Teymuraz Gabashvili


Teymuraz Besikovich Gabashvili is a Russian professional tennis player. He reached the fourth round of the 2010 and 2015 French Open. His biggest weapons are his very powerful groundstrokes and his strong serve, the latter of which can reach speeds of up to 220 km/h. He is nicknamed "Tsunami" because of his energy.

Biography

Gabashvili began playing tennis at the age of six in Tbilisi, Georgia. His mother Anna, who is a doctor, took him to play tennis and began coaching him until the age of ten. Gabashvili's family moved to Moscow, because of better opportunities there. Andrey Kesarev began coaching him when he was ten years old and at the age of 18 he turned pro.

Tennis career

Juniors

As a junior Gabashvili posted a singles win/loss record of 38–34 and reached as high as no. 33 in the junior world singles rankings in January 2002.
Junior Slam results:
Australian Open: 3R

French Open: 1R

Wimbledon: 1R

US Open: 2R

2002–2006

Gabashvili made his ATP tour debut in 2004 in Båstad, where he lost to Olivier Patience of France.

2007

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.

2008

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.

2009

In the first round of the 2009 US Open, he lost in straight sets to American Jesse Levine.

2010

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.

2011

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, an established member of South Korea's Davis Cup team.

2012–2015

At the 2015 French Open, Gabashvili reapeated 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.
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, however he lost to Ričardas Berankis in the next round in two sets.

Personal life

Gabashvili speaks Russian, Georgian, Spanish and English. He has a daughter named Nicole. His younger sister Ekaterina graduated from Vanguard University of Southern California. His younger brother, Levan played professional basketball for Dinamo Tbilisi, until he started to attend college at Seward County Community College. Outside of tennis, Gabashvili enjoys spending time with his daughter, and also likes reading, playing football, and basketball. He is coached by Guillermo Cañas.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–12007 Indianapolis Tennis Championships – Doubles|Indianapolis Tennis Championships, USInternationalHard Ivo Karlović Juan Martín del Potro
Travis Parrott		6–3, 2–6,
Win1–12015 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles|U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, US250 SeriesClay Ričardas Berankis Treat Huey
Scott Lipsky		6–4, 6–4

