Laurynas Grigelis

Laurynas Grigelis

Country	Lithuania
Residence	Costa di Mezzate, Italy
Born	(1991-08-14) August 14, 1991 Klaipėda, Lithuania
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$189,984
Singles
Career record	4–7
Career titles	0 1 Challenger, 9 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 183 (July 9, 2012)
Current ranking	No. 346 (January 19, 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2012)
French Open	Q3 (2012)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2012, 2014)
US Open	Q3 (2011)
Doubles
Career record	4–2
Career titles	0 7 Challengers, 5 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 132 (November 12, 2012)
Current ranking	No. 212 (January 19, 2015)
Last updated on: January 19, 2015.

Laurynas Grigelis (born August 14, 1991) is a Lithuanian professional tennis player and a prominent member of the Lithuania Davis Cup team. Grigelis holds the best ATP doubles ranking for Lithuanian player of all time.

Grigelis won his first title when he was 18 at a Futures tournament in Wrexham, United Kingdom. On ATP Challenger Tour Grigelis has won six titles, one singles and five doubles. He won his only singles title in summer 2011 in Aptos, United States. In 2012, Grigelis won five doubles titles. He captured three titles with Uladzimir Ignatik in Wofsburg, Germany, Cherbourg, and Saint Rémy, France, he achieved one title with Rameez Junaid in Saint–Brieuc, France, and one title with Alessandro Motti in Naples, Italy.

Since the end of 2010 Grigelis is couched by Giuseppe Menga.

ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Men's Circuit career finals

Singles: (10–3)

Outcome	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	02009-09-13-0000September 13, 2009	Wrexham, Great Britain	Hard	David Rice	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	02010-09-26-0000September 26, 2010	Brusaporto, Italy	Hard (i)	Filip Prpic	3–6, 4–6
Winner	02011-05-29-0000May 29, 2011	Agadir, Morocco	Clay	Bassam Beidas	6–0, 6–0
Winner	02011-06-17-0000June 17, 2011	Aptos, United States	Hard	Ilija Bozoljac	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	02013-03-24-0000March 24, 2013	Taverne, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Martin Fischer	6–7(4–7), 1–6
Winner	02013-08-04-0000August 4, 2013	Vilnius, Lithuania	Clay	Giammarco Micolani	6–1, 6–3
Winner	02013-09-22-0000September 22, 2013	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Claudio Fortuna	6–2, 6–3
Winner	02013-10-19-0000October 19, 2013	Loughborough, Great Britain	Hard (i)	David Rice	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	02013-10-26-0000October 26, 2013	Tipton, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Joris De Loore	6–3, 6–3
Winner	02013-11-02-0000November 2, 2013	Edgbaston, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Joris De Loore	6–3, 1–6, 6–0
Winner	02013-12-01-0000December 1, 2013	Opava, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	Uladzimir Ignatik	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Winner	02014-01-18-0000January 18, 2014	Glasgow, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Daniel Smethurst	7–5, 6–7(4–7), 7–5
Runner-up	02014-11-02-0000November 2, 2014	Loughborough, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Maxime Authom	6–2, 6–1

Doubles: (12–8)

Outcome	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	02009-09-06-0000September 6, 2009	Trieste, Italy	Clay	Giuseppe Menga	Filippo Leonardi Jacopo Marchegiani	6–2, 4–6, [7–10]
Runner-up	02010-05-16-0000May 16, 2010	Pozzuoli, Italy	Clay	Daniel Evans	Juan-Martín Aranguren Alejandro Fabbri	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up	02011-06-05-0000June 5, 2011	Bergamo, Italy	Clay	Riccardo Sinicropi	Giorgio Portaluri Juan Pablo Villar	7–5, 3–6, [8–10]
Winner	02012-02-26-0000February 26, 2012	Wolfsburg, Germany	Carpet (i)	Uladzimir Ignatik	Tomasz Bednarek Olivier Charroin	7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Winner	02012-03-04-0000March 4, 2012	Cherbourg, France	Hard (i)	Uladzimir Ignatik	Dustin Brown Jonathan Marray	4–6, 7–6(11–9), [10–0]
Winner	02012-04-06-0000April 6, 2012	Saint-Brieuc, France	Clay	Rameez Junaid	Stéphane Robert Laurent Rochette	1–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Winner	02012-04-28-0000April 28, 2012	Napoli, Italy	Clay	Alessandro Motti	Rameez Junaid Igor Zelenay	6–4, 6–4
Winner	02012-09-08-0000September 8, 2012	St. Rémy, France	Hard	Uladzimir Ignatik	Jordi Marsé-Vidri Carles Poch-Gradin	6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–6]
Runner-up	02012-10-19-0000October 19, 2012	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Bastian Knittel	David Rice Sean Thornley	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	02012-10-26-0000October 26, 2012	Cardiff, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Giuseppe Menga	Bastian Knittel Kevin Krawietz	6–3, 4–6, [7–10]
Runner-up	02013-06-01-0000June 1, 2013	Changwon, South Korea	Hard	Enrique Lopez-Perez	Yong-Kyu Lim Ji Sung Nam	7–5, 4–6, [9–11]
Winner	02013-08-03-0000August 3, 2013	Vilnius, Lithuania	Clay	Giuseppe Menga	Ivan Anikanov Yaraslau Shyla	7–5, 6–3
Winner	02013-09-14-0000September 14, 2013	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Federico Gaio	Dekel Bar Richard Gabb	1–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Winner	02013-09-21-0000September 21, 2013	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Federico Gaio	Alexander Krasnorutskiy Anton Manegin	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up	02014-03-23-0000March 23, 2014	Taverne, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Henri Laaksonen	Jesper Brunström Frederik Nielsen	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up	02014-07-21-0000July 21, 2014	Recanati, Italy	Hard	James Cluskey	Ilija Bozoljac Goran Tošić	7–5, 4–6, [5–10]
Winner	02013-09-21-0000September 21, 2013	Aptos, United States	Hard	Ruben Bemelmans	Purav Raja Sanam Singh	6–3, 4–6, [11–9]
Winner	02014-10-19-0000October 19, 2014	Minsk, Belarus	Hard (i)	Lukas Mugevičius	Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev Andrei Vasilevski	6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Winner	02014-10-26-0000October 26, 2014	Manchester, Great Britain	Hard (i)	David Rice	Sean Thornley Darren Walsh	6–4, 6–4
Winner	02015-01-17-0000January 17, 2015	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Adrian Ungur	Flavio Cipolla Alessandro Motti	3–6, 6–2, [10–5]

