Roman Safiullin

Roman Safiullin
Роман Сафиуллин
	Safiullin at the 2021 French Open
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Podolsk, Russia
Born	7 August 1997; Podolsk, Russia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Rishat Safiullin
Prize money	US$455,094
Singles
Career record	3–6 (33.3%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 156 (14 June 2021)
Current ranking	No. 163 (30 August 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2021)
French Open	2R (2021)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2021)
Doubles
Career record	0–2 (0%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 296 (19 October 2020)
Current ranking	No. 339 (30 August 2021)
Medal record
Men's tennis
Representing Russia
Universiade
	Last updated on: 30 August 2021.

Roman Rishatovich Safiullin (Russian: Рома́н Риша́тович Сафиу́ллин, IPA: [rɐˈman səfʲɪˈulʲɪn]; born 7 August 1997) is a Russian tennis player. Safiullin became junior champion at the 2015 Australian Open,[1] defeating South Korean Hong Seong-chan. Safiullin has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 156 achieved on 14 June 2021 and doubles of No. 296 achieved on 19 October 2020.

Career

On the junior tour, Safiullin has a career high combined ranking of No. 2 achieved on 26 May 2014. His biggest junior title, after his Australian Open title, is the Grade A Trofeo Bonfiglio where he beat Andrey Rublev in the final.

2020: Maiden Challenger title

Safiullin claimed his maiden challenger tour titles in singles and doubles in Cherbourg, France in February 2020.

2021: Grand Slam debut

He made his grand slam debut at the 2021 Australian Open where he reached the second round by defeating Ilya Ivashka.

He also qualified for the 2021 French Open reaching also the second round with a win over Carlos Taberner.

Junior significant finals

Singles: 1 title

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2015	Australian Open	Hard	Hong Seong-chan	7–5, 7–6^(7–2)

Other finals

Singles: 26 (20 titles, 6 runners-up)

Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ITF Futures Tour (19–6)

Titles by Surface
Hard (17–5)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2014	Uzbekistan F1, Qarshi	Futures	Hard	Temur Ismailov	2–6, 7–5, 6–1
Loss	1–1	Aug 2014	Russia F5, Kazan	Futures	Clay	Anton Zaytsev	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Aug 2014	Russia F6, Kazan	Futures	Clay	Richard Muzaev	6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Win	3–1	Nov 2014	Greece F11, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Ivan Bjelica	6–0, 3–6, 6–3
Win	4–1	Nov 2014	Greece F12, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Denis Bejtulahi	4–6, 7–6^(7–2), 6–4
Win	5–1	Nov 2014	Turkey F42, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Denys Mylokostov	7–6^(9–7), 6–3
Win	6–1	Dec 2014	Turkey F43, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Frederico Ferreira Silva	6–1, 1–2 ret.
Loss	6–2	Feb 2016	Turkey F5, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Hong Seong-chan	2–6, 5–7
Win	7–2	Feb 2016	Turkey F8, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Dimitar Kuzmanov	3–6, 7–5, 7–5
Win	8–2	Aug 2016	Egypt F21, Sharm el-Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Michal Konečný	6–2, 6–1
Loss	8–3	Sep 2016	Egypt F23, Sharm el-Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Anis Ghorbel	7–5, 2–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	9–3	Oct 2016	Israel F14, Meitar	Futures	Hard	Daniel Cukierman	6–0, 6–4
Win	10–3	Oct 2016	Egypt F30, Sharm el-Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Pablo Vivero González	6–2, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	10–4	Nov 2016	Egypt F32, Sharm el-Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Michal Schmid	3–6, 6–0, 6–7^(5–7)
Win	11–4	Nov 2017	Egypt F34, Sharm el-Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Cem İlkel	7–5, 7–6^(7–3)
Win	12–4	Mar 2018	Russia F3, Kazan	Futures	Hard (i)	Jurabek Karimov	6–2, 6–1
Win	13–4	Mar 2018	Egypt F10, Sharm el-Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Jaroslav Pospíšil	6–1, 6–1
Loss	13–5	Jun 2018	Uzbelistan F4, Namangan	Futures	Hard	Cem İlkel	1–6, 6–7^(12–14)
Win	14–5	Oct 2018	Vietnam F4, Tây Ninh	Futures	Hard	Lý Hoàng Nam	7–6^(9–7), 6–4
Win	15–5	Nov 2018	Vietnam F5, Tây Ninh	Futures	Hard	Lý Hoàng Nam	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Win	16–5	Nov 2018	Thailand F8, Nonthaburi	Futures	Hard	Sanjar Fayziev	7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Win	17–5	Mar 2019	M25 Kazan, Russia	Futures	Hard (i)	Sanjar Fayziev	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Win	18–5	Apr 2019	M25 Shymkent , Kazakhstan	Futures	Clay	Alen Avidzba	7–6^(7–2), 6–2
Win	19–5	Apr 2019	M25 Shymkent , Kazakhstan	Futures	Clay	Vladyslav Manafov	7–5, 6–3
Loss	19–6	May 2019	M25 Namangan , Uzbekistan	Futures	Hard	Tim Van Rijthoven	7–6^(7–5), 5–7, 4–6
Win	20–6	Feb 2020	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Roberto Marcora	6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runners-up)

