Tihomir Grozdanov

Tihomir Grozdanov
Тихомир Грозданов
Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Residence	Varna, Bulgaria
Born	29 April 1987 (age 35); Varna, Bulgaria
Turned pro	2005
Retired	2017 (last match)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$ 53,942
Singles
Career record	4–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0; 0 Challengers, 4 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 394 (30 December 2013)
Doubles
Career record	3–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0; 0 Challengers, 10 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 545 (17 January 2011)
	Last updated on: 30 January 2021.

Last updated November 16, 2022

Tihomir Ruslanov Grozdanov (Bulgarian : Тихомир Русланов Грозданов, born 29 April 1987) is a former professional Bulgarian tennis player. On 30 December 2013, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 394 whilst his best doubles ranking was 545 on 17 January 2011.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Year-end rankings

Year	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Singles	1345	1152	974	621	641	561	595	755	394	897	1606	1287	1606
Doubles	950	1257	978	759	1055	551	948	1060	873	913	1018	-	-

Challenger and Futures Finals

Singles: 10 (4–6)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (4–6)

Titles by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (3–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2008	Bulgaria F4, Sofia	Futures	Clay	Yannick Mertens	1–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Sep 2008	Bulgaria F8, Stara Zagora	Futures	Clay	Ivaylo Traykov	7–5, 1–0 ret.
Loss	1–2	May 2009	Bulgaria F1, Sandanski	Futures	Clay	Ivaylo Traykov	6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Win	2–2	May 2010	Bulgaria F3, Plovdiv	Futures	Clay	Javier Martí	6–4, 6–3
Loss	2–3	May 2011	Bulgaria F1, Varna	Futures	Clay	Axel Michon	7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 1–6
Loss	2–4	Sep 2012	Serbia F13, Niš	Futures	Clay	Miljan Zekić	7–5, 1–6, 1–6
Loss	2–5	Mar 2013	Croatia F4, Poreč	Futures	Clay	Jaroslav Pospíšil	2–6, 1–6
Win	3–5	Jun 2013	Bulgaria F4, Burgas	Futures	Clay	Mathias Bourgue	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Win	4–5	Dec 2013	Qatar F4, Doha	Futures	Hard	Michael Shabaz	7–6^(10–8), 6–3
Loss	4–6	Jul 2014	Bulgaria F4, Plovdiv	Futures	Clay	Guillermo Rivera-Aránguiz	7–5, 3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 18 (10–8)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (10–8)

Titles by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (10–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2006	Bulgaria F3, Sofia	Futures	Clay	Todor Enev	Yordan Kanev Ilia Kushev	6–7^(4–7), 4–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2007	Bulgaria F5, Varna	Futures	Clay	Valentin Dimov	Bogdan Leonte Peter Torebko	6–7^(4–7), 4–6
Loss	0–3	Oct 2007	Tunisia F5, Monastir	Futures	Hard	Simeon Ivanov	Jonathan Eysseric Jérôme Inzerillo	4–6, 1–6
Win	1–3	Jun 2008	Bulgaria F4, Sofia	Futures	Clay	Simeon Ivanov	Todor Enev Ilia Kushev	6–3, 4–6, [10–4]
Win	2–3	Jun 2008	Romania F8, Bucharest	Futures	Clay	Todor Enev	Alexandru-Daniel Carpen Costin Pavăl	6–1, 6–2
Win	3–3	Aug 2008	Bulgaria F5, Dobrich	Futures	Clay	Simeon Ivanov	Todor Enev Valentin Dimov	2–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Win	4–3	Nov 2009	Turkey F12, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Dinko Halachev	Werner Eschauer Alexander Flock	4–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Win	5–3	Mar 2010	Turkey F3, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Ivaylo Traykov	Colin Ebelthite Jarryd Maher	3–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Loss	5–4	May 2010	Bulgaria F2, Varna	Futures	Clay	Ivaylo Traykov	Alexandru-Daniel Carpen Adrian Cruciat	4–6, 4–6
Win	6–4	May 2010	Bulgaria F3, Plovdiv	Futures	Clay	Ivaylo Traykov	Ivan Anikanov Roman Tudoreanu	6–4, 6–3
Win	7–4	Nov 2010	Turkey F14, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Alexander Lazov	Marco Dierckx Bart Govaerts	6–4, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss	7–5	Nov 2010	Turkey F15, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Alexander Lazov	Ivan Bjelica Patrik Brydolf	7–6^(7–1), 4–6, [8–10]
Loss	7–6	Mar 2011	Turkey F9, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Ivan Bjelica	Toni Androić Dino Marcan	6–3, 2–6, [7–10]
Win	8–6	Mar 2012	Turkey F10, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Dimitar Kuzmanov	Ivan Bjelica Arsenije Zlatanović	6–3, 6–3
Loss	8–7	Dec 2012	Turkey F50, Istanbul	Futures	Hard (i)	Dinko Halachev	Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Anton Manegin	6–7^(2–7), 3–6
Loss	8–8	Mar 2014	Croatia F4, Poreč	Futures	Clay	Duje Kekez	Gerard Granollers Oriol Roca Batalla	4–6, 1–6
Win	9–8	Jun 2014	Bulgaria F1, Burgas	Futures	Clay	Plamen Milushev	Riccardo Bonadio Davide Melchiorre	6–2, 6–1
Win	10–8	Jun 2015	Bulgaria F2, Burgas	Futures	Clay	Alexander Lazov	Gabriel Donev Eleftherios Theodorou	7–5, 4–6, [10–7]

