He has been ranked as high as world No. Dimitrov reached the ranking after winning the biggest title of his career at the season-ending ATP Finals in November He has won nine ATP Tour singles titles.
Prior to his professional career, Dimitrov enjoyed a successful junior career, in which he reached the world No. As of , he is the male player with the longest active streak of consecutive Grand Slam appearances, at He won the Bulgarian Sportsperson of the Year award in and , the first and second time a tennis player has won the award since its creation in , and the Balkan Athlete of the Year award in Grigor Dimitrov was born in Haskovo to father Dimitar , a tennis coach, and mother Maria, a sports teacher and former volleyball player, in In his early years his father served as his coach, but after he proved his talent in the tournaments for juniors, he made it clear that he would have to develop in other conditions.
At the age of 16, Dimitrov turned professional. Since March Dimitrov trained in Paris, France, where he joined Patrick Mouratoglou 's tennis academy and spent the next four seasons there and he appointed Patrick Mouratoglou as coach for Dimitrov began dating Maria Sharapova in late He and Sharapova only confirmed their relationship after the Madrid Open where the Bulgarian managed his first win against a world No.
In addition to his native Bulgarian, he speaks English and says his main interests are sports, cars, computers and watches. He claimed his first major junior cup, the U14 European title, at the age of However he went on to win Wimbledon after defeating Henri Kontinen of Finland in the final.
He won the title without dropping a set despite playing with a shoulder injury throughout the tournament. The victory saw him join former junior champions Roger Federer and Stefan Edberg and guaranteed him a wildcard entry into the Wimbledon men's draw. After the tournament Dimitrov announced that he was ending his junior career and focusing on improving his ATP ranking. In , Dimitrov began frequent participation in men's events. His first title came on clay at a futures tournament in Barcelona.
