site.btaGrigor Dimitrov Wins 2024 Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award

Bulgaria’s highest ranked tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has been selected by fellow players as the winner of the 2024 Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award. Part of the ATP Awards, the honour recognizes the Bulgarian athlete's fair play, professionalism and integrity on and off the court.

"I'm just very grateful, very thankful to all my fans, to all my colleagues, to everyone that has been such a support throughout all this time. I feel very fortunate," Dimitrov said. "Thank you all for this amazing appreciation, and I'll make sure to keep on going and to keep on striving to be the best," he added.

This is Dimitrov's first Sportsmanship Award, following Casper Ruud (2022) and Carlos Alcaraz (2023). From 2004 to 2021, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were the only winners, with Federer honoured 13 times and Nadal tabbed on five occasions.

The award, named after Swedish player Stefan Edberg since 1996, was given to him five times between 1988 and 1995 for his conduct on the court.

In 2024, Dimitrov recorded 46 wins and 18 losses. He won the Brisbane title, his ninth career ATP title, in January. He reached the finals in Miami, Marseille, and Stockholm, and made it to the quarterfinals at Roland Garros and the US Open. He finished the year ranked 10th in the world, his second-best year-end since he closed the 2017 season at a career high No. 3.