Valentin Dimov

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Valentin Dimov
Валентин Димов

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| country = {{BUL}}

| residence = Sofia, Bulgaria

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|03|12}}

| birth_place = Sofia, Bulgaria

| height =

| turnedpro = 2006

| retired = 2014

| plays = Right-handed

| careerprizemoney = US$ 24,575

| singlesrecord = 0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)

| singlestitles = 0
0 Challengers, 1 Futures

| highestsinglesranking = 621 (8 March 2010)

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| doublesrecord = 0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)

| doublestitles = 0
0 Challengers, 0 Futures

| highestdoublesranking = 694 (24 August 2009)

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| updated = 30 January 2021

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Valentin Ivanov Dimov ({{langx|bg|Валентин Иванов Димов}}, born 12 March 1989) is a former professional Bulgarian tennis player. On 8 March 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 621 whilst his best doubles ranking was 694 on 24 August 2009.[https://www.atptour.com/en/players/valentin-dimov/d852/overview Tennis– ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Valentin Dimov][http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Di/V/Valentin-Dimov.aspx?t=pa&y=0&m=s&e=0# Tennis – ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Valentin Dimov – Playing Activity – Singles][http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Di/V/Valentin-Dimov.aspx?t=pa&y=0&m=d&e=0# Tennis – ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Valentin Dimov – Playing Activity – Doubles][http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Di/V/Valentin-Dimov.aspx?t=rh Tennis – ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Valentin Dimov – Rankings History][http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=100050213 ITF Tennis – Pro Circuit – Player Profile – DIMOV, Valentin (BUL)] He is the current captain of the Bulgarian Davis Cup team since 2022.{{cite web | url=https://www.tenniskafe.com/balgarski-tenis/valentin-dimov-e-noviyat-kapitan-na-balgariya-za-kupa-dejvis/ | title=Валентин Димов е новият капитан на България за купа "Дейвис" | date=11 February 2022 }}

Year-end rankings

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|align="center"|Year

|align="center"|2007

|align="center"|2008

|align="center"|2009

|align="center"|2010

|align="center"|2011

|align="center"|2012

|align="center"|2013

|align="center"|2014

align="center" valign="top"|Singles

|align="center" valign="top"|1386

|align="center" valign="top"|979

|align="center" valign="top"|658

|align="center" valign="top"|905

|align="center" valign="top"|1011

|align="center" valign="top"|958

|align="center" valign="top"|758

|align="center" valign="top"|1281

align="center" valign="top"|Doubles

|align="center" valign="top"|1175

|align="center" valign="top"|891

|align="center" valign="top"|1114

|align="center" valign="top"|1452

|align="center" valign="top"|1596

|align="center" valign="top"|1332

|align="center" valign="top"|1023

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Challenger and Futures Finals

=Singles: 1 (1–0)=

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|ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)

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|ITF Futures (1–0)

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!Titles by surface

Hard (0–0)

Clay (1–0)

Grass (0–0)

Carpet (0–0)

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!Result

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bgcolor=#98fb98|Win

|1–0

|{{dts|May 2009}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Bulgaria F4, Yambol

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ROU}} Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd

|6–4, 6–4

=Doubles: 7 (0–7)=

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|ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)

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|ITF Futures (0–7)

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!Titles by surface

Hard (0–1)

Clay (0–6)

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

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!Tournament

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!class="unsortable"|Score

bgcolor=#FFA07A|Loss

|0–1

|{{dts|Aug 2007}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Bulgaria F5, Varna

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Tihomir Grozdanov

|{{flagicon|ROU}} Bogdan Leonte
{{flagicon|GER}} Peter Torebko

|6–7^(4–7), 4–6

bgcolor=#FFA07A|Loss

|0–2

|{{dts|Aug 2008}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Bulgaria F5, Dobrich

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Todor Enev

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Tihomir Grozdanov
{{flagicon|BUL}} Simeon Ivanov

|6–2, 5–7, [6–10]

bgcolor=#FFA07A|Loss

|0–3

|{{dts|Aug 2008}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Bulgaria F6, Bourgas

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Todor Enev

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Gleb Alekseenko
{{flagicon|UKR}} Vadim Alekseenko

|1–6, 5–7

bgcolor=#FFA07A|Loss

|0–4

|{{dts|Sep 2008}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Bulgaria F7, Sliven

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Todor Enev

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Gleb Alekseenko
{{flagicon|UKR}} Vadim Alekseenko

|5–7, 5–7

bgcolor=#FFA07A|Loss

|0–5

|{{dts|May 2009}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Bulgaria F1, Sandanski

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Todor Enev

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Thomas Kromann
{{flagicon|AUS}} John Millman

|6–3, 1–6, [5–10]

bgcolor=#FFA07A|Loss

|0–6

|{{dts|May 2012}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Bulgaria F1, Varna

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Dimitar Kuzmanov

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Aleksandr Nedovyesov
{{flagicon|UKR}} Ivan Sergeyev

|1–6, 1–6

bgcolor=#FFA07A|Loss

|0–7

|{{dts|Sep 2013}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Greece F10, Filippiada

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Dinko Halachev

|{{flagicon|GRE}} Alexandros Jakupovic
{{flagicon|GRE}} Markos Kalovelonis

|3–6, 3–6

Davis Cup

Valentin Dimov debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2009. Since then he has 5 nominations with 3 ties played, his singles W/L record is 0–2 and doubles W/L record is 0–1 (0–3 overall).

= Singles (0–2) =

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Edition !Round !Date !Surface !Opponent !W/L !Result
bgcolor=#CCCCFF \| bgcolor=#efefef\|2009 Europe/Africa Zone Group II \| align=center\|QF \| 12 July 2009 \| Clay \| {{flagicon\|LAT}} Andis Juška \| bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center\|L \| 4–6, 4–6
bgcolor=#CCCCFF \| bgcolor=#efefef\|2010 Europe/Africa Zone Group II \| align=center\|QF \| 11 July 2010 \| Clay \| {{flagicon\|SLO}} Blaž Rola \| bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center\|L \| 0–6, 1–6

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Edition

!Round

!Date

!Surface

!Opponent

!W/L

!Result

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| bgcolor=#efefef|2009 Europe/Africa Zone Group II

| align=center|QF

| 12 July 2009

| Clay

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Andis Juška

| bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center|L

| 4–6, 4–6

bgcolor=#CCCCFF

| bgcolor=#efefef|2010 Europe/Africa Zone Group II

| align=center|QF

| 11 July 2010

| Clay

| {{flagicon|SLO}} Blaž Rola

| bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center|L

| 0–6, 1–6

= Doubles (0–1) =

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Edition !Round !Date !Partner !Surface !Opponents !W/L !Result
bgcolor=#CCCCFF \| bgcolor=#efefef\|2011 Europe/Africa Zone Group II \| align=center\|R1 \| 5 March 2011 \| {{flagicon\|BUL}} Dimitar Kuzmanov \| Hard (I) \| {{flagicon\|BLR}} Uladzimir Ignatik {{flagicon\|BLR}} Max Mirnyi \| bgcolor=#FFA07A align=center\|L \| 2–6, 4–6, 4–6

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Edition

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!Date

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!Result

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| bgcolor=#efefef|2011 Europe/Africa Zone Group II

| align=center|R1