His speciality is a half-volley from the baseline which enables him to play close to the baseline and to pick up even the deeper shots very early after they bounce, giving his opponents less time to react. Later in his career Federer added the drop shot to his arsenal, and can perform a well-disguised one off both wings. He sometimes uses a between-the-legs shot, which is colloquially referred to as a "tweener." His most notable use of the tweener was in the semifinals of the 2009 US Open against Novak Djokovic, bringing him triple match point, on which he capitalised for a straight-set victory over the Serb.

Equipment, apparel, endorsements

Federer currently plays with a customised Wilson Pro Staff Six.One 90 BLX tennis racquet, which is characterised by its smaller hitting area of 90 square inches, heavy strung weight of , and thin beam of 18 millimeters. His grip size is 4 3/8 inches (sometimes referred to as L3). Federer strings his racquets at 21.5 kg mains/20 kg crosses pre stretched 20%, utilizing Wilson Natural Gut 16 gauge for his cross strings and Luxilon Big Banger ALU Power Rough 16L gauge (polyester) for his main strings. When asked about string tensions, Federer stated "this depends on how warm the days are and with what kind of balls I play and against who I play. So you can see – it depends on several factors and not just the surface; the feeling I have is most important."

Federer is one of the highest-earning athletes in the world. He has a contract with Nike footwear and apparel. For the 2006 championships at Wimbledon, Nike designed a jacket emblazoned with a crest of three tennis racquets, symbolising the three Wimbledon Championships he had previously won, and which was updated the next year with four racquets after he won the Championship in 2006. In Wimbledon 2008 and again in 2009, Nike continued this trend by making him a personalised cardigan. He also has his own logo, an R and F joined together. Federer endorses Gillette, Jura, a Swiss-based coffee machine company, as well as Mercedes-Benz and NetJets. Federer also endorses Rolex watches, although he was previously an ambassador for Maurice Lacroix. Also in 2009 Federer became brand ambassador for Swiss chocolate makers Lindt. In 2010 his endorsement by Mercedes-Benz China was extended into a global Mercedes-Benz partnership deal.

Career statistics

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline

''To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2012 Australian Open.

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;Finals: 23 (16 titles, 7 runners-up) {|class="sortable wikitable" |- !width=100|Outcome !width=50|Year !width=200|Championship !width=75|Surface !width=200|Opponent in the final !width=210|Score in the final |- style="background:#cfc;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2003||Wimbledon (1)||Grass|| Mark Philippoussis||7–6^(7–5), 6–2, 7–6^{(7–3) |- style="background:#ffc;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2004||Australian Open (1)||Hard|| Marat Safin||7–6(7–3), 6–4, 6–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2004||Wimbledon (2)||Grass|| Andy Roddick||4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–3), 6–4 |- style="background:#ccf;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2004||US Open (1)||Hard|| Lleyton Hewitt||6–0, 7–6(7–3), 6–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2005||Wimbledon (3)||Grass|| Andy Roddick||6–2, 7–6(7–2), 6–4 |- style="background:#ccf;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2005||US Open (2)||Hard|| Andre Agassi||6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–1 |- style="background:#ffc;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2006||Australian Open (2)||Hard|| Marcos Baghdatis||5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–2 |- style="background:#ebc2af;" |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2006||French Open (1)||Clay|| Rafael Nadal||6–1, 1–6, 4–6, 6–7(4–7) |- style="background:#cfc;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2006||Wimbledon (4)||Grass|| Rafael Nadal||6–0, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(2–7), 6–3 |- style="background:#ccf;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2006||US Open (3)||Hard|| Andy Roddick||6–2, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1 |- style="background:#ffc;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2007||Australian Open (3)||Hard|| Fernando González||7–6(7–2), 6–4, 6–4 |- style="background:#ebc2af;" |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2007||French Open (2)||Clay|| Rafael Nadal||3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |- style="background:#cfc;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2007||Wimbledon (5)||Grass|| Rafael Nadal||7–6(9–7), 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–2 |- style="background:#ccf;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2007||US Open (4)||Hard|| Novak Djokovic||7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2), 6–4 |- style="background:#ebc2af;" |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2008||French Open (3)||Clay|| Rafael Nadal||1–6, 3–6, 0–6 |- style="background:#cfc;" |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2008||Wimbledon (1)||Grass|| Rafael Nadal||4–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(10–8), 7–9 |- style="background:#ccf;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2008||US Open (5)||Hard|| Andy Murray||6–2, 7–5, 6–2 |- style="background:#ffc;" |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2009||Australian Open (1)||Hard|| Rafael Nadal||5–7, 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 2–6 |- style="background:#ebc2af;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2009||French Open (1)||Clay|| Robin Söderling||6–1, 7–6(7–1), 6–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2009||Wimbledon (6)||Grass|| Andy Roddick||5–7, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 16–14 |- style="background:#ccf;" |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2009||US Open (1)||Hard|| Juan Martín del Potro||6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 2–6 |- style="background:#ffc;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2010||Australian Open (4)||Hard|| Andy Murray||6–3, 6–4, 7–6(13–11) |- style="background:#ebc2af;" |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2011||French Open (4)||Clay|| Rafael Nadal||5–7, 6–7(3–7), 7–5, 1–6 |}}

Year-End Championship performance timeline

{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:98% |- !Tournament!!1998!!1999!!2000!!2001!!2002!!2003!!2004!!2005!!2006!!2007!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012!!width=75|SR!!width=75|W–L!!width=75|Win % |- | colspan="20" style="text-align:left;"|'''Year-End Championship tournaments |- | style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"|YEC |NQ |NQ |NQ |NQ | style="background:yellow;"|SF |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=lime|'''W | style="background:thistle;"|F |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=lime|'''W | style="background:#afeeee;"|RR | style="background:yellow;"|SF |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=lime|'''W | !rowspan=2|6 / 10 !rowspan=2|39–7 !rowspan=2|84.78 |- !style=text-align:left|Win–Loss !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !3–1 !5–0 !5–0 !4–1 !5–0 !4–1 !1–2 !2–2 !5–0 !5–0 ! |}

;Finals: 7 (6 titles, 1 runner-up)

{|class="sortable wikitable" |- !width=100|Outcome !width=50|Year !width=150|Championship !width=75|Surface !width=200|Opponent in the final !width=225|Score in the final |- style="background:#ffc;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2003|| Houston||Hard|| Andre Agassi||6–3, 6–0, 6–4 |- style="background:#ffc;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2004|| Houston||Hard|| Lleyton Hewitt||6–3, 6–2 |- style="background:#ffc;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up||2005|| Shanghai||Carpet (i)|| David Nalbandian||7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(13–11), 2–6, 1–6, 6–7^{(3–7) |- style="background:#ffc;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2006|| Shanghai||Hard (i)|| James Blake||6–0, 6–3, 6–4 |- style="background:#ffc;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2007|| Shanghai||Hard (i)|| David Ferrer||6–2, 6–3, 6–2 |- style="background:#ffc;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2010|| London||Hard (i)|| Rafael Nadal||6–3, 3–6, 6–1 |- style="background:#ffc;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2011|| London||Hard (i)|| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga||6–3, 6–7(6–8), 6–3 |}}

Olympic games

;Finals: 1 (1 title) {|class="sortable wikitable" |- !width=100|Outcome !width=50|Year !width=200|Championship !width=75|Surface !width=95|Partner !width=100|Opponents !width=200|Score in the final |- style="background:gold;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner||2008 | Beijing |Hard | Wawrinka | Aspelin Johansson |6–3, 6–4, 6–7^(4–7), 6–3 |}

Records

These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis.

Records in bold indicate peer-less achievements.

Records in ''italics'' are currently active streaks.

