Roman Valent

Roman Valent (born 8 July 1983) is a former 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

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)

Result	W–L	Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Template:Dts	France F8, Melun	Futures	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Grégory Carraz	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Template:Dts	Jamaica F1, Kingston	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Kepler Orellana	2–6, 4–6
Loss	1–2	Template:Dts	Czech Republic F1, Most	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon František Čermák	2–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	1–3	Template:Dts	Spain F9, La Palma	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Marc Bauer	2–6, 1–6
Loss	1–4	Template:Dts	Spain F10, Tenerife	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Teymuraz Gabashvili	2–6, 0–6
Loss	1–5	Template:Dts	France F4, Lille	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Steve Darcis	5–7, 3–6
Win	2–5	Template:Dts	France F14, Plaisir	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon 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)

Result	W–L	Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Template:Dts	France F8, Melun	Futures	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Michael Lammer	Template:Flagicon Karim Maamoun Template:Flagicon Mohamed Mamoun	walkover
Loss	1–1	Template:Dts	France F9, Saint-Brieuc	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Michael Lammer	Template:Flagicon Fabrice Betencourt Template:Flagicon Édouard Roger-Vasselin	walkover
Loss	1–2	Template:Dts	France F16, Mulhouse	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Michael Berrer	Template:Flagicon Gary Lugassy Template:Flagicon Jean-Michel Pequery	0–6, 2–6
Win	2–2	Template:Dts	Austria F3, Bergheim	Futures	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Lars Uebel	Template:Flagicon Jaroslav Pospíšil Template:Flagicon Radim Žitko	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Loss	2–3	Template:Dts	Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Stéphane Bohli	Template:Flagicon Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Template:Flagicon Santiago Ventura	3–6, 5–7

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

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

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