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 26 (15–11)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Spain F10, TenerifeFuturesHard Roman Valent6–2, 6–0
Win2–0Georgia F1, TbilisiFuturesClay Jan Minář6–4, 6–1
Win3–0Georgia F2, TbilisiFuturesClay Martin Slanar3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win4–0Russia F3, ZhukovskyFuturesClay Alexander Sikanov6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Loss4–1Bukhara, UzbekistanChallengerHard Michal Mertiňák6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Loss4–2Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Sergio Roitman2–6, 3–6
Win5–2Poznań, PolandChallengerClay Adrián García6–4, 6–2
Loss5–3Reunion Island, RéunionChallengerHard Philipp Kohlschreiber2–6, 3–6
Win6–3Telde, SpainChallengerClay Pablo Andújar6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Win7–3Karlsruhe, GermanyChallengerClay Tobias Kamke6–1, 6–4
Win8–3Milan, ItalyChallengerClay Diego Hartfield6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win9–3Mons, BelgiumChallengerHard Édouard Roger-Vasselin6–4, 6–4
Loss9–42009 Nord LB Open – Singles|Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Óscar Hernández Pérez1–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss9–52011 Astana Cup – Singles|Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHard Rainer Schüttler6–7, 6–4, 4–6
Loss9–62012 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux – Singles|Bordeaux, FranceChallengerClay Martin Kližan5–7, 3–6
Win10–62013 Karshi Challenger – Singles|Karshi, UzbekistanChallengerHard Radu Albot6–4, 6–4
Win11–62013 Samarkand Challenger – Singles|Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerClay Oleksandr Nedovyesov6–3, 6–4
Loss11–72013 Morocco Tennis Tour – Kenitra – Singles|Kenitra, MoroccoChallengerClay Dominic Thiem6–7, 1–5 ret.
Loss11–82013 Tashkent Challenger – Singles|Tashkent, UzbekistanChallengerHard Dudi Sela1–6, 2–6
Win12–82015 Karshi Challenger – Singles|Karshi, UzbekistanChallengerHard Evgeny Donskoy5–2 ret.
Win13–82015 Samarkand Challenger – Singles|Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerClay Yuki Bhambri6–3, 6–1
Win14–82015 Fergana Challenger – Men's Singles|Fergana, UzbekistanChallengerHard Alexander Kudryavtsev6–2, 1–0 ret.
Loss14–92017 Gimcheon Open ATP Challenger – Singles|Gimcheon, South KoreaChallengerHard Thomas Fabbiano5–7, 1–6
Loss14–10Egypt F11, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Lucas Miedler3–6, 5–7
Win15–10Egypt F12, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Lucas Miedler6–2, 6–3
Loss15–11Kazakhstan F5, ShymkentFuturesClay Denis Yevseyev2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 19 (12–7)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Russia F2, SaranskFuturesClay Alexander Pavlioutchenkov Sergei Demekhine
Ivan Syrov		6–4, 7–6
Win2–0Spain F9, La PalmaFuturesHard Alexander Pavlioutchenkov Rafael Moreno-Negrín
Ferran Ventura-Martell		6–4, 6–4
Win3–0Togliatti, RussiaChallengerHard Dmitri Vlasov James Auckland
Ladislav Švarc		6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Win4–0Reunion Island, RéunionChallengerHard Stéphane Robert Ivan Cerović
Petar Popović		6–4, 6–3
Win5–0Grenoble, FranceChallengerHard Evgeny Korolev Thomas Oger
Nicolas Tourte		7–5, 6–4
Win6–02009 ATP Challenger Trophy – Doubles|Trnava, SlovakiaChallengerClay Grigor Dimitrov Jan Minář
Lukáš Rosol		6–4, 2–6,
Loss6–12009 Ethias Trophy – Doubles|Mons, BelgiumChallengerHard Alejandro Falla Denis Istomin
Evgeny Korolev		7–6, 6–7,
Loss6–22011 Internationaler Apano Cup – Doubles|Dortmund, GermanyChallengerClay Andrey Kuznetsov Dominik Meffert
Björn Phau		4–6, 3–6
Win7–22012 Prosperita Open|Ostrava, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Radu Albot Adam Pavlásek
Jiří Veselý		7–5, 5–7,
Loss7–32012 Internazionali di Monza e Brianza – Doubles|Monza, ItalyChallengerClay Stefano Ianni Andrey Golubev
Yuriy Schukin		6–7, 7–5,
Win8–32013 Savannah Challenger – Doubles|Savannah, USAChallengerClay Denys Molchanov Michael Russell
Tim Smyczek		6–2, 7–5
Win9–32013 Tashkent Challenger – Doubles|Tashkent, UzbekistanChallengerHard Mikhail Elgin Purav Raja
Divij Sharan		6–4, 6–4
Win10–32017 Gimcheon Open ATP Challenger – Doubles|Gimcheon, South KoreaChallengerHard Marco Chiudinelli Ruan Roelofse
Yi Chu-huan		6–1, 6–3
Loss10–4Russia F3, KazanFuturesHard Roman Safiullin Alexander Pavlioutchenkov
Evgenii Tiurnev		4–6, 6–3,
Win11–4Egypt F12, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Lucas Miedler Marat Deviatiarov
Vladyslav Manafov		6–4, 6–0
Loss11–52019 Samarkand Challenger – Doubles|Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerClay Sergey Fomin Gonçalo Oliveira
Andrei Vasilevski		6–3, 3–6,
Win12–52019 Tilia Slovenia Open – Doubles|Portorož, SloveniaChallengerHard Carlos Gómez-Herrera Lucas Miedler
Tristan-Samuel Weissborn		6–3, 6–2
Loss12–62019 International Challenger Baotou – Doubles|Baotou, ChinaChallengerHard Sasikumar Mukund Nam Ji-sung
Song Min-kyu		6–7, 2–6
Loss12–72020 Open de Rennes – Doubles|Rennes, FranceChallengerHard Lukas Lacko Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
Antonio Sancic		5-7, 7-6,

Career performance timeline

Singles

Doubles

Wins over top 10 players

National participation

Davis Cup (6–6)



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