{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" |- !Time span !Selected Grand Slam tournament records !Players matched |- |2003 Wimbledon — 2009 French Open||Career Grand Slam||Rod Laver Andre Agassi Rafael Nadal |- |2003 Wimbledon — 2010 Australian Open||16 titles||'''Stands alone |- |2003 Wimbledon — 2011 French Open||23 finals||'''Stands alone |- |2005 Wimbledon — 2007 US Open||10 consecutive finals||'''Stands alone |- |2004 Wimbledon — 2010 Australian Open||23 consecutive semifinals||'''Stands alone |- |2004 Wimbledon — 2012 Australian Open||''31 consecutive quarterfinals''||'''Stands alone |- |2004 & 2006–2007||3 years winning 3+ titles||'''Stands alone |- |2004–2007 & 2009||5 years winning 2+ titles||'''Stands alone |- |2006–2007||2 consecutive years winning 3+ titles||'''Stands alone |- |2004–2007||4 consecutive years winning 2+ titles||'''Stands alone |- |2003–2010||8 consecutive years winning 1+ title||Björn BorgPete Sampras |- |2004 Australian Open — 2011 US Open||''8 consecutive years winning 20+ matches''||'''Stands alone |- |2003 Wimbledon — 2010 Australian Open||4+ titles at 3 different Majors||'''Stands alone |- |2003 Wimbledon — 2011 French Open||5+ finals at all 4 Majors||'''Stands alone |- |2003 Wimbledon — 2011 French Open||6+ semifinals at all 4 Majors||'''Stands alone |- |2001 French Open — 2011 US Open||8+ quarterfinals at all 4 Majors||'''Stands alone |- |2003 Wimbledon — 2008 US Open||5 consecutive titles at 2 different Majors||'''Stands alone |- |2003 Wimbledon — 2007 French Open||2+ consecutive finals at all 4 Majors||Ivan Lendl |- |2003 Wimbledon — 2009 French Open||5+ consecutive semifinals at all 4 Majors||'''Stands alone |- |2003 Wimbledon — 2011 US Open||7+ consecutive quarterfinals at all 4 Majors||'''Stands alone |- |2003 Wimbledon — 2006 Australian Open||First 7 finals won||'''Stands alone |- |2004 Australian Open — 2010 Australian Open||9 hard-court titles||'''Stands alone |- |2006 French Open — 2009 US Open||Runner-up finishes at all 4 Majors||Ivan Lendl |- |2004 French Open — 2008 Wimbledon||18 consecutive No. 1 seeds||'''Stands alone |- |2006 US Open — 2007 French Open||36 consecutive sets won||'''Stands alone |- |2007 US Open||35 consecutive service points won||'''Stands alone |- |2009 Wimbledon||50 aces in a final||'''Stands alone |- |2009 Australian Open — 2009 US Open||1042 games played in a single year||'''Stands alone |- |2007 US Open||$2.4 million earned at one event||'''Stands alone |- |2005 Wimbledon — 2007 French Open||2 winning streaks of 25+ matches||'''Stands alone |- |2005 Wimbledon — 2009 US Open||3 winning streaks of 20+ matches||'''Stands alone |- |2004 Wimbledon — 2009 US Open||5 winning streaks of 15+ matches||'''Stands alone |}

{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" |- !Grand Slam tournaments !Time Span !Records at each Grand Slam tournament !Players matched |- |Australian Open||2004–2010||4 titles overall||Andre Agassi |- |Australian Open||2006–2007||2 consecutive titles||Ken Rosewall Guillermo Vilas Johan Kriek Mats Wilander Stefan Edberg Ivan Lendl Jim Courier Andre Agassi Novak Djokovic |- |Australian Open||2004–2007||3 titles in 4 years||Andre Agassi |- |Australian Open||2004–2010||5 finals overall||Stefan Edberg |- |''Australian Open''||''2004–2012''||''9 consecutive semifinals''||''Stands alone |- |Australian Open||2007||Won without dropping a set||Ken Rosewall |- |Australian Open||2000–2012||63 match wins overall||Stands alone |- |French Open||2006–2009||4 consecutive finals||Björn Borg Ivan Lendl Rafael Nadal |- |French Open||2006–2008, 2011||4 runner-ups||Stands alone |- |French Open||2006–2008||3 consecutive runner-ups||Stands alone |- |French Open||2005–2009||5 consecutive semifinals||Stands alone |- |French Open—Wimbledon||2009||Accomplished a "Channel Slam": Winning both tournaments in the same year||Rod Laver Björn Borg Rafael Nadal |- |Wimbledon||2003–2007||5 consecutive titles||Björn Borg |- |Wimbledon||2003–2009||7 finals overall||Boris BeckerPete Sampras |- |Wimbledon||2003–2009||7 consecutive finals||Stands alone |- |Wimbledon||2003–2009||7 consecutive semifinals||Stands alone |- |US Open (Tennis)|US Open||2004–2008||5 titles overall||Jimmy ConnorsPete Sampras |- |US Open|| 2004–2008||5 consecutive titles||Stands alone |- |US Open|| 2004–2009||40 consecutive match wins||Stands alone |}

{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" |- !Time span !Other selected records !Players matched |- |2 February 2004 — 17 August 2008||237 consecutive weeks at No. 1||'''Stands alone |- |2003–2005||26 consecutive match victories vs. top 10 opponents||'''Stands alone |- |2005–2006||56 consecutive hard court match victories||'''Stands alone |- |2003–2008||65 consecutive grass court match victories||'''Stands alone |- |2003–2005||24 consecutive tournament finals won||'''Stands alone |- |2003–2009||11 grass court titles||'''Stands alone |- |2002–2012||50 hard court titles||'''Stands alone |- |2006||9 hard court titles in 1 season||Jimmy Connors |- |1998–2012||309 tiebreaks won||'''Stands alone |- |1999–2011||87.18% (102–15) grass court match winning percentage|| Stands alone |- |1998–2012||83.00% (503–103) hard court match winning percentage|| Stands alone |- |2006||94.12% of tournament finals reached in 1 season||'''Stands alone |- |2002–2011||30 Masters 1000 finals reached||'''Stands alone |- |2004–2008||2 consecutive Olympic games as wire-to-wire No. 1||'''Stands alone |- |2005–2007||3 consecutive calendar years as wire-to-wire No. 1||'''Stands alone |- |2005–2007||3 calendar years as wire-to-wire No. 1||Jimmy Connors |- |2003–2010||Ended 8 years ranked inside the top 2||Jimmy Connors |- |2003–2011||6 ATP World Tour Finals titles||'''Stands alone |- |2002–2011||39 ATP World Tour Finals match wins||Ivan Lendl |- |2007||$10 million prize money earned in a season||Rafael NadalNovak Djokovic |- |2005–2007||2 winning streaks of 35+ matches||Björn Borg |- |2004–2012||7 winning streaks of 20+ matches||'''Stands alone |}

See also

Roger Federer career statistics

List of career achievements by Roger Federer

List of Grand Slam Men's Singles champions

List of male tennis players

Switzerland Davis Cup team

2008 Summer Olympics national flag bearers

2004 Summer Olympics national flag bearers

References and notes

Further reading

Video

''Wimbledon Classic Match: Federer vs Sampras'' Standing Room Only, DVD Release Date: 31 October 2006, Run Time: 233 minutes, ASIN: B000ICLR98.

''Wimbledon 2007 Final: Federer vs. Nadal (2007)'' Kultur White Star, DVD Release Date: 30 October 2007, Run Time: 180 minutes, ASIN: B000V02CU0.

''Wimbledon — The 2008 Finals: Nadal vs. Federer'' Standing Room Only, DVD Release Date: 19 August 2008, Run Time: 300 minutes, ASIN: B001CWYUBU.

External links

Official Site

Roger Federer Foundation

Roger Federer – Grand Slam History

Sortable list of Grand Slam opponents and stats

Profiles

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Coordinates	37°46′45.48″N122°25′9.12″N
Name	Grigor Dimitrov Григор Димитров
Country
Residence	Haskovo, Bulgaria
Birth date	May 16, 1991
Birth place	Haskovo, Bulgaria
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	2008
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	$436,161
Singlesrecord	18–26 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Singlestitles	0
Highestsinglesranking	No. 52 (August 22, 2011)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 52 (August 22, 2011)
Australianopenresult	2R (2011)
Frenchopenresult	1R (2011)
Wimbledonresult	2R (2011)
Usopenresult	1R (2011)
Doublesrecord	6–9 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Doublestitles	0
Highestdoublesranking	No. 209 (August 15, 2011)
Currentdoublesranking	No. 209 (August 15, 2011)
Updated	August 15, 2011 }}

Grigor Dimitrov (; born May 16, 1991, in Haskovo) is a tennis player from Bulgaria. His career highest rank is #52, achieved on August 8, 2011. In his very successful junior career he won the boys singles title at Wimbledon and the junior US Open. He had a junior high rank of world #1.

Personal life

Grigor was born in Haskovo, Bulgaria as the only child of father Dimitar, a tennis coach and mother Maria, a sports teacher and former volleyball player. He first held a tennis racket, given to him by his mother at the age of three and when he was five he began to play daily. During his teenage years he lived in Paris, France while training at Patrick Mouratoglou's Tennis Academy. He speaks fluent Bulgarian and English and says his main interests are all sports, cars, computers and watches. His friends on the ATP tour include Jonathan Eysseric of France and Alex Bogdanovic of Britain.

Junior career

His first major junior coup was when, at aged 14 he claimed the U14 European title. 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 US Open doubles final, falling to Jonathan Eysseric and Jérôme Inzerillo. He is nicknamed G-Force

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 semifinals. 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. He closed at number three of the junior ranking that year.

Professional career

2008

Grigor began frequent participation in men's events in 2008. His first title came on clay at a futures tournament in Barcelona (May 19).

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 No.64 Florent Serra of France.

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 No.122 Jiří Vaněk (CZE) 7–5, 4–6, 7–6 in the first round of the qualifying draw.

2009

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 No.23 Tomáš Berdych (CZE) 4–6, 6–3, 6–4. In the second round he faced World No.1 Rafael Nadal and pushed Nadal to the edge before losing 5–7, 6–3, 2–6.

He was granted a wildcard to the main draw of the ATP World Tour 250 event Open 13 in Marseille, France. He lost 6–4, 3–6, 5–7 to world No.8 Gilles Simon of France in the first round, after serving for the match at 5–3 in last set.

At the Besançon challenger in France Grigor was defeated by ATP 102 Denis Istomin in the round of 32. He then completed two victories for Bulgaria v Hungary in the Davis Cup. He reached the round of 16 in the Thailand Challenger where he lost to Danai Udomchoke of Thailand in straight sets.

Four first round exits in Challengers followed, including a disappointing first round exit in his home country, Bulgaria. He then reached the quarter finals of two successive challengers in Cremona, Italy and Nottingham, England.

He reached the 2nd round of the Queen's Club Championships, where he lost 6–7, 6–7 again to Gilles Simon.

‎In Wimbledon where he got a wildcard as the 2008 Juniors Champion he won the first set of his first round match against Igor Kunitsyn 6–3. He then struggled with a knee injury and the trainer was brought on. Despite this he attempted to continue but lost the following 10 games before he retired.

He was granted a wildcard to the main draw of the Catella Swedish Open in Båstad, Sweden an ATP World Tour 250 event. He lost his first round match vs. Guillermo Cañas 3–6, 6–7.

He reached the quarter finals of the challenger in Segovia, Spain losing out in three sets to Marcel Granollers of Spain. After beating Nicolas Mahut of France in the first round of the Istanbul Challenger Grigor lost out to Martin Fischer of Austria in straight sets

As the 2008 winner of the US Open Boys Tournament he was granted a wildcard for the 2009 US Open Qualification Tournament. He won his first round match vs. Tobias Kamke (Germany) 6–3, 7–5. In the second round he lost to the number 1 seed of the qualification Thomaz Bellucci 6–4, 6–3.

On September 27, 2009 Dimitrov won his first doubles challenger title in Trnava, Slovakia together with Teymuraz Gabashvili. In the final they beat Minars and Rosol from Czech Republic, in a very close match 6–2, 2–6, [10–8].

2010

Dimitrov started the 2010 season with a quarterfinal finish at a challenger event in Nouméa, New Caledonia. He then attempted to qualify for the Australian Open, but lost in the first round to Robert Kendrick in three sets. He bounced back a week later by qualifying at the Honolulu challenger, reaching the round of 16 before losing to Donald Young. Dimitrov then participated for Bulgaria in the Davis Cup, claiming all 3 wins in a 3–2 victory over Monaco. Following the Davis Cup tie, Grigor had a number of early losses in various challenger tournaments.

left|thumb|178px|Grigor receives the Apano Cup trophy Dimitrov won his first ATP tour match of the year on the grass courts of the AEGON Championships in London. He beat Alex Bogdanovic 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 before losing to World No. 31 Feliciano López 6–2, 6–4 in the second round. Grigor then had a great run in the Marburg challenger, where he came through qualifying to reach the semi-finals where he lost out to Simone Vagnozzi.

Grigor again had a number of disappointing losses in challenger events and another Davis Cup tie. Dimitrov then participated in four futures tournaments, posting impressive results, including two tournament victories in Germany, and another in Spain. Dimitrov gained enough points to enter the world's top 250 for the first time in his career.

His recent good form translated to the Challenger Tour, capturing his first ever challenger title in Geneva, where he defeated number 118 Pablo Andújar 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 in the final.

He then played another challenger in Bangkok, where he beat former top 20 player Dmitry Tursunov 7–6, 6–3 in the quarterfinals en route to his second consecutive tournament win. He defeated Konstantin Kravchuk in the final 6–1, 6–4 in a win that placed him in top 150 in the world. He was the highest ranked teenager on the ATP Tour at that time.

In a second challenger in the same venue in Bangkok in the very next week Grigor beat Ivan Dodig (First Round), Go Soeda (SF) and Alexandre Kudryavtsev (F) on his way to win the tournament, which was his third consecutive Challenger win and gave him a spot in the Top 140 in the ATP ranking. He expressed that after this victory it is his aim to enter the ATP top 10 in 2011.

He made an early exit in his first challenger after a two week break but bounced back a week later, beating top 100 player Lukáš Lacko and world number 32 Michaël Llodra on the way to the final of the Orléans challenger. In the final Grigor lost out to Frenchman Nicolas Mahut 6–2, 6–7, 6–7 in a very tight match.

After two disappointing challenger tournaments in Germany, in which Dimitrov suffered first round exits, he reached the semifinals of the challenger tournament in Helsinki, his last tournament of the year. There he played Lithuanian youngster Richard Berankis. After the loss of a tight first set in a tiebreak, Dimitrov dominated the second set but was dominated by Berankis in the third. Berankis eventually won the match, 7–6, 0–6, 6–1. In an off-court incident after the match, Dimitrov pushed the chair umpire with both hands and sweared at him because he felt he was treated unfairly after some close calls in the first set tiebreak. Dimitrov was fined €2,000, and the ATP will investigate this incident to see if further disciplinary action is warranted. By reaching the semifinals in Helsinki, Dimitrov reached his best ever ATP world ranking (106).

2011

Dimitrov's first tournament of the year was the Australian Open, where he advanced through the qualifying rounds with the lost of just one set. He defeated world number 38 Andrey Golubev with 6–1, 6–4, 6–2 in the first round to advance for the first time to the second round of a Grand Slam tournament where he eventually lost to 19th seed Stanislas Wawrinka with a 5–7, 3–6, 3–6 loss. Nonetheless, Dimitrov achieved his top ever ATP ranking, ending January at 85th spot. Thus, he became the top ranked Bulgarian male tennis player of all time.

On February 6, Dimitrov qualified for the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. In Rotterdam, he faced 8th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first round. He lost 6–4, 6–4.

In March 2011, Dimitrov won the 2011 Challenger DCNS de Cherbourg defeating the defending champion and number two seed Nicolas Mahut in the final to move to number 71 in the ATP World Rankings.

On April 1, Dimitrov became the first Bulgarian man ever to be seeded at an ATP World Tour tournament being seeded 8 at the 2011 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, TX. On April 27, he reached his first quarterfinals in an ATP tournament, defeating Marcos Baghdatis at the 2011 BMW Open in Munich, achieving a career-best ranking of #66.

Dimitrov lost in the first round of the 2011 French Open against Jeremy Chardy.

Dimitrov then advanced to his second ATP quarterfinals at the 2011 AEGON International after he defeated sixth seeded Kevin Anderson in the 2nd round.

On June 16, he became the first Bulgarian man ever to reach a doubles final at an ATP tournament together with Andreas Seppi at the 2011 AEGON International in Eastbourne. At Wimbledon, he lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7–6, 4–6, 4–6, 6–7 in the second round. At 2011 Western & Southern Open Dimitrov defeated Marsel İlhan in the first round, but lost to world number 6 David Ferrer in the second round 6–4, 1–6, 5–7. At 2011 US Open Dimitrov was defeated by world №7 Gaël Monfils in the first round.

Coaching

As a child, Dimitrov was coached by his father, Dimitar, at Tennis Club Haskovo. As his talent became more apparent he started to receive coaching from abroad, most notably from Spaniard Pato Alvarez, who has also coached Britain's Andy Murray. Alvarez has reportedly said that Dimitrov is the best 17 year old he has coached. Around the time of his success at the 2009 ABN AMRO in Rotterdam, Dimitrov formally began a coaching relationship with Peter Lundgren, former coach of world number ones Marat Safin and Roger Federer. Lundgren has also been quick to praise Dimitrov, saying that "he is better than Federer was at his age." In June 2010 he ended his coaching relationship with Lundgren and is currently coached by Australian pro Peter McNamara.

Playing style

Dimitrov plays right-handed and he plays a single-handed backhand. He considers the backhand down the line as his favorite shot and his favorite surfaces are hard court and grass. Despite this he has had notable success on clay courts as well. His game has been compared to former world #1 Roger Federer due to the similarity in their ground strokes, particularly off the backhand side. Despite his recent improvement in this area, some people believe his movement needs to be improved if he wants to reach the top of the game. His return of serve has also been cited as a weakness.

Junior Finals

Singles

'''Grand Slam Singles Wins (2) {|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Date!!Tournament!!Surface!!Opponents in the final!!Score |-bgcolor=#c7dcf6 |'''2008 | Wimbledon |Grass | Henri Kontinen |7–5, 6–3 |-bgcolor=#c7dcf6 |'''2008 | US Open |Hard | Devin Britton |6–4, 6–3 |}

Doubles

'''Grand Slam Doubles Runner-Up (1) {|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Date!!Tournament!!Surface!!Partnering!!Opponents in the final!!Score |-bgcolor=#c7dcf6 |'''2007 | US Open |Hard | Vasek Pospisil | Jonathan Eysseric Jérôme Inzerillo |2–6, 4–6 |}

Finals

ATP World Tour

Doubles

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Legend (Doubles) |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |Grand Slam (0) |-bgcolor=ffffcc |ATP World Tour Finals (0) |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0) |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |ATP World Tour 500 Series (0) |- |ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1) |}

{|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !Result.!!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Surface!!Partner!!Opponents in the final!!Score |- |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |1. |June 16, 2011 | Eastbourne, United Kingdom |Grass | Andreas Seppi | Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram |3–6, 3–6 |}

Challengers and Futures Circuit

Singles

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Legend (Singles) |-bgcolor=moccasin |Challengers (4–1) |-bgcolor=#cffcff |Futures (6–0) |}

Win

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Date!!Tournament!!Surface!!Opponent in the final!!Score |-bgcolor=#cffcff |'''2008 | Valldoreix F20ITF FU $10,000 |Clay | Pablo Santos-González |6–3, 6–4 |-bgcolor=#cffcff |'''2008 | Móstoles-Madrid F34ITF FU $15,000 |Hard | Ignacio Coll-Riudavets |7–6^(7–3), 6–3 |-bgcolor=#cffcff |'''2008 | Alcorcón-Madrid F35ITF FU $15,000 |Hard | Ludovic Walter |6–4, 6–4 |-bgcolor=#cffcff |'''2010 | Bitburger F9ITF FU $10,000 |Clay | David Goffin |4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |-bgcolor=#cffcff |'''2010 | Germany F10 (The Apano Cup)ITF FU $15,000+H |Clay | Jan-Lennard Struff |7–5, 7–5 |-bgcolor=#cffcff |'''2010 | Spain F29ITF FU $15,000 |Clay | Sergio Gutiérrez-Ferrol |4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |-bgcolor=moccasin |'''2010 | Switzerland CHATP Challenger €30,000 +H |Clay | Pablo Andújar |6–2, 4–6, 6–4 |-bgcolor=moccasin |'''2010 | Thailand CHATP Challenger $35,000 +H |Hard | Konstantin Kravchuk |6–1, 6–4 |-bgcolor=moccasin |'''2010 | Thailand CH 2ATP Challenger $35,000 +H |Hard | Alexandre Kudryavtsev |6–4, 6–1 |-bgcolor=moccasin |'''2011 | Cherbourg CHATP Challenger €42,500 +H |Hard / Indoors | Nicolas Mahut |6–2, 7–6(7–4) |}

Runner-Up

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Date!!Tournament!!Surface!!Opponent in the final!!Score |-bgcolor=moccasin |'''2010 | France CHATP Challenger €106,500 |Hard / Indoors | Nicolas Mahut |6–2, 6–7^(6–8), 6–7(4–7) |}

Doubles

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Legend (Doubles) |-bgcolor=moccasin |Challengers (1–1) |-bgcolor=#cffcff |Futures (2–1) |}

Win

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Date!!Tournament!!Surface!!Partnering!!Opponents in the final!!Score |-bgcolor=#cffcff |'''2008 | Murcia F5ITF FU $10,000 |Clay | Carles Poch-Gradin | Carlos González-De Cueto Rhyne Williams |7–6^(7–4), 6–3 |-bgcolor=#cffcff |'''2009 | Hollywood F2ITF FU $10,000 |Clay | Todor Enev | Stefano Ianni Mattia Livraghi |6–1, 6–2 |-bgcolor=moccasin |'''2009 | TrnavaATP CH $64,000 |Clay | Teymuraz Gabashvili | Jan Minář Lukáš Rosol |6–4, 2–6, [10–8] |}

Runner-Up

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Date!!Tournament!!Surface!!Partnering!!Opponents in the final!!Score |-bgcolor=#cffcff |'''2008 | Majorca F2ITF FU $10,000 |Clay | Juan-Albert Viloca-Puig | Julien Jeanpierre Xavier Pujo |5–7, 2–6 |-bgcolor=moccasin |'''2009 | Istanbul, TurkeyATP CH $50,000 |Hard | Marsel Ilhan | Frederico Gil Filip Prpic |6–3, 2–6, [6–10] |}

