Russian tennis player
Teymuraz GabashviliТеймураз Габашвили Country (sports) RussiaResidence Moscow, Russia Born (1985-05-23 ) 23 May 1985 (age 39) Tbilisi , Georgian SSR , Soviet UnionHeight 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Turned pro 2001 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Coach Guillermo Cañas (2015–present) Dominic MahboubiPrize money $ 4,231,460Career record 116–199 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup ) Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 43 (1 February 2016) Current ranking No. 281 (20 December 2021) Australian Open 3R (2014 ) French Open 4R (2010 , 2015 ) Wimbledon 2R (2010 ) US Open 3R (2014 ) Olympic Games 1R (2016 ) Career record 47–86 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) Career titles 1 Highest ranking No. 101 (13 April 2015) Current ranking No. 196 (27 December 2021) Australian Open 1R (2011 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 ) French Open 3R (2011 ) Wimbledon 2R (2014 , 2015 ) US Open 2R (2007 ) Davis Cup QF (2009 , 2010 ) Last updated on: 30 December 2021.
Teymuraz Besikovich Gabashvili (Russian: Теймураз Бесикович Габашвили , IPA: [tɛɪ̯mʊˈraz ɡəbɐˈʂvʲilʲɪ] ; born 23 May 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player . He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 43 achieved on 1 February 2016. He has reached the fourth round of the 2010 and 2015 French Open .
On 18 November 2021, Gabashvili was banned from competition for 20 months after testing positive for furosemide .[ 1] [ 2]
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 )
2003–2006: ATP debut[ edit ] Gabashvili made his ATP tour debut in 2004 in Båstad , where he lost to Olivier Patience of France.
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.[ 3]
2008 proved to be unimpressive for Gabashvili as he lost in the first round of his first four tournaments before breaking his right wrist, effectively ending his season.
In the first round of the 2009 US Open , he lost in straight sets to American Jesse Levine .
2010: French Open fourth round [ edit ] 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 Jürgen Melzer in four sets.
At the 2010 US Open , Gabashvili played World No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the first round, and lost.
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, a member of South Korea's Davis Cup team.
2012–2016: Second French Open fourth round, Top 50 debut and career-high ranking[ edit ] At the 2015 French Open , Gabashvili repeated his 2010's result and advanced to the fourth round without losing a set, defeating in order, 10th seed Feliciano López , Juan Mónaco and Lukáš Rosol . In the fourth round, he lost in straight sets to 5th seed Kei Nishikori .[ 4]
At the 2015 Citi Open , Gabashvili upset two time Grand Slam champion and world No. 3 Andy Murray in the second round in three tight sets to claim only his fourth ever win against a Top 10 player,[ 5] however he lost to Ričardas Berankis in the next round in two sets.
He finished the year 2015 ranked World No. 50 for the first time in his career. On 1 February 2016, he achieved his highest career singles ranking of World No. 43.
2021-2023: 20 months ban from competition, comeback[ edit ] In November 2021, he was banned for 20 months from competing for doping. He was ranked No. 270 on 15 November 2021.[ 6]
He returned to the tour in August 2023.
Gabashvili speaks Russian, Georgian , Spanish and English. He has a daughter Nicole.[ 7]
In July 2010, Gabashvili changed the spelling of his given name with the ATP World Tour from Teimuraz to Teymuraz .[ 8]
On 18 November 2021, Gabashvili was banned from competition for 20 months after testing positive for furosemide .[ 1] [ 2]
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)[ edit ] Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–1)
Titles by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting Outdoor (1–1) Indoor (0–0)
Challenger and Futures finals [ edit ] Singles: 28 (15–13)[ edit ] Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (10–10) ITF Futures Tour/World Tennis Tour (5–3)
