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In the ATP rankings of 30 November Grigor Dimitrov moved 2 positions ahead and occupies No 287 in the singles. In the doubles he gains one position and is at his best ever position of 345.

The Bulgarians behind Dimitrov are Tihomir Grozdanov - 650, Valentin Dimov - 670, Ivaylo Traykov - 700, Todor Enev - 823.

After the Masters finals in London the winner Davydenko (Russia) moves to position ...

Grigor Dimitrov moved 7 positions ahead in the ATP ranking and occupies position 289 this week. In the doubles he reaches best ever position of 346.

This week No 2 best ranked Bulgarian is Tihomir Grozdanov who moves ahead of Valentin Dimov who are at 654 and 658 respectively. Ivaylo Traykov is at 707 and Todor Enev - 749.

Changes of positions at Top 10 could be expected after the ATP Worldt...

The Bulgarian Tennis Federation expectedly chose Grigor Dimitrov as No 1 Bulgarian tennis player of 2009. In a special press-conference the federation presented the winners. Tsvetana Pironkova is the best female tennis player of the year. Awards were given also the bestprogressingyoung tennis players of theyear - Dimitar Kuzmanov who reached No 1 of the European ranking of boys under 16 and Viktor...

Grigor Dimitrov keeps his last week's position 296 of the ATP Ranking. In the doubles he reached his best ever position of 352.

Most of the Bulgarians in the ranking gain positions. No 2 is Valentin Dimov - at position 660 only 3 positions ahead of Tihomir Grozdanov - 663. Ivaylo Traykov is at 714 and Todor Enev is at 750.

In the Top 10 the only change is the swap of positions by Robin Sode...

Grigor Dimitrov withdrew from the $50K ATP Challenger in Champaign, Illinois, USA. So the Knoxville Challenger was the last tournament that he participated at this year....

Grigor Dimitrov / Filip Prpic (Sweden) lost in the quarterfinals of the doubles tournament of the $50K ATP Challenger in Knoxville, USA.Conrad Huey (Philippine) andHarsh Mankad (India) defeated the Bulgarian-Swedish pair 6-7 6-1 [10-4].

Next week Grigor Dimitrov will start at the ATP Challenger of the same rank in Champaign, Illinois, USA....

Grigor Dimitrov and Filip Prpic (Sweden) passed to the quarterfinals of the 50K USD in Knoxville, USA. Because of foot injury of Witten it was the lucky losers Brian and Dann Battistone who started in the doubles tournament. Dimitrov/Prpic defeated the Battistone brothers 6-3 6-2 and won 13 ATP doubles points and would share 640 USD of the prize money.

In the quarterfinals Grigor and Filip will...

Ilija Bozoljac of Serbia defeated Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 6-4 in the first round of the 50'000 USD ATP Challenger in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. This is the second time when Bozoljac wins - earlier this year Grigor lost to him at Nottingham Challenger.

On Wednesday Dimitrov/Prpic will start in the doubles tournament....

For second tournament in a row Grigor Dimitrov will play with Filip Prpic (Sweden) as doubles partner. Dimitrov / Prpic will play their first round match of the doubles of the Knoxville Challenger in Tennessee on Tuesday or Wednesday against the Americans Alex Kuznetsov and Jesse Witten.

Last week Dimitrov/Prpic passed the first round but were defeated in the quarterfinals in the ATP Challenger...

In the ATP Ranking of 9 November 2009 Grigor Dimitrov moves 12 positions ahead to 296 in the singles. In the doubles he is at his best ever position of 344.

Most of the Bulgarian players gain positions in the ranking. Valentin Dimov is No 2 Bulgarian at position 660 followed by Tihomir Grozdanov - at 673, Ivaylo Traykov - 732, Todor Enev - 758.

There are no changes in Top 10 - Roger Federer ...

It is the Serbian Ilija Bozoljac who Grigor Dimitrov will play in the first round of the main draw of the challenger in Tennessee with. Bozoljac is 24 y.o. from Belgrade and is currently 205th in the current ATP ranking.

