Uzbekistani tennis player (born 1998)
Jurabek Karimov (Uzbek : Журабек Каримов, Jo'rabek Karimov; born 4 June 1998) is an inactive Uzbekistani tennis player.
Karimov has a career high ATP singles ranking of 426 achieved on 27 August 2018. On 15 April 2019, he peaked at world number 279 in the ATP doubles rankings.
Karimov has represented Uzbekistan in Davis Cup , where he has a win–loss record of 4–1. He achieved his first victory in 2018 against British player Cameron Norrie after coming from two sets down.
Personal life Karimov began playing tennis aged 7. His great-uncle Islam Karimov was the first president of Uzbekistan.[ 2]
Style of play Jurabek Karimov has a double handed backhand. He is very agile and athletic.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles
Future and Challenger finals
Singles: 7 (3–4)
Legend
ATP Challengers 0 (0–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour 7 (3–4)
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Runner-up
1.
April 9, 2016
Qarshi , Uzbekistan F1
Hard
Ilya Ivashka
3–6, 6–1, 1–6
Winner
2.
October 22, 2017
Kuching , Malaysia F1
Hard
Evan Song
7–6(7–5) , 6–2
Runner-up
3.
October 29, 2017
Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia F2
Hard
Scott Griekspoor
3–6, 2–6
Runner-up
4.
March 17, 2018
Kazan , Russia F3
Hard (i)
Roman Safiullin
2–6, 1–6
Winner
5.
August 11, 2018
Minsk , Belarus F1
Hard
Jonathan Gray
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up
6.
July 21, 2019
M15 Telavi , Georgia
Clay
David Poljak
4–6, 1–6
Winner
7.
September 29, 2019
M25 Almaty , Kazakhstan
Hard
Beibit Zhukayev
7–5, 6–3
Doubles 9 (3–6)
Legend
ATP Challengers 3 (1–2)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour 6 (2–4)
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Runner-up
1.
June 13, 2015
Namangan , Uzbekistan F4
Hard
Sanjar Fayziev
Dean O'Brien Ruan Roelofse
5–7, 4–6
Runner-up
2.
August 2, 2015
Astana , Kazakhstan
Hard
Chung Yun-seong
Konstantin Kravchuk Denys Molchanov
2–6, 2–6
Runner-up
3.
April 9, 2016
Qarshi , Uzbekistan F1
Hard
Sanjar Fayziev
Chen Ti Sumit Nagal
5–5, RET
Runner-up
4.
September 24, 2016
Shymkent , Kazakhstan F5
Clay
Roman Khassanov
Mikhail Fufygin Vladimir Ivanov
5–7, 2–6
Winner
5.
October 29, 2017
Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia F2
Hard
Wang Aoran
Wilfredo González Francesco Vilardo
6–4, 6–1
Winner
6.
November 5, 2017
Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia F3
Hard
Wang Aoran
Yuichi Ito Nuttanon Kadchapanan
7–6(7–5) , 6–4
Runner-up
7.
May 12, 2018
Qarshi , Uzbekistan
Hard
Sanjar Fayziev
Timur Khabibulin Vladyslav Manafov
2–6, 1–6
Winner
8.
October 13, 2018
Tashkent , Uzbekistan
Hard
Sanjar Fayziev
Federico Gaio Enrique López Pérez
6–2, 6–7(3–7) , [11–9]
Runner-up
9.
September 1, 2019
M25 Irpin , Ukraine
Clay
Sergey Fomin
Vladyslav Manafov Denis Yevseyev
6–7(5–7) , 7–5, [6–10]
Runner-up
10.
January 26, 2020
M15 Kazan , Russia
Hard (i)
Sergey Fomin
Alexander Igoshin Evgenii Tiurnev
6–7(6–8) , 4–6
Davis Cup
Participations: (4–1)
Group membership
World Group (0–0)
WG Play-off (1–1)
Group I (3–0)
Group II (0–0)
Group III (0–0)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (2–1)
Doubles (2–0)
Rubber outcome
No.
Rubber
Match type (partner if any)
Opponent nation
Opponent player(s)
Score
2–3; 16–18 September 2016 ; Olympic Tennis School, Tashkent , Uzbekistan; World Group Play-off; Clay surface
Defeat
1
V
Singles
Switzerland
Antoine Bellier
2–6, 4–6, 7–6(8–6) , 3–6
4–1; 6–7 April 2018 ; Naval Sports Complex , Islamabad , Pakistan; Asia/Oceania Second round; Grass surface
Victory
2
III
Doubles (with Denis Istomin )
Pakistan
Aqeel Khan / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
6–2, 6–4
1–3; 14–16 September 2018 ; Emirates Arena , Glasgow , Great Britain; World Group Play-off; Hard (indoor) surface
Victory
3
II
Singles
Great Britain
Cameron Norrie
0–6, 5–7, 7–6(8–6) , 6–2, 6–2
3–2; 13-14 September 2019 ; Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh , Lebanon; Asia/Oceania Group I First round; Clay surface
Victory
4
III
Doubles (with Sanjar Fayziev )
Lebanon
Benjamin Hassan / Giovani Samaha
6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Victory
5
V
Singles
Hady Habib
6–4, 1–6, 6–1
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