Laurynas Grigelis Explained

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 for Lithuanian player of all time.

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 is coached by Giuseppe Menga.

Grigelis announced his retirement from professional tennis on 19 September 2021.^[1]

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 32 (23–9)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (1–2) ITF Futures Tour (22–7)

Titles by surface Hard (8–4) Clay (13–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0		Great Britain F13, Wrexham	Futures	Hard	David Rice	6–2, 6–3
Loss	1–1		Italy F27, Brusaporto	Futures	Hard (i)	Filip Prpic	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–1		Morocco F3, Agadir	Futures	Clay	Bassam Beidas	6–0, 6–0
Win	3–1		Aptos, USA	Challenger	Hard	Ilija Bozoljac	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	3–2		Switzerland F3, Taverne	Futures	Carpet (i)	Martin Fischer	6–7(4–7), 1–6
Win	4–2		Lithuania F1, Vilnius	Futures	Clay	Giammarco Micolani	6–1, 6–3
Win	5–2		Turkey F37, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Claudio Fortuna	6–2, 6–3
Win	6–2		Great Britain F21, Loughborough	Futures	Hard (i)	David Rice	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win	7–2		Great Britain F22, Tipton	Futures	Hard (i)	Joris De Loore	6–3, 6–3
Win	8–2		Great Britain F23, Edgbaston	Futures	Hard (i)	Joris De Loore	6–3, 1–6, 6–0
Win	9–2		Czech Republic F7, Opava	Futures	Carpet (i)	Uladzimir Ignatik	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Win	10–2		Great Britain F1, Glasgow	Futures	Hard (i)	Daniel Smethurst	7–5, 6–7(4–7), 7–5
Loss	10–3		Great Britain F18, Loughborough	Futures	Hard (i)	Maxime Authom	2–6, 1–6
Win	11–3		Italy F1, Sondrio	Futures	Hard (i)	Quentin Halys	6–7(7–9), 6–3, 7–5
Win	12–3		Romania F7, Focșani	Futures	Clay	Mariano Kestelboim	6–4, 6–3
Win	13–3		Lithuania F1, Vilnius	Futures	Clay	Ronald Slobodchikov	6–3, 6–2
Loss	13–4		Romania F12, Iași	Futures	Clay	Gerard Granollers Pujol	3–6, 6–3, 6–7(0–7)
Win	14–4		Romania F13, Mediaș	Futures	Clay	Dragoș Dima	6–2, 6–3
Loss	14–5		Romania F2, Galați	Futures	Clay	Juan Pablo Paz	4–6, 1–6
Win	15–5		Latvia F1, Jūrmala	Futures	Clay	Miķelis Lībietis	6–4, 7–5
Win	16–5		Romania F15, Brașov	Futures	Clay	Gabriel Alejandro Hidalgo	7–6(7–1), 6–2
Win	17–5		Romania F16, Bucharest	Futures	Clay	Claudio Fortuna	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Win	18–5		Tunisia F26, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Benjamin Bonzi	6–4, 6–4
Win	19–5		Tunisia F28, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Fred Gil	6–0, 6–1
Loss	19–6		Brescia, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Luca Vanni	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–7(8–10)
Loss	19–7		Poland F4, Mrągowo	Futures	Clay	Alexei Popyrin	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	19–8		Poland F5, Mrągowo	Futures	Clay	Zdeněk Kolář	5–7, 0–1 ret.
Win	20–8		Romania F12, Brașov	Futures	Clay	Franco Agamenone	6–2, 6–2
Win	21–8		Morocco F4, Casablanca	Futures	Clay	Lamine Ouahab	4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win	22–8		Morocco F5, Beni Mellal	Futures	Clay	Bernabé Zapata Miralles	6–1, 6–2
Loss	22–9		Brescia, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Lukáš Lacko	1–6, 2–6
Win	23–9		Italy F1, Trento	Futures	Carpet (i)	Maximilian Neuchrist	6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 43 (29–14)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (12–4) ITF Futures Tour (17–10)

