Roman Safiullin

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Roman Safiullin
Роман Сафиуллин
Safiullin MLC21 (51602479998).jpg
Safiullin in 2021
Country (sports)Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Residence Podolsk, Russia
Born (1997-08-07) 7 August 1997 (age 26)
Podolsk, Russia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2015
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach Andrey Kuznetsov, Karl Adrian Ringdal Noerstenaes (2023-) [1]
Prize moneyUS $2,237,685
Singles
Career record38–41 (48.1%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 36 (8 January 2024)
Current rankingNo. 42 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (2021)
French Open 2R (2021)
Wimbledon QF (2023)
US Open 2R (2023)
Doubles
Career record6–7 (46.2%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 239 (7 February 2022)
Current rankingNo. 334 (18 March 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2024)
US Open 2R (2023)
Medal record
Men's tennis
Representing Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Universiade
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Taipei Men's singles
Last updated on: 9 April 2024.

Roman Rishatovich Safiullin [lower-alpha 1] (born 7 August 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player. Safiullin has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 36 achieved on 8 January 2024, and in doubles of world No. 239 achieved on 7 February 2022.

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Personal life

Safiullin was born in Podolsk, Russia, to a Tatar father Rishat Safiullin [3] [4] and Russian mother. [5]

Juniors

On the junior tour, Safiullin has a career high combined ranking of No. 2 achieved on 26 May 2014. He is a junior Major champion, having won the 2015 Australian Open over Hong Seong-chan. [6] His biggest junior title, after his Australian Open title, is the Grade A Trofeo Bonfiglio where he beat Andrey Rublev in the final. [7]

Career

2020: First Challenger titles in singles and doubles , top 200 debut

Safiullin claimed his first Challenger tour titles in singles and doubles with Pavel Kotov in Cherbourg, France in February 2020. [8]

2021: Grand Slam debut

He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2021 Australian Open after qualifying and reached the second round by defeating Ilya Ivashka. He also qualified for the 2021 French Open reaching also the second round with a win over Carlos Taberner. [9] As a result, he reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 156 on 14 June 2021. [10]

2022: ATP Cup & semifinals, first ATP semifinal & top 10 win, top 100

On his debut, he reached the semifinals at the 2022 ATP Cup after winning 2 singles and 3 doubles matches with teammate Daniil Medvedev. [11] As a result, he moved 21 positions up in the rankings to a new career-high in the top 150 in singles of World No. 146 on 10 January 2022. [12] [10]

At the 2022 Australian Open, he qualified as lucky loser after the withdrawal of Casper Ruud where he lost to Alex Molčan. [13] [14]

Safiullin qualified for Marseilles after beating Ernests Gulbis and Julian Lenz. After qualifying, he beat 7th seed Alexei Popyrin and fellow qualifier Tomáš Macháč to reach his first ATP Tour-level quarterfinal. There, he claimed his first top-10 win by beating top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets, for the best win in his career, to reach his first semifinal on the ATP Tour. [15] [16] He lost to Félix Auger-Aliassime in straight sets with two tiebreaks. [17]

In July, he won his second Challenger title in Nur Sultan. As a result, he reached a new career-high ranking in the top 120 at world No. 119. [18] He 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. [19]

In September, Safiullin reached the second semifinal of the season in Tel Aviv, where he lost in straight sets to top seed Novak Djokovic. As a result, he reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 92 on 3 October 2022. [20]

2023: Masters debuts, Major quarterfinal, first ATP final, first top-5 win, top 40

He 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. He won four three-set matches before defeating Vasek Pospisil in the final. [21]

He made his Masters 1000 debut at the 2023 BNP Paribas Open but lost to Ilya Ivashka. He qualified for his second Masters at the 2023 Miami Open but also lost in the first round to Grégoire Barrère.