Titles by surface Hard (6–8) Clay (9–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Win 1–0 Jun 2003 Spain F10, Tenerife Futures Hard Roman Valent 6–2, 6–0 Win 2–0 Jul 2003 Georgia F1, Tbilisi Futures Clay Jan Minář 6–4, 6–1 Win 3–0 Jul 2003 Georgia F2, Tbilisi Futures Clay Martin Slanar 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 Win 4–0 Aug 2003 Russia F3, Zhukovsky Futures Clay Alexander Sikanov 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 Loss 4–1 Aug 2004 Bukhara , Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Michal Mertiňák 6–3, 4–6, 3–6 Loss 4–2 Jun 2005 Barcelona , Spain Challenger Clay Sergio Roitman 2–6, 3–6 Win 5–2 Jul 2005 Poznań , Poland Challenger Clay Adrián García 6–4, 6–2 Loss 5–3 Nov 2005 Reunion Island , Réunion Challenger Hard Philipp Kohlschreiber 2–6, 3–6 Win 6–3 May 2008 Telde, Spain Challenger Clay Pablo Andújar 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 Win 7–3 Jun 2008 Karlsruhe , Germany Challenger Clay Tobias Kamke 6–1, 6–4 Win 8–3 Jun 2008 Milan , Italy Challenger Clay Diego Hartfield 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 Win 9–3 Oct 2008 Mons , Belgium Challenger Hard (i) Édouard Roger-Vasselin 6–4, 6–4 Loss 9–4 Jul 2009 Braunschweig , Germany Challenger Clay Óscar Hernández Pérez 1–6, 6–3, 4–6 Loss 9–5 Aug 2011 Astana , Kazakhstan Challenger Hard Rainer Schüttler 6–7(6–8) , 6–4, 4–6 Loss 9–6 May 2012 Bordeaux , France Challenger Clay Martin Kližan 5–7, 3–6 Win 10–6 May 2013 Qarshi , Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Radu Albot 6–4, 6–4 Win 11–6 May 2013 Samarkand , Uzbekistan Challenger Clay Oleksandr Nedovyesov 6–3, 6–4 Loss 11–7 Sep 2013 Kenitra , Morocco Challenger Clay Dominic Thiem 6–7(4–7) , 1–5 ret. Loss 11–8 Oct 2013 Tashkent , Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Dudi Sela 1–6, 2–6 Win 12–8 May 2015 Karshi , Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Evgeny Donskoy 5–2 ret. Win 13–8 May 2015 Samarkand , Uzbekistan Challenger Clay Yuki Bhambri 6–3, 6–1 Win 14–8 Jun 2015 Fergana , Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Alexander Kudryavtsev 6–2, 1–0 ret. Loss 14–9 May 2017 Gimcheon , South Korea Challenger Hard Thomas Fabbiano 5–7, 1–6 Loss 14–10 Apr 2018 Egypt F11, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Lucas Miedler 3–6, 5–7 Win 15–10 Apr 2018 Egypt F12, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Lucas Miedler 6–2, 6–3 Loss 15–11 Apr 2018 Kazakhstan F5, Shymkent Futures Clay Denis Yevseyev 2–6, 3–6 Loss 15–12 Jan 2019 M25 Kazan , Russia World Tennis Tour Hard (i) Sanjar Fayziev 3–6, 5–7 Loss 15–13 Jan 2021 Potchefstroom , South Africa Challenger Hard Jenson Brooksby 6–2, 3–6, 0–6
Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (10–6) ITF Futures Tour (4–1)
Titles by surface Hard (9–4) Clay (5–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Win 1–0 Aug 2002 Russia F2, Saransk Futures Clay Alexander Pavlioutchenkov Sergei Demekhine Ivan Syrov 6–4, 7–6(7–3) Win 2–0 Jun 2003 Spain F9, La Palma Futures Hard Alexander Pavlioutchenkov Rafael Moreno-Negrín Ferran Ventura-Martell 6–4, 6–4 Win 3–0 Aug 2004 Togliatti, Russia Challenger Hard Dmitri Vlasov James Auckland Ladislav Švarc 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 Win 4–0 Nov 2005 Reunion Island , Réunion Challenger Hard Stéphane Robert Ivan Cerović Petar Popović 6–4, 6–3 Win 5–0 Oct 2006 Grenoble , France Challenger Hard (i) Evgeny Korolev Thomas Oger Nicolas Tourte 7–5, 6–4 Win 6–0 Sep 2009 Trnava , Slovakia Challenger Clay Grigor Dimitrov Jan Minář Lukáš Rosol 6–4, 2–6, [10–8] Loss 6–1 Oct 2009 Mons , Belgium Challenger Hard (i) Alejandro Falla Denis Istomin Evgeny Korolev 7–6(7–4) , 6–7(4–7) , [9–11] Loss 6–2 Jul 2011 Dortmund , Germany Challenger Clay Andrey Kuznetsov Dominik Meffert Björn Phau 4–6, 3–6 Win 7–2 May 2012 Ostrava , Czech Republic Challenger Clay Radu Albot Adam Pavlásek Jiří Veselý 7–5, 5–7, [10–8] Loss 7–3 Jun 2012 Monza , Italy Challenger Clay