Titles by surface Hard (12–5) Clay (16–8) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1		Italy F26, Trieste	Futures	Clay	Giuseppe Menga	Filippo Leonardi Jacopo Marchegiani	6–2, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss	0–2		Italy F8, Pozzuoli	Futures	Clay	Daniel Evans	Juan-Martín Aranguren Alejandro Fabbri	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	0–3		Italy F12, Bergamo	Futures	Clay	Riccardo Sinicropi	Giorgio Portaluri Juan-Pablo Villar	7–5, 3–6, [8–10]
Win	1–3		Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Uladzimir Ignatik	Tomasz Bednarek Olivier Charroin	7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Win	2–3		Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Uladzimir Ignatik	Dustin Brown Jonathan Marray	4–6, 7–6(11–9), [10–0]
Win	3–3		Saint Brieuc, France	Challenger	Clay (i)	Rameez Junaid	Stéphane Robert Laurent Rochette	1–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win	4–3		Napoli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Alessandro Motti	Rameez Junaid Igor Zelenay	6–4, 6–4
Win	5–3		St Rémy, France	Challenger	Hard	Uladzimir Ignatik	Jordi Marsé-Vidri Carlos Poch Gradin	6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–6]
Loss	5–4		Great Britain F17, Glasgow	Futures	Hard (i)	Bastian Knittel	David Rice Sean Thornley	3–6, 2–6
Loss	5–5		Great Britain F18, Cardiff	Futures	Hard (i)	Giuseppe Menga	Bastian Knittel Kevin Krawietz	6–3, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss	5–6		Korea F4, Changwon	Futures	Hard	Enrique López Pérez	Lim Yong-kyu Nam Ji-sung	7–5, 4–6, [9–11]
Win	6–6		Lithuania F1, Vilnius	Futures	Clay	Giuseppe Menga	Ivan Anikanov Yaraslav Shyla	7–5, 6–3
Win	7–6		Turkey F36, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Federico Gaio	Dekel Bar Richard Gabb	1–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	8–6		Turkey F37, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Federico Gaio	Alexander Krasnorutskiy Anton Manegin	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	8–7		Switzerland F1, Taverne	Futures	Carpet (i)	Henri Laaksonen	Jesper Brunström Frederik Nielsen	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	8–8		Recanati, Italy	Challenger	Hard	James Cluskey	Ilija Bozoljac Goran Tošić	7–5, 4–6, [5–10]
Win	9–8		Aptos, USA	Challenger	Hard	Ruben Bemelmans	Purav Raja Sanam Singh	6–3, 4–6, [11–9]
Win	10–8		Belarus F3, Minsk	Futures	Hard (i)	Lukas Mugevičius	Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev Andrei Vasilevski	6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Win	11–8		Great Britain F17, Manchester	Futures	Hard (i)	David Rice	Sean Thornley Datten Walsh	6–4, 6–4
Win	12–8		Casablanca, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Adrian Ungur	Flavio Cipolla Alessandro Motti	3–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Win	13–8		Italy F1, Sondrio	Futures	Hard (i)	Francesco Borgo	Sander Arends Niels Lootsma	6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Win	14–8		Romania F7, Focșani	Futures	Clay	Claudio Fortuna	Maxim Dubarenco Vladyslav Manafov	6–2, 6–1
Win	15–8		Romania F8, Pitești	Futures	Clay	Claudio Fortuna	Petru-Alexandru Luncanu Lukas Mugevičius	6–3, 6–1
Win	16–8		Lithuania F1, Vilnius	Futures	Clay	Lukas Mugevičius	Miķelis Lībietis Hunter Reese	7–5, 3–6, [13–11]
Win	17–8		Romania F13, Mediaș	Futures	Clay	Claudio Fortuna	Carlos Boluda-Purkiss Alessandro Colella	6–3, 6–1
Win	18–8		Casablanca, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Mohamed Safwat	Thiemo de Bakker Stephan Fransen	6–4, 6–3
Win	19–8		Egypt F3, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Claudio Fortuna	Laurent Rochette Thibault Venturino	6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	20–8		Egypt F4, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Claudio Fortuna	Tomáš Papík Pavel Staubert	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win	21–8		Italy F6, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Francesco Moncagatto	Jérôme Inzerillo Yannick Jankovits	6–3, 6–0
Loss	21–9		Romania F2, Galați	Futures	Clay	Lukas Mugevičius	Lucas Gómez Juan Pablo Paz	4–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Win	22–9		Lithuania F1, Vilnius	Futures	Clay	Lukas Mugevičius	Michał Dembek Jan Zieliński	7–5, 6–4
Loss	22–10		Latvia F1, Jūrmala	Futures	Clay	Claudio Fortuna	Jonathan Gray Ewan Moore	6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	23–10		Tunisia F26, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	David Pérez Sanz	Benjamin Bonzi Mathias Bourgue	w/o
Win	24–10		Tunisia F27, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Oriol Roca Batalla	Tommaso Gabrieli Luca Tomasetto	6–1, 6–1
Win	25–10		Israel F1, Ramat HaSharon	Futures	Hard	Gábor Borsos	Dekel Bar Yshai Oliel	6–3, 6–4
Win	26–10		Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Clay	Zdeněk Kolář	Prajnesh Gunneswaran Vishnu Vardhan	7–6(7–2), 6–3
Win	27–10		Liberec, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Zdeněk Kolář	Tomasz Bednarek David Pel	6–3, 6–4
Loss	27–11		Morocco F4, Casablanca	Futures	Clay	Laurent Rochette	Amine Ahouda Lamine Ouahab	2–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss	27–12		Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Alessandro Motti	Scott Clayton Jonny O'Mara	7–5, 3–6, [13–15]
Loss	27–13		Almaty, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Clay	Vladyslav Manafov	Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies	2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss	27–14		Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Challenger	Clay	Alessandro Motti	Andrej Martin Hans Podlipnik Castillo	5–7, 6–4, [7–10]
Win	28–14		Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Zdeněk Kolář	Tomislav Brkić Dustin Brown	7–5, 7–6(9–7)
Win	29–14		Parma, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrea Pellegrino	Ariel Behar Gonzalo Escobar	1–6, 6–3, [10–7]

