Teymuraz Gabashvili

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Teymuraz Gabashvili
Теймураз Габашвили
თეიმურაზ გაბაშვილი
Country  Russia
Residence Moscow, Russia
Born (1985-05-23) May 23, 1985
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro 2002
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $1,961,359
Singles
Career record 64–123 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
5 Challengers, 4 Futures
Highest ranking No. 59 (2 February 2009)
Current ranking No. 63 (27 January 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (2014)
French Open 4R (2010)
Wimbledon 2R (2010)
US Open 2R (2006, 2007)
Doubles
Career record 25-46 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 105 (24 October 2011)
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Teymuraz Gabashvili (Russian: Теймураз Габашвили, Georgian: თეიმურაზ გაბაშვილი; born May 23, 1985 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR) is a tennis player from Russia. He was born in Georgia but moved to Moscow, Russia. Gabashvili reached the fourth round of the 2010 French Open and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world no. 59 in February 2009.

Biography

He began playing tennis at the age of six. He was nicknamed "Tsunami" because of his energy.

Tennis career

Juniors

As a junior Gabashvili posted a singles win/loss record of 38–34 (47–29 in doubles) and reached as high as no. 33 in the junior world singles rankings (and no. 40 in doubles) in January 2002.

Junior Slam results:

Australian Open: 3R (2002)
French Open: 1R (2001, 2002)
Wimbledon: 1R (2002)
US Open: 2R (2001)

2002–2006

Gabashvili made his ATP tour debut in 2004 in Båstad, where he lost to Olivier Patience of France.

2007

At Wimbledon, Gabashvili faced Roger Federer in the first round and lost.

In the first round of the 2007 US Open, Gabashvili defeated World No. 7 Fernando González in five sets. In the fourth set, Gabashvili served for the match at 5–4, but hit three consecutive double faults. He lost the game and the set, but came back in the fifth and final set to win the match.[1]

2008

2009

In the first round of the 2009 US Open, he lost in straight sets to American Jesse Levine.

2010

In the third round of the 2010 French Open, he beat Andy Roddick in straight sets. However, he was beaten in the fourth round by Austria's Jurgen Melzer in four sets.

At the 2010 US Open, Gabashvili played World No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the first round, and lost.

2011

Gabashvili represented his country at the 2011 Summer Universiade held in Shenzhen and won a Silver medal. Despite being ranked below the top 100 in the ATP rankings, Gabashvili was still by far the highest-ranked player in the singles draw, and was thus a favorite to win Gold. He advanced all the way to the singles final without dropping a set before suffering a surprising defeat at the hands of Lim Yong-Kyu, an established member of South Korea's Davis Cup team.

Personal life

Gabashvili speaks Russian, Georgian, Spanish and English. His brother, Levan played basketball for Dinamo Tbilisi, until he started to attend college at Seward County Community College in the USA in Fall 2009. Outside tennis, Gabashvili enjoys playing football and basketball. He is coached by Andrei Kesarev.

Singles performance timeline

Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R A 1R 1R 1R A A 3R 2–5 28.57
French Open A 1R A 2R 4R 1R Q1 Q3 4–4 50.00
Wimbledon A 1R A 1R 2R 1R Q2 1R 1–5 20.00
US Open 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R A 1R Q1 2–6 33.33
Win–Loss 1–1 1–4 0–1 1–4 4–4 0–3 0–1 0–1 2–1 7–19 64.78
Year-end Ranking 112 125 65 106 80 138 182 76

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament200720082009201020112012SRW–L
Australian Open 1R 0 / 1 0–1
French Open 1R 2R 3R 0 / 3 3–3
Wimbledon 1R 0 / 1 0–1
US Open 2R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 4 1–4

References

  1. ↑

External links

Association of Tennis Professionals: Russia Top ten Russian male singles tennis players as of 6 January 2014
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