Dimitar Kuzmanov

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(6)/1-6 by the world No. 68 Joao Sousa (POR). Partnering with Vasko Mladenov (BUL) he played in MDD and lost 4-6/4-6 by Scott Lipsky (USA) and Divij Sharan (IND).

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.

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.

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 (Partnering with Miki Jamkovic, SRB) 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 (vs. Belarus and later vs. Cyprus).

This year is assessed with the first doubles title at ITF Futures F10 Tournament – Antalya, Turkey (Partnering with Tihomir Grozdanov, BUL). 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.

First participation in QDS at ATP Challenger Tour – Petange Challenger, Luxembourg. As a Davis Cup player he played vs. Finland and Estonia.

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.

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 (MD only). 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 (8 August 2011).

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 (18–8 overall).

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 (26 June 2009) 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.

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 (see below).

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 (MD only) and No. 1 in Tennis Europe Junior Ranking (see below). He won 5 (singles) 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 (doubles) titles: Dema Cup U12 – Sofia, Bulgaria and ''Novi Sad open Raiffeisen Cup U16 – Novi Sad, Serbia.

Dimitar Kuzmanov (Bulgarian: Димитър Кузманов , pronounced [diˈmitɐr kozmɐˈnɔf] ( listen ) ; nickname: Miko; born 28 July 1993) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player and the current No. 2 Bulgarian in the ATP singles ranking. His highest singles ranking was No. 249 (24 December 2018), whilst his best doubles ranking was No. 445 (8 February 2016). 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.