Country (sports) Slovenia Prize money $501,722 Name Blaz Rola Height 1.93 m Education Ohio State University | Residence Ptuj, Slovenia Career record 11–16 Role Tennis player Weight 79 kg | |
Born 5 October 1990 (age 33)
Ptuj, Slovenia ( 1990-10-05 ) Plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand) Career titles 0
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2014 day 3 highlights andy murray vs blaz rola second round
Blaz Rola (born 5 October 1990 in Ptuj) is a Slovenian tennis player.
Contents
- 2014 day 3 highlights andy murray vs blaz rola second round
- Urh krajnc domiter blaz rola ohio state university college tennis recruiting video
- Personal life
- 2008 2013
- 2014
- Singles performance timeline
- Head to head vs Top 10 ranked players
- Full head to head list 7 10
- References
His highest career ranking is no. 85 in singles and no. 210 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.
Urh krajnc domiter blaz rola ohio state university college tennis recruiting video
Personal life
Rola was born in Ptuj, the oldest Slovenian town, to father Marijan Rola and mother Majda Rola and has one sister Eva. First time he played tennis when he was around four years old inspired by sister who trained tennis at the time and his father. When he was six he joined the Tennis Club Terme Ptuj where he spent the most of his youth. In 2010 he moved to the United States where he studied at and competed in tennis for Ohio State University until 2013.
2008-2013
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.
2014
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 Klizan. With this result he became 5th Slovene male player in main draw of any Grand Slam.
In May he reached Top 100 on ATP rankings and played in qualifications for 2014 French Open where her lost in the 3rd round.
In June he played his first 250 series tournament on grass. In 2014 Aegon Championships, London and 2014 Aegon International, Eastbourne he lost in the first round on both occasions. He played in the main draw of 2014 Wimbledon Championships for the first time in his career and lost 1-6, 1-6, 0-6 in 2nd round against Andy Murray.
Singles performance timeline
* As of 25 August 2014Head-to-head vs. Top 10 ranked players
W–L record against players who have been ranked World No. 10 at that time or before in their career.
Full head-to-head list (7-10)
Career W–L record in singles matches on ATP World Tour, Grand Slam, Davis Cup. (as of 25 August 2014)