Valentin Dimov

Valentin Dimov
Валентин Димов

Country (sports)	Bulgaria
Residence	Sofia, Bulgaria
Born	(1989-03-12) 12 March 1989 Sofia, Bulgaria
Turned pro	2006
Retired	2014
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$ 24,575
Singles
Career record	0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 0 Challengers, 1 Futures
Highest ranking	621 (8 March 2010)
Doubles
Career record	0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 0 Challengers, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	694 (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. He is the current captain of the Bulgarian Davis Cup team since 2022.

Year-end rankings

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

Singles: 1 (1–0)

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	Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd	6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 7 (0–7)

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	Tihomir Grozdanov	Bogdan Leonte Peter Torebko	6–7(4–7), 4–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2008	Bulgaria F5, Dobrich	Futures	Clay	Todor Enev	Tihomir Grozdanov Simeon Ivanov	6–2, 5–7, [6–10]
Loss	0–3	Aug 2008	Bulgaria F6, Bourgas	Futures	Clay	Todor Enev	Gleb Alekseenko Vadim Alekseenko	1–6, 5–7
Loss	0–4	Sep 2008	Bulgaria F7, Sliven	Futures	Clay	Todor Enev	Gleb Alekseenko Vadim Alekseenko	5–7, 5–7
Loss	0–5	May 2009	Bulgaria F1, Sandanski	Futures	Clay	Todor Enev	Thomas Kromann John Millman	6–3, 1–6, [5–10]
Loss	0–6	May 2012	Bulgaria F1, Varna	Futures	Clay	Dimitar Kuzmanov	Aleksandr Nedovyesov Ivan Sergeyev	1–6, 1–6
Loss	0–7	Sep 2013	Greece F10, Filippiada	Futures	Hard	Dinko Halachev	Alexandros Jakupovic Markos Kalovelonis	3–6, 3–6

Davis Cup

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)

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

Doubles (0–1)

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

External links

• Valentin Dimov at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Valentin Dimov at the International Tennis Federation
• Valentin Dimov at the Davis Cup (archived)
• Valentin Dimov at ESPN.com