On clay, he qualified for his third Masters at the 2023 Mutua Madrid Open and on his debut at this tournament, reached the third round for the first time in his career at a Masters level defeating Nicolás Jarry and upsetting 14th seed Tommy Paul. [22] He qualified for his next Masters 1000 at the Italian Open and also on his debut reached the third round, defeating two Americans, Marcos Giron and upsetting 22nd seed Sebastian Korda before losing to Australian Alexei Popyrin. [23]

At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships he defeated 20th seed Roberto Bautista Agut, Corentin Moutet, Guido Pella and 26th seed Denis Shapovalov to reach the quarterfinals of a Major for the first time. He became just the 12th man to reach the quarterfinals on his Wimbledon main draw debut. [24] As a result, he moved into the top 50 rising close to 50 positions up in the rankings. [25] [26] In the quarterfinal match, eighth seed Jannik Sinner proved too strong.

At the 2023 Chengdu Open he reached the semifinals defeating Brandon Nakashima, fourth seed Dan Evans [27] and Jordan Thompson by retirement. [28] He defeated second seed Lorenzo Musetti to reach his first final at ATP tour level. [29] He lost to top seed Alexander Zverev in three sets. [30]

At the 2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters he reached the third round upsetting this time ninth seed Alexander Zverev, his second career top-10 win. [31] At the next Masters in Paris where he qualified on his debut at this tournament, [32] he upset world No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz in the second round in straight sets for the biggest win in his career. [33] He improved to 3-6 against the Top 10 with this win. As a result he reached the top 40 in the rankings on 6 November 2023. [34] [35]

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current as of 2024 Monte-Carlo Masters .

Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 41–420%
French Open Q2 2R Q1 A0 / 11–150%
Wimbledon NH Q2 A [lower-alpha 2] QF 0 / 14–180%
US Open AA Q1 2R 0 / 11–150%
Win–loss0–02–20–15–30–10 / 77–750%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells AAA 1R 2R 0 / 21–233%
Miami Open AAA 1R 2R 0 / 21–233%
Monte-Carlo Masters AAA Q1 2R 0 / 11–150%
Madrid Open AAA 3R 0 / 12–167%
Italian Open AAA 3R 0 / 12–167%
Canadian Open AAAA0 / 00–0  
Cincinnati Open AAA 1R 0 / 10–10%
Shanghai Masters AAA 3R 0 / 12–167%
Paris Masters AAA 3R 0 / 12–167%
Win–loss0–00–00–08–73–30 / 1011–1052%

ATP Career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Sep 2023 Chengdu Open, China250 SeriesHard Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Zverev 7–6(7–2), 6–7(5–7), 3–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win 2015 Australian Open Hard Flag of South Korea.svg Hong Seong-chan 7–5, 7–6(7–2)

