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{{short description|Swiss tennis player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
{{Infobox tennis biography
|name = Roman Valent
| name = Roman Valent
|image =
| image =
|country = {{SUI}}
| country = {{flagu|Switzerland}}
|residence = [[Adliswil]], Switzerland
| residence = [[Adliswil]], Switzerland
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|7|8}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|7|8}}
|birth_place = [[Zürich]], Switzerland
| birth_place = [[Zürich]], Switzerland
| height = 1.83m
|height = {{height|m=1.83|precision=0}}<ref>[http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Va/R/Roman-Valent.aspx ATP World Tour profile]</ref>
| turnedpro = 2001
|weight = {{convert|78|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}
| plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
|turnedpro = 2001
| careerprizemoney = [[United States dollar|$]]60,375
|plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
| singlesrecord = 0–1
|careerprizemoney = [[US$|$]]60,375
| singlestitles = 0
|singlesrecord = 0–1
| highestsinglesranking = No. 300 (10 February 2003)
|singlestitles = 0<br /><small>0 [[ATP Challenger Tour|Challengers]], 2 [[ITF Men's Circuit|Futures]]
| doublesrecord = 0–1
|highestsinglesranking = No. 300 (10 February 2003)
| doublestitles = 0
|currentsinglesranking =
| highestdoublesranking = No. 408 (3 November 2003)
|AustralianOpenresult =
|coach=Pavel Daron, Dario Camenzind}}
|FrenchOpenresult =
|Wimbledonresult =
|USOpenresult =
|doublesrecord = 0–1
|doublestitles = 0
|highestdoublesranking = No. 408 (3 November 2003)
|updated = 27 August 2012
}}


'''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|Martina]] [[Hingis]]. Valent was ranked as high as world number 3 as a junior, having won the [[2001 Wimbledon Championships#Boys' Singles|2001 Wimbledon Boys' Singles tournament]].
'''Roman Valent''' (born 8 July 1983, in [[Zürich]]) is a [[Swiss]] professional tennis player. He was an outstanding junior, winning the [[2001 Wimbledon Championships#Boys' Singles|2001 Wimbledon Boys' Singles tournament]]. 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]], but he has played in many [[ATP Challenger Series|Challenger]] and [[Futures tournaments]] (winning 2 of the latter).

He has played in many [[ATP Challenger Series|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==
==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).
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==
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===Singles: 7 (2–5)===
!Tournament!!2000!!2001
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{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
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|-bgcolor=moccasin
|ATP Challenger (0–0)
|-bgcolor=cffcff
|ITF Futures (2–5)
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|
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
!Finals by surface
|-
|-
|Hard (1–4)
|colspan=10 align=left|'''[[List of Grand Slam boys' singles champions|Junior Grand Slam Tournaments]]
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|-
|Clay (0–1)
|align=left|[[Australian Open]]
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|bgcolor=ffebcd|[[2001 Australian Open#Boys' Singles|QF]]
|-
|-
|Grass (0–0)
|align=left|[[French Open]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2000 French Open#Boys' Singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2001 French Open#Boys' Singles|1R]]
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|align=left|[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2000 Wimbledon Championships#Boys' Singles|3R]]
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|-
|align=left|[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2000 US Open (tennis)#Boys' Singles|1R]]
|A
|-
|-
|Carpet (1–0)
|}
|}

==Finals==

===Singles (2–5)===
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!Legend (Singles)
|-bgcolor=CFFCFF
|[[ITF Men's Circuit|ITF Futures Tournaments]] (2–5)
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|}

