Roman Borvanov (born 31 March 1982) is a professional tennis player who represents Moldova. He played NCAA collegiate tennis at the University of Portland. He represented the United States until the end of 2005.
Borvanov has won nine singles and seven doubles Futures titles in his career as well as three ATP Challenger Tour doubles titles. When he achieved his career high ATP singles ranking of 200 in October 2011 he became the first Moldovan player to ever be ranked in the top 200.
Roman was sponsored by several top tennis and sports brands.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 15 (9–6) LegendATP Challenger (0–0)ITF Futures (9–6)Finals by surfaceHard (7–5)Clay (2–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Mexico F15, Ciudad ObregónFuturesHard Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli1–6, 6–7(5–7)Win1–1Mexico F3, Mexico CityFuturesHard Rahim Esmail7–5, 6–0Win2–1Mexico F7, GuadalajaraFuturesClay Lázaro Navarro7–5, 6–2Loss2–2Mexico F17, Ciudad ObregónFuturesHard Miguel Gallardo Valles5–7, 6–3, 5–7Win3–2Mexico F20, QuerétaroFuturesHard Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli7–6(7–4), 6–2Win4–2Mexico F2, NaucalpanFuturesHard Ryler Deheart7–5, 6–1Loss4–3Mexico F4, CórdobaFuturesHard Nicholas Monroe3–6, 3–6Loss4–4Mexico F15, Puerto VallartaFuturesHard Marcelo Arévalo3–6, 3–6Win5–4Mexico F8, GuadalajaraFuturesClay César Ramírez6–1, 6–4Win6–4Mexico F9, DurangoFuturesHard Víctor Romero6–3, 6–4Win7–4Mexico F1, Mexico CityFuturesHard Miguel Gallardo Valles4–6, 6–2, 6–4Loss7–5Mexico F5, CelayaFuturesHard Miguel Gallardo Valles3–6, 4–6Win8–5Mexico F6, PueblaFuturesHard Marcel Felder4–6, 7–5, 6–4Win9–5Mexico F1, MonterreyFuturesHard Daniel Garza6–2, 6–3Loss9–6Romania F3, BacăuFuturesClay Radu Albot5–7, 4–6
Doubles: 17 (10–7) LegendATP Challenger (3–1)ITF Futures (7–6)Finals by surfaceHard (5–6)Clay (4–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Mexico F6, CelayaFuturesHard Sven Swinnen Miha Gregorc Philip Gubenco3–6, 6–1, 5–7Win1–1Switzerland F3, WilenFuturesCarpet Dustin Brown Patrick Eichenberger Dylan Sessagesimi6–0, 6–7(9–11), 6–3Win2–1France F14, PlaisirFuturesHard Clement Reix Jonathan Eysseric Jérôme Inzerillo5–7, 7–6(7–5), [10–7]Win3–1Lubbock, United StatesChallengerHard Artem Sitak Alex Bogomolov Jr. Dušan Vemić6–2, 6–3Loss3–2Mexico F15, Puerto VallartaFuturesHard Nima Roshan Javier Herrera-Eguiluz César Ramírez3–6, 4–6Win4–2Mexico F9, DurangoFuturesHard Víctor Romero Maciek Sykut Denis Zivkovic6–3, 6–4Win5–2USA F1, PlantationFuturesClay Denis Zivkovic Daniel Smethurst Alexander Ward6–4, 6–4Loss5–3Mexico F1, MonterreyFuturesHard Christopher Díaz Figueroa Austin Krajicek Devin Britton2–6, 3–6Loss5–4Mexico F3, Mexico CityFuturesHard Adam El Mihdawy Nicolás Barrientos Christopher Díaz Figueroa5–7, 6–7(6–8)Win6–4Mexico F4, TehuacanFuturesHard Christopher Díaz Figueroa Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Alan Nunez Aguilera7–6(7–2), 6–2Loss6–5Guatemala F1, Guatemala CityFuturesHard Vahid Mirzadeh Marcelo Arévalo Christopher Díaz Figueroa2–6, 6–7(0–7)Win7–5USA F15, Indian Harbour BeachFuturesClay Milan Pokrajac Marcelo Arévalo Roberto Maytín7–6(7–4), 6–3Win8–5Canada F3, KelownaFuturesHard Milan Pokrajac Kyle Mcmorrow Nicolas Meister6–4, 7–5Loss8–6Canada F4, SaskatoonFuturesHard Milan Pokrajac Austin Krajicek Tennys Sandgren4–6, 6–2, [6–10]Win9–6Medellín, ColombiaChallengerClay Emilio Gómez Nicolás Barrientos Eduardo Struvay6–3, 7–6(7–4)Win10–6São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Artem Sitak Sergio Galdós Guido Pella6–4, 7–6(7–3)Loss10–7Guayaquil, EcuadorChallengerClay Alexander Satschko Stephan Fransen Wesley Koolhof6–1, 2–6, [5–10]
References
External links
Interview with him on itftennis.com