Roman Safiullin

2014-2015: Juniors

On the junior circuit, Safiullin reached an ITF combined ranking of world No. 2 on 26 May 2014. He is a Grand Slam Junior champion, having won the 2015 Australian Open over Hong Seong-chan.^[5] His biggest junior title, after his Australian Open title, is the Grade A Trofeo Bonfiglio where he beat Andrey Rublev in the final.^[6]

2020: First Challenger titles in singles & doubles, top 200

Safiullin claimed his first Challenger tour titles in singles and doubles with Pavel Kotov in Cherbourg, France in February 2020.^[7]

2021: Grand Slam debut

Safiullin 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.^[8] As a result, he reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 156 on 14 June 2021.^[9]

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.^[10] 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.^[11][9]

At the 2022 Australian Open, he qualified as lucky loser after the withdrawal of Casper Ruud where he lost to Alex Molčan.^[12][13]

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.^[14][15] He lost to Félix Auger-Aliassime in straight sets with two tiebreaks.^[16]

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.^[17] 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.^[18]

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.^[19]

2023-2024: Major quarterfinal, ATP final & top 5 win, top 50, Masters fourth round

Safiullin reached a new best singles ranking of world 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.^[20]

Safiullin 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.^[21] 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.^[22]

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.^[23] As a result, he moved into the top 50 rising close to 50 positions up in the rankings.^[24][25] 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^[26] and Jordan Thompson by retirement.^[27] He defeated second seed Lorenzo Musetti to reach his first final at ATP tour level.^[28] He lost to top seed Alexander Zverev in three sets.^[29]

At the 2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters he reached the third round upsetting this time ninth seed Alexander Zverev, his second career top-10 win.^[30] At the next Masters in Paris where he qualified on his debut at this tournament,^[31] he upset world No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz in the second round in straight sets for the biggest win in his career.^[32] 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.^[33][34] At the 2024 Rolex Shanghai Masters, Safiullin went one step further and reached the fourth round for the first time at the 1000-level, with upsets over 23rd seed Alexander Bublik and 13th seed Frances Tiafoe.^[35]

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2023	Chengdu Open, China	ATP 250	Hard	Alexander Zverev	7–6(7–2), 6–7(5–7), 3–6

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Singles: 8 (8 titles)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2020	Challenger La Manche, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Roberto Marcora	6–4, 6–2
Win	2–0	Jul 2022	President's Cup, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Hard	Denis Yevseyev	2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Win	3–0	Aug 2022	Chicago Men's Challenger, US	Challenger	Hard	Ben Shelton	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Win	4–0	Feb 2023	Koblenz Open, Germany	Challenger	Hard (i)	Vasek Pospisil	6–2, 7–5
Win	5–0	Aug 2024	Cary Tennis Classic, US	Challenger	Hard	Mattia Bellucci	1–6, 7–5, 7–5
Win	6–0	Oct 2024	Slovak Open, Slovakia	Challenger	Hard (i)	Raphaël Collignon	6–3, 6–4
Win	7–0	Apr 2026	Open de Oeiras, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Valentin Royer	6–1, 6–2
Win	8–0	May 2026	Upper Austria Open, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Jaime Faria	4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

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Doubles: 1 (title)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2020	Challenger La Manche, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Pavel Kotov	Dan Added Albano Olivetti	7–6(8–6), 5–7, [12–10]

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Singles: 25 (19 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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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	Uzbekistan 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	WTT	Hard (i)	Sanjar Fayziev	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Win	18–5	Apr 2019	M25 Shymkent, Kazakhstan	WTT	Clay	Alen Avidzba	7–6(7–2), 6–2
Win	19–5	Apr 2019	M25 Shymkent, Kazakhstan	WTT	Clay	Vladyslav Manafov	7–5, 6–3
Loss	19–6	May 2019	M25 Namangan, Uzbekistan	WTT	Hard	Tim van Rijthoven	7–6(7–5), 5–7, 4–6

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Doubles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner-ups)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2014	Russia, Kazan	Futures	Clay	Marin Bradarić	Ilia Shatskiy Alexander Zhurbin	5–7, 1–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2014	Russia, Kazan	Futures	Clay	Alexander Bublik	Andrey Levine Anton Zaytsev	1–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Mar 2016	Tunisia, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Lenny Hampel	Ivan Nedelko Henrik Sillanpää	6–1, 6–3
Loss	1–3	Aug 2016	Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Michal Konečný	Pedro Bernardi Christopher Díaz Figueroa	6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–2), [7–10]
Loss	1–4	Mar 2018	Russia, Kazan	Futures	Hard (i)	Teymuraz Gabashvili	Alexander Pavlioutchenkov Evgenii Tiurnev	4–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win	2–4	Apr 2018	Uzbekistan, Qarshi	Futures	Hard	Konstantin Kravchuk	Saketh Myneni Vijay Sundar Prashanth	3–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss	2–5	Jun 2018	Uzbekistan, Andijan	Futures	Hard	Konstantin Kravchuk	Sergey Betov Yaraslav Shyla	4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss	2–6	Jun 2018	Uzbekistan, Namangan	Futures	Hard	Konstantin Kravchuk	Sanjar Fayziev Khumoyun Sultanov	6–7(6–8), 7–5, [8–10]
Loss	2–7	Nov 2018	Vietnam, Tây Ninh	Futures	Hard	Lý Hoàng Nam	Francis Alcantara Markus Eriksson	7–5, 4–6, [7–10]
Win	3–7	May 2019	M25 Namangan, Uzbekistan	WTT	Hard	Evgenii Tiurnev	Sanjar Fayziev Khumoyun Sultanov	7–6(7–5), 6–3

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Singles: 1 (title)

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

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