Awards
Dimitrov wins 2024 Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award
The Bulgarian takes the award at this year’s ATP Awards
December 13, 2024
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Grigor Dimitrov was chosen by his teammates as the winner of the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award.
By ATP Editorial Board
Grigor Dimitrov has been chosen by his teammates as the winner of the 2024 Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award. This award, which is part of the ATP Awards, recognizes the Bulgarian’s fair play, professionalism and integrity on and off the court.
“I am very grateful to all my fans, to all my colleagues, to everyone who has supported me all this time. I feel very lucky,” Dimitrov said. “Thank you all for this incredible appreciation, and I will make sure to move forward and continue to strive to be better.”
Dimitrov is the third different consecutive winner of the Sportsmanship Award, following Casper Ruud (2022) and Carlos Alcaraz (2023). Between 2004 and 2021, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were the only winners, with Federer awarded 13 times and Nadal five times. Edberg won the prize five times between 1988 and 1995, and from 1996 the prize was named after the Swede.
During the 2024 season, Dimitrov posted a 46-18 record and won his ninth circuit title in Brisbane. The 33-year-old reached three more finals, at the ATP Masters 1000 in Miami and in Marseille and Stockholm. He also reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros, the US Open and the Rolex Paris Masters.
Dimitrov finished the year at No. 10 in the PIF ATP Rankings, his highest year-end ranking since closing the 2017 season at a career-best World No. 3.
Source: https://www.atptour.com/es/news/dimitrov-atp-awards-2024-stefan-edberg-sportsmanship-award
