Dimitar Kuzmanov
Dimitar Kuzmanov is a Bulgarian professional tennis player and the current No. 2 Bulgarian in the ATP singles ranking. His highest singles ranking was No. 249, whilst his best doubles ranking was No. 445. Kuzmanov is a player of Tennis Club Lokomotiv Plovdiv and is coached by former Bulgarian tennis player Stefan Rangelov and by Bulgaria Fed Cup team's former tennis player and present captain Dora Rangelova. In 2011 he was invited to play for Bulgaria Davis Cup team.
Early years and personal life
Dimitar Kuzmanov was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, the son of Savko Kuzmanov and Dora Rangelova. His maternal family is entirely related to the sport. Dora's father Zdravko Rangelov, who is one of the founders of tennis in Plovdiv, has been a tennis player and longtime coach in Tennis Club Lokomotiv, whilst her mother has been a volleyball player and coach. Dora's brother, Stefan Rangelov is a former tennis player and present tennis coach. Kuzmanov began playing tennis at age of six when his mother Dora took him to play on courts of Tennis Club Lokomotiv Plovdiv, and Stefan was the man, that gave him a tennis racket and started training.Through the years, Dimitar Kuzmanov has affirmed as a player, who has won many national and international tournaments, he is a champion of Bulgaria in different age groups and participant in Bulgaria national tennis teams, including Davis Cup team.
Tennis career
Tennis Europe Junior Tour
Dimitar Kuzmanov went in Tennis Europe Junior Tour competition from 2005 to 2009.During this period he played very successfully, achieving a record of 57-16 W/L and No. 1 in Tennis Europe Junior Ranking.
He won 5 titles:
Dema Cup U12 – Sofia and Haskovo Cup U16 – Haskovo, in Bulgaria; Novi Sad Open Raiffeisen Cup U16 – Novi Sad, Serbia; 45th Torneo del Avvenire U16 – Milan and 5th Edizione Torneo Int. U16 Memorial Tato Serina – Crema in Italy and 2 titles: Dema Cup U12 – Sofia, Bulgaria and Novi Sad open Raiffeisen Cup U16 – Novi Sad, Serbia.
In addition, Kuzmanov played final of the tournaments:
BBB Cup U14 – Sofia, Bulgaria; Trofeo Ajuntament De Torello U16 – Torello, Spain; 6th Citta di Montecatini U16 – Montecatini, Italy; Le Pont des Generations U16 – Le Pont, France; Bergant Memorial 2008 U16 – Maribor, Slovenia and semi-final of the tournaments: Bankia Cup U14 – Bankia, Bulgaria; Citta di Pescara U14 – Pescara, Italy; Tennis Jungsten Cup U14 – Koln, Germany; Raiffeisen Jason Cup U16 – Novi Sad, Serbia; Galeja Open Raiffeisen Cup U16 – Maribor, Slovenia and Mondial Paris Cadets Trophee Lagardere U16 – Paris, France.
In 2007 Kuzmanov played semi-final at East European Tennis Championship U14'' - Tallinn, Estonia. Because of his performance in the tournament, he was invited in ITF U14 & U16 Development Programme, which program supported him from 2007 to 2009. As a result, 2009 became most successful year of this period.
ITF Junior Tennis
Kuzmanov started playing in ITF Junior Circuit in 2008 and even in his third participation in tournaments of this level he reached to a final - it happened at Dema Cup U18 - Sofia, Bulgaria, where he lost in a very competitive match. During the period 2008 – 2011 he made a record of 53-24 W/L in singles matches and 17-18 W/L in doubles matches.His most significant achievements are reaching to a final singles match at 2011 European Junior Championships U18 – Klosters, Switzerland and semi-final doubles match at 2011 Roland Garros Junior Championships U18 – Paris, France, as well as winning 2 singles titles at Plovdiv Cup U18 – Plovdiv and Kenana CUP U18 – Haskovo in Bulgaria.