Legend
Challengers (1–0)
Futures (3–7)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2014	Kazan, Russia	Futures	Clay	Marin Bradarić	Ilia Shatskiy Alexander Zhurbin	5–7, 1–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2014	Kazan, Russia	Futures	Clay	Alexander Bublik	Andrei Levine Anton Zaytsev	1–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Mar 2016	Hammamet, Tunisia	Futures	Clay	Lenny Hampel	Ivan Nedelko Henrik Sillanpää	6–1, 6–3
Loss	1–3	Aug 2016	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Futures	Hard	Michal Konečný	Pedro Bernardi Christopher Díaz Figueroa	6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–2), [7–10]
Loss	1–4	Mar 2018	Kazan, Russia	Futures	Hard (i)	Teymuraz Gabashvili	Alexander Pavlioutchenkov Evgeny Tyurnev	4–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win	2–4	Apr 2018	Qarshi, Uzbekistan	Futures	Hard	Konstantin Kravchuk	Saketh Myneni Vijay Sundar Prashanth	3–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss	2–5	Jun 2018	Andijan, Uzbekistan	Futures	Hard	Konstantin Kravchuk	Sergey Betov Yaraslav Shyla	4–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Loss	2–6	Jun 2018	Namangan, Uzbekistan	Futures	Hard	Konstantin Kravchuk	Sanjar Fayziev Khumoyun Sultanov	6–7^(6–8), 7–5, [8–10]
Loss	2–7	Nov 2018	Tây Ninh, Vietnam	Futures	Hard	Lý Hoàng Nam	Francis Alcantara Markus Eriksson	7–5, 4–6, [7–10]
Win	3–7	May 2019	Namangan M25, Uzbekistan	Futures	Hard	Evgenii Tiurnev	Sanjar Fayziev Khumoyun Sultanov	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
Win	4–7	Feb 2020	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Pavel Kotov	Dan Added Albano Olivetti	7–6^(8–6), 5–7, [12–10]

Awards

2013

The Russian Cup in the nomination Team of the Year[2][3]

2015

The Russian Cup in the nomination Junior of the Year[4]

Notes

References

"Safiullin wins boys' title, Mihalikova wins girls' title at Australian Open". Tennis.com. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
(as part of the Boys Under-16 Team: Roman Safiullin, Evgeny Tyurnev, Andrey Rublev; captain Ivan Pridankin)
""Русский Кубок" – почётные призы обрели своих хозяев" [The "Russian Cup" – Honorary Prizes Found Their Owners] (in Russian). GoTennis. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
«Русский Кубок». Триумф командного тенниса [The "Russian Cup". Triumph in Team Tennis] (in Russian). Championat.com. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

External links

Roman Safiullin at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Roman Safiullin at the International Tennis Federation

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[1] "Safiullin wins boys' title, Mihalikova wins girls' title at Australian Open". Tennis.com. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[2] (as part of the Boys Under-16 Team: Roman Safiullin, Evgeny Tyurnev, Andrey Rublev; captain Ivan Pridankin)

[3] ""Русский Кубок" – почётные призы обрели своих хозяев" [The "Russian Cup" – Honorary Prizes Found Their Owners] (in Russian). GoTennis. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[4] «Русский Кубок». Триумф командного тенниса [The "Russian Cup". Triumph in Team Tennis] (in Russian). Championat.com. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2017.