Roman Valent

Roman Valent

Country (sports)	Switzerland
Residence	Adliswil, Switzerland
Born	8 July 1983 Zürich, Switzerland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$60,375
Singles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0 0 Challengers, 2 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 300 (10 February 2003)
Doubles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 408 (3 November 2003)
Last updated on: 27 August 2012.

Roman Valent (born 8 July 1983, in Zürich) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He was an outstanding junior, winning the 2001 Wimbledon Boys' Singles tournament. However, Valent has played just one match on the ATP Tour, in which he lost to Frenchman Marc Gicquel at the 2009 Open de Moselle, though he has played in many Challenger and Futures tournaments (winning 2 of the latter).

Juniors

As a junior Valent posted a singles record of 81–24 and reached as high as No. 3 in the world in 2001 (and No. 25 in doubles).

Tournament	2000	2001
Junior Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	QF
French Open	1R	1R
Wimbledon	3R	W
US Open	1R	A

Finals

Singles (2–5)

Legend (Singles)
ITF Futures Tournaments (2–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	31 March 2002	Melun, France	Carpet (i)	Grégory Carraz	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	14 April 2002	Kingston, Jamaica	Hard	Kepler Orellana	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	26 May 2002	Most, Czech Republic	Clay	František Čermák	2–6, 7–5, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	8 June 2003	La Palma, Spain	Hard	Marc Bauer	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	15 June 2003	Tenerife, Spain	Hard	Teymuraz Gabashvili	2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	5.	13 March 2005	Lille, France	Hard (i)	Steve Darcis	5–7, 3–6
Winner	2.	25 September 2005	Plaisir, France	Hard (i)	Philipp Marx	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)

Doubles (2–3)

Legend (Doubles)
ATP Challenger Series (0–1)
ITF Futures Tournaments (2–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	30 March 2003	Melun France	Carpet (i)	Michael Lammer	Karim Maamoun Mohammed Maamoun	Walkover
Runner-up	1.	6 April 2003	Saint-Brieuc, France	Clay (i)	Michael Lammer	Fabrice Betencourt Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Walkover
Runner-up	2.	21 September 2003	Mulhouse, France	Hard (i)	Michael Berrer	Gary Lugassy Jean-Michel Pequery	0–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	12 February 2005	Bergheim, Austria	Carpet (i)	Lars Uebel	Jaroslav Pospíšil Radim Zitko	6–2, 7–6^(7–2)
Runner-up	3.	28 August 2005	Geneva Open Challenger Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Stéphane Bohli	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Santiago Ventura	3–6, 5–7

References

1. ATP World Tour profile

External links

• Roman Valent at the International Tennis Federation
• Roman Valent at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile