Grigor Dimitrov Starts the New Season against Chardy or Golubev

Grigor Dimitrov is 4th seeded of the main draw of Brisbane International in Australia. The Bulgarian will start directly from the second round where he might play either Jeremy Chardy or Andrey Golubev. The head-to-head score of Dimitrov with the Frenchman Chardy, No 29, is 1-1: Grigor lost in the first round of Roland Garros in 2011 and won in the first round at Australian Open the next year. In the only match in the main draws on ATP Tour level Dimitrov beat Golubev in the first round of Australian Open in 2011. Back in 2008 in the qualifications in Barcelona the winner was Golubev.

No 23 Alexandr Dolgopolov is the potential opponent of Dimitrov at the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals Dimitrov could meet last year`s finalist here Roger Federer.

In the previous two participations in Brisbane Grigor Dimtrov reached the final in 2013 where he lost to Andy Murray and the second round last year (lost to Marin Cilic).

Dimitrov will enter also the doubles tournament in partnership with the local youngster Thanasi Kokkinakis. In the first round the Bulgarian-Australian pair will play Jeremy Chardy,France,and Lukasz Kubot, Poland.