# Jurabek Karimov

Jurabek Karimov (Uzbek: Журабек Каримов, Jo'rabek Karimov; born 4 June 1998) is an inactive Uzbekistani tennis player.
Karimov has a career high ATP singles ranking of 426 achieved on 27 August 2018. On 15 April 2019, he peaked at world number 279 in the ATP doubles rankings.
Karimov has represented Uzbekistan in Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 4–1. He achieved his first victory in 2018 against British player Cameron Norrie after coming from two sets down.

## Personal life

Karimov began playing tennis aged 7. His great-uncle Islam Karimov was the first president of Uzbekistan.

## Style of play

Jurabek Karimov has a double handed backhand. He is very agile and athletic.

## Junior Grand Slam finals
### Singles

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 2016 | Australian Open | Hard | Oliver Anderson | 2–6, 6–1, 1–6 |

## Future and Challenger finals
### Singles: 7 (3–4)

* Legend
* ATP Challengers 0 (0–0)
* ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour 7 (3–4)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | April 9, 2016 | Qarshi, Uzbekistan F1 | Hard | Ilya Ivashka | 3–6, 6–1, 1–6 |
| Winner | 2. | October 22, 2017 | Kuching, Malaysia F1 | Hard | Evan Song | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 3. | October 29, 2017 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia F2 | Hard | Scott Griekspoor | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | March 17, 2018 | Kazan, Russia F3 | Hard (i) | Roman Safiullin | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 5. | August 11, 2018 | Minsk, Belarus F1 | Hard | Jonathan Gray | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 6. | July 21, 2019 | M15 Telavi, Georgia | Clay | David Poljak | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 7. | September 29, 2019 | M25 Almaty, Kazakhstan | Hard | Beibit Zhukayev | 7–5, 6–3 |

### Doubles 9 (3–6)

* Legend
* ATP Challengers 3 (1–2)
* ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour 6 (2–4)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | June 13, 2015 | Namangan, Uzbekistan F4 | Hard | Sanjar Fayziev | Dean O'Brien Ruan Roelofse | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | August 2, 2015 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Hard | Chung Yun-seong | Konstantin Kravchuk Denys Molchanov | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | April 9, 2016 | Qarshi, Uzbekistan F1 | Hard | Sanjar Fayziev | Chen Ti Sumit Nagal | 5–5, RET |
| Runner-up | 4. | September 24, 2016 | Shymkent, Kazakhstan F5 | Clay | Roman Khassanov | Mikhail Fufygin Vladimir Ivanov | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Winner | 5. | October 29, 2017 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia F2 | Hard | Wang Aoran | Wilfredo González Francesco Vilardo | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Winner | 6. | November 5, 2017 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia F3 | Hard | Wang Aoran | Yuichi Ito Nuttanon Kadchapanan | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 7. | May 12, 2018 | Qarshi, Uzbekistan | Hard | Sanjar Fayziev | Timur Khabibulin Vladyslav Manafov | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 8. | October 13, 2018 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | Sanjar Fayziev | Federico Gaio Enrique López Pérez | 6–2, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, [11–9] |
| Runner-up | 9. | September 1, 2019 | M25 Irpin, Ukraine | Clay | Sergey Fomin | Vladyslav Manafov Denis Yevseyev | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 7–5, [6–10] |
| Runner-up | 10. | January 26, 2020 | M15 Kazan, Russia | Hard (i) | Sergey Fomin | Alexander Igoshin Evgenii Tiurnev | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 4–6 |

## Davis Cup
### Participations: (4–1)

* Group membership
* World Group (0–0)
* WG Play-off (1–1)
* Group I (3–0)
* Group II (0–0)
* Group III (0–0)
* Group IV (0–0)
* Matches by surface
* Hard (1–0)
* Clay (2–1)
* Grass (1–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Matches by type
* Singles (2–1)
* Doubles (2–0)
* indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.
| Rubber outcome | No. | Rubber | Match type (partner if any) | Opponent nation | Opponent player(s) | Score |
| 2–3; 16–18 September 2016; Olympic Tennis School, Tashkent, Uzbekistan; World Group Play-off; Clay surface |||||||
| Defeat | 1 | V | Singles | Switzerland | Antoine Bellier | 2–6, 4–6, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 3–6 |
| 4–1; 6–7 April 2018; Naval Sports Complex, Islamabad, Pakistan; Asia/Oceania Second round; Grass surface |||||||
| Victory | 2 | III | Doubles (with Denis Istomin) | Pakistan | Aqeel Khan / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1–3; 14–16 September 2018; Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Great Britain; World Group Play-off; Hard (indoor) surface |||||||
| Victory | 3 | II | Singles | Great Britain | Cameron Norrie | 0–6, 5–7, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 3–2; 13-14 September 2019; Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh, Lebanon; Asia/Oceania Group I First round; Clay surface |||||||
| Victory | 4 | III | Doubles (with Sanjar Fayziev) | Lebanon | Benjamin Hassan / Giovani Samaha | 6–2, 5–7, 6–3 |
| Victory | 5 | V | Singles | Lebanon | Hady Habib | 6–4, 1–6, 6–1 |