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Laurynas Grigelis

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Laurynas Grigelis
Country (sports) Lithuania
ResidenceCosta di Mezzate, Italy
Born (1991-08-14) August 14, 1991 (age 33)
Klaipėda, Lithuania
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2008
Retired2021
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachFabio Gorietti
Federico Torresi
Prize money$341,898
Singles
Career record13-20
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 183 (9 July 2012)
Current rankingNo. 500 (9 March 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2012)
French OpenQ3 (2012)
WimbledonQ2 (2012, 2014)
US OpenQ3 (2011)
Doubles
Career record8-11
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 132 (12 November 2012)
Current rankingNo. 352 (9 March 2020)
Team competitions
Davis Cup23–30
Last updated on: 18 March 2020.

Laurynas Grigelis (born August 14, 1991) is a Lithuanian former 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 13 titles, one singles and twelve 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 coached by Giuseppe Menga.

Grigelis announced his retirement from professional tennis on 19 September 2021.[1]

Challenger and Futures finals

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Singles: 32 (23–9)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–2)
ITF Futures Tour (22–7)
Titles by surface
Hard (8–4)
Clay (13–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2009 Great Britain F13, Wrexham Futures Hard United Kingdom David Rice 6–2, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Sep 2010 Italy F27, Brusaporto Futures Hard (i) Sweden Filip Prpic 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–1 May 2011 Morocco F3, Agadir Futures Clay Lebanon Bassam Beidas 6–0, 6–0
Win 3–1 Jul 2011 Aptos, USA Challenger Hard Serbia Ilija Bozoljac 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 3–2 Mar 2013 Switzerland F3, Taverne Futures Carpet (i) Austria Martin Fischer 6–7(4–7), 1–6
Win 4–2 Aug 2013 Lithuania F1, Vilnius Futures Clay Italy Giammarco Micolani 6–1, 6–3
Win 5–2 Sep 2013 Turkey F37, Antalya Futures Hard Italy Claudio Fortuna 6–2, 6–3
Win 6–2 Oct 2013 Great Britain F21, Loughborough Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom David Rice 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 7–2 Oct 2013 Great Britain F22, Tipton Futures Hard (i) Belgium Joris De Loore 6–3, 6–3
Win 8–2 Nov 2013 Great Britain F23, Edgbaston Futures Hard (i) Belgium Joris De Loore 6–3, 1–6, 6–0
Win 9–2 Dec 2013 Czech Republic F7, Opava Futures Carpet (i) Belarus Uladzimir Ignatik 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Win 10–2 Jan 2014 Great Britain F1, Glasgow Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom Daniel Smethurst 7–5, 6–7(4–7), 7–5
Loss 10–3 Nov 2014 Great Britain F18, Loughborough Futures Hard (i) Belgium Maxime Authom 2–6, 1–6
Win 11–3 Feb 2015 Italy F1, Sondrio Futures Hard (i) France Quentin Halys 6–7(7–9), 6–3, 7–5
Win 12–3 Jul 2015 Romania F7, Focșani Futures Clay Argentina Mariano Kestelboim 6–4, 6–3
Win 13–3 Jul 2015 Lithuania F1, Vilnius Futures Clay Russia Ronald Slobodchikov 6–3, 6–2
Loss 13–4 Aug 2015 Romania F12, Iași Futures Clay Spain Gerard Granollers Pujol 3–6, 6–3, 6–7(0–7)
Win 14–4 Aug 2015 Romania F13, Mediaș Futures Clay Romania Dragoș Dima 6–2, 6–3
Loss 14–5 May 2016 Romania F2, Galați Futures Clay Argentina Juan Pablo Paz 4–6, 1–6
Win 15–5 Aug 2016 Latvia F1, Jūrmala Futures Clay Latvia Miķelis Lībietis 6–4, 7–5
Win 16–5 Sep 2016 Romania F15, Brașov Futures Clay Argentina Gabriel Alejandro Hidalgo 7–6(7–1), 6–2
Win 17–5 Sep 2016 Romania F16, Bucharest Futures Clay Italy Claudio Fortuna 6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Win 18–5 Oct 2016 Tunisia F26, Hammamet Futures Clay France Benjamin Bonzi 6–4, 6–4
Win 19–5 Oct 2016 Tunisia F28, Hammamet Futures Clay Portugal Fred Gil 6–0, 6–1
Loss 19–6 Nov 2016 Brescia, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Italy Luca Vanni 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–7(8–10)
Loss 19–7 Jul 2017 Poland F4, Mrągowo Futures Clay Australia Alexei Popyrin 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 19–8 Jul 2017 Poland F5, Mrągowo Futures Clay Czech Republic Zdeněk Kolář 5–7, 0–1 ret.
Win 20–8 Sep 2017 Romania F12, Brașov Futures Clay Argentina Franco Agamenone 6–2, 6–2
Win 21–8 Nov 2017 Morocco F4, Casablanca Futures Clay Morocco Lamine Ouahab 4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win 22–8 Nov 2017 Morocco F5, Beni Mellal Futures Clay Spain Bernabé Zapata Miralles 6–1, 6–2
Loss 22–9 Nov 2017 Brescia, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Slovakia Lukáš Lacko 1–6, 2–6
Win 23–9 Mar 2018 Italy F1, Trento Futures Carpet (i) Austria Maximilian Neuchrist 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 43 (29–14)

