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Laurynas Grigelis

Lithuanian tennis player

Summary

Lithuanian tennis player

Field	Value
name	Laurynas Grigelis
image	Grigelis WMQ14 (12) (14583985766).jpg
caption
country
residence	Costa di Mezzate, Italy
birth_date
birth_place	Klaipėda, Lithuania
height	1.83 m
turnedpro	2008
retired	2021
plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
careerprizemoney	$350,010
coach	Fabio Gorietti
Federico Torresi
singlesrecord	13-20
singlestitles	0
highestsinglesranking	No. 183 (9 July 2012)
AustralianOpenresult	Q1 (2012)
FrenchOpenresult	Q3 (2012)
Wimbledonresult	Q2 (2012, 2014)
USOpenresult	Q3 (2011)
doublesrecord	8-11
doublestitles	0
highestdoublesranking	No. 132 (12 November 2012)
Team	yes
DavisCupresult	23–30

Federico Torresi

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.

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	GBR David Rice	6–2, 6–3
Loss	1–1		Italy F27, Brusaporto	Futures	Hard (i)	SWE Filip Prpic	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–1		Morocco F3, Agadir	Futures	Clay	LIB Bassam Beidas	6–0, 6–0
Win	3–1	[](2011-comerica-bank-challenger-singles)	Aptos, USA	Challenger	Hard	SRB Ilija Bozoljac	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	3–2		Switzerland F3, Taverne	Futures	Carpet (i)	AUT Martin Fischer	6–7(4–7), 1–6
Win	4–2		Lithuania F1, Vilnius	Futures	Clay	ITA Giammarco Micolani	6–1, 6–3
Win	5–2		Turkey F37, Antalya	Futures	Hard	ITA Claudio Fortuna	6–2, 6–3
Win	6–2		Great Britain F21, Loughborough	Futures	Hard (i)	GBR David Rice	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win	7–2		Great Britain F22, Tipton	Futures	Hard (i)	BEL Joris De Loore	6–3, 6–3
Win	8–2		Great Britain F23, Edgbaston	Futures	Hard (i)	BEL Joris De Loore	6–3, 1–6, 6–0
Win	9–2		Czech Republic F7, Opava	Futures	Carpet (i)	BLR Uladzimir Ignatik	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Win	10–2		Great Britain F1, Glasgow	Futures	Hard (i)	GBR Daniel Smethurst	7–5, 6–7(4–7), 7–5
Loss	10–3		Great Britain F18, Loughborough	Futures	Hard (i)	BEL Maxime Authom	2–6, 1–6
Win	11–3		Italy F1, Sondrio	Futures	Hard (i)	FRA Quentin Halys	6–7(7–9), 6–3, 7–5
Win	12–3		Romania F7, Focșani	Futures	Clay	ARG Mariano Kestelboim	6–4, 6–3
Win	13–3		Lithuania F1, Vilnius	Futures	Clay	RUS Ronald Slobodchikov	6–3, 6–2
Loss	13–4		Romania F12, Iași	Futures	Clay	ESP Gerard Granollers Pujol	3–6, 6–3, 6–7(0–7)
Win	14–4		Romania F13, Mediaș	Futures	Clay	ROU Dragoș Dima	6–2, 6–3
Loss	14–5		Romania F2, Galați	Futures	Clay	ARG Juan Pablo Paz	4–6, 1–6
Win	15–5		Latvia F1, Jūrmala	Futures	Clay	LAT Miķelis Lībietis	6–4, 7–5
Win	16–5		Romania F15, Brașov	Futures	Clay	ARG Gabriel Alejandro Hidalgo	7–6(7–1), 6–2
Win	17–5		Romania F16, Bucharest	Futures	Clay	ITA Claudio Fortuna	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Win	18–5		Tunisia F26, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	FRA Benjamin Bonzi	6–4, 6–4
Win	19–5		Tunisia F28, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	POR Fred Gil	6–0, 6–1
Loss	19–6	[](2016-trofeo-citta-di-brescia-singles)	Brescia, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	ITA Luca Vanni	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–7(8–10)
Loss	19–7		Poland F4, Mrągowo	Futures	Clay	AUS Alexei Popyrin	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	19–8		Poland F5, Mrągowo	Futures	Clay	CZE Zdeněk Kolář	5–7, 0–1 ret.
Win	20–8		Romania F12, Brașov	Futures	Clay	ARG Franco Agamenone	6–2, 6–2
Win	21–8		Morocco F4, Casablanca	Futures	Clay	MAR Lamine Ouahab	4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win	22–8		Morocco F5, Beni Mellal	Futures	Clay	ESP Bernabé Zapata Miralles	6–1, 6–2
Loss	22–9	[](2017-trofeo-citta-di-brescia-singles)	Brescia, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	SVK Lukáš Lacko	1–6, 2–6
Win	23–9		Italy F1, Trento	Futures	Carpet (i)	AUT 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
Loss	0–1		Italy F26, Trieste	Futures	Clay	ITA Giuseppe Menga	ITA Filippo Leonardi
ITA Jacopo Marchegiani	6–2, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss	0–2		Italy F8, Pozzuoli	Futures	Clay	GBR Daniel Evans	ARG Juan-Martín Aranguren