Stefano Ianni Andrey Golubev Yuriy Schukin 6–7(4–7) , 7–5, [7–10] Win 8–3 Apr 2013 Savannah , USA Challenger Clay Denys Molchanov Michael Russell Tim Smyczek 6–2, 7–5 Win 9–3 Oct 2013 Tashkent , Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Mikhail Elgin Purav Raja Divij Sharan 6–4, 6–4 Win 10–3 May 2017 Gimcheon , South Korea Challenger Hard Marco Chiudinelli Ruan Roelofse Yi Chu-huan 6–1, 6–3 Loss 10–4 Mar 2018 Russia F3, Kazan Futures Hard (i) Roman Safiullin Alexander Pavlioutchenkov Evgenii Tiurnev 4–6, 6–3, [6–10] Win 11–4 Apr 2018 Egypt F12, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Lucas Miedler Marat Deviatiarov Vladyslav Manafov 6–4, 6–0 Loss 11–5 May 2019 Samarkand , Uzbekistan Challenger Clay Sergey Fomin Gonçalo Oliveira Andrei Vasilevski 6–3, 3–6, [4–10] Win 12–5 Aug 2019 Portorož , Slovenia Challenger Hard Carlos Gómez-Herrera Lucas Miedler Tristan-Samuel Weissborn 6–3, 6–2 Loss 12–6 Sep 2019 Baotou , China Challenger Hard Sasikumar Mukund Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu 6–7(3–7) , 2–6 Loss 12–7 Jan 2020 Rennes , France Challenger Hard Lukáš Lacko Tristan-Samuel Weissborn Antonio Šančić 5–7, 7–6(7–5) , [7–10] Win 13-7 Nov 2020 Cary , United States Challenger Hard Dennis Novikov Luke Bambridge Nathaniel Lammons 7–5, 4–6, [10–8] Win 14–7 Oct 2023 Telavi, Georgia Futures Clay Aleksandre Metreveli Grigoriy Lomakin Zura Tkemaladze 6–4, 6–4
Key W F SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Wins over top 10 players [ edit ] # Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score 2007 1. Fernando González 7 US Open , New York, United States Hard 1R 6–4, 6–1, 3–6, 5–7, 6–4 2010 2. Andy Roddick 8 Roland Garros , Paris, France Clay 3R 6–4, 6–4, 6–2 2014 3. David Ferrer 5 Barcelona , Spain Clay 2R 6–4, 6–2 2015 4. Andy Murray 3 Washington, D.C. , United States Hard 2R 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
National participation [ edit ] Group membership World Group (1–3) WG Play-off (1–3) Group I (4–0) Group II (0–0) Group III (0–0) Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface Hard (5–4) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)
Matches by Type Singles (6–4) Doubles (0–2)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score 4–1; 6–8 March 2009 ; Sala Transilvania , Sibiu , Romania; World Group; Carpet(i) surface Victory 1 V Singles (dead rubber ) Romania Victor Crivoi 6–4, 6–2 3–2; 5–7 March 2010 ; Small Sports Arena "Luzhniki ", Moscow, Russia; World Group; Hard(i) surface Defeat 2 III Doubles (with Igor Kunitsyn ) India Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes 3–6, 2–6, 2–6 Defeat 3 V Singles (dead rubber ) Rohan Bopanna 6–7(5–7) , 4–6 2–3; 4–6 March 2011 ; Boråshallen, Borås , Sweden; World Group; Hard(i) surface Defeat 4 II Singles Sweden Joachim Johansson 3–6, 6–7(4–7) , 4–6 0–5; 14–16 September 2012 ; Harmonia Tenis Clube, São José do Rio Preto , Brazil; World Group play-offs; Clay surface Defeat 5 II Singles Brazil Thomaz Bellucci 3–6, 6–4, 0–6, 6–7(4–7) Defeat 6 III Doubles (with Alex Bogomolov Jr. ) Marcelo Melo / Bruno Soares 5–7, 2–6, 6–7(7–9) 2–3; 31 January – 2 February 2014 ; Olympic Stadium , Moscow, Russia; Europe/Africa First round play-off; Hard(i) surface Victory 7 V Singles (dead rubber ) Poland Michał Przysiężny 7–5, 7–5 1–4; 18–20 September 2015 ; Baikal-Arena, Irkutsk , Russia; World Group play-offs; Hard(i) surface Victory 8 I Singles Italy Simone Bolelli 7–6(7–2) , 6–1, 6–3 Defeat 9 IV Singles Fabio Fognini 6–7(4–7) , 3–6, 6–7(5–7) 5–0; 4–6 March 2016 ; Kazan Tennis Academy, Kazan , Russia; Europe/Africa First round play-off; Hard(i) surface Victory 10 II Singles Sweden Daniel Windahl 6–3, 6–1, 6–1 Victory 11 IV Singles (dead rubber ) Isak Arvidsson 6–4, 6–0 4–1; 15–17 July 2016 ; National Tennis Centre, Moscow, Russia; World Group Second round; Hard surface Victory 12 II Singles Netherlands Thiemo de Bakker 6–7(3–7) , 7–6(7–4) , 6–4, 6–4
Matches by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0)
Matches by type Singles (0–0) Doubles (2–1)