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Outcome!!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Surface!!Opponent!!Score
!Result
|-bgcolor=CFFCFF
!class="unsortable"|W–L
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner
!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}
|1.
!Tournament
|31 March 2002
!Tier
|[[Melun]], France
!Surface
|Carpet (i)
!Opponent
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>1–0</small>
|{{dts|Mar 2002}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|France F8, [[Melun]]
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Carpet
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Grégory Carraz]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Grégory Carraz]]
|6–3, 2–6, 6–4
|6–3, 2–6, 6–4
|-
|-bgcolor=CFFCFF
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>1–1</small>
|1.
|14 April 2002
|{{dts|Apr 2002}}
|[[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], Jamaica
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Jamaica F1, [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Hard
|Hard
|{{flagicon|VEN|1954}} [[Kepler Orellana]]
|{{flagicon|VEN|1954}} [[Kepler Orellana]]
|2–6, 4–6
|2–6, 4–6
|-
|-bgcolor=CFFCFF
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>1–2</small>
|2.
|26 May 2002
|{{dts|May 2002}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Czech Republic F1, [[Most (city)|Most]]
|[[Most (Most District)|Most]], Czech Republic
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Clay
|Clay
|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[František Čermák]]
|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[František Čermák]]
|2–6, 7–5, 4–6
|2–6, 7–5, 4–6
|-
|-bgcolor=CFFCFF
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>1–3</small>
|3.
|8 June 2003
|{{dts|Jun 2003}}
|[[La Palma]], Spain
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Spain F9, [[La Palma]]
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Hard
|Hard
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Marc Bauer
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Marc Bauer
|2–6, 1–6
|2–6, 1–6
|-
|-bgcolor=CFFCFF
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>1–4</small>
|4.
|15 June 2003
|{{dts|Jun 2003}}
|[[Tenerife]], Spain
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Spain F10, [[Tenerife]]
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Hard
|Hard
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Teymuraz Gabashvili]]
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Teymuraz Gabashvili]]
|2–6, 0–6
|2–6, 0–6
|-
|-bgcolor=CFFCFF
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>1–5</small>
|5.
|13 March 2005
|{{dts|Mar 2005}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|France F4, [[Lille]]
|[[Lille]], France
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Hard (i)
|Hard
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Steve Darcis]]
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Steve Darcis]]
|5–7, 3–6
|5–7, 3–6
|-
|-bgcolor=CFFCFF
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>2–5</small>
|2.
|25 September 2005
|{{dts|Sep 2005}}
|[[Plaisir, Yvelines|Plaisir]], France
|style="background:#cffcff;"|France F14, [[Plaisir, Yvelines|Plaisir]]
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Hard (i)
|Hard
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Philipp Marx]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Philipp Marx]]
|6–4, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>
|6–4, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>
|}
|}


===Doubles (2–3)===
===Doubles: 5 (2–3)===
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{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
!Legend (Doubles)
!Legend
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|[[ATP Challenger Tour|ATP Challenger Series]] (0–1)
|ATP Challenger (0–1)
|-bgcolor=CFFCFF
|-bgcolor=cffcff
|[[ITF Men's Circuit|ITF Futures Tournaments]] (2–2)
|ITF Futures (2–2)
|}
|}
|
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
!Finals by surface
!Outcome!!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Surface!!Partnering!!Opponents!!Score
|-
|-bgcolor=CFFCFF
|Hard (0–1)
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner
|1.
|-
|Clay (0–2)
|30 March 2003
|-
|France F8
|Carpet (i)
|Grass (0–9)
|-
|Carpet (2–0)
|}
|}

