Dimitar Kutrovsky (Bulgarian: Димитър Кутровски; born 27 August 1987) is a retired tennis player from Bulgaria. On 18 May 2015, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 293 whilst his best doubles ranking was 234 on 10 August 2015.

Dimitar Kutrovsky
Димитър Кутровски
Dimitar Kutrovsky at the 2011 Davis Cup
Country (sports) Bulgaria
ResidenceAustin, TX, United States
Born (1987-08-27) 27 August 1987 (age 37)
Sofia, Bulgaria
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2005
Retired2016
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize moneyUS$ 78,795
Singles
Career record8–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 293 (18 May 2015)
Doubles
Career record2–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 234 (10 August 2015)
Last updated on: 30 January 2021.

As a junior, he played for CSKA. In 2003 he was №28 in the rankings of the European Tennis Association for boys under 16 years old. In 2005 he reached №69 in the ITF's rankings for boys under 18 years old. He is also a doubles champion from the Indoor national championships in 2008, where he was partnering with Martin Shishkov.

He graduated his secondary education in the sport school "General Vladimir Stoychev" in Sofia. After that he also finished his higher education in the University of Texas at Austin, where he played for the American College championships (NCAA). With his 230 wins in singles and doubles, he became the best tennis player in the history of the university.[1] From 2008 to 2010 he was a three-times winner of the annual award "All-American" in singles, which is given to the tennis players with the best results in USA.

After graduating in 2010 Kutrovsky started playing actively in ITF Futures and ATP Challenger tournaments. In singles he played four finals of ITF Futures tournaments and he won one of them. In 2012 he played his second ATP tournament at the 2012 SAP Open and won five matches and reached the quarter-finals, where he lost 1–6, 4–6 to Ryan Harrison. In doubles he has three titles and three lost finals.

After investigations of allegedly using prohibited stimulant methylhexaneamine at the 2012 SAP Open on 14 February 2012 he was found guilty by the International Tennis Federation on 15 May and retroactively banned for two years dating back from the said tournament.[2]

On 5 October 2012 it was announced that the Court of Arbitration for Sport has partially upheld the appeal by Dimitar Kutrovsky against the decision of the independent tribunal dated 15 May 2012. The panel's decision was that the appropriate period of ineligibility should be fifteen months and the Bulgarian will be eligible to participate on 14 May 2013.[3]

As of May 2013 Kutrovsky is back to playing after his ban expired. He reached the final of the clay-court Futures event in Varna, which was his first tournament after the ban, but there he lost 7–5, 4–6, 2–6 to Kristijan Mesaroš.

In January 2016, Kutrovsky announced his retirement from professional tennis.[4]

Year-end rankings

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Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Singles 1231 1045 1479 1572 828 566 519 714 485 360 317
Doubles - 1476 - - - 598 744 - 1487 401 342

Challenger and Futures Finals

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Singles: 11 (2–9)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (2–9)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–7)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2009 U.S.A. F25, Austin Futures Hard   Michael McClune 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 0–2 Jun 2010 U.S.A. F13, Loomis Futures Hard   Michael Venus 6–7(4–7), 6–1, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Apr 2011 U.S.A. F8, Oklahoma City Futures Hard   Arnau Brugués-Davi 5–7, 1–6
Win 1–3 Jan 2012 Turkey F3, Antalya Futures Hard   Steven Diez 6–3, 6–0
Loss 1–4 May 2013 Bulgaria F2, Varna Futures Clay   Kristijan Mesaroš 7–5, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 1–5 Jun 2013 Bulgaria F5, Stara Zagora Futures Clay   Roman Jebavý 5–7, 4–6
Loss 1–6 Aug 2013 U.S.A. F21, Decatur Futures Hard   Eric Quigley 6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss 1–7 Aug 2013 U.S.A. F22, Edwardsville Futures Hard   Jason Jung 2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 1–8 Mar 2014 Canada F1, Gatineau Futures Hard (i)   Daniel Smethurst 2–6, 3–6
Win 2–8 Mar 2014 Canada F2, Sherbrooke Futures Hard (i)   Edward Corrie 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 2–9 Oct 2014 U.S.A. F28, Mansfield Futures Hard   Liam Broady 6–1, 6–7(2–7), 0–6

Doubles: 15 (7–8)