Davis Cup

Tihomir Grozdanov debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2008. Since then he has 11 nominations with 13 ties played, his singles W/L record is 4–2 and doubles W/L record is 9–1 (13–3 overall).

Singles (4–2)

Edition	Round	Date	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
2009 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	8 March 2009	Carpet (I)	Ádám Kellner	L	6–4, 2–6, 6–7^(3–7)
	QF	10 July 2009	Clay	Andis Juška	L	7–6^(7–5), 2–6, 3–6, 4–6
	QF	12 July 2009	Clay	Adrians Žguns	W	6–4, 6–3
2013 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	RPO	5 April 2013	Clay	Vladimir Ivanov	W	6–4, 6–1, 6–3
2014 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	2 February 2014	Hard (I)	Herkko Pöllänen	W	6–7^(3–7), 6–2, 6–3
2015 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	QF	19 July 2015	Clay	Alex Knaff	W	6–3, 5–7, 6–4

Doubles (7–1)

Edition	Round	Date	Partner	Surface	Opponents	W/L	Result
2008 Europe/Africa Zone Group III	RR	8 April 2008	Simeon Ivanov	Clay	Daniel Danilović Nemanja Kontić	W	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
		9 April 2008	Simeon Ivanov		Charles Irie Claude N'Goran	W	4–6, 6–2, 6–0
		11 April 2008	Simeon Ivanov		Haluk Akkoyun Ergün Zorlu	W	6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
		12 April 2008	Simeon Ivanov		Mark Fynn Mlandeli Ndlela	W	6–4, 6–1
2013 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	RPO	6 April 2013	Alexander Lazov	Clay	Vladimir Ivanov Mikk Irdoja	W	4–6, 6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–2), 6–4, 6–3
2014 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	1 February 2014	Dimitar Kutrovsky	Hard (I)	Jarkko Nieminen Henri Kontinen	L	3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 2–6
2015 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	7 March 2015	Ilia Kushev	Hard (I)	Mārtiņš Podžus Jānis Podžus	W	3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–1
2015 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	PPO	19 September 2015	Alexander Lazov	Clay	Márton Fucsovics Levente Gödry	W	2–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–4, 4–6, 6–1

RR = Round Robin
RPO = Relegation Play–off
PPO = Promotion Play–off

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References

External links

Tihomir Grozdanov at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Tihomir Grozdanov at the International Tennis Federation
Tihomir Grozdanov at the Davis Cup

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[1] Tennis – ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Tihomir Grozdanov

[2] Tennis – ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Tihomir Grozdanov – Playing Activity – Singles

[3] Tennis – ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Tihomir Grozdanov – Playing Activity – Doubles

[4] Tennis – ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Tihomir Grozdanov – Rankings History

[5] ITF Tennis – Pro Circuit – Player Profile – GROZDANOV, Tihomir (BUL)

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