ARG Alejandro Fabbri	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	0–3		Italy F12, Bergamo	Futures	Clay	ITA Riccardo Sinicropi	ITA Giorgio Portaluri
ARG Juan-Pablo Villar	7–5, 3–6, [8–10]
Win	1–3	[](2012-volkswagen-challenger-doubles)	Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet (i)	BLR Uladzimir Ignatik	POL Tomasz Bednarek
FRA Olivier Charroin	7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Win	2–3	[](2012-challenger-la-manche-doubles)	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	BLR Uladzimir Ignatik	GER Dustin Brown
GBR Jonathan Marray	4–6, 7–6(11–9), [10–0]
Win	3–3	[](2012-open-prevadies-saint-brieuc-doubles)	Saint Brieuc, France	Challenger	Clay (i)	AUS Rameez Junaid	FRA Stéphane Robert
FRA Laurent Rochette	1–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win	4–3	[](2012-tennis-napoli-cup-doubles)	Napoli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	ITA Alessandro Motti	AUS Rameez Junaid
SVK Igor Zelenay	6–4, 6–4
Win	5–3	[](2013-trophee-des-alpilles-doubles)	St Rémy, France	Challenger	Hard	BLR Uladzimir Ignatik	ESP Jordi Marsé-Vidri
ESP Carlos Poch Gradin	6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–6]
Loss	5–4		Great Britain F17, Glasgow	Futures	Hard (i)	GER Bastian Knittel	GBR David Rice
GBR Sean Thornley	3–6, 2–6
Loss	5–5		Great Britain F18, Cardiff	Futures	Hard (i)	ITA Giuseppe Menga	GER Bastian Knittel
GER Kevin Krawietz	6–3, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss	5–6		Korea F4, Changwon	Futures	Hard	ESP Enrique López Pérez	KOR Lim Yong-kyu
KOR Nam Ji-sung	7–5, 4–6, [9–11]
Win	6–6		Lithuania F1, Vilnius	Futures	Clay	ITA Giuseppe Menga	UKR Ivan Anikanov
BLR Yaraslav Shyla	7–5, 6–3
Win	7–6		Turkey F36, Antalya	Futures	Hard	ITA Federico Gaio	ISR Dekel Bar
GBR Richard Gabb	1–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	8–6		Turkey F37, Antalya	Futures	Hard	ITA Federico Gaio	RUS Alexander Krasnorutskiy
RUS Anton Manegin	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	8–7		Switzerland F1, Taverne	Futures	Carpet (i)	SUI Henri Laaksonen	SWE Jesper Brunström
DEN Frederik Nielsen	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	8–8	[](2014-guzzini-challenger-doubles)	Recanati, Italy	Challenger	Hard	IRL James Cluskey	SRB Ilija Bozoljac
SRB Goran Tošić	7–5, 4–6, [5–10]
Win	9–8	[](2014-comerica-bank-challenger-doubles)	Aptos, USA	Challenger	Hard	BEL Ruben Bemelmans	IND Purav Raja
IND Sanam Singh	6–3, 4–6, [11–9]
Win	10–8		Belarus F3, Minsk	Futures	Hard (i)	LTU Lukas Mugevičius	UZB Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev
BLR Andrei Vasilevski	6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Win	11–8		Great Britain F17, Manchester	Futures	Hard (i)	GBR David Rice	GBR Sean Thornley
GBR Datten Walsh	6–4, 6–4
Win	12–8	[](2015-morocco-tennis-tour-casablanca-doubles)	Casablanca, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	ROM Adrian Ungur	ITA Flavio Cipolla
ITA Alessandro Motti	3–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Win	13–8		Italy F1, Sondrio	Futures	Hard (i)	ITA Francesco Borgo	NED Sander Arends
NED Niels Lootsma	6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Win	14–8		Romania F7, Focșani	Futures	Clay	ITA Claudio Fortuna	BLR Maxim Dubarenco
UKR Vladyslav Manafov	6–2, 6–1
Win	15–8		Romania F8, Pitești	Futures	Clay	ITA Claudio Fortuna	ROU Petru-Alexandru Luncanu
LTU Lukas Mugevičius	6–3, 6–1
Win	16–8		Lithuania F1, Vilnius	Futures	Clay	LTU Lukas Mugevičius	LAT Miķelis Lībietis
USA Hunter Reese	7–5, 3–6, [13–11]
Win	17–8		Romania F13, Mediaș	Futures	Clay	ITA Claudio Fortuna	ESP Carlos Boluda-Purkiss
ITA Alessandro Colella	6–3, 6–1
Win	18–8	[](2015-morocco-tennis-tour-casablanca-ii-doubles)	Casablanca, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	EGY Mohamed Safwat	NED Thiemo de Bakker
NED Stephan Fransen	6–4, 6–3
Win	19–8		Egypt F3, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	ITA Claudio Fortuna	FRA Laurent Rochette
FRA Thibault Venturino	6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	20–8		Egypt F4, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	ITA Claudio Fortuna	CZE Tomáš Papík
