Laurynas Grigelis (born August 14, 1991) is a Lithuanian former professional tennis player and a prominent member of the Lithuania Davis Cup team. Grigelis holds the best ATP doubles ranking of world No. 132 for a Lithuanian player of all time achieved on 12 November 2012 and a singles ranking of No. 182 achieved on 9 July 2012.
Grigelis won his first title when he was 18 at a Futures tournament in Wrexham, United Kingdom. On ATP Challenger Tour Grigelis has won 13 titles, one singles and twelve doubles. He won his only singles title in summer 2011 in Aptos, United States. In 2012, Grigelis won five doubles titles. He captured three titles with Uladzimir Ignatik in Wofsburg, Germany, Cherbourg, and Saint Rémy, France, he achieved one title with Rameez Junaid in Saint–Brieuc, France, and one title with Alessandro Motti in Naples, Italy.
Since the end of 2010 Grigelis was coached by Giuseppe Menga.
Grigelis announced his retirement from professional tennis on 19 September 2021.
In 2025, Laurynas Grigelis made his debut as the head coach of Lithuania's Billie Jean King Cup team.Laurynas Grigelis prieš debiutą prie Lietuvos moterų teniso rinktinės vairo: trenerio darbe streso yra gerokai daugiau
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 32 (23–9) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (1–2)ITF Futures Tour (22–7)Titles by surfaceHard (8–4)Clay (13–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (2–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Great Britain F13, WrexhamFuturesHard David Rice6–2, 6–3Loss1–1Italy F27, BrusaportoFuturesHard (i) Filip Prpic3–6, 4–6Win2–1Morocco F3, AgadirFuturesClay Bassam Beidas6–0, 6–0Win3–1Aptos, USAChallengerHard Ilija Bozoljac6–2, 7–6(7–4)Loss3–2Switzerland F3, TaverneFuturesCarpet (i) Martin Fischer6–7(4–7), 1–6Win4–2Lithuania F1, VilniusFuturesClay Giammarco Micolani6–1, 6–3Win5–2Turkey F37, AntalyaFuturesHard Claudio Fortuna6–2, 6–3Win6–2Great Britain F21, LoughboroughFuturesHard (i) David Rice6–4, 3–6, 6–3Win7–2Great Britain F22, TiptonFuturesHard (i) Joris De Loore6–3, 6–3Win8–2Great Britain F23, EdgbastonFuturesHard (i) Joris De Loore6–3, 1–6, 6–0Win9–2Czech Republic F7, OpavaFuturesCarpet (i) Uladzimir Ignatik4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–2)Win10–2Great Britain F1, GlasgowFuturesHard (i) Daniel Smethurst7–5, 6–7(4–7), 7–5Loss10–3Great Britain F18, LoughboroughFuturesHard (i) Maxime Authom2–6, 1–6Win11–3Italy F1, SondrioFuturesHard (i) Quentin Halys6–7(7–9), 6–3, 7–5Win12–3Romania F7, FocșaniFuturesClay Mariano Kestelboim6–4, 6–3Win13–3Lithuania F1, VilniusFuturesClay Ronald Slobodchikov6–3, 6–2Loss13–4Romania F12, IașiFuturesClay Gerard Granollers Pujol3–6, 6–3, 6–7(0–7)Win14–4Romania F13, MediașFuturesClay Dragoș Dima6–2, 6–3Loss14–5Romania F2, GalațiFuturesClay Juan Pablo Paz4–6, 1–6Win15–5Latvia F1, JūrmalaFuturesClay Miķelis Lībietis6–4, 7–5Win16–5Romania F15, BrașovFuturesClay Gabriel Alejandro Hidalgo7–6(7–1), 6–2Win17–5Romania F16, BucharestFuturesClay Claudio Fortuna6–4, 4–6, 6–1Win18–5Tunisia F26, HammametFuturesClay Benjamin Bonzi6–4, 6–4Win19–5Tunisia F28, HammametFuturesClay Fred Gil6–0, 6–1Loss19–6Brescia, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Luca Vanni7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–7(8–10)Loss19–7Poland F4, MrągowoFuturesClay Alexei Popyrin3–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss19–8Poland F5, MrągowoFuturesClay Zdeněk Kolář5–7, 0–1 ret.Win20–8Romania F12, BrașovFuturesClay Franco Agamenone6–2, 6–2Win21–8Morocco F4, CasablancaFuturesClay Lamine Ouahab4–6, 6–2, 7–5Win22–8Morocco F5, Beni MellalFuturesClay Bernabé Zapata Miralles6–1, 6–2Loss22–9Brescia, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Lukáš Lacko1–6, 2–6Win23–9Italy F1, TrentoFuturesCarpet (i) Maximilian Neuchrist6–4, 6–4
