Roman Safiullin | Bio | ATP Tour

Wife, Liudmyla;father, Rishat; mother, Marina;sister, Yulia.
Started playing tennis at age 4 with his father, who works at a tennis academy.
Inspired by Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer.
Motivated by countrymen Daniil Medvedev, Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev. Played junior tennis with them and is working hard to join them full-time on ATP Tour.
Favourite surface is hard and shots are forehand and serve.
Lists St. Petersburg and Moscow as his favourite tournaments.
Says that Melbourne and New York City are his favourite cities on tour.
Favourite book is Rod Laver: An Autobiography.
Favourite band is Nickelback and movie is Law Abiding Citizen.
Also enjoys swimming, football, cars and travel.
Favourite food is Japanese and guilty pleasure is fast food.
Favourite subject in school was math.
Says that his best quality is always being on time and his worst quality is impatience.

(UPDATED 22 MAY 2024)

Former World No. 2 junior broke into Top 100 in August 2022 and achieved career-high No. 36 in January 2024.
Posted personal-best 20 wins in 2023, highlighted by 1st ATP Tour final at Chengdu and defeating No. 2 Alcaraz at ATP Masters 1000 Paris to reach 3R as Q.
As World No. 92 in Wimbledon main draw debut, became the lowest-ranked quarterfinalist since No. 144 Kyrgios in 2014.
Defeated 2-time champion and World No. 4 Tsitsipas to reach 1st ATP Tour SF at 2022 Marseille, and advanced to 2nd SF on indoor hard courts at 2022 Tel Aviv.
Qualified and advanced to 2R at both Australian Open and Roland Garros in 2021 and reached 2R at US Open in 2023.
Posted 18-6 Challenger record in 2022 with titles at Astana and Chicago.
Went 105-21 with 11 titles on ITF Junior Circuit, posting wins over Medvedev, Rublev and Khachanov before ending junior career as 2015 Australian Open champion.