In addition, Kuzmanov played 4 singles finals: 12th Serbia Junior Open U18 – Novi Sad, Serbia; Plovdiv Cup U18 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria; 33rd Profstav Slovakia Cup U18 – 2011 – Piestani, Slovakia; Dema Cup U18 – Sofia, Bulgaria and 2 doubles finals: Plovdiv Cup U18 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria and Copa Milo-ChileDeportes 2010 U18 – Santiago, Chile as well as 1 singles semi-final: 23rd Czech International Junior Indoor Championships U18 – Prerov, Czech Republic.
His highest ITF Junior ranking is No. 35.
2009
Dimitar Kuzmanov made his professional debut at Bulgaria F2 ITF Futures Tournament – at age of 15 years and 9 months. Late in season, he played 2 more ITF Futures tournaments and won his first ATP ranking points. He continued to play tournaments at Tennis Europe and ITF Junior level and this year is definitely one of his most successful years as a junior player. Kuzmanov rose to No. 1 for Boys U16 in Tennis Europe Ranking and was honored as "Player of the Tennis Europe Junior for Boys U16 - 2009"becoming the first Bulgarian in the history who had won this prestigious award for this age group. He finished the year as No. 1 in Tennis Europe Ranking.
2010
He continued to play ITF Junior Circuit and ITF Futures tournaments raising his ATP ranking up to position No. 898 at the year end. In this year he won the Academic Tennis tournament, organised by Bulgarian Tennis Federation.2011
Last year of playing ITF Junior Circuit tournaments – it is most successful at this level.Kuzmanov became European vice-champion at 2011 European Junior Championships for Boys U18 – Klosters, Switzerland and played Doubles Semi-final at 2011 ITF Roland Garos Junior Championships – Paris, France. 2011 is important as the year of Dimitar Kuzmanov’s first participation at Davis Cup Event.
2012
This year is assessed with the first doubles title at ITF Futures F10 Tournament – Antalya, Turkey. Late during the season, he played few singles and doubles finals and semi-finals at ITF Futures tournaments. As a Davis Cup player he played vs. Albania, Georgia and Macedonia.2013
First singles title at Greece F5 ITF Futures Tournament.Late during the season, he won one more singles title at Greece F15 ITF Futures Tournament and played few singles and doubles finals and semi finals at ITF Futures tournaments.
First participation in QDS at ATP Challenger Tour – Petange Challenger, Luxembourg. As a Davis Cup player he played vs. Finland and Estonia.
2014
First participation in MDS at ATP Challenger Tour – Istanbul Challenger, Turkey. Late during the season, he won 4 singles titles and 1 doubles title, played few singles and doubles finals and semi-finals at ITF Futures tournaments.2015
In 2015 Kuzmanov continued to play ITF Futures tournaments and reached 8 singles finals, winning 5 titles and 4 doubles finals, winning 3 titles, as well as he played 2 singles and 2 doubles semi-finals. Late during the season, he made his debut in QDS at ATP World Tour 250 tournament Istanbul Open and reached QF at ATP Challenger tour Sibiu Open, Romania. As a Davis Cup player he played vs. Latvia, Luxembourg and Hungary.2016
Kuzmanov received a wild card for ATP World Tour 250 tournament Sofia Open and made his ATP main draw debut, losing in three sets by the world No. 96 Ričardas Berankis. Partnering with Alexander Lazov he played vs. future tournament champions Matwe Middelkoop and Wesley Koolhof, losing in three sets. Late during the season, he played five singles finals, one doubles final, one singles and one doubles semi-finals at ITF Futures level, as well as QF at ATP Challenger Tour Marburg Open, Germany. As a Davis Cup player Kuzmanov played vs. Turkey and was nominated to play vs. Tunisia, but he didn't play because of trauma.2017