Doubles: 43 (29–14) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (12–4)ITF Futures Tour (17–10)Titles by surfaceHard (12–5)Clay (16–8)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Italy F26, TriesteFuturesClay Giuseppe Menga Filippo Leonardi Jacopo Marchegiani6–2, 4–6, [7–10]Loss0–2Italy F8, PozzuoliFuturesClay Daniel Evans Juan-Martín Aranguren Alejandro Fabbri4–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss0–3Italy F12, BergamoFuturesClay Riccardo Sinicropi Giorgio Portaluri Juan-Pablo Villar7–5, 3–6, [8–10]Win1–3Wolfsburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet (i) Uladzimir Ignatik Tomasz Bednarek Olivier Charroin7–5, 4–6, [10–5]Win2–3Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard (i) Uladzimir Ignatik Dustin Brown Jonathan Marray4–6, 7–6(11–9), [10–0]Win3–3Saint Brieuc, FranceChallengerClay (i) Rameez Junaid Stéphane Robert Laurent Rochette1–6, 6–2, [10–6]Win4–3Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Alessandro Motti Rameez Junaid Igor Zelenay6–4, 6–4Win5–3St Rémy, FranceChallengerHard Uladzimir Ignatik Jordi Marsé-Vidri Carlos Poch Gradin6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–6]Loss5–4Great Britain F17, GlasgowFuturesHard (i) Bastian Knittel David Rice Sean Thornley3–6, 2–6Loss5–5Great Britain F18, CardiffFuturesHard (i) Giuseppe Menga Bastian Knittel Kevin Krawietz6–3, 4–6, [7–10]Loss5–6Korea F4, ChangwonFuturesHard Enrique López Pérez Lim Yong-kyu Nam Ji-sung7–5, 4–6, [9–11]Win6–6Lithuania F1, VilniusFuturesClay Giuseppe Menga Ivan Anikanov Yaraslav Shyla7–5, 6–3Win7–6Turkey F36, AntalyaFuturesHard Federico Gaio Dekel Bar Richard Gabb1–6, 6–3, [10–8]Win8–6Turkey F37, AntalyaFuturesHard Federico Gaio Alexander Krasnorutskiy Anton Manegin6–3, 7–6(7–5)Loss8–7Switzerland F1, TaverneFuturesCarpet (i) Henri Laaksonen Jesper Brunström Frederik Nielsen4–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss8–8Recanati, ItalyChallengerHard James Cluskey Ilija Bozoljac Goran Tošić7–5, 4–6, [5–10]Win9–8Aptos, USAChallengerHard Ruben Bemelmans Purav Raja Sanam Singh6–3, 4–6, [11–9]Win10–8Belarus F3, MinskFuturesHard (i) Lukas Mugevičius Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev Andrei Vasilevski6–4, 4–6, [10–6]Win11–8Great Britain F17, ManchesterFuturesHard (i) David Rice Sean Thornley Datten Walsh6–4, 6–4Win12–8Casablanca, MoroccoChallengerClay Adrian Ungur Flavio Cipolla Alessandro Motti3–6, 6–2, [10–5]Win13–8Italy F1, SondrioFuturesHard (i) Francesco Borgo Sander Arends Niels Lootsma6–2, 3–6, [10–7]Win14–8Romania F7, FocșaniFuturesClay Claudio Fortuna Maxim Dubarenco Vladyslav Manafov6–2, 6–1Win15–8Romania F8, PiteștiFuturesClay Claudio Fortuna Petru-Alexandru Luncanu Lukas Mugevičius6–3, 6–1Win16–8Lithuania F1, VilniusFuturesClay Lukas Mugevičius Miķelis Lībietis Hunter Reese7–5, 3–6, [13–11]Win17–8Romania F13, MediașFuturesClay Claudio Fortuna Carlos Boluda-Purkiss Alessandro Colella6–3, 6–1Win18–8Casablanca, MoroccoChallengerClay Mohamed Safwat Thiemo de Bakker Stephan Fransen6–4, 6–3Win19–8Egypt F3, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Claudio Fortuna Laurent Rochette Thibault Venturino6–3, 3–6, [10–6]Win20–8Egypt F4, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Claudio Fortuna Tomáš Papík Pavel Staubert6–3, 7–6(7–5)Win21–8Italy F6, Santa Margherita di PulaFuturesClay Francesco Moncagatto Jérôme Inzerillo Yannick Jankovits6–3, 6–0Loss21–9Romania F2, GalațiFuturesClay Lukas Mugevičius Lucas Gómez Juan Pablo Paz4–6, 6–4, [9–11]Win22–9Lithuania F1, VilniusFuturesClay Lukas Mugevičius Michał Dembek Jan Zieliński7–5, 6–4Loss22–10Latvia F1, JūrmalaFuturesClay Claudio Fortuna Jonathan Gray Ewan Moore6–2, 4–6, [8–10]Win23–10Tunisia F26, HammametFuturesClay David Pérez Sanz Benjamin Bonzi Mathias Bourguew/oWin24–10Tunisia F27, HammametFuturesClay Oriol Roca Batalla Tommaso Gabrieli Luca Tomasetto6–1, 6–1Win25–10Israel F1, Ramat HaSharonFuturesHard Gábor Borsos Dekel Bar Yshai Oliel6–3, 6–4Win26–10Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerClay