Roman Valent

Roman Valent

Country (sports)	Switzerland
Residence	Adliswil, Switzerland
Born	(1983-07-08) 8 July 1983 (age 38) Zürich, Switzerland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$60,375
Singles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 2 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 300 (10 February 2003)
Doubles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 2 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 408 (3 November 2003)
Last updated on: 9 August 2021.

Roman Valent (born 8 July 1983, in Zürich) is a professional tennis player from Switzerland. He was an outstanding junior, winning the 2001 Wimbledon Boys' Singles tournament. He has played in many Challenger and Futures tournaments, winning two of the latter. However, Valent has played just one match on the ATP Tour, in which he lost to Frenchman Marc Gicquel at the 2009 Open de Moselle.

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)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2002	France F8, Melun	Futures	Carpet	Grégory Carraz	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Apr 2002	Jamaica F1, Kingston	Futures	Hard	Kepler Orellana	2–6, 4–6
Loss	1–2	May 2002	Czech Republic F1, Most	Futures	Clay	František Čermák	2–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	1–3	Jun 2003	Spain F9, La Palma	Futures	Hard	Marc Bauer	2–6, 1–6
Loss	1–4	Jun 2003	Spain F10, Tenerife	Futures	Hard	Teymuraz Gabashvili	2–6, 0–6
Loss	1–5	Mar 2005	France F4, Lille	Futures	Hard	Steve Darcis	5–7, 3–6
Win	2–5	Sep 2005	France F14, Plaisir	Futures	Hard	Philipp Marx	6–4, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles: 5 (2–3)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2003	France F8, Melun	Futures	Carpet	Michael Lammer	Karim Maamoun Mohammed Maamoun	walkover
Loss	1–1	Apr 2003	France F9, Saint-Brieuc	Futures	Clay	Michael Lammer	Fabrice Betencourt Édouard Roger-Vasselin	walkover
Loss	1–2	Sep 2003	France F16, Mulhouse	Futures	Hard	Michael Berrer	Gary Lugassy Jean-Michel Pequery	0–6, 2–6
Win	2–2	Feb 2005	Austria F3, Bergheim	Futures	Carpet	Lars Übel	Jaroslav Pospíšil Radim Žitko	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Loss	2–3	Aug 2005	Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Stéphane Bohli	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Santiago Ventura	3–6, 5–7

Junior Grand Slam finals[]

Singles: 1 (1 title)[]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2001	Wimbledon	Grass	Gilles Muller	3–6, 7–5, 6–3

References[]

External links[]

• Roman Valent at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Roman Valent at the International Tennis Federation

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