In this year Kuzmanov continued to play ITF Futures tournaments and won singles title No. 12 and Doubles title No. 6. In addition during the season, he reached 1 singles and 1 doubles finals and 4 singles and 4 doubles semi-finals at this level tournaments. In February he participated at ATP World Tour 250 tournament Sofia Open. In a MDS first round match he lost 4-6/3-6 by the world No. 57 Robin Haase. Partnering with Alexander Lazov he played in MDD and won 6-4/6-7/10-7 vs. Ariel Behar and Andrei Vasilevski. In a quarter final match vs. Alexander Peya and Mate Pavic they lost 2-6/4-6. Closing the season Kuzmanov participated in 1 ITF Futures tournament and 4 ATP Challenger Tour events in South America achieving 18 wins in 22 matches. His most successful participation in the tour is at Lima Challenger Event - QF in MDS losing by the world No. 108 Marco Cecchinato 6-7/3-6. Before that, however, he managed to record his first victory over a top 100 player - this happens in the match against Roberto Carballes Baena. It is very successful and the participation at Santiago 2 Challenger Event - partnering with Gonçalo Oliveira he reached QF in MDD, losing 1-6/3-6/ by the Brazilian players Guilherme Clezar and Fabricio Neis. As a Davis Cup player Kuzmanov played vs. Armenia, Greece and Ireland winning all his own single matches.2018
Dimitar Kuzmanov started the year in a remarkable way - he participated in January and February in 4 ITF Futures tournaments winning two of them, and the other two playing the final with 18 victories and only 2 losses. In addition, between these tournaments he participated at ATP 250 DIEMA XTRA SOFIA OPEN 2018 tournament and lost his MDS first round match 6-7/1-6 by the world No. 68 Joao Sousa. Partnering with Vasko Mladenov he played in MDD and lost 4-6/4-6 by Scott Lipsky and Divij Sharan.Titles
Singles titles
- 2018 - Turkey F3 ITF Futures ; Turkey F8 ITF Futures ; Germany F4 ITF Futures ; Germany F5 ITF Futures ; Poland F8 ITF Futures ;
- 2017 - Turkey F24 ITF Futures ;
- 2015 - Turkey F7 ITF Futures ; Turkey F12 ITF Futures ; Tunisia F19 ITF Futures ; Tunisia F20 ITF Futures ; Turkey F42 ITF Futures ;
- 2014 - Bulgaria F1 ITF Futures ; Turkey F28 ITF Futures ; Turkey F29 ITF Futures ; Turkey F35 ITF Futures ;
- 2013 - Greece F5 ITF Futures ; Greece F15 ITF Futures ;
Doubles titles
- 2017 - Turkey F25 ITF Futures - w/M. JANKOVIC ;
- 2015 - Turkey F5 ITF Futures - w/R. RODRIGUEZ ; Turkey F11 ITF Futures - w/R. RODRIGUEZ ; Tunisia F20 ITF Futures - w/D. PEREZ SANZ ;
- 2014 - Turkey F16 ITF Futures - w/R. RODRIGUEZ ;
- 2012 - Turkey F10 ITF Futures - w/T. GROZDANOV ;
Individual awards
- „Young sport talent of Plovdiv for 2006” by Plovdiv Municipality
- „Tennis Player of the Year 2009 of Europe for Boys U16“ – Tennis Europe Junior Tour powered by Polar
- „Best sportsman for 2009“ by PSS Lokomotiv Plovdiv
- „The Best Progressing Young Tennis Player of the Year 2009“ by Bulgarian Tennis Federation
- „Sportsman №8 of Best 10 sportsmen of Plovdiv for 2009“ by Plovdiv Municipality
- „Young tennis talent for 2010” by Bulgarian Tennis Federation
- „Best young tennis player of Bulgaria for 2011” by Bulgarian Tennis Federation