Singles performance timeline

The table is current through season 2017.

width=160	Tournament!	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
style=background:#efefef;text-align:left	Australian Open	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	style=background:#efefef	0 / 0	style=background:#efefef	0–0
style=background:#efefef;text-align:left	French Open	A	A	Q3	A	Q1	A	A	A	style=background:#efefef	0 / 0	style=background:#efefef	0–0
style=background:#efefef;text-align:left	Wimbledon	A	A	Q2	A	Q2	A	A	A	style=background:#efefef	0 / 0	style=background:#efefef	0–0
style=background:#efefef;text-align:left	US Open	A	Q3	A	A	Q1	A	A	Q1	style=background:#efefef	0 / 0	style=background:#efefef	0–0
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0

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 Matches
2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III
Round	Date	Opponents	Tie score	Venue	Surface	Match	Opponent	Rubber score
RR	7 May 2008			Yerevan	Clay	Singles 1	Vladimir Ivanov	2–6, 6–7(5–7) (L)
RR	11 May 2008		0–3	Yerevan	Clay	Singles 2	Andrei Gorban	1–6, 2–6 (L)
			Doubles (with Mindaugas Čeledinas)			Albot & Ciumac	3–6, 2–6 (L)
2010 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Round	Date	Opponents	Tie score	Venue	Surface	Match	Opponent	Rubber score
1R	5–7 March 2010		3–2	Vilnius	Hard (i)	Singles 1	James Ward	4–6, 2–6, 4–6 (L)
			Doubles (with Dovydas Šakinis)			Fleming & Skupski	0–6, 7–6(7–2), 5–7, 3–6 (L)
			Singles 5			Daniel Evans	6–7(6–8), 7–5, 6–0, 2–6, 6–4 (W)
2R	9–11 July 2010		3–2	Dublin	Carpet (i)	Singles 2	Conor Niland	6–2, 6–3, 6–1 (W)
			Doubles (with Ričardas Berankis)			Cluskey & King	6–3, 6–3, 6–4 (W)
3R	17–19 September 2010		2–3	Vilnius	Hard	Singles 2	Grega Žemlja	3–6, 6–7(4–7), 3–6 (L)
			Doubles (with Ričardas Berankis)			Gregorc & Žemlja	5–7, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–3 (W)
			Singles 5			Blaž Kavčič	4–6, 6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7) (L)
2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Round	Date	Opponents	Tie score	Venue	Surface	Match	Opponent	Rubber score
1R	4–6 March 2011			Tallinn	Hard (i)	Singles 2	Jürgen Zopp	5–4 ret. (L)
2012 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III
Round	Date	Opponents	Tie score	Venue	Surface	Match	Opponent	Rubber score
RR	3 May 2012			Sofia	Clay	Singles 2	Marco de Rossi	6–2, 6–1 (W)
RR	4 May 2012			Sofia	Clay	Singles 2	Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier	6–2, 6–4 (W)
PO	5 May 2012		2–1	Sofia	Clay	Singles 1	Theodoros Angelinos	5–7, 7–6(10–8), 4–6 (L)
			Doubles (with Ričardas Berankis)			Gemouchidis & Kalovelonis	6–2, 7–5 (W)
2014 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Round	Date	Opponents	Tie score	Venue	Surface	Match	Opponent	Rubber score
1R	31 January–2 February 2014		5–0	Oslo	Hard (i)	Singles 1	Joachim Bjerke	6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3, 6–2 (W)
			Doubles (with Ričardas Berankis)			Boretti & Durasovic	6–1, 6–4, 7–5 (W)
2R	4–6 April 2014		3–2	Centurion, Gauteng	Hard	Singles 1	Rik de Voest	6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 6–7(4–7) (L)
			Doubles (with Ričardas Berankis)			Andersen & Klaasen	6–3, 3–6, 3–6, 6–7(5–7) (L)
			Singles 5			Ruan Roelofse	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4 (W)
3R	12–14 September 2014		3–2	Sarajevo	Hard (i)	Singles 2	Damir Džumhur	7–6(7–5), 1–6, 1–6, 0–1, ret (L)
			Doubles (with Ričardas Berankis)			Bašić & Brkić	6–3, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) (W)

External links

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Notes and References

1. News: Laurynas Grigelis baigia profesionalaus tenisininko karjerą . 4 January 2023 . LRT . 19 September 2021 . lt.