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 No. 426 achieved on 27 August 2018 and a doubles ranking of No. 279 achieved on 5 April 2019.
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.
Style of play
Jurabek Karimov has a double handed backhand. He is very agile and athletic.
Junior Grand Slam finals Singles ResultYearTournament SurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 2016 Australian Open Hard Oliver Anderson 2–6, 6–1, 1–6
Future and Challenger finals Singles: 7 (3–4) LegendATP Challengers 0 (0–0)ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour 7 (3–4) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreRunner-up1.Qarshi, Uzbekistan F1Hard Ilya Ivashka3–6, 6–1, 1–6Winner2.Kuching, Malaysia F1Hard Evan Song7–6(7–5), 6–2Runner-up3.Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia F2Hard Scott Griekspoor3–6, 2–6Runner-up4.Kazan, Russia F3Hard (i) Roman Safiullin2–6, 1–6Winner5.Minsk, Belarus F1Hard Jonathan Gray6–4, 6–4Runner-up6.M15 Telavi, GeorgiaClay David Poljak4–6, 1–6Winner7.M25 Almaty, KazakhstanHard Beibit Zhukayev7–5, 6–3
Doubles 9 (3–6) LegendATP Challengers 3 (1–2)ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour 6 (2–4) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreRunner-up1.Namangan, Uzbekistan F4Hard Sanjar Fayziev Dean O'Brien Ruan Roelofse5–7, 4–6Runner-up2.Astana, KazakhstanHard Chung Yun-seong Konstantin Kravchuk Denys Molchanov2–6, 2–6Runner-up3.Qarshi, Uzbekistan F1Hard Sanjar Fayziev Chen Ti Sumit Nagal5–5, RETRunner-up4.Shymkent, Kazakhstan F5Clay Roman Khassanov Mikhail Fufygin Vladimir Ivanov5–7, 2–6Winner5.Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia F2Hard Wang Aoran Wilfredo González Francesco Vilardo6–4, 6–1Winner6.Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia F3Hard Wang Aoran Yuichi Ito Nuttanon Kadchapanan7–6(7–5), 6–4Runner-up7.Qarshi, UzbekistanHard Sanjar Fayziev Timur Khabibulin Vladyslav Manafov2–6, 1–6Winner8.Tashkent, UzbekistanHard Sanjar Fayziev Federico Gaio Enrique López Pérez6–2, 6–7(3–7), [11–9]Runner-up9.M25 Irpin, UkraineClay Sergey Fomin Vladyslav Manafov Denis Yevseyev6–7(5–7), 7–5, [6–10]Runner-up10.M15 Kazan, RussiaHard (i) Sergey Fomin Alexander Igoshin Evgenii Tiurnev6–7(6–8), 4–6
Davis Cup
Participations: (4–1)
Group membershipWorld 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 surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (2–1)Grass (1–0)Carpet (0–0)Matches by typeSingles (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 outcomeNo.RubberMatch type (partner if any)Opponent nationOpponent player(s)Score2–3; 16–18 September 2016; Olympic Tennis School, Tashkent, Uzbekistan; World Group Play-off; Clay surfaceDefeat1VSingles SwitzerlandAntoine Bellier2–6, 4–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–64–1; 6–7 April 2018; Naval Sports Complex, Islamabad, Pakistan; Asia/Oceania Second round; Grass surfaceVictory2IIIDoubles (with Denis Istomin) PakistanAqeel Khan / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi6–2, 6–41–3; 14–16 September 2018; Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Great Britain; World Group Play-off; Hard (indoor) surfaceVictory3IISingles Great BritainCameron Norrie0–6, 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 6–2, 6–23–2; 13-14 September 2019; Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh, Lebanon; Asia/Oceania Group I First round; Clay surfaceVictory4IIIDoubles (with Sanjar Fayziev) LebanonBenjamin Hassan / Giovani Samaha6–2, 5–7, 6–3Victory5VSinglesHady Habib6–4, 1–6, 6–1
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