- „Young talent of Bulgaria for 2011 – Sport category” by “Dimitar Berbatov” Foundation
- „Sportsman №3 of Best 10 young sportsmen of Bulgaria for 2011” by ViaSport
- „Sportsman №8 of Best 10 sportsmen of Plovdiv Municipality for 2011” by Plovdiv Municipality
- „Sportsman №8 of Best 10 sportsmen of Plovdiv Municipality for 2013” by Plovdiv Municipality
- „Sportsman №9 of Best 10 sportsmen of Plovdiv Municipality for 2017” by Plovdiv Municipality
- „Sportsman №4 of Best 10 sportsmen of Plovdiv Municipality for 2018” by Plovdiv Municipality
Year-end ATP ranking
Futures and Challenger finals: 43 (23–20)
Singles: 32 (17–15)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 1. | 19 August 2012 | Izmir, Turkey ITF Futures $10,000 | Clay |  Alberto Brizzi | 6–7, 1–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 5 May 2013 | Heraklion, Greece ITF Futures $10,000 | Hard |  Andrew Whittington | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 18 August 2013 | Novi Sad, Serbia ITF Futures $10,000 | Clay |  Carlos Gomez-Herrera | 6–3, 1–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 20 October 2013 | Heraklion, Greece ITF Futures $10,000 | Hard |  Torsten Wietoska | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Winner | 3. | 15 June 2014 | Burgas, Bulgaria ITF Futures $10,000 | Clay |  Juan Sebastián Gómez | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner | 4. | 24 August 2014 | Antalya, Turkey ITF Futures $10,000 | Hard |  Yannick Jankovits | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Winner | 5. | 31 August 2014 | Antalya, Turkey ITF Futures $10,000 | Hard |  Cem İlkel | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Winner | 6. | 12 October 2014 | Antalya, Turkey ITF Futures $10,000 | Hard |  Andrei Plotniy | 6–1, 6–0 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 16 February 2015 | Antalya, Turkey ITF Futures $10,000 | Hard |  Miliaan Niesten | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 7. | 22 February 2015 | Antalya, Turkey ITF Futures $10,000 | Hard | Marc Sieber | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Winner | 8. | 29 March 2015 | Antalya, Turkey ITF Futures $10,000 | Hard |  Miki Janković | 2–6, 6–0, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 20 June 2015 | Burgas, Bulgaria ITF Futures $10,000 | Clay |  Yasutaka Uchiyama | 7–5, 4–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 9. | 23 August 2015 | El Kantaoui, Tunisia ITF Futures $10,000 | Hard | Ivan Nedelko | W/O |
| Winner | 10. | 30 August 2015 | El Kantaoui, Tunisia ITF Futures $10,000 | Hard | David Pérez Sanz | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner | 11. | 25 October 2015 | Antalya, Turkey ITF Futures $10,000 | Hard |  Mate Delić | 0–6, 7–6, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 5 December 2015 | Antalya, Turkey ITF Futures $10,000 | Clay | Pere Riba | 2–6, 6–3, 6–7 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 21 February 2016 | Antalya, Turkey ITF Futures $10,000 | Hard |  Hong Seong-chan | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 28 February 2016 | Antalya, Turkey ITF Futures $10,000 | Hard | Roman Safiullin | 6–3, 5–7, 5–7 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 22 May 2016 | Antalya, Turkey ITF Futures $10,000 | Hard |  Christopher Heyman | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 9. | 12 June 2016 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria ITF Futures $10,000 | Clay | Pedro Martínez | 6–7, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 10. | 30 October 2016 | Antalya, Turkey ITF Futures $10,000 | Hard | Tallon Griekspoor | 4-6, 4-6 |
