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Dimitrov wins the 2024 Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award
The Bulgarian has been honored at this year's ATP awards
December 13, 2024
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By ATP staff
Grigor Dimitrov has been nominated by his teammates as the winner of the 2024 Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award. Part of the ATP Awards, the honor recognizes Bulgarian excellence, creativity and integrity on and off the court.
“I'm very grateful, I'm very grateful to all my fans, to all my colleagues, to everyone who has supported me all this time. I feel very lucky,” said Dimitrov. “Thank you all for this wonderful thank you, and I will make sure that I continue and continue to strive to be the best.”
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Dimitrov is the third consecutive first-time winner of the Sports Award, following Casper Ruud (2022) and Carlos Alcaraz (2023). From 2004-21, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were the only winners, with Federer being honored 13 times and Nadal being nominated five times. Edberg won the award five times between 1988 and 1995, with the honor being held by a Swede since 1996.
In the 2024 season, Dimitrov posted a record of 46-18 according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index and won his ninth tour-level title in Brisbane. The 33-year-old reached three more finals, at the Miami ATP Masters 1000 and in Marseille and Stockholm. He also advanced to the quarter-finals of Roland Garros, the US Open and the Rolex Paris Masters.
Dimitrov finished the year at No. 10 in the PIF ATP Rankings, his best year-end ranking since closing the 2017 season at a career-high World No.