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!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>1–0</small>
|{{dts|Mar 2003}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|France F8, [[Melun]]
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Carpet
|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Michael Lammer]]
|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Michael Lammer]]
|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Karim Maamoun]]<br>{{flagicon|EGY}} Mohammed Maamoun
|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Karim Maamoun]] <br> {{flagicon|EGY}} [[Mohamed Mamoun]]
|walkover
|Walkover
|-
|-bgcolor=CFFCFF
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>1–1</small>
|1.
|6 April 2003
|{{dts|Apr 2003}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|France F9, [[Saint-Brieuc]]
|France F9
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Clay (i)
|Clay
|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Michael Lammer]]
|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Michael Lammer]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Fabrice Betencourt<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Édouard Roger-Vasselin]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Fabrice Betencourt <br> {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Édouard Roger-Vasselin]]
|walkover
|Walkover
|-
|-bgcolor=CFFCFF
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>1–2</small>
|2.
|21 September 2003
|{{dts|Sep 2003}}
|France F16
|style="background:#cffcff;"|France F16, [[Mulhouse]]
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Hard (i)
|Hard
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Michael Berrer]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Michael Berrer]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Gary Lugassy<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Michel Pequery]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Gary Lugassy]] <br> {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Michel Pequery]]
|0–6, 2–6
|0–6, 2–6
|-
|-bgcolor=CFFCFF
|bgcolor=98FB98|Winner
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>2–2</small>
|2.
|12 February 2005
|{{dts|Feb 2005}}
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Austria F3, [[Bergheim, Austria|Bergheim]]
|Austria F3
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Carpet (i)
|Carpet
|{{flagicon|GER}} Lars Uebel
|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jaroslav Pospíšil]]<br>{{flagicon|CZE}} Radim Zitko
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Lars Uebel]]
|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jaroslav Pospíšil]] <br> {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Radim Žitko]]
|6–2, 7–6<sup>(7–2)</sup>
|6–2, 7–6<sup>(7–2)</sup>
|-
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>2–3</small>
|3.
|28 August 2005
|{{dts|Aug 2005}}
|[[Geneva Open Challenger]]
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Geneva Open Challenger|Geneva]], Switzerland
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
|Clay
|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Stéphane Bohli]]
|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Stéphane Bohli]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo]]<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Santiago Ventura Bertomeu|Santiago Ventura]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo]] <br> {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Santiago Ventura Bertomeu|Santiago Ventura]]
|3–6, 5–7
|3–6, 5–7
|}

==Junior Grand Slam finals==
===Singles: 1 (1 title)===
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!style="width:40px;"|Year
!style="width:150px;"|Tournament
!style="width:50px;"|Surface
!style="width:150px;"|Opponent
!style="width:125px;" class="unsortable"|Score
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win||[[2001 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles|2001]]||[[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]||Grass||{{flagicon|LUX}} [[Gilles Müller]]||3–6, 7–5, 6–3
|}
|}


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==External links==
==External links==
* {{ATP|v311}}
*{{ITF male profile|number=30020477}}
*{{ITF junior profile|number=30020477}}
* {{ITF profile}}


{{Wimbledon boys' singles champions}}
{{Wimbledon boys' singles champions}}


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| NAME = Valent, Roman
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Swiss tennis player
| DATE OF BIRTH = 8 July 1983
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Zürich]], Switzerland
| DATE OF DEATH =
| PLACE OF DEATH =
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Valent, Roman}}
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[[Category:1983 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Adliswil]]
[[Category:People from Adliswil]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Zürich]]
[[Category:Tennis players from Zürich]]
[[Category:Swiss male tennis players]]
[[Category:Swiss male tennis players]]
[[Category:Wimbledon junior champions]]
[[Category:Wimbledon junior champions]]
[[Category:Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles]]




Latest revision as of 02:12, 7 December 2023

Roman Valent
Country (sports)  Switzerland
ResidenceAdliswil, 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.

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[edit]

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[edit]

Singles: 7 (2–5)[edit]

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

Doubles: 5 (2–3)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–9)
Carpet (2–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2003 France F8, Melun Futures Carpet Switzerland Michael Lammer Egypt Karim Maamoun
Egypt Mohamed Mamoun 		walkover
Loss 1–1 Apr 2003 France F9, Saint-Brieuc Futures Clay Switzerland Michael Lammer France Fabrice Betencourt
France Édouard Roger-Vasselin 		walkover
Loss 1–2 Sep 2003 France F16, Mulhouse Futures Hard Germany Michael Berrer France Gary Lugassy
France Jean-Michel Pequery 		0–6, 2–6
Win 2–2 Feb 2005 Austria F3, Bergheim Futures Carpet Germany Lars Uebel Czech Republic Jaroslav Pospíšil
Czech Republic Radim Žitko 		6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 2–3 Aug 2005 Geneva, Switzerland Challenger Clay Switzerland Stéphane Bohli Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Spain Santiago Ventura 		3–6, 5–7

Junior Grand Slam finals[edit]

Singles: 1 (1 title)[edit]

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

References[edit]

External links[edit]


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