Zdeněk Kolář Prajnesh Gunneswaran Vishnu Vardhan7–6(7–2), 6–3Win27–10Liberec, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Zdeněk Kolář Tomasz Bednarek David Pel6–3, 6–4Loss27–11Morocco F4, CasablancaFuturesClay Laurent Rochette Amine Ahouda Lamine Ouahab2–6, 6–3, [6–10]Loss27–12Bergamo, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Alessandro Motti Scott Clayton Jonny O'Mara7–5, 3–6, [13–15]Loss27–13Almaty, KazakhstanChallengerClay Vladyslav Manafov Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies2–6, 6–7(2–7)Loss27–14Banja Luka, Bosnia and HerzegovinaChallengerClay Alessandro Motti Andrej Martin Hans Podlipnik Castillo5–7, 6–4, [7–10]Win28–14Bergamo, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Zdeněk Kolář Tomislav Brkić Dustin Brown7–5, 7–6(9–7)Win29–14Parma, ItalyChallengerClay Andrea Pellegrino Ariel Behar Gonzalo Escobar1–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Singles performance timeline
The table is current through season 2017. Tournament20102011201220132014201520162017SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAQ1AAAAA0 / 00–0French OpenAAQ3AQ1AAA0 / 00–0WimbledonAAQ2AQ2AAA0 / 00–0US OpenAQ3AAQ1AAQ10 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
Davis Cup Grigelis is a member of the Lithuania Davis Cup team, having posted a 6–9 record in singles and a 5–3 record in doubles in twelve ties played. All Davis Cup Matches2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IIIRoundDateOpponentsTie scoreVenueSurfaceMatchOpponentRubber scoreRR7 May 2008YerevanClaySingles 1Vladimir Ivanov2–6, 6–7(5–7) (L)RR11 May 20080–3YerevanClaySingles 2Andrei Gorban1–6, 2–6 (L)Doubles (with Mindaugas Čeledinas)Albot & Ciumac3–6, 2–6 (L)2010 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IIRoundDateOpponentsTie scoreVenueSurfaceMatchOpponentRubber score 1R5–7 March 20103–2VilniusHard (i)Singles 1James Ward4–6, 2–6, 4–6 (L)Doubles (with Dovydas Šakinis)Fleming & Skupski0–6, 7–6(7–2), 5–7, 3–6 (L)Singles 5Daniel Evans6–7(6–8), 7–5, 6–0, 2–6, 6–4 (W)2R9–11 July 20103–2DublinCarpet (i)Singles 2Conor Niland6–2, 6–3, 6–1 (W)Doubles (with Ričardas Berankis)Cluskey & King6–3, 6–3, 6–4 (W)3R17–19 September 20102–3VilniusHardSingles 2Grega Žemlja3–6, 6–7(4–7), 3–6 (L)Doubles (with Ričardas Berankis)Gregorc & Žemlja5–7, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–3 (W)Singles 5Blaž Kavčič4–6, 6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7) (L)2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IIRoundDateOpponentsTie scoreVenueSurfaceMatchOpponentRubber score1R4–6 March 2011TallinnHard (i)Singles 2Jürgen Zopp5–4 ret. (L)2012 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group IIIRoundDateOpponentsTie scoreVenueSurfaceMatchOpponentRubber scoreRR3 May 2012SofiaClaySingles 2Marco de Rossi6–2, 6–1 (W)RR4 May 2012SofiaClaySingles 2Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier6–2, 6–4 (W)PO5 May 20122–1SofiaClaySingles 1Theodoros Angelinos5–7, 7–6(10–8), 4–6 (L)Doubles (with Ričardas Berankis)Gemouchidis & Kalovelonis6–2, 7–5 (W)2014 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IIRoundDateOpponentsTie scoreVenueSurfaceMatchOpponentRubber score 1R31 January–2 February 20145–0OsloHard (i)Singles 1Joachim Bjerke6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3, 6–2 (W)Doubles (with Ričardas Berankis)Boretti & Durasovic6–1, 6–4, 7–5 (W)2R4–6 April 20143–2Centurion, GautengHardSingles 1Rik de Voest6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 6–7(4–7) (L)Doubles (with Ričardas Berankis)Andersen & Klaasen6–3, 3–6, 3–6, 6–7(5–7) (L)Singles 5Ruan Roelofse7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4 (W)3R12–14 September 20143–2SarajevoHard (i)Singles 2Damir Džumhur7–6(7–5), 1–6, 1–6, 0–1, ret (L)Doubles (with Ričardas Berankis)Bašić & Brkić6–3, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) (W)
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