Boris Pašanski (), often spelled Pashanski in English-language media, is a former ATP professional player and a Serbian tennis coach.
Career highlights He reached a career-high ranking of world No. 55 in singles on 27 February 2006, while in doubles, he reached a career-high of world No. 190 on 17 August 2009.
He was coached by former ATP pros Adrian Voinea and Marcos Górriz.
Pašanski reached one ATP doubles final at 2006 Copa Telmax in Buenos Aires, partnering up with Greek Vasilis Mazarakis, which they lost to the No. 1 seeds and the defending champions from Czech Republic, František Čermák and Leoš Friedl.
During his career, he won 12 singles titles and 3 doubles titles on the ITF circuit.
Representing Malta, the country of his residence, Pašanski won silver medal in singles at Games of the Small States of Europe held in Andorra, where he lost in the final to Benjamin Balleret of Monaco.
Pašanski was also a member of the Serbia Davis Cup team and has a career 4:3 Davis Cup singles record in five ties. As part of the team, he participated in reaching the finals of 2013 Davis Cup, which Serbia lost 3:2 in a tie against Czech Republic Davis Cup team.
Coaching career After finishing his professional tennis career at the end of the 2014 season, Pašanski began his coaching career.
Being a GPTCA A-level coach, he has worked as coach with the fellow Serbian ATP players including Viktor Troicki, Nikola Milojević, Peđa Krstin, Marko Miladinović, and Hamad Medjedovic.
Private life Nicknamed Paša (Pasha), he lived in Malta, but began playing tennis at a local club near his house in Belgrade. His father, Milan, was a professor at Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Belgrade and former chief adviser to the director of the Security Intelligence Agency.
In his youth, his father, Milan Pašanski, was also a professional basketball player, while his grandfather, Ratibor Rajko Pašanski (b. 1914), played football professionally for Željezničar Sarajevo and was a member of the Yugoslavian national football team during the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Pašanski stated that if he wasn’t a tennis player, he would be a guitar player...He is a big fan of Jim Morrison and Roger Waters.
Currently living and working in Belgrade, Boris Pašanski is married and has a child.
Playing style Pašanski played his best games on clay courts, with a strong baseline game capable of creating decent pace on both wings, especially effective on clay, which was also his favorite surface.
In March 2024, sports magazine Sportazzo listed him among the top 10 greatest Serbian tennis players of all time.
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament20032004200520062007200820092010201120122013SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAQ1A2RQ21RQ1AAAQ10 / 21–2French OpenAQ1A1R1R1RQ1AAAQ10 / 30–3WimbledonQ1Q1A1RA1RAAAAQ30 / 20–2US OpenAAA1RAAAAAAQ10 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–01–40–10–30–00–00–00–00–00 / 81–8ATP World Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAA1RAAAAAAA0 / 10–1MiamiAAA1RAAAAAAA0 / 10–1Monte CarloAAA1RAQ1AAAAA0 / 10–1RomeAAA1RAQ2AAAAA0 / 10–1HamburgAAA1RAQ2AAAAA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–50–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 50–5
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP International Series (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Buenos Aires, ArgentinaInternational SeriesClay Vasilis Mazarakis František Čermák Leoš Friedl1–6, 2–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 25 (12–13) LegendATP Challenger (8–11)ITF Futures (4–2)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (11–13)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Hungary F1, MiskolcFuturesClay Igor Andreev6–3, 3–6, 4–6Loss0–2Budapest, HungaryChallengerClay Johan Settergren5–7, 4–6Loss0–3Ljubljana, SloveniaChallengerClay Jiří Vaněk3–6, 6–3, 1–6Win1–3Tampere, FinlandChallengerClay Éric Prodon6–2, 3–6, 6–2Win2–3Hungary F3, HódmezővásárhelyFuturesClay Amir Hadad7–6(7–2), 6–1Loss2–4Dresden, GermanyChallengerClay Vasilis Mazarakis3–6, 2–6Loss2–5Cuenca, EcuadorChallengerClay Zack Fleishman3–6, 4–6Win3–5Budaors, HungaryChallengerClay Vasilis Mazarakis6–3, 6–2Win4–5Tampere, FinlandChallengerClay Roko Karanušić7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–5Loss4–6Saransk, RussiaChallengerClay Igor Kunitsyn5–7, 4–6Win5–6Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerClay Vasilis Mazarakis6–3, 6–2Win6–6Budapest, HungaryChallengerClay Vasilis Mazarakis4–6, 6–3, 6–0Loss6–7Montevideo, UruguayChallengerClay Juan Martín del Potro3–6, 6–2, 6–7(3–7)Win7–7Aracaju, BrazilChallengerClay Nicolás Lapentti7–6(11–9), 7–5Win8–7Santiago, ChileChallengerClay Paul Capdeville6–2, 7–6(11–9)Loss8–8Aracaju, BrazilChallengerClay Sergio Roitman1–6, 3–6Loss8–9Turin, ItalyChallengerClay Carlos Berlocq4–6, 2–6Win9–9Cherkassy, UkraineChallengerClay Santiago Ventura7–5, 7–6(9–7)Loss9–10Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Mikhail Kukushkin3–6, 4–6Loss9–11Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Fabio Fognini4–6, 2–4 ret.Win10–11Italy F1, TrentoFuturesHard Stefano Galvani1–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–4)Loss10–12Italy F14, Busto ArsizioFuturesClay Petru-Alexandru Luncanu4–6, 6–7(6–8)Win11–12Romania F7, IașiFuturesClay Victor Crivoi6–7(6–8), 6–3, 7–5Loss11–13Rio de Janeiro, BrazilChallengerClay Gastão Elias3–6, 5–7Win12–13France F14, Bourg-en-BresseFuturesClay Yannik Reuter4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Doubles: 6 (3–3) LegendATP Challenger (3–1)ITF Futures (0–2)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (3–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Hungary F3, HódmezővásárhelyFuturesClay Viktor Troicki Norbert Pakai Tibor Szathmary3–6, 3–6Loss0–2Rabat, MoroccoChallengerClay Peter Luczak Yuri Schukin Orest Tereshchuk7–6(10–8), 6–7(4–7), [3–10]Win1–2Manerbio, ItalyChallengerClay Thomas Fabbiano Massimo Dell'Acqua Alessio di Mauro7–6(9–7), 7–5Win2–2Cali, ColombiaChallengerClay Daniel Köllerer Diego Junqueira Peter Luczak6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–4]Loss2–3Italy F14, Busto ArsizioFuturesClay Antonio Comporto Stefano Ianni Walter Trusendi3–6, 3–6Win3–3Seville, SpainChallengerClay Nikola Ćirić Stephan Fransen Jesse Huta Galung5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
References
External links
Pashanski world ranking history