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Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (7–8)
Titles by surface
Hard (4–5)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2010 U.S.A. F15, Chico Futures Hard   Jack Sock   Nima Roshan
  Rubin Statham
3–6, 6–0, [8–10]
Win 1–1 Oct 2010 U.S.A. F27, Mansfield Futures Hard   Joshua Zavala   Andrea Collarini
  Denis Kudla
6–3, 6–2
Win 2–1 Nov 2010 U.S.A. F30, Pensacola Futures Clay   Jack Sock   Devin Britton
  Jordan Cox
5–7, 6–2, [10–8]
Loss 2–2 Nov 2010 U.S.A. F31, Amelia Island Futures Clay   Jack Sock   Mislav Hižak
  Robbye Poole
2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 2–3 Jan 2011 U.S.A. F3, Weston Futures Clay   Jack Sock   Cho Soong-jae
  Kim Hyun-joon
3–6, 4–6
Win 3–3 Feb 2011 U.S.A. F4, Palm Coast Futures Clay   Jack Sock   Blake Strode
  Greg Ouellette
6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
Win 4–3 Jan 2014 Germany F1, Schwieberdingen Futures Carpet (i)   Jacob Adaktusson   Błażej Koniusz
  Mateusz Kowalczyk
6–3, 1–6, [10–6]
Loss 4–4 Jan 2014 Germany F3, Kaarst Futures Carpet (i)   Uladzimir Ignatik   Nikoloz Basilashvili
  Alexander Bury
6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss 4–5 Aug 2014 Canada F7, Calgary Futures Hard   Dennis Nevolo   Brayden Schnur
  Jack Murray
4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win 5–5 Aug 2014 Canada F8, Winnipeg Futures Hard   Saketh Myneni   Philip Bester
  Marcus Daniell
7–5, 7–5
Win 6–5 Oct 2014 U.S.A. F27, Houston Futures Hard   Henrique Cunha   Jeff Dadamo
  Evan King
6–4, 6–4
Loss 6–6 Oct 2014 U.S.A. F28, Mansfield Futures Hard   Henrique Cunha   Liam Broady
  Dennis Novikov
6–4, 3–6, [7–10]
Win 7–6 Jan 2015 U.S.A. F2, Los Angeles Futures Hard   Dennis Novikov   Frederik Nielsen
  James Cluskey
4–6, 6–1, [10–4]
Loss 7–7 Jan 2015 U.S.A. F4, Long Beach Futures Hard   Dennis Novikov   Nicolas Meister
  Eric Quigley
3–6, 2–6
Loss 7–8 Apr 2015 U.S.A. F12, Harlingen Futures Hard   Philip Bester   Deiton Baughman
  Jeremy Hunter Nicholas
3–6, 6–7(3–7)

Davis Cup

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Dimitar Kutrovsky debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2011. Since then he has 6 nominations with 6 ties played, his singles W/L record is 6–4 and doubles W/L record is 2–2 (8–6 overall).

Singles (6–4)

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Edition Round Date Surface Opponent W/L Result
2011 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 4 March 2011 Hard (I)   Sergey Betov W 7–5, 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–2)
6 March 2011   Uladzimir Ignatik L 6–3, 2–6, 1–6, 4–6
RPO 8 July 2011 Carpet (I)   Philippos Tsangaridis W 6–0, 6–2, 6–2
10 July 2011   Marcos Baghdatis L 3–6, 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 5–7
2014 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 31 January 2014 Hard (I)   Micke Kontinen W 6–4, 6–2, 6–1
2 February 2014   Jarkko Nieminen L 6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 4–6, 3–6
RPO 4 April 2014 Clay   Theodoros Angelinos W 6–4, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
6 April 2014   Charalampos Kapogiannis W 5–7, 6–0, 6–1
2015 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R2 19 July 2015 Clay   Ugo Nastasi W 6–4, 6–2
PPO 18 September 2015 Clay   Péter Nagy L 4–6, 0–6, 3–6

Doubles (2–2)

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Edition Round Date Partner Surface Opponents W/L Result
2011 Europe/Africa Zone Group II RPO 9 July 2011   Todor Enev Carpet (I)   Marcos Baghdatis
  Rareş Cuzdriorean
L 2–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 4–6
2014 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R1 1 February 2014   Tihomir Grozdanov Hard (I)   Jarkko Nieminen
  Henri Kontinen
L 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 2–6
RPO 5 April 2014   Grigor Dimitrov Clay   Alexandros Jakupovic
  Markos Kalovelonis
W 7–6(7–4), 6–2, 6–4
2015 Europe/Africa Zone Group II R2 28 July 2015   Grigor Dimitrov Clay   Gilles Kremer
  Mike Scheidweiler
W 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
  • RPO = Relegation Play–off
  • PPO = Promotion Play–off

References

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  1. ^ "Profile from the Texas University's website". Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
  2. ^ AP (15 May 2012). "Dimitar Kutrovsky banned two years for doping". TENNIS.com. Santa Monica, CA , USA: Miller Sports Group LLC. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  3. ^ "CAS decision in the case of Dimitar Kutrovsky". Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
  4. ^ "Димитър Кутровски прекрати кариерата си".
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