Roman Safiullin
Roman Safiullin
Roman Safiullin
Roman Safiullin
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    • 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 21 AUGUST2023)

    • Former World No. 2 junior broke into Top 100 in 2022 and achieved career-high No. 43on 17 July 2023 after QF run in Wimbledon debut (l. to Sinner).
    • Defeated 2-time champion and World No. 4 Tsitsipas to reach 1st ATP Tour SF at 2022 Marseille, and also advanced to 2nd SF on indoor hard courts at 2022 Tel Aviv.
    • Qualified in back-to-back ATP Masters 1000 tournaments at 2023 Madrid (d. No. 17 Paul in 2R, l. to Zapata Miralles) and Rome (d. No. 29 Korda in 2R, l. to Popyrin).
    • Posted 18-6 Challenger record in 2022 with titles at Astana and Chicago.
    • Qualified and advanced to 2R at both Australian Open and Roland Garros in 2021.
    • Has an 83-71 career record on ATP Challenger Tour (72-49 on hard with 4 titles).
    • 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.

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