CZE Pavel Staubert	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win	21–8		Italy F6, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	ITA Francesco Moncagatto	FRA Jérôme Inzerillo
FRA Yannick Jankovits	6–3, 6–0
Loss	21–9		Romania F2, Galați	Futures	Clay	LTU Lukas Mugevičius	MEX Lucas Gómez
ARG Juan Pablo Paz	4–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Win	22–9		Lithuania F1, Vilnius	Futures	Clay	LTU Lukas Mugevičius	POL Michał Dembek
POL Jan Zieliński	7–5, 6–4
Loss	22–10		Latvia F1, Jūrmala	Futures	Clay	ITA Claudio Fortuna	GBR Jonathan Gray
GBR Ewan Moore	6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	23–10		Tunisia F26, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	ESP David Pérez Sanz	FRA Benjamin Bonzi
FRA Mathias Bourgue	w/o
Win	24–10		Tunisia F27, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	ESP Oriol Roca Batalla	ITA Tommaso Gabrieli
ITA Luca Tomasetto	6–1, 6–1
Win	25–10		Israel F1, Ramat HaSharon	Futures	Hard	HUN Gábor Borsos	ISR Dekel Bar
ISR Yshai Oliel	6–3, 6–4
Win	26–10	[](2017-samarkand-challenger-doubles)	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Clay	CZE Zdeněk Kolář	IND Prajnesh Gunneswaran
IND Vishnu Vardhan	7–6(7–2), 6–3
Win	27–10	[](2017-svijany-open-doubles)	Liberec, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	CZE Zdeněk Kolář	POL Tomasz Bednarek
NED David Pel	6–3, 6–4
Loss	27–11		Morocco F4, Casablanca	Futures	Clay	FRA Laurent Rochette	MAR Amine Ahouda
MAR Lamine Ouahab	2–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss	27–12	[](2018-trofeo-faip-perrel-doubles)	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	ITA Alessandro Motti	GBR Scott Clayton
GBR Jonny O'Mara	7–5, 3–6, [13–15]
Loss	27–13	[](2018-almaty-challenger-doubles)	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Clay	UKR Vladyslav Manafov	GER Kevin Krawietz
GER Andreas Mies	2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss	27–14	[](2018-banja-luka-challenger-doubles)	Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Challenger	Clay	ITA Alessandro Motti	SVK Andrej Martin
CHI Hans Podlipnik Castillo	5–7, 6–4, [7–10]
Win	28–14	[](2019-trofeo-faip-perrel-doubles)	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	CZE Zdeněk Kolář	BIH Tomislav Brkić
GER Dustin Brown	7–5, 7–6(9–7)
Win	29–14	[](2019-internazionali-di-tennis-emilia-romagna-doubles)	Parma, Italy	Challenger	Clay	ITA Andrea Pellegrino	URU Ariel Behar
ECU Gonzalo Escobar	1–6, 6–3, [10–7]

Singles performance timeline

The table is current through season 2017.

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	A	Q3	A	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	A	A	Q2	A	Q2	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
US Open	A	Q3	A	A	Q1	A	A	Q1	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	Round	Date	Opponents	Tie score	Venue	Surface	Match
2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III
7 May 2008			Yerevan	Clay	Singles 1	Vladimir Ivanov	2–6, 6–7(5–7) (L)
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
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)
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)
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
4–6 March 2011			Tallinn	Hard (i)	Singles 2	Jürgen Zopp	5–4 ret. (L)
2012 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III
3 May 2012			Sofia	Clay	Singles 2	Marco de Rossi	6–2, 6–1 (W)
4 May 2012			Sofia	Clay	Singles 2	Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier	6–2, 6–4 (W)
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
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)
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)
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)

References

(19 September 2021). "Laurynas Grigelis baigia profesionalaus tenisininko karjerą". LRT.
[https://sportas24.lt/tenisas/laurynas-grigelis-pries-debiuta-prie-lietuvos-moteru-teniso-rinktines-vairo-trenerio-darbe-streso-yra-gerokai-daugiau/ Laurynas Grigelis prieš debiutą prie Lietuvos moterų teniso rinktinės vairo: trenerio darbe streso yra gerokai daugiau]

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