Teimuraz Gabashvili

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**Teimuraz Gabashvili**
Gabashvili playing the final at Baden-Open 2008 in Karlsruhe
Country	Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Date of birth	May 23, 1985 (1985-05-23) (age 23)
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right
Career prize money	$677,702
Singles
Career record:	23 - 50
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	71 (March 19, 2007)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1rd (2007)
French Open	1rd (2007)
Wimbledon	1rd (2007)
US Open	2nd ( 2006, 2007)
Doubles
Career record:	8 - 20
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	118 (September 10, 2007)
Infobox last updated on: March 3, 2008.

Teimuraz Gabashvili (born May 23, 1985 in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a tennis player from Russia. He was born in Georgia but moved to Moscow, Russia. He turned pro in 2001. He plays singles and doubles, won futures titles in singles and double in his early career.

1 Personal info
2 Interesting facts
3 Grand Slam singles performance timeline
4 External links

[edit] Personal info

He began his career at age 6. His brother plays professional basketball in Georgia. When Gabashvili played, he was always nervous so his friends began calling him "Tsunami". He enjoys playing soccer and basketball.

[edit] Interesting facts

On June 25, 2007, Gabashvili became the first person to ever challenge a call on Wimbledon Center Court with the new system. Gabashvili lost the call. The call was made during a match with Roger Federer, which he lost 3–6, 2–6, 4–6.

In the first round of the 2007 U.S. Open, Gabashvili beat 7th seed Fernando Gonzalez in five sets: 6–4, 6–1, 3–6, 5–7 and 6–4. In the fourth set Gabashivili served for the match at 5–4 but hit three consecutive double faults. He lost the game and the set, but came back in the fifth and final set to win the match. [1]

[edit] Grand Slam singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the Australian Open, which ended on January 27, 2008.