Singles performance timeline

Key

Won tournament; or reached Final; Semifinal; Quarter-final; Round 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; lost in Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a bronze, silver (F or S) or gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

The table is current through season 2014.

Davis Cup

Grigelis is a member of the Lithuania Davis Cup team, having posted a 6–9 record in singles and a 5–3 record in doubles in twelve ties played.

All Davis Cup Matches
2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III
Round	Date	Opponents	Tie score	Venue	Surface	Match	Opponent	Rubber score
RR	7 May 2008	Estonia	1–2	Yerevan	Clay	Singles 1	Vladimir Ivanov	2–6, 6–7(5–7) (L)
RR	11 May 2008	Moldova	0–3	Yerevan	Clay	Singles 2	Andrei Gorban	1–6, 2–6 (L)
						Doubles (with Mindaugas Čeledinas)	Albot & Ciumac	3–6, 2–6 (L)
2010 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Round	Date	Opponents	Tie score	Venue	Surface	Match	Opponent	Rubber score
1R	5–7 March 2010	Great Britain	3–2	Vilnius	Hard (i)	Singles 1	James Ward	4–6, 2–6, 4–6 (L)
						Doubles (with Dovydas Šakinis)	Fleming & Skupski	0–6, 7–6(7–2), 5–7, 3–6 (L)
						Singles 5	Daniel Evans	6–7(6–8), 7–5, 6–0, 2–6, 6–4 (W)
2R	9–11 July 2010	Ireland	3–2	Dublin	Carpet (i)	Singles 2	Conor Niland	6–2, 6–3, 6–1 (W)
						Doubles (with Ričardas Berankis)	Cluskey & King	6–3, 6–3, 6–4 (W)
3R	17–19 September 2010	Slovenia	2–3	Vilnius	Hard	Singles 2	Grega Žemlja	3–6, 6–7(4–7), 3–6 (L)
						Doubles (with Ričardas Berankis)	Gregorc & Žemlja	5–7, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–3 (W)
						Singles 5	Blaž Kavčič	4–6, 6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7) (L)
2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Round	Date	Opponents	Tie score	Venue	Surface	Match	Opponent	Rubber score
1R	4–6 March 2011	Estonia	2–3	Tallinn	Hard (i)	Singles 2	Jürgen Zopp	5–4 ret. (L)
2012 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III
Round	Date	Opponents	Tie score	Venue	Surface	Match	Opponent	Rubber score
RR	3 May 2012	San Marino	3–0	Sofia	Clay	Singles 2	Marco de Rossi	6–2, 6–1 (W)
RR	4 May 2012	Andorra	2–0	Sofia	Clay	Singles 2	Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier	6–2, 6–4 (W)
PO	5 May 2012	Greece	2–1	Sofia	Clay	Singles 1	Theodoros Angelinos	5–7, 7–6(10–8), 4–6 (L)
						Doubles (with Ričardas Berankis)	Gemouchidis & Kalovelonis	6–2, 7–5 (W)
2014 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Round	Date	Opponents	Tie score	Venue	Surface	Match	Opponent	Rubber score
1R	31 January–2 February 2014	Norway	5–0	Oslo	Hard (i)	Singles 1	Joachim Bjerke	6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3, 6–2 (W)
						Doubles (with Ričardas Berankis)	Boretti & Durasovic	6–1, 6–4, 7–5 (W)
2R	4–6 April 2014	South Africa	3–2	Centurion, Gauteng	Hard	Singles 1	Rik de Voest	6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 6–7(4–7) (L)
						Doubles (with Ričardas Berankis)	Andersen & Klaasen	6–3, 3–6, 3–6, 6–7(5–7) (L)
						Singles 5	Ruan Roelofse	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4 (W)
3R	12–14 September 2014	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–2	Sarajevo	Hard (i)	Singles 2	Damir Džumhur	7–6(7–5), 1–6, 1–6, 0–1, ret (L)
						Doubles (with Ričardas Berankis)	Bašić & Brkić	6–3, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) (W)

External links

• Laurynas Grigelis at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Laurynas Grigelis at the International Tennis Federation
• Laurynas Grigelis at the Davis Cup
• Future Talent

References