In a social media video by ATP Tour, the World No. 20 took part in a thought exercise in which he built what he believed to be the perfect player by combining aspects of various top-ranked athletes on the Tour of past and present.
For the forehand, Dimitrov chose Federer, his reason being that it remained solid even when the 20-time Grand Slam champion was under pressure.
"I'll go with Roger's forehand. He never missed it, when he had to miss it against me. I feel like a lot of players have missed a lot of shots, but not him against me," he said.
Dimitrov then revealed that he would choose Kei Nishikori's backhand due to its versatility.
"Backhand - Kei Nishikori. He can literally hit anything from that wing, backhand cross, lob, line, pass through the middle, curve it, get to it, anything," he said.
The Bulgarian player then had to pick a player for the serve, for which he chose the 2022 Wimbledon runner-up Kyrgios.
"Serve, I'll go for Nick Kyrgios. To generate any type of serve... pretty spectacular," he continued.
For the return, he opted for 24-time Grand Slam champion and current World No. 1 Novak Djokovic.
"Return - Novak. He's always been able to put the ball on the court, no matter how fast the ball comes."