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Blaž Rola

Blaž Rola
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Country (sports) Slovenia Slovenia
Residence Ptuj, Slovenia
Born (1990-10-05) 5 October 1990 (age 26)
Ptuj, Slovenia
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $532,612
Singles
Career record 13–16
Career titles 0
2 Challenger, 9 Futures
Highest ranking No. 78 (5 January 2015)
Current ranking No. 148 (1 February 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (2014)
French Open Q3 (2014)
Wimbledon 2R (2014)
US Open 1R (2014)
Doubles
Career record 3–3
Career titles 0
1 Challenger, 6 Futures
Highest ranking No. 209 (11 January 2016)
Current ranking No. 213 (1 February 2016)
Last updated on: 1 February 2016.

Blaž Rola (born 5 October 1990 in Ptuj) is a Slovenian tennis player.

His highest career ranking is no. 78 in singles and no. 209 in doubles. He represents Slovenia on the Slovenia Davis Cup team. He competed for The Ohio State University from 2010 to 2013, winning the NCAA doubles championship in 2012 and the NCAA singles championship in 2013. In his career, he has won nine singles and six doubles ITF Futures tournaments and one ATP Challenger in singles and doubles. In the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey, he won gold in singles and doubles.

Rola was born in Ptuj, the oldest Slovenian town, to father Marijan Rola and mother Majda Rola. He was four years old when he started playing tenis and when he was six he joined the Tennis Club Terme Ptuj where he spent the most of his youth. He went to High school in Ptuj. In 2010 he moved to the United States where he studied at and competed in tennis for Ohio State University until 2013.

In 2008 he began his professional career when he performed his first tournaments in ITF Futures and ATP Challenger Tour series.

In 2010 he represented Slovenia for the first time in Davis Cup and moved to study and play tennis in United States.

At 2013 Mediterranean Games he won 2 gold medals and made big progress when he reached Top 200 on ATP rankings for the first time in his career. In this period he won 9 Futures singles and 6 doubles titles and 1 title in doubles in Challenger series.

Through qualifications he reached the main draw of Grand Slam tournament for the first time. At 2014 Australian Open he lost in second round against Martin Kližan. With this result he became 5th Slovene male player in main draw of any Grand Slam.


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