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Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (12–4)
ITF Futures Tour (17–10)
Titles by surface
Hard (12–5)
Clay (16–8)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2009 Italy F26, Trieste Futures Clay Italy Giuseppe Menga Italy Filippo Leonardi
Italy Jacopo Marchegiani
6–2, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss 0–2 May 2010 Italy F8, Pozzuoli Futures Clay United Kingdom Daniel Evans Argentina Juan-Martín Aranguren
Argentina Alejandro Fabbri
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 0–3 Jun 2011 Italy F12, Bergamo Futures Clay Italy Riccardo Sinicropi Italy Giorgio Portaluri
Argentina Juan-Pablo Villar
7–5, 3–6, [8–10]
Win 1–3 Feb 2012 Wolfsburg, Germany Challenger Carpet (i) Belarus Uladzimir Ignatik Poland Tomasz Bednarek
France Olivier Charroin
7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Win 2–3 Mar 2012 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard (i) Belarus Uladzimir Ignatik Germany Dustin Brown
United Kingdom Jonathan Marray
4–6, 7–6(11–9), [10–0]
Win 3–3 Apr 2012 Saint Brieuc, France Challenger Clay (i) Australia Rameez Junaid France Stéphane Robert
France Laurent Rochette
1–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win 4–3 Apr 2012 Napoli, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Alessandro Motti Australia Rameez Junaid
Slovakia Igor Zelenay
6–4, 6–4
Win 5–3 Sep 2012 St Rémy, France Challenger Hard Belarus Uladzimir Ignatik Spain Jordi Marsé-Vidri
Spain Carlos Poch Gradin
6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–6]
Loss 5–4 Oct 2012 Great Britain F17, Glasgow Futures Hard (i) Germany Bastian Knittel United Kingdom David Rice
United Kingdom Sean Thornley
3–6, 2–6
Loss 5–5 Oct 2012 Great Britain F18, Cardiff Futures Hard (i) Italy Giuseppe Menga Germany Bastian Knittel
Germany Kevin Krawietz
6–3, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss 5–6 Jun 2013 Korea F4, Changwon Futures Hard Spain Enrique López Pérez South Korea Lim Yong-kyu
South Korea Nam Ji-sung
7–5, 4–6, [9–11]
Win 6–6 Aug 2013 Lithuania F1, Vilnius Futures Clay Italy Giuseppe Menga Ukraine Ivan Anikanov
Belarus Yaraslav Shyla
7–5, 6–3
Win 7–6 Sep 2013 Turkey F36, Antalya Futures Hard Italy Federico Gaio Israel Dekel Bar
United Kingdom Richard Gabb
1–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win 8–6 Sep 2013 Turkey F37, Antalya Futures Hard Italy Federico Gaio Russia Alexander Krasnorutskiy
Russia Anton Manegin
6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 8–7 Mar 2014 Switzerland F1, Taverne Futures Carpet (i) Switzerland Henri Laaksonen Sweden Jesper Brunström
Denmark Frederik Nielsen
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 8–8 Jul 2014 Recanati, Italy Challenger Hard Republic of Ireland James Cluskey Serbia Ilija Bozoljac
Serbia Goran Tošić
7–5, 4–6, [5–10]
Win 9–8 Aug 2014 Aptos, USA Challenger Hard Belgium Ruben Bemelmans India Purav Raja
India Sanam Singh
6–3, 4–6, [11–9]
Win 10–8 Oct 2014 Belarus F3, Minsk Futures Hard (i) Lithuania Lukas Mugevičius Uzbekistan Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev
Belarus Andrei Vasilevski
6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Win 11–8 Oct 2014 Great Britain F17, Manchester Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom David Rice United Kingdom Sean Thornley
United Kingdom Datten Walsh
6–4, 6–4
Win 12–8 Jan 2015 Casablanca, Morocco Challenger Clay Romania Adrian Ungur Italy Flavio Cipolla
Italy Alessandro Motti
3–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Win 13–8 Feb 2015 Italy F1, Sondrio Futures Hard (i) Italy Francesco Borgo Netherlands Sander Arends
Netherlands Niels Lootsma
6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Win 14–8 Jul 2015 Romania F7, Focșani Futures Clay Italy Claudio Fortuna Belarus Maxim Dubarenco
Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov
6–2, 6–1
Win 15–8 Jul 2015 Romania F8, Pitești Futures Clay Italy Claudio Fortuna Romania Petru-Alexandru Luncanu
Lithuania Lukas Mugevičius
