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Laurynas Grigelis

Lithuanian tennis player

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IntroLithuanian tennis player
PlacesLithuania
isAthlete Tennis player
Work fieldSports
Gender
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Birth14 August 1991, Klaipėda
Age33 years
ResidenceCosta di Mezzate
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Biography

Laurynas Grigelis (born August 14, 1991) is a Lithuanian professional tennis player and a prominent member of the Lithuania Davis Cup team. Grigelis holds the best ATP doubles ranking for Lithuanian player of all time.
Grigelis won his first title when he was 18 at a Futures tournament in Wrexham, United Kingdom. On ATP Challenger Tour Grigelis has won six titles, one singles and five doubles. He won his only singles title in summer 2011 in Aptos, United States. In 2012, Grigelis won five doubles titles. He captured three titles with Uladzimir Ignatik in Wofsburg, Germany, Cherbourg, and Saint Rémy, France, he achieved one title with Rameez Junaid in Saint–Brieuc, France, and one title with Alessandro Motti in Naples, Italy.
Since the end of 2010 Grigelis is couched by Giuseppe Menga.

ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Men's Circuit career finals

TournamentSinglesDoubles
ATP Challenger Tour1–07–1
Futures9–35–7
SurfaceSinglesDoubles
Hard7–27–4
Clay2–04–3
Grass0–00–0
Carpet1–11–1

Singles: (10–3)

OutcomeDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner000000002009-09-13-0000September 13, 2009Wrexham, Great BritainHard David Rice6–2, 6–3
Runner-up000000002010-09-26-0000September 26, 2010Brusaporto, ItalyHard (i) Filip Prpic3–6, 4–6
Winner000000002011-05-29-0000May 29, 2011Agadir, MoroccoClay Bassam Beidas6–0, 6–0
Winner000000002011-06-17-0000June 17, 2011Aptos, United StatesHard Ilija Bozoljac6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up000000002013-03-24-0000March 24, 2013Taverne, SwitzerlandCarpet (i) Martin Fischer6–7(4–7), 1–6
Winner000000002013-08-04-0000August 4, 2013Vilnius, LithuaniaClay Giammarco Micolani6–1, 6–3
Winner000000002013-09-22-0000September 22, 2013Antalya, TurkeyHard Claudio Fortuna6–2, 6–3
Winner000000002013-10-19-0000October 19, 2013Loughborough, Great BritainHard (i) David Rice6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Winner000000002013-10-26-0000October 26, 2013Tipton, Great BritainHard (i) Joris De Loore6–3, 6–3
Winner000000002013-11-02-0000November 2, 2013Edgbaston, Great BritainHard (i) Joris De Loore6–3, 1–6, 6–0
Winner000000002013-12-01-0000December 1, 2013Opava, Czech RepublicCarpet (i) Uladzimir Ignatik4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Winner000000002014-01-18-0000January 18, 2014Glasgow, Great BritainHard (i) Daniel Smethurst7–5, 6–7(4–7), 7–5
Runner-up000000002014-11-02-0000November 2, 2014Loughborough, Great BritainHard (i) Maxime Authom6–2, 6–1

Doubles: (12–8)

OutcomeDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up000000002009-09-06-0000September 6, 2009Trieste, ItalyClay Giuseppe Menga Filippo Leonardi
Jacopo Marchegiani		6–2, 4–6, [7–10]
Runner-up000000002010-05-16-0000May 16, 2010Pozzuoli, ItalyClay Daniel Evans Juan-Martín Aranguren
Alejandro Fabbri		4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up000000002011-06-05-0000June 5, 2011Bergamo, ItalyClay Riccardo Sinicropi Giorgio Portaluri
Juan Pablo Villar		7–5, 3–6, [8–10]
Winner000000002012-02-26-0000February 26, 2012Wolfsburg, GermanyCarpet (i) Uladzimir Ignatik Tomasz Bednarek
Olivier Charroin		7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Winner000000002012-03-04-0000March 4, 2012Cherbourg, FranceHard (i) Uladzimir Ignatik Dustin Brown
Jonathan Marray		4–6, 7–6(11–9), [10–0]
Winner000000002012-04-06-0000April 6, 2012Saint-Brieuc, FranceClay Rameez Junaid Stéphane Robert
Laurent Rochette		1–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Winner000000002012-04-28-0000April 28, 2012Napoli, ItalyClay Alessandro Motti Rameez Junaid
Igor Zelenay		6–4, 6–4
Winner000000002012-09-08-0000September 8, 2012St. Rémy, FranceHard Uladzimir Ignatik Jordi Marsé-Vidri
Carles Poch-Gradin		6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–6]
Runner-up000000002012-10-19-0000October 19, 2012Glasgow, United KingdomHard (i) Bastian Knittel David Rice
Sean Thornley		3–6, 2–6
Runner-up000000002012-10-26-0000October 26, 2012Cardiff, United KingdomHard (i) Giuseppe Menga Bastian Knittel
Kevin Krawietz		6–3, 4–6, [7–10]
Runner-up000000002013-06-01-0000June 1, 2013Changwon, South KoreaHard Enrique Lopez-Perez Yong-Kyu Lim
Ji Sung Nam		7–5, 4–6, [9–11]
Winner000000002013-08-03-0000August 3, 2013Vilnius, LithuaniaClay Giuseppe Menga Ivan Anikanov
Yaraslau Shyla		7–5, 6–3
Winner000000002013-09-14-0000September 14, 2013Antalya, TurkeyHard Federico Gaio Dekel Bar
Richard Gabb		1–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Winner000000002013-09-21-0000September 21, 2013Antalya, TurkeyHard Federico Gaio Alexander Krasnorutskiy
Anton Manegin		6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up000000002014-03-23-0000March 23, 2014Taverne, SwitzerlandCarpet (i) Henri Laaksonen Jesper Brunström
Frederik Nielsen		4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up000000002014-07-21-0000July 21, 2014Recanati, ItalyHard James Cluskey Ilija Bozoljac
Goran Tošić		7–5, 4–6, [5–10]
Winner000000002013-09-21-0000September 21, 2013Aptos, United StatesHard Ruben Bemelmans Purav Raja
Sanam Singh		6–3, 4–6, [11–9]
Winner000000002014-10-19-0000October 19, 2014Minsk, BelarusHard (i) Lukas Mugevičius Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev
Andrei Vasilevski		6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Winner000000002014-10-26-0000October 26, 2014Manchester, Great BritainHard (i) David Rice Sean Thornley
Darren Walsh		6–4, 6–4
Winner000000002015-01-17-0000January 17, 2015Casablanca, MoroccoClay Adrian Ungur Flavio Cipolla
Alessandro Motti		3–6, 6–2, [10–5]

