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]

Tihomir Grozdanov
Тихомир Грозданов
Country (sports) Bulgaria
ResidenceVarna, Bulgaria
Born (1987-04-29) 29 April 1987 (age 37)
Varna, Bulgaria
Turned pro2005
Retired2017 (last match)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize moneyUS$ 53,942
Singles
Career record4–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
0 Challengers, 4 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 394 (30 December 2013)
Doubles
Career record3–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
0 Challengers, 10 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 545 (17 January 2011)
Last updated on: 30 January 2021.

Year-end rankings

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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

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Singles: 10 (4–6)

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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)

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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

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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)

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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
12 July 2009   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)

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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
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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