Roman Safiullin

Roman Rishatovich Safiullin[lower-alpha 1] (born 7 August 1997) is a Russian tennis player. Safiullin became junior champion at the 2015 Australian Open,[2] defeating South Korean Hong Seong-chan. Safiullin has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 143 achieved on 7 March 2022 and doubles of No. 239 achieved on 7 February 2022.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Rishatovich and the family name is Safiullin .
Roman Safiullin
Роман Сафиуллин
Safiullin in 2021
Country (sports) Russia
ResidencePodolsk, Russia
Born (1997-08-07) 7 August 1997
Podolsk, Russia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2015
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachRishat Safiullin
Prize moneyUS$764,230
Singles
Career record9–10 (47.4%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 143 (7 March 2022)
Current rankingNo. 145 (25 April 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2021)
French Open2R (2021)
WimbledonQ2 (2021)
Doubles
Career record3–4 (42.9%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 239 (7 February 2022)
Current rankingNo. 291 (25 April 2022)
Medal record
Men's tennis
Representing  Russia
Universiade
2017 Taipei Men's Singles
Last updated on: 14 February 2022.

Career

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

On the junior tour, Safiullin has a career high combined ranking of No. 2 achieved on 26 May 2014. His biggest junior title, after his Australian Open title, is the Grade A Trofeo Bonfiglio where he beat Andrey Rublev in the final.[5]

2020: Maiden Challenger titles in singles and doubles

Safiullin claimed his maiden challenger tour titles in singles and doubles with Pavel Kotov (tennis) in Cherbourg, France in February 2020.[6]

2021: Grand Slam debut

He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2021 Australian Open where he 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.[7] As a result he reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 156 on 14 June 2021.[8]

2022: ATP Cup debut and semifinalist, top 150 debut, first ATP semifinal & top 10 win

On his debut, he reached the semifinals at the 2022 ATP Cup after winning 2 singles and 3 doubles matches with teammate Daniil Medvedev. [9] 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.[10][8]

At the 2022 Australian Open, he qualified as lucky loser after the withdrawal of Casper Ruud where he lost to Alex Molcan.[11][12]

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.[13][14] He lost to Felix Auger-Aliassime in straight sets with two tiebreaks.[15]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS P NH
(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; (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.
Tournament 2020 2021 2022 W–L
Australian Open A 2R 1R 1–2
French Open Q2 2R 1–1
Wimbledon NH Q2 0–0
US Open A A 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)
Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2015 Australian Open Hard Hong Seong-chan 7–5, 7–6(7–2)

Other finals

Singles: 26 (20 titles, 6 runners-up)
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger tour (1–0)
ITF Futures tour (19–6)
Titles by surface
Hard (17–5)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2014 Uzbekistan F1, Qarshi Futures Hard Temur Ismailov 2–6, 7–5, 6–1
Loss 1–1 Aug 2014 Russia F5, Kazan Futures Clay Anton Zaytsev 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–1 Aug 2014 Russia F6, Kazan Futures Clay Richard Muzaev 6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Win 3–1 Nov 2014 Greece F11, Heraklion Futures Hard Ivan Bjelica 6–0, 3–6, 6–3
Win 4–1 Nov 2014 Greece F12, Heraklion Futures Hard Denis Bejtulahi 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4
Win 5–1 Nov 2014 Turkey F42, Antalya Futures Hard Denys Mylokostov 7–6(9–7), 6–3
Win 6–1 Dec 2014 Turkey F43, Antalya Futures Hard Frederico Ferreira Silva 6–1, 1–2 ret.
Loss 6–2 Feb 2016 Turkey F5, Antalya Futures Hard Hong Seong-chan 2–6, 5–7
Win 7–2 Feb 2016 Turkey F8, Antalya Futures Hard Dimitar Kuzmanov 3–6, 7–5, 7–5
Win 8–2 Aug 2016 Egypt F21, Sharm el-Sheikh Futures Hard Michal Konečný 6–2, 6–1
Loss 8–3 Sep 2016 Egypt F23, Sharm el-Sheikh Futures Hard Anis Ghorbel 7–5, 2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 9–3 Oct 2016 Israel F14, Meitar Futures Hard Daniel Cukierman 6–0, 6–4
Win 10–3 Oct 2016 Egypt F30, Sharm el-Sheikh Futures Hard Pablo Vivero González 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 10–4 Nov 2016 Egypt F32, Sharm el-Sheikh Futures Hard Michal Schmid 3–6, 6–0, 6–7(5–7)
Win 11–4 Nov 2017 Egypt F34, Sharm el-Sheikh Futures Hard Cem İlkel 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Win 12–4 Mar 2018 Russia F3, Kazan Futures Hard (i) Jurabek Karimov 6–2, 6–1
Win 13–4 Mar 2018 Egypt F10, Sharm el-Sheikh Futures Hard Jaroslav Pospíšil 6–1, 6–1
Loss 13–5 Jun 2018 Uzbelistan F4, Namangan Futures Hard Cem İlkel 1–6, 6–7(12–14)
Win 14–5 Oct 2018 Vietnam F4, Tây Ninh Futures Hard Lý Hoàng Nam 7–6(9–7), 6–4
Win 15–5 Nov 2018 Vietnam F5, Tây Ninh Futures Hard Lý Hoàng Nam 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 16–5 Nov 2018 Thailand F8, Nonthaburi Futures Hard Sanjar Fayziev 7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Win 17–5 Mar 2019 M25 Kazan, Russia World Tennis Tour Hard (i) Sanjar Fayziev 6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Win 18–5 Apr 2019 M25 Shymkent , Kazakhstan World Tennis Tour Clay Alen Avidzba 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Win 19–5 Apr 2019 M25 Shymkent , Kazakhstan World Tennis Tour Clay Vladyslav Manafov 7–5, 6–3
Loss 19–6 May 2019 M25 Namangan , Uzbekistan World Tennis Tour Hard Tim Van Rijthoven 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 4–6
Win 20–6 Feb 2020 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard (i) Roberto Marcora 6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runners-up)
Legend
Challengers (1–0)
Futures (3–7)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2014 Kazan, Russia Futures Clay Marin Bradarić Ilia Shatskiy
Alexander Zhurbin		 5–7, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2014 Kazan, Russia Futures Clay Alexander Bublik Andrei Levine
Anton Zaytsev		 1–6, 3–6
Win 1–2 Mar 2016 Hammamet, Tunisia Futures Clay Lenny Hampel Ivan Nedelko
Henrik Sillanpää		 6–1, 6–3
Loss 1–3 Aug 2016 Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Futures Hard Michal Konečný Pedro Bernardi
Christopher Díaz Figueroa		 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–2), [7–10]
Loss 1–4 Mar 2018 Kazan, Russia Futures Hard (i) Teymuraz Gabashvili Alexander Pavlioutchenkov
Evgeny Tyurnev		 4–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win 2–4 Apr 2018 Qarshi, Uzbekistan Futures Hard Konstantin Kravchuk Saketh Myneni
Vijay Sundar Prashanth		 3–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss 2–5 Jun 2018 Andijan, Uzbekistan Futures Hard Konstantin Kravchuk Sergey Betov
Yaraslav Shyla		 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 2–6 Jun 2018 Namangan, Uzbekistan Futures Hard Konstantin Kravchuk Sanjar Fayziev
Khumoyun Sultanov		 6–7(6–8), 7–5, [8–10]
Loss 2–7 Nov 2018 Tây Ninh, Vietnam Futures Hard Lý Hoàng Nam Francis Alcantara
Markus Eriksson		 7–5, 4–6, [7–10]
Win 3–7 May 2019 Namangan M25, Uzbekistan World Tennis Tour Hard Evgenii Tiurnev Sanjar Fayziev
Khumoyun Sultanov		 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 4–7 Feb 2020 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard (i) Pavel Kotov Dan Added
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:

Player Record Win % Hard Clay Grass Last Match
Number 3 ranked players
Stefanos Tsitsipas 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (6–4, 6–4) at 2022 Marseille
Alexander Zverev 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (6–7(4–7), 3–6, 6–7(1–7)) at 2021 French Open
Number 10 ranked players
Denis Shapovalov 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (4–6, 7–5, 4–6) at 2022 ATP Cup
Total 1–2 33% 1–1
(50%)		 0–1
(0%)		 0–0
( – )		 * Statistics correct as of 19 February 2022

Wins over top 10 players
  • He has a 1–2 (33.3%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season 2022 Total
Wins11
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score RSR
2022
1. Stefanos Tsitsipas 4 Marseille, France Hard (i) QF 6–4, 6–4 163
*As of 19 February 2022

Awards

Notes
  1. Russian: Рома́н Риша́тович Сафиу́ллин; Tatar: Cyrillic Роман Рәшит улы Сафиуллин, Latin Roman Räşit ulı Safiullin.[1]
  2. (as part of the Team: Roman Safiullin, Evgeny Tyurnev, Andrey Rublev; captain Ivan Pridankin)

References
  1. "Татарский теннисист Роман Сафиуллин выступит в основной сетке «Ролан Гаррос»" [Tatar tennis player Roman Safiullin will compete in the main draw of Roland Garros]. tatarlar.info (in Russian). TatarLar. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022. Роман Рәшит Улы Сафиуллин
  2. "Safiullin wins boys' title, Mihalikova wins girls' title at Australian Open". Tennis.com. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  3. «По впечатлению спортсменов в Татарстане построен один из лучших теннисных центров»
  4. "Татарский теннисист Роман Сафиуллин выступит в основной сетке «Ролан Гаррос»" [Tatar tennis player Roman Safiullin will compete in the main draw of Roland Garros]. tatarlar.info (in Russian). TatarLar. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022. Роман Рәшит Улы Сафиуллин
  5. https://www.gazzetta.it/Tennis/25-05-2014/tennis-bonfiglio-vincono-roman-safiullin-catherine-bellis-80756771437.shtml
  6. https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/roman-safiullin/800333790/rus/mt/s/titles/
  7. https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roman-safiullin/sx50/player-activity?year=all&tournament=gs
  8. https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roman-safiullin/sx50/rankings-history
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  10. "How Roman Safiullin Became an Unlikely Hero for Russia at the ATP Cup". 5 January 2022.
  11. https://firstsportz.com/tennis-casper-ruud-pulls-out-of-australian-open-2022-eyes-return-in-the-next-couple-of-weeks/
  12. https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/australian-open/australian-open-2022-fans-stunned-after-russias-roman-safiullin-produced-moment-of-sportsmanship-in-loss--c-5364679
  13. "Qualifier Roman Safiullin Stuns Stefanos Tsitsipas in Open 13 Provence Marseille | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  14. https://www.tennismajors.com/atp/marseille-open-13-provence-atp-250-atp/the-best-win-of-my-career-safiullin-knocks-out-tsitsipas-to-reach-marseille-final-590544.html
  15. "Felix Auger-Aliassime Keeps Run Rolling, Sets Andrey Rublev Final Clash in Open 13 Provence in Marseille | ATP Tour | Tennis".
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