Russian tennis player
Teymuraz GabashviliТеймураз Габашвили Country (sports) Residence Moscow, Russia Born (1985-05-23 ) 23 May 1985 (age 40) Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Turned pro 2001 Retired August 2024 (last match played) Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Coach Guillermo Cañas (2015–2021)Prize money $ 4,233,173Singles Career record 116–199 (atATP Tour level,Grand Slam level, and inDavis Cup ) Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 43 (1 February 2016) Grand Slam singles results Australian Open 3R (2014 ) French Open 4R (2010 ,2015 ) Wimbledon 2R (2010 ) US Open 3R (2014 ) Other tournaments Olympic Games 1R (2016 ) Doubles Career record 47–86 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) Career titles 1 Highest ranking No. 101 (13 April 2015) Grand Slam doubles results Australian Open 1R (2011 ,2014 ,2015 ,2016 ) French Open 3R (2011 ) Wimbledon 2R (2014 ,2015 ) US Open 2R (2007 ) Team competitions Davis Cup QF (2009 ,2010 ) Last updated on: 22 September 2025.
Teymuraz Besikovich Gabashvili (Russian:Теймураз Бесикович Габашвили IPA: [tɛɪ̯mʊˈraz tennis player . He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 43 achieved on 1 February 2016. He has reached the fourth round of the2010 and2015 French Open .
On 18 November 2021, Gabashvili was banned from competition for 20 months after testing positive forfurosemide .[ 1] [ 2]
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 )2001 ,2002 )2002 )2001 )
[ edit ] Gabashvili made his ATP tour debut in 2004 inBåstad , where he lost toOlivier Patience of France.
AtWimbledon , Gabashvili facedRoger Federer in the first round and lost.
In the first round of the2007 US Open , Gabashvili defeated World No. 7Fernando 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.[ 3]
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.
In the first round of the2009 US Open , he lost in straight sets to AmericanJesse Levine .
2010: French Open fourth round [ edit ] In the third round of the2010 French Open , he beat Andy Roddick in straight sets. However, he was beaten in the fourth round by Austria'sJürgen Melzer in four sets.
At the2010 US Open , Gabashvili played World No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the first round, and lost.
2011: Silver medalist at Summer Universiade [ edit ] Gabashvili represented his country at the2011 Summer Universiade held inShenzhen 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 ofLim Yong-Kyu , a member ofSouth Korea's Davis Cup team.
[ edit ] At the2015 French Open , Gabashvili repeated his 2010's result and advanced to the fourth round without losing a set, defeating in order, 10th seedFeliciano López ,Juan Mónaco andLukáš Rosol . In the fourth round, he lost in straight sets to 5th seedKei Nishikori .[ 4]
At the2015 Citi Open , Gabashvili upset two time Grand Slam champion and world No. 3Andy Murray in the second round in three tight sets to claim only his fourth ever win against a Top 10 player,[ 5] Ričardas Berankis in the next round in two sets.
He finished the year 2015 ranked World No. 50 for the first time in his career. On 1 February 2016, he achieved his highest career singles ranking of World No. 43.
[ edit ] In November 2021, he was banned for 20 months from competing for doping. He was ranked No. 270 on 15 November 2021.[ 6]
Gabashvili speaks Russian,Georgian , Spanish and English. He has a daughter Nicole.[ 7]
In July 2010, Gabashvili changed the spelling of his given name with theATP World Tour fromTeimuraz toTeymuraz .[ 8]
On 18 November 2021, Gabashvili was banned from competition for 20 months after testing positive forfurosemide .[ 1] [ 2]
[ edit ] Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–1)
Titles by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting Outdoor (1–1) Indoor (0–0)
Challenger and Futures finals [ edit ] [ edit ] Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (10–10) ITF Futures Tour/World Tennis Tour (5–3)
