Jurabek Karimov

Jurabek Karimov (Uzbek: Журабек Каримов, Jo'rabek Karimov; born 4 June 1998) is an inactive Uzbekistani tennis player.

Jurabek Karimov
Джурабек Каримов

Country (sports)	Uzbekistan
Residence	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Born	(1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 (age 26) Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
College	Wake Forest University[1]
Coach	Petr Lebed, Sergey Arkashn
Prize money	$62,222
Singles
Career record	2–1
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 426 (27 August 2018)
Current ranking	No. 630 (31 May 2021)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior	F (2016)
French Open Junior	3R (2015, 2016)
Wimbledon Junior	QF (2016)
US Open Junior	1R (2015)
Doubles
Career record	1–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 279 (15 April 2019)
Current ranking	No. 983 (31 May 2021)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior	2R (2015)
French Open Junior	QF (2016)
Wimbledon Junior	2R (2016)
US Open Junior	2R (2015)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	4–1
Last updated on: 31 May 2021.

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

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2016	Australian Open	Hard	Oliver Anderson	2–6, 6–1, 1–6

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)

• indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

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

References

1. "Jurabek Karimov". godeacs. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
2. MacFarquhar, Neil (2016-09-02). "Islam Karimov Dies at 78, Ending a Long, Ruthless Rule of Uzbekistan". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-07-15.

External links

• Jurabek Karimov at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jurabek Karimov at the International Tennis Federation
• Jurabek Karimov at the Davis Cup