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March 8

• Ryan Harrison (USA) 284
• Bernard Tomic (AUS) 302
• Yuki Bhambri (IND) 328
• Filip Krajinović (SRB) 351
• Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) 506

• David Souto (VEN) 665
• Facundo Argüello (ARG) 674
• Jack Sock (USA) 684
• Javier Martí (ESP) 692
• Agustín Velotti (ARG) 715

• Arthur De Greef (BEL) 821
• Martín Cuevas (URU) 845
• Andrea Collarini (ARG) 855
• Dovydas Šakinis (LTU) 857
• Suk-Young Jeong (KOR) (1993) 876

• Guilherme Clezar (BRA) 924
• Duilio Beretta (PER) 928
• Johannes Robert Van Overbeek (USA) 929
• Tiago Fernandes (BRA) (1993) 930
• Federico Gaio (ITA) 939
• Jordan Cox (USA) 940
• Diego Sebastián Schwartzman (ARG) 945

spindoctor673

I got to watch Ryan Harrison at a tournament in Houston. He has a great serve and is such a grinder. I think he will be the next big American player. I love the intensity on his face in this picture.

Fedfan

I totally agree with you. Also, i would like to add that he is very mature for his age and shows great mental strength.

Green and Gold

Totally agree with Harrison being the next big thing, also Jack Sock i see as another big american prospect. But i think Ryan will have some tough battles these players Tomic, Dmitrov, Fucsovics, Kubler, Sock and Gomez from Colombia.

Out of them i think Dmitrov will dominate the clay tournaments also maybe Gomez and Kubler will be very good competitors, on grass Harrison, Tomic and Fucsovics are going to be the players to beat and on hardcourt Sock, Kubler, Tomic and Harrison are going to be awesome players the only one out of them that i dont think will make it as big is Jack Sock, people might say that Kubler hasnt done well on the big stage of junior tournaments but 2011 he will shine in futures and challengers, on Clay Tomic is nothing struggle to play top 500 tennis on it at the moment.

Tennis Lover

Dimitrov is already a junior Wimbledon champion so why do you think he wouldn't dominate grass?

Green and Gold

Im sorry i did not know that, i just have seen his sucess on the mens clay circuit.

Tennis Lover

Grigor Dimitrov (born May 16, 1991, in Haskovo) is a tennis player from Bulgaria. His career highest rank is #131, achieved on October 18, 2010. In his very successful junior career he won the boys singles title at Wimbledon and the junior US Open. He had a junior high rank of world #1.


Personal life
Grigor was born in Haskovo, Bulgaria as the only child of father Dimitar, a tennis coach and mother Maria, a sports teacher and former volleyball player.[1] He first held a tennis racket, given to him by his mother at the age of three and when he was five he began to play daily.[2] During his teenage years he lived in Paris, France while training at Patrick Mouratoglou's Tennis Academy. He speaks fluent Bulgarian and English and says his main interests are all sports, cars, computers and watches.[3] His friends on the ATP tour include Jonathan Eysseric of France and Alex Bogdanovic of Britain.[4]

Junior career

Grigor claims the Europe U14 TitleHis first major junior coup was when, at aged 14 he claimed the U14 European title. In 2006 he won the Orange Bowl U16 boys singles[5] and was later named the Eddie Herr International 2007 Rising Star.[6]

In 2007, Grigor was the finalist at the Orange Bowl U18 boys singles, losing to Ričardas Berankis of Lithuania. Alongside Vasek Pospisil, he reached the 2007 U.S. Open doubles final, falling to Jonathan Eysseric and Jérôme Inzerillo.

He began the 2008 Grand Slam season with a quarterfinal showing at Roland Garros, losing to Poland's Jerzy Janowicz in three sets. However he went on to win Wimbledon after defeating Henri Kontinen of Finland, 7-5 6-3 in the final. He won the title without dropping a set despite playing with a shoulder injury throughout the tournament. The victory saw him join former junior champions Roger Federer and Stefan Edberg and guaranteed him a wildcard entry into the 2009 Wimbledon men's draw. His success continued at the US Open, which he won on September 7, defeating American qualifier Devin Britton 6-3 6-4.[7] On his way to the title he also defeated top seed Tsung-hua Yang of Taiwan in the semifinals. After the tournament Dimitrov announced that he was ending his junior career and focusing on improving his ATP ranking. On September 8 he became junior world number one overtaking Tsung-hua Yang.[8]