Roman Safiullin

Roman Safiullin
Роман Сафиуллин

Full name	Roman Rishatovich Safiullin
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Podolsk, Russia
Born	7 August 1997 Podolsk, Russia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money	$300,000
Singles
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 314 (3 March 2015)
Current ranking	No. 381 (26 May 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Junior	W (2015)
French Open Junior	1R (2013)
US Open Junior	3R (2014)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 1119 (3 November 2014)
Current ranking	No. 1119 (3 November 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open Junior	QF (2013, 2014)
French Open Junior	2R (2013)
US Open Junior	1R (2013, 2014)
Last updated on: 31 January 2015.

Roman Rishatovich Safiullin (Russian: Роман Ришатович Сафиуллин; born 7 August 1997) is a Russian junior tennis player. Safiullin became junior champion at the 2015 Australian Open,^[1] defeating South Korean Hong Seong-chan.

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 319 achieved on 16 February 2015. He has also won two ITF tournaments in Kazan and Qarshi.

Junior Grand Slam finals: 1

Singles: 1 title (1–0)

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

Future and Challenger finals

Singles: 9 (7–2)

Legend
Challengers (–)
Futures (7–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	19 April 2014	Karshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Temur Izmailov	2–6, 7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	2 August 2014	Kazan, Russia	Clay	Anton Zaytsev	3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	9 August 2014	Kazan, Russia	Clay	Richard Muzaev	6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Winner	4.	9 November 2014	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Ivan Bjelica	6–0, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	5.	16 November 2014	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Denis Bejtulahi	4–6, 7–6,^(7–2) 6–4
Winner	6.	30 November 2014	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Denys Mylokostov	7–6,^(9–7) 6–3
Winner	7.	7 December 2014	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Frederico Ferreira Silva	6–1, 1–2 ret.
Runner-up	8.	7 February 2015	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Song Chan Hong	2–6, 5–7
Winner	9.	28 February 2016	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Song Chan Hong	3–6, 7–5, 7–5

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. http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/scores/draws/bs/index.html
2. (as part of the Boys Under-16 Team: Roman Safiulin, Evgeny Tyurnev; captain Ivan Pridankin)
3. "The "Russian Cup" – Honorary Prizes Found Their Owners" (in Russian). GoTennis. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
4. «Русский Кубок». Триумф командного тенниса [The "Russian Cup". Triumph in Team Tennis] (in Russian). Championat.com. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

External links

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