Singles performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#APZ#POGF-SSF-BNMSNH
(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

The table is current through season 2014.

Tournament201020112012201320142015Career SRCareer W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAQ1AAA0 / 00–0
French OpenAAQ3AQ10 / 00–0
WimbledonAAQ2AQ20 / 00–0
US OpenAQ3AAQ10 / 00–0
Win–Loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
Davis Cup
Davis Cup SinglesZ2Z2Z3AZ20 / 34–6
Career statistics
Tournaments Played010000Career total: 1
Hardcourt Win–Loss1–30–20–00–02–20–00 / 11–5
Grass Win–Loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
Carpet Win–Loss1–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 01–0
Clay Win–Loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
Win–Loss2–30–20–00–02–20–00 / 12–5
Win %40%0%-%-%50%-%Career total: 36%
Year End Ranking405199415299303346–

Davis Cup

Grigelis is a member of the Lithuania Davis Cup team, having posted a 6–9 record in singles and a 5–3 record in doubles in twelve ties played.

All Davis Cup Matches
2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III
RoundDateOpponentsTie scoreVenueSurfaceMatchOpponentRubber score
RR7 May 2008 Estonia
1–2
YerevanClaySingles 1Vladimir Ivanov2–6, 6–7(5–7) (L)
RR11 May 2008 Moldova
0–3
YerevanClaySingles 2Andrei Gorban1–6, 2–6 (L)
Doubles (with Mindaugas Čeledinas)Albot & Ciumac3–6, 2–6 (L)
2010 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
RoundDateOpponentsTie scoreVenueSurfaceMatchOpponentRubber score
1R5–7 March 2010 Great Britain
3–2
VilniusHard (i)Singles 1James Ward4–6, 2–6, 4–6 (L)
Doubles (with Dovydas Šakinis)Fleming & Skupski0–6, 7–6(7–2), 5–7, 3–6 (L)
Singles 5Daniel Evans6–7(6–8), 7–5, 6–0, 2–6, 6–4 (W)
2R9–11 July 2010 Ireland
3–2
DublinCarpet (i)Singles 2Conor Niland6–2, 6–3, 6–1 (W)
Doubles (with Ričardas Berankis)Cluskey & King6–3, 6–3, 6–4 (W)
3R17–19 September 2010 Slovenia
2–3
VilniusHardSingles 2Grega Žemlja3–6, 6–7(4–7), 3–6 (L)
Doubles (with Ričardas Berankis)Gregorc & Žemlja5–7, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–3 (W)
Singles 5Blaž Kavčič4–6, 6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7) (L)
2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
RoundDateOpponentsTie scoreVenueSurfaceMatchOpponentRubber score
1R4–6 March 2011 Estonia
2–3
TallinnHard (i)Singles 2Jürgen Zopp5–4 ret. (L)
2012 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III
RoundDateOpponentsTie scoreVenueSurfaceMatchOpponentRubber score
RR3 May 2012 San Marino
3–0
SofiaClaySingles 2Marco de Rossi6–2, 6–1 (W)
RR4 May 2012 Andorra
2–0
SofiaClaySingles 2Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier6–2, 6–4 (W)
PO5 May 2012 Greece
2–1
SofiaClaySingles 1Theodoros Angelinos5–7, 7–6(10–8), 4–6 (L)
Doubles (with Ričardas Berankis)Gemouchidis & Kalovelonis6–2, 7–5 (W)
2014 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
RoundDateOpponentsTie scoreVenueSurfaceMatchOpponentRubber score
1R31 January–2 February 2014 Norway
5–0
OsloHard (i)Singles 1Joachim Bjerke6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3, 6–2 (W)
Doubles (with Ričardas Berankis)Boretti & Durasovic6–1, 6–4, 7–5 (W)
2R4–6 April 2014 South Africa
3–2
Centurion, GautengHardSingles 1Rik de Voest6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 6–7(4–7) (L)
Doubles (with Ričardas Berankis)Andersen & Klaasen6–3, 3–6, 3–6, 6–7(5–7) (L)
Singles 5Ruan Roelofse7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4 (W)
3R12–14 September 2014 Bosnia and Herzegovina
3–2
SarajevoHard (i)Singles 2Damir Džumhur7–6(7–5), 1–6, 1–6, 0–1, ret (L)
Doubles (with Ričardas Berankis)Bašić & Brkić6–3, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) (W)

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