| Runner-up | 11. | 9 May 2017 | Sozopol, Bulgaria ITF Futures $15,000 | Hard | Albano Oliveti | 4-6, 6-7 |
| Winner | 12. | 20 June 2017 | Istanbul, Turkey ITF Futures $15,000 | Clay | Marc Sieber | 6–3, 2–6, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 12. | 10 October 2017 | Antalya, Turkey ITF Futures $15,000 | Clay |  Dmitry Popko | 5-7, 6-3, 3-6 |
| Runner-up | 13. | 16 January 2018 | Antalya, Turkey ITF Futures $15,000 | Hard | Zizou Bergs | 3-6, 4-6 |
| Winner | 13. | 23 January 2018 | Antalya, Turkey ITF Futures $15,000 | Hard | Mate Delic | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 14. | 20 February 2018 | Antalya, Turkey ITF Futures $15,000 | Hard |  Attila Balazs | 1-6, 3-6 |
| Winner | 14. | 27 February 2018 | Antalya, Turkey ITF Futures $15,000 | Hard | Flavio Cipolla | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Winner | 15. | 19 June 2018 | Kaltenkirchen, Germany ITF Futures $15,000 | Clay | Marvin Moeller | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Winner | 16. | 26 June 2018 | Kamen, Germany ITF Futures $15,000 | Clay |  Sekou Bangoura | 6–1, 7–5 |
| Winner | 17. | 20 August 2018 | Poznan, Poland ITF Futures $25,000 | Clay | Gijs Brouwer | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 15. | 22 October 2018 | Santa Margherita Di Pula, Italy ITF Futures $25,000 | Clay | Raul Brancaccio | 4-6, 4-6 |
Doubles: 11 (6–5)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 1. | 6 September 2009 | Dobrich, Bulgaria ITF Futures $10,000 | Clay |  Tzvetan Mihov | Carlos Calderón-Rodríguez Gerard Granollers | 7–6, 3–6, |
| Winner | 1. | 18 March 2012 | Antalya, Turkey ITF Futures $10,000 | Clay | Tihomir Grozdanov | Ivan Bjelica Arsenije Zlatanović | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 13 May 2012 | Varna, Bulgaria ITF Futures $10,000 | Clay | Valentin Dimov |  Oleksandr Nedovyesov Ivan Sergeyev | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 16 May 2014 | Antalya, Turkey ITF Futures $10,000 | Hard |  Ricardo Rodríguez | Hugo Grenier Ramkumar Ramanathan | W/O |
| Runner-up | 3. | 11 October 2014 | Antalya, Turkey ITF Futures $10,000 | Hard | Tuna Altuna | Takashi Saito Kaichi Uchida | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 7 February 2015 | Antalya, Turkey ITF Futures $10,000 | Hard | Ricardo Rodríguez |  Dekel Bar Lucas Gómez | 2–6, 6–3, |
| Winner | 4. | 21 March 2015 | Antalya, Turkey ITF Futures $10,000 | Hard | Ricardo Rodríguez | Marc Fornell Marco Neubau | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 22 August 2015 | El Kantaoui, Tunisia ITF Futures $10,000 | Hard | David Pérez Sanz | Milen Ianakiev Alexander Merino | 5–7, 6–1, |
| Winner | 5. | 29 August 2015 | El Kantaoui, Tunisia ITF Futures $10,000 | Hard | David Pérez Sanz | Jordan Dyke Eduardo Agustin Torre | 6–3, 6–7, |
| Runner-up | 5. | 29 October 2016 | Antalya, Turkey ITF Futures $10,000 | Hard | Alexander Lazov | Vadim Ursu Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi | 0–6, 1-6 |
| Winner | 6. | 11 July 2017 | Istanbul, Turkey ITF Futures $10,000 | Clay | Miki Jankovic | Nicola Cacic Vasko Mladenov | 6–4, 2–6, |
Davis Cup
Dimitar Kuzmanov debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2011. Since then he has 11 nominations with 18 ties played, his singles W/L record is 16–4 and doubles W/L record is 2–4.Singles (16–4)
Doubles (2–4)
- RPO = Relegation Play–off
- PPO = Promotion Play–off
- RR = Round Robin