Roman Rishatovich Safiullin was born on 7 August 1997 and is a Russian professional tennis player.
10 Facts About Roman Safiullin
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Roman Safiullin has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No 82 achieved on 6 February 2023, and doubles of world No 239 achieved on 7 February 2022.
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Roman Safiullin was born in Podolsk, Russia, to a Tatar father and Russian mother.
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Roman Safiullin claimed his maiden Challenger tour titles in singles and doubles with Pavel Kotov in Cherbourg, France in February 2020.
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Roman Safiullin made his Grand Slam debut at the 2021 Australian Open where he reached the second round by defeating Ilya Ivashka.
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Roman Safiullin lost to Felix Auger-Aliassime in straight sets with two tiebreaks.
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Roman Safiullin then won a third Challenger title in Chicago, propelling him 25 positions up to a top 100 debut at world No 97 on 15 August 2022.
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Roman Safiullin reached a new career-high ranking of No 82 on 6 February 2023 after he clinched his first ATP Challenger Tour title of the year at the 2023 Koblenz Open.
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Roman Safiullin won four three-set matches before defeating Vasek Pospisil in the final.
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Roman Safiullin made his Masters 1000 debut at the 2023 BNP Paribas Open but lost to Ilya Ivashka.