Ilija and Grigor played once earlier this year at the quarter finals of AEGONTrophyin Nottingham, Great Britain, where the Bulgarian lost6-1 3-6 4-6....

Due to withdrawals of 2 players from the initial entry list of the main draw the seeds 1 and 2 of the qualifications Filip Prpic (Sweden) and Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) moved to the main draw and will start in the first round on Monday or Tuesday, 9 or 10 November 2009. The opponent of Dimitrov in the first round will be known after the announcement of the main draw on Sunday....

Grigor Dimitrov is Seed of the qualification draw of the 50'000 USD ATP Challenger tournament in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. On Saturday, 7 November 2009, Grigor starts against Bjorn Rehnquist of Sweden, 31 y.o, current ATP rank 425. The highest rank player that could meet Dimitrov in the qualification is Seed and ATP rank 346 Jamie Baker (Great Britain)....

Grigor Dimitrov / Filip Prpic (Sweden) lost the quarterfinal match of the ATP Challenger in Charlottesville, VA, USA, to Dominic Inglot (GBR) / Rylon Rizza (USA) 4-6 1-6. Grigor will add 13 ATP doubles points and will share with Prpic 640 USD of the prize money.

Grigor Dimitrov will play in the ATP Challenger in Knoxville, Tennessee with prize money of 50'000 USD. Most likely Grigor will start...

Grigor Dimitrov left the singles tournament of the 50,000 USD Challenger in Charlottesville, Virginia as in the second round Seed 1 and ATP rank 86 Michael Russell (USA) defeated Grigor in 3 sets 4-6 6-4 6-2.

With Filip Prpic (Sweden) Grigor Dimitrov will play their quarterfinal match of the doubles tournament againstDominic Inglot (Great Britain) /Rylon Rizza (USA)on Thursday at 2 pm local tim...

Grigor Dimitrov and his partner Filip Prpric (Sweden) defeated Kevin Kim (USA) / Cecil Mamiit (Philippine) 7-6(4) 6-3 in the first round of the doubles of Virginia National Bank Championship in Charlottesville. The Bulgarian-Swedish pair win 13 ATP points and will share $640 of prize money for reaching the quarterfinals.

Their opponents for the match in Thursday will be decided between Seed 4 I...

In the first round of the singles main draw of the 50'000 USD ATP Challenger in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, GrigorDimitrovdefeated ATP Rank 172 Michael Yani (USA) in three sets 7-5 1-6 7-6(3). This way Grigor stopped the series of first match losses of the last 2 tournaments. Dimitrov gains 6 points and 860 USD of the prize money.

The opponent of Grigor Dimitrov in the second round will be ...

With the Swedish partner Filip Prpic Grigor Dimitrov will start in the first round of the doubles against the pair of the American Kevin Kim (Seed 2 of the singles) and Cecil Mamit of the Philippines atVirginia National Bank Championship.

Later today at 1pm local time (7pm CET) GrigorDimitrovstarts against Michael Yani at court 9 in the first round of the singles main draw....

In the ATP rankings of the week of 2 November Grigor is at position 308 in the singles and 389 in the doubles.

The Bulgarians behind Grigor Dimitrov are loosing positions and are: Valentin Dimov - 662, Thomir Grozdanov - 681, Ivaylo Traykov - 735, Todor Enev - 757.

There are minor changes in Top 10, and no changes in Top 5 - Roger Federer (Switzerland) is No 1 followed by Rafael Nadal (Spain...

At the 50'000 USD ATP Challenger in Charlottesville, VA, USA, Grigor Dimitrov will start in the first round of the main draw against Michael Yani, 28-years-old Singapore born American. Yani's this week ATP rank is 175. He reached the semi-finals of the challenger in Calabasas, California, USA earlier this week. At USA Open Michael succeeded in the 3 rounds of the qualifications and lost in the fir...