{"id":87788,"date":"2025-07-29T12:09:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T16:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=87788"},"modified":"2025-07-29T12:09:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T16:09:26","slug":"grigor-dimitrov-to-miss-us-open-ending-record-grand-slam-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/07\/29\/grigor-dimitrov-to-miss-us-open-ending-record-grand-slam-streak\/","title":{"rendered":"Grigor Dimitrov to Miss US Open, Ending Record Grand Slam Streak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bulgarian tennis icon Grigor Dimitrov will not compete at the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/category\/us-open\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">US Open<\/a>, bringing an end to his remarkable run of 58 consecutive Grand Slam appearances, the longest active streak in men\u2019s tennis.<\/p>\n<p>The news was confirmed by Dimitrov\u2019s manager, Georgi Stoimenov, <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tenniskafe\/status\/1950110665797980179\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">who told Bulgarian tennis site TennisKafe<\/a> that the Bulgarian star is still recovering from a pectoral muscle injury he sustained at Wimbledon. During his match against world No.\u202f1 Jannik Sinner on July 7, Dimitrov was ahead by two sets in the third set when <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/07\/07\/grigor-dimitrov-defined-again-in-defeat\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">he suffered a partial tear<\/a> of his right pectoralis major during a service game. The injury forced him to retire at 2\u20132 in the third set, ending a promising lead and conceding the match to the Italian, who went on to win the title.<\/p>\n<p>Dimitrov now hopes to make his comeback during the Asian swing of the ATP Tour, specifically targeting the tournaments in China later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Dimitrov\u2019s Grand Slam streak began at the 2011 <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/category\/australian-open\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Australian Open<\/a> and continued unbroken through Wimbledon 2025. Over that span, he became one of the sport\u2019s most consistent mainstays, earning a reputation for longevity, versatility, and professionalism, although the past year has seen a troubling pattern: he retired at all five of his most recent Majors (starting from Wimbledon 2024 through to Wimbledon 2025) due to various injuries, including hip, thigh, groin, and the current pectoral issue.<\/p>\n<p><a  id=\"waOnJ_A7T5tOLUqU0joueg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2223997611\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'waOnJ_A7T5tOLUqU0joueg',sig:'ZopfhmXb9pfcb5IiEcp5zFgWvkC8XMk0UyJzqk7oW2U=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2223997611',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old, who reached a career-high ranking of World No. 3 and made the semifinals at three of the four Majors, enjoyed a resurgence in 2024 and early 2025 but is yet to win a Grand Slam in his illustrious career.<\/p>\n<p>While his absence from Flushing Meadows will be keenly felt, Dimitrov is now focusing on a full recovery in hopes of returning to competitive action in Asia, as it could provide a platform for a strong finish to the season.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bulgarian tennis icon Grigor Dimitrov will not compete at the upcoming US Open, bringing an end to his remarkable run of 58 consecutive Grand Slam appearances, the longest active streak in men\u2019s tennis. The news was confirmed by Dimitrov\u2019s manager, Georgi Stoimenov, who told Bulgarian tennis site TennisKafe that the Bulgarian star is still recovering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4883,"featured_media":86597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,9],"tags":[411],"class_list":["post-87788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-atp","category-news","tag-grigor-dimitrov"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4883"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87788"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87790,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87788\/revisions\/87790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}