Roman Safiullin

Roman Rishatovich Safiullin (Russian: Рома́н Риша́тович Сафиу́ллин; 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.

Roman Safiullin
Роман Сафиуллин

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	$154,281
Singles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0 18 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 170 (24 February 2020)
Current ranking	No. 178 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2021)
French Open	Q2 (2020)
Doubles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0 2 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 319 (2 March 2020)
Current ranking	No. 326 (16 March 2020)
Medal record Men's tennis Representing  Russia Universiade 2017 Taipei Men's Singles
Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

Career

On the junior tour, Safiullin has a career high combined ranking of 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.

Safiullin has a career high ATP singles ranking of 174 achieved on 17 February 2020.

Junior significant finals

Singles: 1 title

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	2015	Australian Open	Hard	Hong Seong-chan	7–5, 7–6^(7–2)

Other finals

Singles: 24 (19 titles, 5 runners-up)

Legend
Challengers (1–0)
Futures (18–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	Apr 2014	Qarshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Temur Ismailov	2–6, 7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	Aug 2014	Kazan, Russia	Clay	Anton Zaytsev	3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	Aug 2014	Kazan, Russia	Clay	Richard Muzaev	6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Winner	4.	Nov 2014	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Ivan Bjelica	6–0, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	5.	Nov 2014	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Denis Bejtulahi	4–6, 7–6^(7–2), 6–4
Winner	6.	Nov 2014	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Denys Mylokostov	7–6^(9–7), 6–3
Winner	7.	Dec 2014	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Frederico Ferreira Silva	6–1, 1–2 ret.
Runner-up	8.	Feb 2016	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Hong Seong-chan	2–6, 5–7
Winner	9.	Feb 2016	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Dimitar Kuzmanov	3–6, 7–5, 7–5
Winner	10.	Aug 2016	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Michal Konečný	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	11.	Sep 2016	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Anis Ghorbel	7–5, 2–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Winner	12.	Oct 2016	Meitar, Israel	Hard	Daniel Cukierman	6–0, 6–4
Winner	13.	Oct 2016	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Pablo Vivero González	6–2, 7–6^(7–5)
Runner-up	14.	Nov 2016	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Michal Schmid	3–6, 6–0, 6–7^(5–7)
Winner	15.	Nov 2017	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Cem İlkel	7–5, 7–6^(7–3)
Winner	16.	Mar 2018	Kazan, Russia	Hard (i)	Jurabek Karimov	6–2, 6–1
Winner	17.	Mar 2018	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Jaroslav Pospíšil	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	18.	Jun 2018	Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Cem İlkel	1–6, 6–7^(12–14)
Winner	19.	Oct 2018	Tây Ninh, Vietnam	Hard	Lý Hoàng Nam	7–6^(9–7), 6–4
Winner	20.	Nov 2018	Tây Ninh, Vietnam	Hard	Lý Hoàng Nam	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Winner	21.	Nov 2018	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Sanjar Fayziev	7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	22.	Mar 2019	Kazan, Russia	Hard (i)	Sanjar Fayziev	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Winner	23.	Apr 2019	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Clay	Alen Avidzba	7–6^(7–2), 6–2
Winner	24.	Feb 2020	Cherbourg, France	Hard (i)	Roberto Marcora	6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runners-up)

Legend
Challengers (1–0)
Futures (2–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	Aug 2014	Kazan, Russia	Clay	Marin Bradarić	Ilia Shatskiy Alexander Zhurbin	5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	Aug 2014	Kazan, Russia	Clay	Alexander Bublik	Andrei Levine Anton Zaytsev	1–6, 3–6
Winner	3.	Mar 2016	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Lenny Hampel	Ivan Nedelko Henrik Sillanpää	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	Aug 2016	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Michal Konečný	Pedro Bernardi Christopher Díaz Figueroa	6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–2), [7–10]
Runner-up	5.	Mar 2018	Kazan, Russia	Hard (i)	Teymuraz Gabashvili	Alexander Pavlioutchenkov Evgeny Tyurnev	4–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Winner	6.	Apr 2018	Qarshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Konstantin Kravchuk	Saketh Myneni Vijay Sundar Prashanth	3–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Runner-up	7.	Jun 2018	Andijan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Konstantin Kravchuk	Sergey Betov Yaraslav Shyla	4–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Runner-up	8.	Jun 2018	Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Konstantin Kravchuk	Sanjar Fayziev Khumoyun Sultanov	6–7^(6–8), 7–5, [8–10]
Runner-up	9.	Nov 2018	Tây Ninh, Vietnam	Hard	Lý Hoàng Nam	Francis Alcantara Markus Eriksson	7–5, 4–6, [7–10]
Winner	10.	Feb 2020	Cherbourg, France	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]

References

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.

External links

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