Valentin Dimov

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Valentin Dimov
Валентин Димов
Country (sports) Bulgaria
ResidenceSofia, Bulgaria
Born (1989-03-12) 12 March 1989 (age 35)
Sofia, Bulgaria
Turned pro2006
Retired2014
PlaysRight-handed
Prize moneyUS$ 24,575
Singles
Career record0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
0 Challengers, 1 Futures
Highest ranking621 (8 March 2010)
Doubles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
0 Challengers, 0 Futures
Highest ranking694 (24 August 2009)
Last updated on: 30 January 2021.

Valentin Ivanov Dimov (Bulgarian: Валентин Иванов Димов, born 12 March 1989) is a former professional Bulgarian tennis player. On 8 March 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 621 whilst his best doubles ranking was 694 on 24 August 2009.[1][2][3][4][5] He is the current captain of the Bulgarian Davis Cup team since 2022.[6]

Year-end rankings[edit]

Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Singles 1386 979 658 905 1011 958 758 1281
Doubles 1175 891 1114 1452 1596 1332 1023 -

Challenger and Futures Finals[edit]

Singles: 1 (1–0)[edit]

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2009 Bulgaria F4, Yambol Futures Clay Romania Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 7 (0–7)[edit]

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (0–7)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2007 Bulgaria F5, Varna Futures Clay Bulgaria Tihomir Grozdanov Romania Bogdan Leonte
Germany Peter Torebko
6–7(4–7), 4–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2008 Bulgaria F5, Dobrich Futures Clay Bulgaria Todor Enev Bulgaria Tihomir Grozdanov
Bulgaria Simeon Ivanov
6–2, 5–7, [6–10]
Loss 0–3 Aug 2008 Bulgaria F6, Bourgas Futures Clay Bulgaria Todor Enev Ukraine Gleb Alekseenko
Ukraine Vadim Alekseenko
1–6, 5–7
Loss 0–4 Sep 2008 Bulgaria F7, Sliven Futures Clay Bulgaria Todor Enev Ukraine Gleb Alekseenko
Ukraine Vadim Alekseenko
5–7, 5–7
Loss 0–5 May 2009 Bulgaria F1, Sandanski Futures Clay Bulgaria Todor Enev Denmark Thomas Kromann
Australia John Millman
6–3, 1–6, [5–10]
Loss 0–6 May 2012 Bulgaria F1, Varna Futures Clay Bulgaria Dimitar Kuzmanov Ukraine Aleksandr Nedovyesov
Ukraine Ivan Sergeyev
1–6, 1–6
Loss 0–7 Sep 2013 Greece F10, Filippiada Futures Hard Bulgaria Dinko Halachev Greece Alexandros Jakupovic
Greece Markos Kalovelonis
3–6, 3–6

Davis Cup[edit]

Valentin Dimov debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2009. Since then he has 5 nominations with 3 ties played, his singles W/L record is 0–2 and doubles W/L record is 0–1 (0–3 overall).

Singles (0–2)[edit]

Edition Round Date Surface Opponent W/L Result
2009 Europe/Africa Zone Group II QF 12 July 2009 Clay Latvia Andis Juška L 4–6, 4–6
2010 Europe/Africa Zone Group II QF 11 July 2010 Clay Slovenia Blaž Rola L 0–6, 1–6

Doubles (0–1)[edit]

Edition Round Date Partner Surface Opponents W/L Result
2011 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 5 March 2011 Bulgaria Dimitar Kuzmanov Hard (I) Belarus Uladzimir Ignatik
Belarus Max Mirnyi
L 2–6, 4–6, 4–6

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