Country (sports) Russia Role Tennis player Coach Guillermo Canas Name Teymuraz Gabashvili Turned pro 2001 | Prize money $3,093,965 Weight 83 kg Residence Moscow, Russia Height 1.88 m | |
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Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Career titles 010 Challengers, 4 Futures Parents Anna Gabashvili, Besik Gabashvili Similar People Leonardo Mayer, Roberto Bautista Agut, Simone Bolelli, Mikhail Kukushkin, Mikhail Youzhny | ||
Training of atp player 58 singles ranking teymuraz gabashvili at vilas academy in mallorca
Teymuraz Besikovich Gabashvili (Russian: Теймураз Бесикович Габашвили; born 23 May 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player. He reached the fourth round of the 2010 and 2015 French Open. His strongest weapon is very powerful groundstrokes along with strong serve up to 220 km/h (137 mph).
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- Training of atp player 58 singles ranking teymuraz gabashvili at vilas academy in mallorca
- Roger federer vs teymuraz gabashvili highlights australian open 2014
- Biography
- Juniors
- 20022006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 20122015
- Personal life
- Participations 66
- References
Roger federer vs teymuraz gabashvili highlights australian open 2014
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 opportunitites there. Andrey Kesarev began coaching him when he was ten years old and at the age of 18 he turned pro. He's nicknamed "Tsunami" because of his energy.
Juniors
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)
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.