Roman Valent

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Roman Valent
Country (sports)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Residence Adliswil, Switzerland
Born (1983-07-08) 8 July 1983 (age 40)
Zürich, Switzerland
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2001
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachPavel Daron, Dario Camenzind
Prize money $60,375
Singles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 300 (10 February 2003)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 408 (3 November 2003)

Roman Valent (born 8 July 1983) is a professional tennis player from Switzerland. As a junior, he was coached by Pavel Daron, former sparring partner of Martina Hingis. Valent was ranked as high as world number 3 as a junior, having won the 2001 Wimbledon Boys' Singles tournament.

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He has played in many Challenger and Futures tournaments, winning two of the latter. In 2003 Valent reached a career high ranking of 300 after having broken into top 500 just a year before.

In the following years, Valent was set back by serious injuries to his shoulder or knee as well as Pfeiffer's glandular fever. From 2006 to 2008 he hardly played. In 2009 he made a comeback and was initially able to get closer to his best ranking. In qualifying for the ATP Tour event in Metz, he won all three matches and reached his only singles main draw of his career at the 2009 Open de Moselle. There he lost to Frenchman Marc Gicquel.

In 2012, Valent finally retired from professional tennis due to another knee injury. Since then he works as a tennis coach in Zurich.

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).

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (2–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (2–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–4)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Mar 2002France F8, Melun FuturesCarpet Flag of France.svg Grégory Carraz 6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Loss1–1Apr 2002Jamaica F1, Kingston FuturesHard Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg Kepler Orellana 2–6, 4–6
Loss1–2May 2002Czech Republic F1, Most FuturesClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg František Čermák 2–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss1–3Jun 2003Spain F9, La Palma FuturesHard Flag of France.svg Marc Bauer2–6, 1–6
Loss1–4Jun 2003Spain F10, Tenerife FuturesHard Flag of Russia.svg Teymuraz Gabashvili 2–6, 0–6
Loss1–5Mar 2005France F4, Lille FuturesHard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Steve Darcis 5–7, 3–6
Win2–5Sep 2005France F14, Plaisir FuturesHard Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Marx 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles: 5 (2–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–9)
Carpet (2–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Mar 2003France F8, Melun FuturesCarpet Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Michael Lammer Flag of Egypt.svg Karim Maamoun
Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Mamoun
walkover
Loss1–1Apr 2003France F9, Saint-Brieuc FuturesClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Michael Lammer Flag of France.svg Fabrice Betencourt
Flag of France.svg Édouard Roger-Vasselin
walkover
Loss1–2Sep 2003France F16, Mulhouse FuturesHard Flag of Germany.svg Michael Berrer Flag of France.svg Gary Lugassy
Flag of France.svg Jean-Michel Pequery
0–6, 2–6
Win2–2Feb 2005Austria F3, Bergheim FuturesCarpet Flag of Germany.svg Lars Uebel Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Pospíšil
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Radim Žitko
6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Loss2–3Aug 2005 Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stéphane Bohli Flag of Spain.svg Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Flag of Spain.svg Santiago Ventura
3–6, 5–7

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win 2001 Wimbledon Grass Flag of Luxembourg.svg Gilles Müller 3–6, 7–5, 6–3

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