Titles by surface Hard (6–8) Clay (9–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Win 1–0 Jun 2003 Spain F10,Tenerife Futures Hard Roman Valent 6–2, 6–0 Win 2–0 Jul 2003 Georgia F1,Tbilisi Futures Clay Jan Minář 6–4, 6–1 Win 3–0 Jul 2003 Georgia F2,Tbilisi Futures Clay Martin Slanar 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 Win 4–0 Aug 2003 Russia F3,Zhukovsky Futures Clay 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 Loss 4–1 Aug 2004 Bukhara , UzbekistanChallenger Hard Michal Mertiňák 6–3, 4–6, 3–6 Loss 4–2 Jun 2005 Barcelona , SpainChallenger Clay Sergio Roitman 2–6, 3–6 Win 5–2 Jul 2005 Poznań , PolandChallenger Clay Adrián García 6–4, 6–2 Loss 5–3 Nov 2005 Reunion Island , RéunionChallenger Hard Philipp Kohlschreiber 2–6, 3–6 Win 6–3 May 2008 Telde, Spain Challenger Clay Pablo Andújar 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 Win 7–3 Jun 2008 Karlsruhe , GermanyChallenger Clay Tobias Kamke 6–1, 6–4 Win 8–3 Jun 2008 Milan , ItalyChallenger Clay Diego Hartfield 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 Win 9–3 Oct 2008 Mons , BelgiumChallenger Hard (i) Édouard Roger-Vasselin 6–4, 6–4 Loss 9–4 Jul 2009 Braunschweig , GermanyChallenger Clay Óscar Hernández Pérez 1–6, 6–3, 4–6 Loss 9–5 Aug 2011 Astana , KazakhstanChallenger Hard Rainer Schüttler 6–7(6–8) , 6–4, 4–6 Loss 9–6 May 2012 Bordeaux , FranceChallenger Clay Martin Kližan 5–7, 3–6 Win 10–6 May 2013 Qarshi , UzbekistanChallenger Hard Radu Albot 6–4, 6–4 Win 11–6 May 2013 Samarkand , UzbekistanChallenger Clay Oleksandr Nedovyesov 6–3, 6–4 Loss 11–7 Sep 2013 Kenitra , MoroccoChallenger Clay Dominic Thiem 6–7(4–7) , 1–5 ret. Loss 11–8 Oct 2013 Tashkent , UzbekistanChallenger Hard Dudi Sela 1–6, 2–6 Win 12–8 May 2015 Karshi , UzbekistanChallenger Hard Evgeny Donskoy 5–2 ret. Win 13–8 May 2015 Samarkand , UzbekistanChallenger Clay Yuki Bhambri 6–3, 6–1 Win 14–8 Jun 2015 Fergana , UzbekistanChallenger Hard Alexander Kudryavtsev 6–2, 1–0 ret. Loss 14–9 May 2017 Gimcheon , South KoreaChallenger Hard Thomas Fabbiano 5–7, 1–6 Loss 14–10 Apr 2018 Egypt F11,Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Lucas Miedler 3–6, 5–7 Win 15–10 Apr 2018 Egypt F12,Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Lucas Miedler 6–2, 6–3 Loss 15–11 Apr 2018 Kazakhstan F5,Shymkent Futures Clay Denis Yevseyev 2–6, 3–6 Loss 15–12 Jan 2019 M25Kazan , Russia World Tennis Tour Hard (i) Sanjar Fayziev 3–6, 5–7 Loss 15–13 Jan 2021 Potchefstroom , South AfricaChallenger Hard Jenson Brooksby 6–2, 3–6, 0–6
Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (10–6) ITF Futures Tour (4–1)
Titles by surface Hard (9–4) Clay (5–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Win 1–0 Aug 2002 Russia F2,Saransk Futures Clay Alexander Pavlioutchenkov Sergei Demekhine 6–4, 7–6(7–3) Win 2–0 Jun 2003 Spain F9,La Palma Futures Hard Alexander Pavlioutchenkov 6–4, 6–4 Win 3–0 Aug 2004 Togliatti, Russia Challenger Hard Dmitri Vlasov James Auckland Ladislav Švarc 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 Win 4–0 Nov 2005 Reunion Island , RéunionChallenger Hard Stéphane Robert Ivan Cerović Petar Popović 6–4, 6–3 Win 5–0 Oct 2006 Grenoble , FranceChallenger Hard (i) Evgeny Korolev Thomas Oger Nicolas Tourte 7–5, 6–4 Win 6–0 Sep 2009 Trnava , SlovakiaChallenger Clay Grigor Dimitrov Jan Minář Lukáš Rosol 6–4, 2–6, [10–8] Loss 6–1 Oct 2009 Mons , BelgiumChallenger Hard (i) Alejandro Falla Denis Istomin Evgeny Korolev 7–6(7–4) , 6–7(4–7) , [9–11] Loss 6–2 Jul 2011 Dortmund , GermanyChallenger Clay Andrey Kuznetsov Dominik Meffert Björn Phau 4–6, 3–6 Win 7–2 May 2012 Ostrava , Czech RepublicChallenger Clay Radu Albot Adam Pavlásek Jiří Veselý 7–5, 5–7, [10–8] Loss 7–3 Jun 2012 Monza , ItalyChallenger Clay Stefano Ianni Andrey Golubev Yuriy Schukin 6–7(4–7) , 7–5, [7–10] Win 8–3 Apr 2013 Savannah , USAChallenger Clay Denys Molchanov Michael Russell Tim Smyczek 6–2, 7–5 Win 9–3 Oct 2013 Tashkent , UzbekistanChallenger Hard Mikhail Elgin Purav Raja Divij Sharan 6–4, 6–4 Win 10–3 May 2017 Gimcheon , South KoreaChallenger Hard Marco Chiudinelli Ruan Roelofse Yi Chu-huan 6–1, 6–3 Loss 10–4 Mar 2018 Russia F3,Kazan Futures Hard (i) Roman Safiullin Alexander Pavlioutchenkov Evgenii Tiurnev 4–6, 6–3, [6–10] Win 11–4 Apr 2018 Egypt