Singles performance timeline

''To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. Qualifying matches and Walkovers are neither official match wins nor losses. This table is current through the 2011 US Open. {|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97% !Tournament!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!width=35|SR!!width=35|W–L!!width=35|Win % |- |bgcolor=#ffff99 align=left|'''Grand Slam Tournaments||colspan=10| |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Australian Open | | |Q1 |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 1 |bgcolor=#efefef|1–1 |bgcolor=#efefef| |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|French Open | | | |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 1 |bgcolor=#efefef|0–1 |bgcolor=#efefef| |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Wimbledon | |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R | |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 2 |bgcolor=#efefef|1–2 |bgcolor=#efefef| |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|US Open | |Q2 | |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 1 |bgcolor=#efefef|0–1 |bgcolor=#efefef|0.00 |- !style=text-align:left|Win–Loss !0–0 !0–1 !0–0 !2–4 !0 / 5 !2–5 ! |- |bgcolor=#ffff99 align=left|'''Davis Cup Singles||colspan=10| |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Europe/Africa Zone Group II | |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R | |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 2 |bgcolor=#efefef|4–1 |bgcolor=#efefef| |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Europe/Africa Zone Group III |bgcolor=#afeeee|RR | | | |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 1 |bgcolor=#efefef|5–0 |bgcolor=#efefef| |- !style=text-align:left|Win–Loss !5–0 !2–0 !2–1 !0–0 |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 3 !9–1 ! |- |bgcolor=#ffff99 align=left|'''ATP World Tour Masters 1000||colspan=10| |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Miami Masters | | | |bgcolor=afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 1 |bgcolor=#efefef|0–1 |bgcolor=#efefef| |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Cincinnati Masters | | | |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 1 |bgcolor=#efefef|1–1 |bgcolor=#efefef|50.00 |- !style=text-align:left|Win–Loss !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !1–2 !0 / 2 !1–2 ! |- |bgcolor=#ffff99 align=left|'''ATP World Tour 500||colspan=10| |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Rotterdam | |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R | |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 2 |bgcolor=#efefef|1–2 |bgcolor=#efefef| |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Dubai | | | |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 1 |bgcolor=#efefef|0–1 |bgcolor=#efefef| |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Barcelona | | | |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 1 |bgcolor=#efefef|0–1 |bgcolor=#efefef| |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Washington | | | |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 1 |bgcolor=#efefef|2–1 |bgcolor=#efefef|66.67 |- !style=text-align:left|Win–Loss !0–0 !1–1 !0–0 !2–4 !0 / 5 !3–5 ! |- |bgcolor=#ffff99 align=left|'''ATP World Tour 250||colspan=10| |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Marseille | |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R | |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 2 |bgcolor=#efefef|0–2 |bgcolor=#efefef| |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Houston | | | |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 1 |bgcolor=#efefef|1–1 |bgcolor=#efefef| |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Munich | | | |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 1 |bgcolor=#efefef|2–1 |bgcolor=#efefef| |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Nice | | | |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 1 |bgcolor=#efefef|0–1 |bgcolor=#efefef| |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|London | |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 3 |bgcolor=#efefef|2–3 |bgcolor=#efefef| |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Eastbourne | | | |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 1 |bgcolor=#efefef|2–1 |bgcolor=#efefef| |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|'s-Hertogenbosch |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R | | | |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 1 |bgcolor=#efefef|0–1 |bgcolor=#efefef| |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Newport | | | |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 1 |bgcolor=#efefef|1–1 |bgcolor=#efefef| |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Båstad | |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R | | |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 1 |bgcolor=#efefef|0–1 |bgcolor=#efefef| |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Atlanta | | | |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 1 |bgcolor=#efefef|0–1 |bgcolor=#efefef| |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Los Angeles | | | |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 1 |bgcolor=#efefef|1–1 |bgcolor=#efefef|50.00 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Winston-Salem | | | |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 1 |bgcolor=#efefef|1–1 |bgcolor=#efefef|50.00 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Stockholm | |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R | | |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 1 |bgcolor=#efefef|0–1 |bgcolor=#efefef| |- !style=text-align:left|Win–Loss !0–1 !1–4 !1–1 !8–10 !0 / 16 !10–16 ! 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References

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External links

Davis Cup profile

Grigor Dimitrov Site

Grigor Dimitrov Bulgarian Fan Site

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Coordinates	37°46′45.48″N122°25′9.12″N
Name	Ernests Gulbis
Nickname	''Ernie''
Country
Residence	Jūrmala, Latvia
Birth date	August 30, 1988
Birth place	Riga, Latvia
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	$2,262,719
Singlesrecord	105-101
Singlestitles	2
Highestsinglesranking	No. 21 (February 7, 2011)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 48 (August 15, 2011)
Australianopenresult	2R (2009)
Frenchopenresult	QF (2008)
Wimbledonresult	2R (2008, 2009)
Usopenresult	4R (2007)
Othertournaments	Yes
Olympicsresult	1R (2008)
Doublesrecord	20-18
Doublestitles	2
Highestdoublesranking	No. 130 (November 23, 2009)
Currentdoublesranking	No. 273 (July 25, 2011)
Updated	August 15, 2011 }}

Ernests Gulbis (pronounced , born August 30, 1988) is a Latvian professional tennis player. In 2008, Gulbis won his first ATP Tour doubles title at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, teaming with Rainer Schüttler, and in 2010 won his first ATP Tour singles title in the Delray Beach, defeating Ivo Karlović in the final. He won his second in July, 2011, by defeating Mardy Fish in the final of the 2011 Farmers Classic tournament, held in Los Angeles. His career highlights also include a 4th round appearance at the 2007 US Open and a quarterfinal appearance at the 2008 French Open, as well as several other ATP World Tour semifinal appearances.

Gulbis' professional training in tennis began at the age of 12, when he was enrolled at the Niki Pilić Tennis Academy in Croatia. Beginning after Wimbledon 2011, Gulbis is being coached by Guillermo Cañas. Previously, he was coached by Hernán Gumy (who before that was Marat Safin's coach), but their partnership ended due to Gumy's schedule; during that time, Darren Cahill served as Gulbis' consultant for several tournaments. Before Gumy, Ernests was coached by Karl Heinz Wetter and subsequently Nikola Pilić, the former professional Croatian tennis player and Croatian and German Davis Cup captain.

Personal life

Gulbis comes from a very wealthy family. He first started playing tennis with his grandmother and considers basketball, football and ice hockey to be his favorite sports. His father, Ainārs, is an investor, while his mother, Milēna, is a theater actress. The second of six children, Gulbis has three sisters and two brothers, one of which is training in Florida to become a professional tennis player as well. Gulbis comes from a sporting family in general, and his grandfather, Alvils Gulbis, was one of the starting five players on ASK Rīga, the Soviet Union basketball team that won the European Championships. His other grandfather, Uldis Pūcītis, was a popular actor and film director.

Gulbis is known, both by his fellow tennis players and the media, as one of the funnier personalities on the tour. When Gulbis stunned world number 1 Roger Federer 2–6, 6–1, 7–5 at the 2010 Italian Open only after throwing away six previous match points, he told reporters after the match, "I shit my pants a little bit there . . . excuse my language," and has also bragged about his racquet-throwing "skills" in an on-court interview. On a telecast during the 2010 Western and Southern Financial Group Masters from Cincinnati, broadcasters Brad Gilbert, Patrick McEnroe and Chris Fowler all compared Gulbis to former world number 1 Marat Safin, in terms of both playing style and attitude on and off court. Also like Safin, Gulbis often comments about his own lack of discipline and/or interest in practicing, but is very forthcoming about his aspirations of entering the top ten, five or even number one in the ATP rankings.

Gulbis speaks Latvian, Russian, English and some German.

Tennis career

The highlights of his career up to 2006 included reaching the final of the Oberstaufen Challenger in July 2006, where he lost to Michal Tabara, reaching the final of the Tampere Challenger, also in July 2006, where he lost to Florian Mayer, reaching the semi-finals of ATP St. Petersburg Open as a wildcard in October, where he lost to Mario Ančić and winning the Eckental Challenger in November, where he defeated Philipp Petzschner. In the 2008 US Open second round, Gulbis played a grueling 4 setter against Andy Roddick, yet lost. Later when interviewed, it was discovered that both he and his American opponent shared a birthday the moment the match rolled past midnight and into the early hours of the next day, August 30.

2007

left|thumb|Gulbis in Sydney against BaghdatisGulbis started his season as a qualifier in the Sydney Medibank International, losing in the first round to Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus. He was subsequently defeated in the first qualifying round of the Australian Open.

Gulbis was relatively successful on the Challenger circuit in 2007. He reached the quarterfinals in Bergamo (l. to Fabrice Santoro) and the semifinals in Heilbronn (l. to Michaël Llodra). Gulbis won his second Challenger title by triumphing over the local favorite, Klavs Bogdanovics, at the Besançon Challenger in France, enabling him to break into the ATP Top 100 for the first time in his career. In his next tournament, the Sarajevo Challenger, Gulbis emerged victorious in both the singles and doubles events.

In the first week of October, he won the Mons Challenger in Belgium (d. Kristof Vliegen) as the top seed, breaking into the ATP Top 50 for the first time in his career and surpassing Juan Martín del Potro as the highest-ranked player born in 1988. This win also meant a fourth, consecutive title, which drew some attention to him by tennis pundits.

