By Richard Pagliaro | August 12, 2025
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Grigor Dimitrov’s wonderful Grand Slam streak has come to an finish.
The 34-year-old Dimitrov formally withdrew from the US Open right now, the USTA introduced.
Dimitrov has withdrawn from the Flushing Meadows main as he continues restoration from a partial rupture of his pectoral muscle he suffered whereas main world No. 1 Jannik Sinner 6-3, 7-5, 2-2 within the Wimbledon spherical of 16.
Alejandro Tabilo replaces Dimitrov within the US Open draw with Brandon Holt changing into the primary major out of the primary draw.
Dimitrov’s supervisor, Georgi Stoimenov, confirmed his consumer’s withdrawal from the US Open two weeks in the past in feedback to Bulgarian website Tennis Kafe.
The withdrawal ended Dimitrov’s outstanding run of 58 consecutive Grand Slam appearances that dates again to the 2011 Australian Open. Dimitrov held the longest streak of consecutive Slams performed amongst lively males and the fifth longest streak in Open Period historical past. Mutua Madrid Open match director and Dimitrov good friend Feliciano Lopez owns the longest streak with 79 consecutive Grand Slams in a row. That streak led to 2022.
The Twenty first-ranked Dimitrov, who received the 2008 Wimbledon boys and US Open boys’ championships in succession, reached the Flushing Meadows quarterfinals final 12 months bowing to Frances Tiafoe.
A 2019 US Open semifinalist, Dimitrov has contested semifinals at three of the 4 Grand Slam tournaments, together with the 2014 Wimbledon and 2017 Australian Open.
In a basic conflict vs. the king of clay Rafael Nadal, Dimitrov pushed Nadal to 5 units in a 2017 Australian Open marathon match.
Pushed to the brink in a pulsating 4 hour, 56-minute conflict, Nadal fought off a dynamic Dimitrov, 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-4, to succeed in his twenty fourth Grand Slam closing in Melbourne.