F12,Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Lucas Miedler Marat Deviatiarov Vladyslav Manafov 6–4, 6–0 Loss 11–5 May 2019 Samarkand , UzbekistanChallenger Clay Sergey Fomin Gonçalo Oliveira Andrei Vasilevski 6–3, 3–6, [4–10] Win 12–5 Aug 2019 Portorož , SloveniaChallenger Hard Carlos Gómez-Herrera Lucas Miedler Tristan-Samuel Weissborn 6–3, 6–2 Loss 12–6 Sep 2019 Baotou , ChinaChallenger Hard Sasikumar Mukund Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu 6–7(3–7) , 2–6 Loss 12–7 Jan 2020 Rennes , FranceChallenger Hard Lukáš Lacko Tristan-Samuel Weissborn Antonio Šančić 5–7, 7–6(7–5) , [7–10] Win 13-7 Nov 2020 Cary , United StatesChallenger Hard Dennis Novikov Luke Bambridge Nathaniel Lammons 7–5, 4–6, [10–8] Win 14–7 Oct 2023 Telavi,Georgia Futures Clay Aleksandre Metreveli Grigoriy Lomakin Zura Tkemaladze 6–4, 6–4
Career performance timeline [ edit ] (W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Wins over top 10 players [ edit ] # Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score 2007 1. Fernando González 7 US Open , New York, United StatesHard 1R 6–4, 6–1, 3–6, 5–7, 6–4 2010 2. Andy Roddick 8 Roland Garros , Paris, FranceClay 3R 6–4, 6–4, 6–2 2014 3. David Ferrer 5 Barcelona , SpainClay 2R 6–4, 6–2 2015 4. Andy Murray 3 Washington, D.C. , United StatesHard 2R 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
National participation [ edit ] Group membership World Group (1–3) WG Play-off (1–3) Group I (4–0) Group II (0–0) Group III (0–0) Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface Hard (5–4) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)
Matches by Type Singles (6–4) Doubles (0–2)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score 6–8 March 2009 ;Sala Transilvania ,Sibiu , Romania; World Group; Carpet(i) surfaceVictory 1 V Singles (dead rubber ) Romania Victor Crivoi 6–4, 6–2 5–7 March 2010 ; Small Sports Arena "Luzhniki ", Moscow, Russia; World Group; Hard(i) surfaceDefeat 2 III Doubles (withIgor Kunitsyn ) India Mahesh Bhupathi /Leander Paes 3–6, 2–6, 2–6 Defeat 3 V Singles (dead rubber ) Rohan Bopanna 6–7(5–7) , 4–6 4–6 March 2011 ; Boråshallen,Borås , Sweden; World Group; Hard(i) surfaceDefeat 4 II Singles Sweden Joachim Johansson 3–6, 6–7(4–7) , 4–6 14–16 September 2012 ; Harmonia Tenis Clube,São José do Rio Preto , Brazil; World Group play-offs; Clay surfaceDefeat 5 II Singles Brazil Thomaz Bellucci 3–6, 6–4, 0–6, 6–7(4–7) Defeat 6 III Doubles (withAlex Bogomolov Jr. ) Marcelo Melo /Bruno Soares 5–7, 2–6, 6–7(7–9) 31 January – 2 February 2014 ;Olympic Stadium , Moscow, Russia; Europe/Africa First round play-off; Hard(i) surfaceVictory 7 V Singles (dead rubber ) Poland Michał Przysiężny 7–5, 7–5 18–20 September 2015 ; Baikal-Arena,Irkutsk , Russia; World Group play-offs; Hard(i) surfaceVictory 8 I Singles Italy Simone Bolelli 7–6(7–2) , 6–1, 6–3 Defeat 9 IV Singles Fabio Fognini 6–7(4–7) , 3–6, 6–7(5–7) 4–6 March 2016 ; Kazan Tennis Academy,Kazan , Russia; Europe/Africa First round play-off; Hard(i) surfaceVictory 10 II Singles Sweden Daniel Windahl 6–3, 6–1, 6–1 Victory 11 IV Singles (dead rubber ) Isak Arvidsson 6–4, 6–0 15–17 July 2016 ; National Tennis Centre, Moscow, Russia; World Group Second round; Hard surfaceVictory 12 II Singles Netherlands Thiemo de Bakker 6–7(3–7) , 7–6(7–4) , 6–4, 6–4
Matches by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0)
Matches by type Singles (0–0) Doubles (2–1)
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Russia
Ivo Karlović
Juan Martín del Potro
Travis Parrott
Ričardas Berankis
Treat Huey
Roman Valent
Jan Minář
Martin Slanar
Michal Mertiňák
Adrián García
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Pablo Andújar
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Radu Albot
Oleksandr Nedovyesov
Dudi Sela
Yuki Bhambri
Thomas Fabbiano
Denis Yevseyev
Sanjar Fayziev
Andy Murray
indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed bythe score, date, place of event,the zonal classification and its phase, andthe court surface.
Romania
Sweden
Brazil
Poland
Netherlands
Norway
3–3; 10–11 January 2020;Ken Rosewall Arena,Sydney, Australia; Knockout stage; Hard surface
Serbia