Grand Slam debut

Gulbis announced his arrival on the Grand Slam stage in the 2007 French Open by defeating the British veteran, Tim Henman in straight sets to advance to the second round. It was heralded by the British Davis Cup captain, John Lloyd, as ''"... a brilliant performance from Gulbis, that is just pure and utter talent."'' Gulbis' run was halted in the second round by Spaniard Álbert Montañés, with a 1–6, 2–6, 6–1, 6–7 defeat, in a rain-interrupted match.

At Wimbledon, his second Grand Slam participation, Gulbis again was drawn to face Marcos Baghdatis in the first round. He succeeded in winning the first set off the tenth-seeded Cypriot before succumbing in four sets. Gulbis debuted in Grand Slam doubles by teaming up with Ivan Ljubičić, with whom he had reached the semi-finals of the 2007 Ordina Open.

At the 2007 U.S. Open, Gulbis upset the No. 30 seed, Potito Starace, in the first round and the No. 8 seed, Tommy Robredo, in the third round, winning by a convincing score of 6–1, 6–3, 6–2. In that match, Gulbis broke Robredo six times and had 39 winners to Robredo's seven. Gulbis' run was finally halted by former world Number 1, Carlos Moyà, to whom he lost in four sets.

2008

At the first round of the 2008 Australian Open, Gulbis lost to Marat Safin 0–6, 4–6, 6–7. He reached the second round of the 2008 Pacific Life Open, where he lost a tight match to former Grand Slam finalist David Nalbandian with the score of 6–4, 4–6, 7–6. In the first round of the 2008 Miami Masters, he defeated Dominik Hrbatý, but in the second round met eventual champion Nikolay Davydenko. After winning the first set 6–3, he lost the following two sets in tiebreaks.

His biggest result up to that point occurred when he reached the quarterfinals of the 2008 French Open. Throughout the tournament he beat Simon Greul, seventh seed James Blake, Nicolás Lapentti and home-favourite Michaël Llodra. In the quarterfinals he lost to third seed Novak Djokovic 5–7, 6–7, 5–7.

In his next tournament he reached the third round of the 2008 Queen's Club Championships, beating Kristof Vliegen and 12th seed Andreas Seppi. He lost to 6th seed Andy Murray 7–5, 1–6, 4–6.

In the first round at Wimbledon, Gulbis defeated fellow rising star John Isner, but lost in the 2nd round to the 2nd seed and eventual champion Rafael Nadal with a score line of 5–7, 6–2, 7–6, 6–3 in a rain-interrupted match. Other than Roger Federer, he was the only player to take a set off the eventual champion.

At the 2008 Cincinnati Masters, Gulbis defeated Jarkko Nieminen, Arnaud Clément, and James Blake but succumbed in the quarterfinal to #3 seed Novak Djokovic 6–3, 6–4.

At the US Open, Gulbis defeated Thomas Johansson in the first round before losing to Andy Roddick in the second 3–6, 7–5, 6–2, 7–5. Coincidentally, it was his and Andy's birthday on the day they played.

2009

Gulbis began the year strongly by defeating former training partner Novak Djokovic 6–4, 6–4 in the first round of the Brisbane International tournament before falling in the second round to Paul-Henri Mathieu 3–6, 4–6. He lost in the second round of 2009 Australian Open to Igor Andreev in 5 sets after beating Albert Montañés in the first round in straight sets.

Gulbis was seeded 3rd heading into the 2009 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, but was defeated in the 1st round by former World No. 8 Marcos Baghdatis. It was the fourth time he was drawn to face Baghdatis in the first round of a tournament.

Gulbis had a poor clay court season compared to 2008, failing to go deep in any of the tournaments preceding the French Open. Gulbis also failed to defend his quarterfinal appearance at the French Open, causing his ranking to drop to 67th, the lowest it had been since the summer of 2007.

At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Gulbis, unseeded, defeated Italian Riccardo Ghedin 6–2, 6–4, 6–4 in the first round before falling to third seeded Andy Murray of Great Britain 2–6, 5–7, 3–6.

Gulbis played in the Indianapolis Tennis Championships in singles and doubles. He lost to Marc Gicquel of France in the first round. However, he entered in the doubles draw with Russian Dmitry Tursunov and won the Championship. They played number one seeded Ashley Fisher and Jordan Kerr of Australia and won 6–4, 3–6, [11–9] in the final.

At the US Open, Gulbis was again drawn to play Andy Murray early in a grand slam, losing to the No. 2 seed 5–7, 3–6, 5–7 in the first round.

At the 2009 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Gulbis advanced to the quarterfinals, upsetting 6th seed Radek Štěpánek in the first round as a qualifier, then defeating top 20 player Juan Mónaco in the second in straight sets. He lost to eventual champion and No. 2 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga after taking the first set, 6–4, 4–6, 3–6.

The year saw a general decline in his ranking, with Gulbis failing to go deep in any of the grand slams, which was contrary to the expectations of many professionals and pundits.

2010

To begin the year, Gulbis claimed wins in the first two rounds of the Australian Open precursor tournament, the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, defeating 6th seeded Spaniard Albert Montañés 6–2, 7–5, and subsequently Italian Andreas Seppi 6–4, 7–5. Gulbis progressed to the third round, where he was defeated in a tight match against world number 1 Roger Federer 2–6, 6–4, 4–6. At the 2010 Australian Open itself, Gulbis was ousted in the first round by 30th Seed Argentine Juan Mónaco in straight sets.

In February, Gulbis reached his second career semifinal at an ATP 500 event, the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis, Tennessee. In the second round he defeated No. 3 seed Radek Štěpánek, facing two, consecutive Czech players as he ousted No. 5 seed Tomáš Berdych in the third round in a tight, three set match. He lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Sam Querrey.

At the end of February he then competed in the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, an outdoor hard court tournament, where he won his maiden ATP tour title. In the final, he faced 6'11" Croatian and No. 2 seed Ivo Karlović, winning convincingly with a score line of 6–2, 6–3. With this victory, his ranking rose back into the top 50.

Gulbis' next tournament was the 2010 BNP Paribas Open, an ATP 1000 Tier tournament. Gulbis defeated Swiss player Marco Chiudinelli in the first round, but succumbed to No. 5 seed Nikolay Davydenko 6–4, 6–4 in the second round. Davydenko later withdrew from the tournament due to a wrist injury exacerbated during the match. Ernests did not compete in the Sony Ericsson Open, instead returning to Europe to train for the Clay season.

At his first claycourt tournament of the season, the ATP 1000 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Gulbis again defeated Swiss Marco Chiudinelli in the first round, this time in straight sets, but lost to 13th seed Stanislas Wawrinka in the second round, also in straight sets. At his next tournament, the ATP 500 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, Ernests reached the quarterfinals, defeating Peter Luczak, Jérémy Chardy and Albert Ramos-Viñolas all in straight sets. He lost to in-form, eventual champion Fernando Verdasco in the quarterfinals 2–6, 6–7, who had also made the finals of the 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters just a week prior. With this result, Gulbis' ranking rose back into the top 40, and also pushed his career win-loss record past 50% for the first time in his career, his year to date win-loss record at 15–7.

At his next tournament, the 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, Gulbis was drawn to face Marcos Baghdatis in the first round of a tournament for the fifth time in his career, although for the first time on clay. He defeated Baghdatis for the first time with a convincing scoreline of 6–2, 6–2, which set up a match with number 1 seed and World No. 1 Roger Federer. After losing the first set, Gulbis rallied to win the match 2–6, 6–1, 7–5, taking Federer on his seventh match point, which resulted in the biggest win in his career to date. In the third round, he backed up his win over Federer, with a battling 6–2, 3–6, 7–6 victory over Italian qualifier Filippo Volandri. In the next round, Gulbis defeated Feliciano López 7–6, 6–1 to reach his first semifinal of an ATP 1000 Tier tournament, where he lost to Rafael Nadal in a tight, three set match, hitting 50 winners and 59 errors throughout, with the scoreline 4–6, 6–3, 4–6, making Gulbis the first player to take a set off Nadal on clay this year. With his semifinal appearance, he assured himself a seeded position at the 2010 French Open.