Other finals

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis tour finals

Singles: 29 (23 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger tour (4–0)
ITF Futures tour (19–6)
Titles by surface
Hard (20–5)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Apr 2014Uzbekistan F1, QarshiFuturesHard Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Temur Ismailov 2–6, 7–5, 6–1
Loss1–1Aug 2014Russia F5, KazanFuturesClay Flag of Russia.svg Anton Zaytsev 3–6, 4–6
Win2–1Aug 2014Russia F6, KazanFuturesClay Flag of Russia.svg Richard Muzaev 6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Win3–1Nov 2014Greece F11, HeraklionFuturesHard Flag of Serbia.svg Ivan Bjelica6–0, 3–6, 6–3
Win4–1Nov 2014Greece F12, HeraklionFuturesHard Flag of Serbia.svg Denis Bejtulahi4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4
Win5–1Nov 2014Turkey F42, AntalyaFuturesHard Flag of Ukraine.svg Denys Mylokostov7–6(9–7), 6–3
Win6–1Dec 2014Turkey F43, AntalyaFuturesHard Flag of Portugal.svg Frederico Ferreira Silva 6–1, 1–2 ret.
Loss6–2Feb 2016Turkey F5, AntalyaFuturesHard Flag of South Korea.svg Hong Seong-chan 2–6, 5–7
Win7–2Feb 2016Turkey F8, AntalyaFuturesHard Flag of Bulgaria.svg Dimitar Kuzmanov 3–6, 7–5, 7–5
Win8–2Aug 2016Egypt F21, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Michal Konečný6–2, 6–1
Loss8–3Sep 2016Egypt F23, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Flag of Tunisia.svg Anis Ghorbel 7–5, 2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win9–3Oct 2016Israel F14, MeitarFuturesHard Flag of Israel.svg Daniel Cukierman 6–0, 6–4
Win10–3Oct 2016Egypt F30, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Vivero González6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss10–4Nov 2016Egypt F32, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Michal Schmid3–6, 6–0, 6–7(5–7)
Win11–4Nov 2017Egypt F34, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Flag of Turkey.svg Cem İlkel 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Win12–4Mar 2018Russia F3, KazanFuturesHard (i) Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Jurabek Karimov 6–2, 6–1
Win13–4Mar 2018Egypt F10, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Pospíšil 6–1, 6–1
Loss13–5Jun 2018Uzbelistan F4, NamanganFuturesHard Flag of Turkey.svg Cem İlkel 1–6, 6–7(12–14)
Win14–5Oct 2018Vietnam F4, Tây NinhFuturesHard Flag of Vietnam.svg Lý Hoàng Nam 7–6(9–7), 6–4
Win15–5Nov 2018Vietnam F5, Tây NinhFuturesHard Flag of Vietnam.svg Lý Hoàng Nam 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win16–5Nov 2018Thailand F8, NonthaburiFuturesHard Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Sanjar Fayziev 7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Win17–5Mar 2019M25 Kazan, RussiaWorld Tennis TourHard (i) Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Sanjar Fayziev 6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Win18–5Apr 2019M25 Shymkent, KazakhstanWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Russia.svg Alen Avidzba 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Win19–5Apr 2019M25 Shymkent, KazakhstanWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Ukraine.svg Vladyslav Manafov 7–5, 6–3
Loss19–6May 2019M25 Namangan, UzbekistanWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tim van Rijthoven 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 4–6
Win20–6 Feb 2020 Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard (i) Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Marcora 6–4, 6–2
Win21–6 Jul 2022 Nur-Sultan, KazakhstanChallengerHard Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Denis Yevseyev 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Win22–6 Aug 2022 Chicago, USAChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Ben Shelton 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Win23–6 Feb 2023 Koblenz, GermanyChallengerHard (i) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Vasek Pospisil 6–2, 7–5

Doubles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runners-up)

Legend
Challengers (1–0)
Futures (3–7)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Aug 2014Kazan, RussiaFuturesClay Flag of Croatia.svg Marin Bradarić Flag of Russia.svg Ilia Shatskiy
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Zhurbin
5–7, 1–6
Loss0–2Aug 2014Kazan, RussiaFuturesClay Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Bublik Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Levine
Flag of Russia.svg Anton Zaytsev
1–6, 3–6
Win1–2Mar 2016Hammamet, TunisiaFuturesClay Flag of Austria.svg Lenny Hampel Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Nedelko
Flag of Finland.svg Henrik Sillanpää
6–1, 6–3
Loss1–3Aug 2016Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptFuturesHard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Michal Konečný Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Bernardi
Flag of Guatemala.svg Christopher Díaz Figueroa
6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–2), [7–10]
Loss1–4Mar 2018Kazan, RussiaFuturesHard (i) Flag of Russia.svg Teymuraz Gabashvili Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Pavlioutchenkov
Flag of Russia.svg Evgenii Tiurnev
4–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win2–4Apr 2018Qarshi, UzbekistanFuturesHard Flag of Russia.svg Konstantin Kravchuk Flag of India.svg Saketh Myneni
Flag of India.svg Vijay Sundar Prashanth
3–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss2–5Jun 2018Andijan, UzbekistanFuturesHard Flag of Russia.svg Konstantin Kravchuk Flag of Belarus.svg Sergey Betov
Flag of Belarus.svg Yaraslav Shyla
4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss2–6Jun 2018Namangan, UzbekistanFuturesHard Flag of Russia.svg Konstantin Kravchuk Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Sanjar Fayziev
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Khumoyun Sultanov
6–7(6–8), 7–5, [8–10]
Loss2–7Nov 2018Tây Ninh, VietnamFuturesHard Flag of Vietnam.svg Lý Hoàng Nam Flag of the Philippines.svg Francis Alcantara
Flag of Sweden.svg Markus Eriksson
7–5, 4–6, [7–10]
Win3–7May 2019Namangan M25, UzbekistanWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Russia.svg Evgenii Tiurnev Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Sanjar Fayziev
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Khumoyun Sultanov
7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win4–7 Feb 2020 Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard (i) Flag of Russia.svg Pavel Kotov Flag of France.svg Dan Added
Flag of France.svg Albano Olivetti
7–6(8–6), 5–7, [12–10]