6–3, 6–1
Win 16–8 Jul 2015 Lithuania F1, Vilnius Futures Clay Lithuania Lukas Mugevičius Latvia Miķelis Lībietis
United States Hunter Reese
7–5, 3–6, [13–11]
Win 17–8 Aug 2015 Romania F13, Mediaș Futures Clay Italy Claudio Fortuna Spain Carlos Boluda-Purkiss
Italy Alessandro Colella
6–3, 6–1
Win 18–8 Oct 2015 Casablanca, Morocco Challenger Clay Egypt Mohamed Safwat Netherlands Thiemo de Bakker
Netherlands Stephan Fransen
6–4, 6–3
Win 19–8 Feb 2016 Egypt F3, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Italy Claudio Fortuna France Laurent Rochette
France Thibault Venturino
6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Win 20–8 Feb 2016 Egypt F4, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Italy Claudio Fortuna Czech Republic Tomáš Papík
Czech Republic Pavel Staubert
6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win 21–8 Apr 2016 Italy F6, Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Italy Francesco Moncagatto France Jérôme Inzerillo
France Yannick Jankovits
6–3, 6–0
Loss 21–9 May 2016 Romania F2, Galați Futures Clay Lithuania Lukas Mugevičius Mexico Lucas Gómez
Argentina Juan Pablo Paz
4–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Win 22–9 Jul 2016 Lithuania F1, Vilnius Futures Clay Lithuania Lukas Mugevičius Poland Michał Dembek
Poland Jan Zieliński
7–5, 6–4
Loss 22–10 Aug 2016 Latvia F1, Jūrmala Futures Clay Italy Claudio Fortuna United Kingdom Jonathan Gray
United Kingdom Ewan Moore
6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Win 23–10 Oct 2016 Tunisia F26, Hammamet Futures Clay Spain David Pérez Sanz France Benjamin Bonzi
France Mathias Bourgue
w/o
Win 24–10 Oct 2016 Tunisia F27, Hammamet Futures Clay Spain Oriol Roca Batalla Italy Tommaso Gabrieli
Italy Luca Tomasetto
6–1, 6–1
Win 25–10 Mar 2017 Israel F1, Ramat HaSharon Futures Hard Hungary Gábor Borsos Israel Dekel Bar
Israel Yshai Oliel
6–3, 6–4
Win 26–10 May 2017 Samarkand, Uzbekistan Challenger Clay Czech Republic Zdeněk Kolář India Prajnesh Gunneswaran
India Vishnu Vardhan
7–6(7–2), 6–3
Win 27–10 Aug 2017 Liberec, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Czech Republic Zdeněk Kolář Poland Tomasz Bednarek
Netherlands David Pel
6–3, 6–4
Loss 27–11 Nov 2017 Morocco F4, Casablanca Futures Clay France Laurent Rochette Morocco Amine Ahouda
Morocco Lamine Ouahab
2–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss 27–12 Feb 2018 Bergamo, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Italy Alessandro Motti United Kingdom Scott Clayton
United Kingdom Jonny O'Mara
7–5, 3–6, [13–15]
Loss 27–13 Jun 2018 Almaty, Kazakhstan Challenger Clay Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov Germany Kevin Krawietz
Germany Andreas Mies
2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 27–14 Sep 2018 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Challenger Clay Italy Alessandro Motti Slovakia Andrej Martin
Chile Hans Podlipnik Castillo
5–7, 6–4, [7–10]
Win 28–14 Feb 2019 Bergamo, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Czech Republic Zdeněk Kolář Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić
Germany Dustin Brown
7–5, 7–6(9–7)
Win 29–14 Jun 2019 Parma, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Andrea Pellegrino Uruguay Ariel Behar
Ecuador Gonzalo Escobar
1–6, 6–3, [10–7]

Singles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

The table is current through season 2017.

Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A Q3 A Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A Q2 A Q2 A A A 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A Q3 A A Q1 A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0

Davis Cup

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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.

References

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  1. ^ "Laurynas Grigelis baigia profesionalaus tenisininko karjerą". LRT (in Lithuanian). 19 September 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
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