At the 2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, Gulbis got off to a winning start against 2010 Estoril Open champion Albert Montañés 7–5, 6–1 in the first round. In the second round, he outplayed the 10th seed Mikhail Youzhny in two sets 7–6, 6–4 and went on to beat Feliciano López 6–2, 7–6 for the second time this year. In the quarter-finals he faced World No.1 Roger Federer again, but lost 3–6, 6–1, 6–4.

Expectations were high for Gulbis as the former quarter finalist came into the 2010 French Open seeded 23rd (ranked 27th) after having an incredible clay court season prior. However, Gulbis retired during the first round against the veteran Frenchman and World Number 38 Julien Benneteau, who he had defeated earlier in the year, while trailing heavily 4–6, 2–6, 0–1r citing a hamstring injury.

Due to his injury sustained during the clay court season, Gulbis withdrew from Wimbledon and its precursor tournaments, effectively missing the entire grass season.

Gulbis returned to the ATP in July, first competing in the 250 level Farmers Classic in Los Angeles, California. He defeated Lukáš Lacko in the first round in straight sets 7–5, 7–5 but lost to the in-form Alejandro Falla in the round of 16 in three sets 6–4, 3–6, 6–7. He next played in the Legg Mason Tennis Classic where he received a first round bye, but quickly retired in the second round to Ukrainian Illya Marchenko, citing fatigue.

His next tournament was the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rogers Cup. He defeated world number 26 Thomaz Bellucci in the first round easily, 6–1, 6–4, but fell to world number 5 and number 5 seed Robin Söderling in the second round in a tight match, with the scoreline of 6–4, 4–6, 4–6. He then played the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Western & Southern Open, defeating Donald Young in the first round and 13th seed Jürgen Melzer in the second, both in close matches: 7–6, 6–4 and 6–7, 6–3, 7–6 respectively. However, he fell in the third round to world number 4 Andy Murray in another tight encounter, with the scoreline of 6–3, 4–6, 6–7.

Gulbis lost in the first round of the US Open to Jérémy Chardy of France in three sets, marking the fourth consecutive first round lost at a Grand Slam tournament. Gulbis then took three weeks off to play for the Latvian Davis Cup team against Poland (played on indoor carpet), winning both of his singles rubbers against Jerzy Janowicz and Michal Przysiezny. His next tournament was the PTT Thailand Open, a 250 level event. He received a bye through the first round and defeated Rainer Schüttler in three sets, advancing to the quarter finals, where he fell to Guillermo García López, also in three sets. He then played the Japan Open Tennis Championships, also a 250 level event, but suffered an upset defeat at the hands of world number 432 Dmitry Tursunov, losing 3–6, 4–6.

Gulbis suffered two more, consecutive first round losses at the hands of Richard Gasquet, at the Shanghai Rolex Masters, and Novak Djokovic, at the Swiss Indoors. However, in his final tournament of the season, he bounced back at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 even in Paris, the BNP Paribas Masters, where he dispatched world number 40 Juan Ignacio Chela and world number 10 Mikhail Youzhny, both in straight sets. He then fell to Andy Roddick, also in straight sets: 3–6, 6–7.

Ernests Gulbis ended the year at a then-high number 24 in the world.

2011

To begin the year, Gulbis claimed wins in the first two rounds of the Australian Open precursor tournament, the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, defeating Victor Hănescu 6–3, 7–6 and subsequently Croatian Antonio Veić 6–3, 6–1. Gulbis progressed to the quarterfinals, equaling his 2010 run, where he was defeated in a tight match against world number 1 Rafael Nadal 7–6, 6–3, having lost to Federer in three sets at the same stage, the prior year. Gulbis next played in the 2011 Medibank International Sydney: he received a bye through the first round due to being seeded 3rd for the tournament, and defeated Russian Igor Andreev in the second round in three sets. He then defeated fellow rising star Sergiy Stakhovsky in the quarter finals 6–4, 6–4 before losing to eventual champion Gilles Simon of France in the semifinals, 6–7, 6–0 citing fatigue as a cause for the lop-sided effort. As a result of his semi-final appearance his ranking rose to number 22 in the world.

His next tournament was the 2011 Australian Open, where seeded 24th he lost in the first round to unseeded German Benjamin Becker in straight sets, again citing fatigue and illness for his poor showing. It marked his fifth consecutive loss at a Grand Slam event. Gulbis then withdrew from his next three tournaments, his ranking momentarily rising to his personal best of 21 in the world due to Marin Čilić failing to defend his points from the 2010 Australian Open. His ranking then dropped to number 24.

Gulbis returned to the tour in late February. His next tournament was the Dubai Tennis Championships, an outdoor hard court tournament, which was held simultaneously with the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, the tournament that Gulbis attained his first ATP title from; however, the Dubai Tennis Championships is a 500 level tournament, whereas the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships is a 250 level tournament, and given the much stronger field at Delray in 2011 than 2010, Dubai offered a stronger chance of maintaining or advancing in the rankings. In the first round, ranked 24th and seeded 8th, Gulbis won his first round match against wild card entrant and former doubles partner Michael Berrer convincingly, 6–3, 6–4, despite having trouble with his first serve, giving away seven double faults throughout the match. Gulbis fell to Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine in the second round in three sets, despite having defeated him in their two previous meetings.

Gulbis' season did little to improve as he next played in the 2011 BNP Paribas Open, receiving a bye through the first round before struggling with Lu Yen-Hsun, but ultimately prevailing, with the scoreline of 6–7, 7–6, 6–1. In the third round he was swiftly defeated by eventual winner Novak Djokovic, 0–6, 1–6. He then proceeded to play the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open (which Djokovic also won), receiving a bye through the first round, but losing in the second round to ATP-ranked #72 Carlos Berlocq 1–6, 6–2, 4–6. Ranked 30 going into the Monte-Carlo Masters, he defeated the Ukrainian world number 21 Alexandr Dolgopolov in his first round in straight sets, before losing to Milos Raonic in the second round, also in straight sets. Gulbis proceeded to lose in the first round of the 2011 Serbia Open - also a clay court tournament - to Ukrainian Illya Marchenko, in straight sets, 2–6, 4–6.

From late April to mid-May, Gulbis took three weeks off due to fatigue before competing in the 2011 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, placed in Nice, France, a 250 level outdoor clay court tournament. In his first two rounds, he defeated Fabio Fognini and Denis Istomin, both in three sets, before falling to world number 6 Tomáš Berdych in the quarter finals, 1–6, 4–6. From there, Gulbis' playing deteriorated further as his ranking dropped from 30 to 85 during the clay court season, failing to defend his deep runs in 2010. He proceeded to lose his next four matches in a row: against Blaž Kavčič at the French Open, against Adrian Mannarino at the Queen's Club Championships, against Dmitri Tursunov at Wimbledon (which marked his seventh, consecutive first round exit at a slam, and after which he took nearly a month off from tennis to train with his new coach), and against former world number 4 James Blake at the Atlanta Tennis Championships.

However, Gulbis won his second ATP title at the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles, where he snapped his five-match losing streak by defeating 5th seed Belgian Xavier Malisse in the first-round, 2–6, 6–3, 7–6 followed by American qualifier Daniel Kosakowski in straight sets. In the quarter finals he defeated Juan Martín Del Potro with relative ease, 6–2, 6–4, before defeating American Alex Bogomolov, Jr. in the semifinals. He faced No. 1 seed and No. 9 ranked Mardy Fish in the finals; after double-faulting to hand Fish the first set, he rallied to win the championship match 5–7, 6–4, 6–4.

Ernests received a wildcard entry into the 2011 Rogers Cup. He defeated former world no. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero in three sets in the first round, and proceeded to defeat Michaël Llodra in the second round after Llodra retired, 6-4, 1-0. In the third round he fell to eventual finalist Mardy Fish, who he had recently defeated, in another tight three-setter, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6. He then qualified for the 2011 Cincinnati Masters, where he lost to Croatian Ivan Dodig in two sets, 3-6, 6-7(3).

Davis Cup

Gulbis played in three Davis Cup ties for Latvia in 2009, winning all seven of the rubbers in which he participated (4 singles; 3 doubles with Deniss Pavlovs). His participation in the tie against Monaco in September helped Latvia to qualify for the Europe/Africa Zone Group I tier of Davis Cup for the first time in its history.