Record against other players

Record against top 10 players

Safiullin's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

PlayerRecordWin %HardClayGrassLast Match
Number 1 ranked players
Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Alcaraz 1–0100%1–0Won (6–3, 6–4) at 2023 Paris
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray 1–150%1–1Won (6–3, 6–2) at 2023 Shanghai
Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic 0–20%0–10–1Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2024 Monte Carlo
Number 2 ranked players
Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Zverev 1–233%1–10–1Won (6–3, 6–1) at 2023 Shanghai
Flag of Italy.svg Jannik Sinner 0–20%0–10–1Lost (4–6, 6–3, 2–6, 2–6) at 2023 Wimbledon
Number 3 ranked players
Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas 1–150%1–1Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2024 Acapulco
Number 4 ranked players
Flag of Denmark.svg Holger Rune 0–20%0–2Lost (4–6, 6–2, 1–6) at 2024 Rotterdam
Number 6 ranked players
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Félix Auger-Aliassime 0–10%0–1Lost (6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)) at 2022 Marseille
Number 8 ranked players
Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Schwartzman 1–0100%1–0Won (6–2, 6–4) at 2024 Miami
Flag of Russia.svg Karen Khachanov 0–10%0–1Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2023 Vienna
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cameron Norrie 0–10%0–1Lost (6–3, 5–7, 3–6, 6–7(3–7)) at 2021 Australian Open
Number 9 ranked players
Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Bautista Agut 1–0100%1–0Won (2–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–5) at 2023 Wimbledon
Number 10 ranked players
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denis Shapovalov 1–233%0–21–0Won (3–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–3) at 2023 Wimbledon
Total7–1532%5–12
(29%)
0–2
(0%)
2–1
(67%)
* Statistics correct as of 9 April 2024

Wins over top 10 players

Season 2022 2023 Total
Wins123
#PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScoreRSR
2022
1. Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas 4 Open 13 Provence, FranceHard (i)QF6–4, 6–4163
2023
2. Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Zverev 10 Shanghai Masters, ChinaHard2R6–3, 6–150
3. Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Alcaraz 2 Paris Masters, FranceHard (i)2R6–3, 6–445
*As of 31 October 2023

Awards

Notes

  1. Рома́н Риша́тович Сафиу́ллин; Tatar: Роман Рәшит улы Сафиуллин, romanized: Roman Räşit ulı Safiullin. [2]
  2. Russian athletes were banned from competing following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [36] [37]
  3. (as part of the Team: Roman Safiullin, Evgenii Tiurnev, Andrey Rublev; captain Ivan Pridankin)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2023 Carlos Alcaraz tennis season</span> Tennis player season

The 2023 Carlos Alcaraz tennis season officially began on 16 January 2023, with the start of the Australian Open in Melbourne. Alcaraz returned to action at the Argentina Open following injury suffered prior to the Australian Open.

Novak Djokovic defeated Carlos Alcaraz in the final, 5–7, 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–4) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2023 Cincinnati Masters. He saved a championship point en route to his third Cincinnati Masters title and record-extending 39th ATP Tour Masters 1000 title overall; it was his ninth career title won after saving match points during a tournament. It was the second time he saved a championship point en route to a title in 2023, with the first instance occurring in Adelaide. At 3 hours and 49 minutes, this match was the longest best-of-three-sets ATP Tour final and the longest match in the tournament's history.

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