Tihomir Grozdanov Explained

Tihomir Grozdanov Тихомир Грозданов
Birth Date:	1987 4, df=yes
Turnedpro:	2005
Retired:	2017 (last match)
Plays:	Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:	US$ 53,942
Singlesrecord:	4–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 394 (30 December 2013)
Doublesrecord:	3–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 545 (17 January 2011)
Updated:	30 January 2021

Tihomir Ruslanov Grozdanov (bg|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	align="center" valign="top"	-	align="center" valign="top"	-

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	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Bulgaria F4, Sofia	Futures	Clay	Yannick Mertens	1–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Bulgaria F8, Stara Zagora	Futures	Clay	Ivaylo Traykov	7–5, 1–0 ret.
Loss	1–2	Bulgaria F1, Sandanski	Futures	Clay	Ivaylo Traykov	6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Win	2–2	Bulgaria F3, Plovdiv	Futures	Clay	Javier Martí	6–4, 6–3
Loss	2–3	Bulgaria F1, Varna	Futures	Clay	Axel Michon	7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 1–6
Loss	2–4	Serbia F13, Niš	Futures	Clay	Miljan Zekić	7–5, 1–6, 1–6
Loss	2–5	Croatia F4, Poreč	Futures	Clay	Jaroslav Pospíšil	2–6, 1–6
Win	3–5	Bulgaria F4, Burgas	Futures	Clay	Mathias Bourgue	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Win	4–5	Qatar F4, Doha	Futures	Hard	Michael Shabaz	7–6^(10–8), 6–3
Loss	4–6	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	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Bulgaria F3, Sofia	Futures	Clay	Todor Enev	Yordan Kanev Ilia Kushev	6–7^(4–7), 4–6
Loss	0–2	Bulgaria F5, Varna	Futures	Clay	Valentin Dimov	Bogdan Leonte Peter Torebko	6–7^(4–7), 4–6
Loss	0–3	Tunisia F5, Monastir	Futures	Hard	Simeon Ivanov	Jonathan Eysseric Jérôme Inzerillo	4–6, 1–6
Win	1–3	Bulgaria F4, Sofia	Futures	Clay	Simeon Ivanov	Todor Enev Ilia Kushev	6–3, 4–6, [10–4]
Win	2–3	Romania F8, Bucharest	Futures	Clay	Todor Enev	Alexandru-Daniel Carpen Costin Pavăl	6–1, 6–2
Win	3–3	Bulgaria F5, Dobrich	Futures	Clay	Simeon Ivanov	Todor Enev Valentin Dimov	2–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Win	4–3	Turkey F12, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Dinko Halachev	Werner Eschauer Alexander Flock	4–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Win	5–3	Turkey F3, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Ivaylo Traykov	Colin Ebelthite Jarryd Maher	3–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Loss	5–4	Bulgaria F2, Varna	Futures	Clay	Ivaylo Traykov	Alexandru-Daniel Carpen Adrian Cruciat	4–6, 4–6
Win	6–4	Bulgaria F3, Plovdiv	Futures	Clay	Ivaylo Traykov	Ivan Anikanov Roman Tudoreanu	6–4, 6–3
Win	7–4	Turkey F14, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Alexander Lazov	Marco Dierckx Bart Govaerts	6–4, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss	7–5	Turkey F15, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Alexander Lazov	Ivan Bjelica Patrik Brydolf	7–6^(7–1), 4–6, [8–10]
Loss	7–6	Turkey F9, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Ivan Bjelica	Toni Androić Dino Marcan	6–3, 2–6, [7–10]
Win	8–6	Turkey F10, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Dimitar Kuzmanov	Ivan Bjelica Arsenije Zlatanović	6–3, 6–3
Loss	8–7	Turkey F50, Istanbul	Futures	Hard (i)	Dinko Halachev	Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Anton Manegin	6–7^(2–7), 3–6
Loss	8–8	Croatia F4, Poreč	Futures	Clay	Duje Kekez	Gerard Granollers Oriol Roca Batalla	4–6, 1–6
Win	9–8	Bulgaria F1, Burgas	Futures	Clay	Plamen Milushev	Riccardo Bonadio Davide Melchiorre	6–2, 6–1
Win	10–8	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
bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=3	2009 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	8 March 2009	Carpet (I)	Ádám Kellner	bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center	L	6–4, 2–6, 6–7^(3–7)
align=center rowspan=2	QF	10 July 2009	Clay	Andis Juška	bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center	L	7–6^(7–5), 2–6, 3–6, 4–6
12 July 2009	Adrians Žguns	bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center	Clay	W	6–4, 6–3
2013 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	RPO	5 April 2013	Clay	Vladimir Ivanov	bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center	W	6–4, 6–1, 6–3
2014 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	2 February 2014	Hard (I)	Herkko Pöllänen	bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center	W	6–7^(3–7), 6–2, 6–3
2015 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	QF	19 July 2015	Clay	Alex Knaff	bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center	W	6–3, 5–7, 6–4

Doubles (7–1)

Edition	Round	Date	Partner	Surface	Opponents	W/L	Result
bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=4	2008 Europe/Africa Zone Group III	align=center rowspan=4	RR	8 April 2008	Simeon Ivanov	Clay	Daniel Danilović Nemanja Kontić	bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center	W	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
9 April 2008	Simeon Ivanov	Charles Irie Claude N'Goran	bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center	W	4–6, 6–2, 6–0
11 April 2008	Simeon Ivanov	Haluk Akkoyun Ergün Zorlu	bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center	W	6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
12 April 2008	Simeon Ivanov	Mark Fynn Mlandeli Ndlela	bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center	W	6–4, 6–1
2013 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	RPO	6 April 2013	Alexander Lazov	Clay	Vladimir Ivanov Mikk Irdoja	bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center	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	bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center	L	3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 2–6
bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=2	2015 Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R1	7 March 2015	Ilia Kushev	Hard (I)	Mārtiņš Podžus Jānis Podžus	bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center	W	3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–1
PPO	19 September 2015	Alexander Lazov	Clay	Márton Fucsovics Levente Gödry	bgcolor=#98FB98 align=center	W	2–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–4, 4–6, 6–1

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

Notes and References

http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Gr/T/Tihomir-Grozdanov.aspx Tennis – ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Tihomir Grozdanov
http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Gr/T/Tihomir-Grozdanov.aspx?t=pa&y=0&m=s&e=0# Tennis – ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Tihomir Grozdanov – Playing Activity – Singles
http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Gr/T/Tihomir-Grozdanov.aspx?t=pa&y=0&m=d&e=0# Tennis – ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Tihomir Grozdanov – Playing Activity – Doubles
http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Gr/T/Tihomir-Grozdanov.aspx?t=rh Tennis – ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Tihomir Grozdanov – Rankings History
http://www.itftennis.com/ProCircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=100035558 ITF Tennis – Pro Circuit – Player Profile – GROZDANOV, Tihomir (BUL)