In 2010, Gulbis continued to support the Latvian Davis Cup team, playing against Poland, where he won both of his singles rubbers.

Record against the top players

Gulbis win-loss record against players who were ranked World No. 10 or higher when the match was played is as follows: {| |- |valign=top|

Tomáš Berdych 0-1

James Blake 2–0

Nikolay Davydenko 0–3

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Novak Djokovic 1–4

Roger Federer 1–2

Mardy Fish 1–1

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Andy Murray 0–4

Rafael Nadal 0–4

David Nalbandian 0–1

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Juan Martín del Potro 1–2

Tommy Robredo 1–0

Andy Roddick 0–3

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Robin Söderling 0–1

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 0–2

Fernando Verdasco 0–1

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Mikhail Youzhny 2–0

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Playing style and Equipment

Gulbis primarily employs an offensive baseline playing style. Gulbis' most consistent shot is his forehand, which is taken with rapid pace and relatively flat execution, a short swing and high levels of wrist action, which causes the shot to be volatile and difficult to read. His running forehand typically has a slice action. Ernests has a right handed double-handed backhand, which is also taken very flat and with an extremely short swing. Gulbis is also known for his finesse shots, including the offensive topspin lob and drop shot, both of which he can strike from any position, including from deep in the court. Gulbis employs the drop shot consistently and often, sometimes to the point of derision. Gulbis plays an extremely aggressive, winner-driven game, which often leads to a high unforced error count, making his consistency an issue in tough matches, often causing him to be likened to Marat Safin. His aggressive baseline game is coupled with an extremely powerful serve, often reaching the upper 130's and low 140's in mph; however, Gulbis has struggled with his second serve, and often has high double fault statistics across the ATP leader board. Despite playing a style more attuned to fast surfaces, his strong showing at the 2008 French Open and his win over Federer on clay are attributed to his powerful and flat strokes which can play through the surface. Gulbis' primary weaknesses are his second serve, his consistency and his nerves; despite a strong serve and return, Gulbis has poor break point conversion, break point save and tie-break statistics, having on numerous occasions made strings of uncharacteristic unforced errors when serving or returning for sets or matches, as well as hitting numerous "easy" slams well out in tough situations, something he has become known for and often jokes about in interviews.

As of January 2011, Gulbis uses a Wilson BLX racquet after switching from Head. His strings are Pacific Poly Force 17 strung at 62 lbs. Gulbis uses Tourna grip on a white Hydrocontrol grip. He is endorsed by adidas for his attire.

ATP World Tour

Singles: 2 (2–0)

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !width=80|Outcome !width=50|No. !width=125|Date !width=250|Tournament !width=75|Surface !width=200|Opponent in the final !width=250|Score in the final |- |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |1. |Feb 28, 2010 | Delray Beach |Hard | Ivo Karlović |6–2, 6–3 |- |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |2. |July 31, 2011 | Los Angeles |Hard | Mardy Fish |5–7, 6–4, 6–4 |}

Doubles: 2 (2–0)

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !width=80|Outcome !width=50|No. !width=125|Date !width=250|Tournament !width=75|Surface !width=200|Partnering !width=250|Opponents in the final !width=150|Score in the final |- |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |1. |April 14, 2008 | Houston, United States |Clay | Rainer Schüttler | Pablo Cuevas Marcel Granollers |7–5, 7–6(7–3) |- |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |2. |July 18, 2009 | Indianapolis, United States |Hard | Dmitry Tursunov | Ashley Fisher Jordan Kerr |6–4, 3–6, [11–9] |}

Singles performance timeline

''To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2011 Rogers Cup. {|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97% !Tournament!!2005!!2006!!2007!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!width=50|SR!!width=50|W–L |- |colspan=10 align=left|'''Grand Slam tournaments |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Australian Open | | |LQ |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 4 |bgcolor=#efefef|1–4 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|French Open | | |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 5 |bgcolor=#efefef|6–5 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Wimbledon | | |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R | |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 4 |bgcolor=#efefef|2–4 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|US Open | |LQ |bgcolor=#afeeee|4R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R | |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 4 |bgcolor=#efefef|4–4 |- !style=text-align:left|Win–Loss !0–0 !0–0 !4–3 !6–4 !3–4 !0–3 !0–3 !0 / 17 !13–17 |- |colspan=10 align=left|'''Olympic Games |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Summer Olympics |colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|Not Held |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|Not Held !0 / 1 !0–1 |- |colspan=10 align=left|'''ATP World Tour Masters 1000 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Indian Wells Masters | | | |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 4 |bgcolor=#efefef|4–4 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Miami Masters | | | |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R | |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 3 |bgcolor=#efefef|1–3 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Monte Carlo Masters | | | | |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 3 |bgcolor=#efefef|2–3 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Rome Masters | | | | |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=yellow|SF | |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 2 |bgcolor=#efefef|5–2 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Madrid | | | |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF | |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 3 |bgcolor=#efefef|4–3 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Canada Masters | | |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |LQ |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 4 |bgcolor=#efefef|3–4 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Cincinnati Masters | | | |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |LQ |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 3 |bgcolor=#efefef|5–3 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Shanghai Masters |colspan=4 style=color:#ccc|NMS |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R | |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 2 |bgcolor=#efefef|0–2 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Paris Masters | | | | |LQ |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R | |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 1 |bgcolor=#efefef|2–1 |- !style=text-align:left|Win–Loss !0–0 !0–0 !0–1 !6–5 !2–6 !14–8 !4–5 !0 / 25 !26–25 |- |colspan=10 align=left|'''Career Statistics |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Tournaments Played |0 |1 |14 |21 |26 |21 |17 !colspan=2|100 |- !style=text-align:left|Titles–Runner-ups !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !1–0 !1–0 !2 / 100 !2–0 |- !style=text-align:left|Overall Win–Loss !0–2 !4–2 !10–14 !24–22 !20–26 !31–20 !16–16 !2 / 100 !105–102 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Year End Ranking |418 |141 |61 |53 |90 |24 | !colspan=2| |}

Challengers and futures titles (10)

Singles (7)

{|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !Legend (Singles) |-bgcolor=moccasin |Challengers (4) |-bgcolor=#cffcff |Futures (3) |}

{|class="wikitable" style=font-size:97% !No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Opponent in the final !Score |-bgcolor=#cffcff |1. |September 12, 2005 |Friedberg, Germany |Clay | Marcel Zimmermann |6–4, 6–0 |-bgcolor=#cffcff |2. |January 16, 2006 |Bergheim, Austria |Clay | Jean-Claude Scherrer |7–6^(7–2), 3–6, 6–4 |-bgcolor=#cffcff |3. |March 6, 2006 |Leuggern, Switzerland |Carpet | Tobias Klein |7–6^(7–4), 6–4 |-bgcolor=moccasin |4. |November 6, 2006 |Eckental, Germany |Carpet | Philipp Petzschner |6–3, 6–0 |-bgcolor=moccasin |5. |February 19, 2007 |Besançon, France |Hard (i) | Édouard Roger-Vasselin |6–4, 3–6, 6–4 |-bgcolor=moccasin |6. |March 12, 2007 |Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |Hard (i) | Jan Mertl |4–6, 6–4, 7–6^{(7–2) |-bgcolor=moccasin |7. |October 7, 2007 |Mons, Belgium |Hard (i) | Kristof Vliegen |7–5, 6–3 |}}

Doubles (3)

{|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Partnering !Opponents in the final !Score |-bgcolor=moccasin |1. |July 10, 2006 |Oberstaufen, Germany |Clay | Mischa Zverev | Teodor-Dacian Crăciun & Gabriel Moraru |6–1, 6–1 |-bgcolor=moccasin |2. |October 30, 2006 |Aachen, Germany |Carpet | Mischa Zverev | Tomasz Bednarek & Irakli Labadze |6–7^(5–7), 6–4, [10–8] |-bgcolor=moccasin |3. |March 12, 2007 |Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |Hard (i) | Deniss Pavlovs | Jan Mertl & Lukáš Rosol |6–4, 6–3 |}

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