Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov Dimitrov (Bulgarian: Григор Димитров Димитров, pronounced [ɡriˈɡɔr dimiˈtrɔf]; born 16 May 1991) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the ATP, making him the highest-ranked Bulgarian in history. Dimitrov reached the ranking after winning the biggest title of his career at the season-ending ATP Finals in November 2017. He has won nine ATP Tour singles titles.

Prior to his professional career, Dimitrov enjoyed a successful junior career, in which he reached the world No. 1 ranking and won consecutive major boys' singles titles at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships and the 2008 US Open. In October 2013 at the Stockholm Open, Dimitrov became the first Bulgarian man to win an ATP Tour singles title. By reaching the 2024 French Open quarterfinals, Dimitrov became the second player born in the 1990s (after Daniil Medvedev), to complete the career set of both Grand Slam and Masters 1000 quarterfinals. As of 2025 Wimbledon, he was the male player with the longest active streak and all-time fifth-longest of consecutive Grand Slam appearances, at 58 which ended when he withdrew from the US Open.

Dimitrov was named Bulgarian Sportsperson of the Year in 2014 and 2017, marking the first and second occasions a tennis player received the honor since the award's inception in 1958. In 2017, he was also awarded the Balkan Athlete of the Year. In December 2024, he was selected the winner of the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award.

Grigor Dimitrov was born in Haskovo to father Dimitar Dimitrov, a tennis coach, and mother Maria Dimitrova, a sports teacher and former volleyball player, in 1991. 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. In his early years his father served as his coach, but after he proved his talent in the tournaments for juniors, he made it clear that he would have to develop in other conditions. At the age of 16, Dimitrov turned professional.

In 2007, Dimitrov joined the academy "Sanchez-Casal", where he was further trained under the leadership of Emilio Sánchez and Pato Álvarez. Since March 2009 Dimitrov trained in Paris, France, where he joined Patrick Mouratoglou's tennis academy and spent the next four seasons there and he appointed Patrick Mouratoglou as coach for 2012.

Dimitrov began dating Maria Sharapova in late 2012. He and Sharapova only confirmed their relationship after the 2013 Madrid Open where the Bulgarian managed his first win against a world No. 1, beating Novak Djokovic. Sharapova and Dimitrov separated in July 2015. At the end of 2015, he started discreetly dating American singer Nicole Scherzinger, the lead vocalist of The Pussycat Dolls. Their romantic relationship ended in 2019. Since then, he has been involved in relationships with businesswoman Lolita Osmanova, president of the Luxury International magazine, as well as Romanian actress Mădălina Ghenea. Since April 2025, Dimitrov is in a relationship with Mexican actress Eiza González, confirmed through an Instagram post.

In addition to his native Bulgarian, he speaks English and says his main interests are sports, cars, computers and watches. Early in his career, Dimitrov was nicknamed "Baby Fed" due to the striking similarity of his forehand and one-handed backhand technique to those of Roger Federer, who is ten years older and was already a dominant figure in tennis at the time.

Dimitrov’s cousin, Alexander Vasilev, is also a tennis player competing on the ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors; he has reached a career-high ITF boys’ ranking of No. 2.