Blaž Rola


Blaž Rola 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.

Personal life

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 January 2019 he and his fiancée Vanesa welcomed daughter Izabela. The same year he married his long term girlfriend, Slovenian blogger Vanesa Rola.

Career

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 Kližan. 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.

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 26 (13–13)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Slovenia F1, KamnikFuturesClay Marcel Zimmermann6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Win1–1Slovenia F3, MariborFuturesClay György Balázs2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss1–2Italy F18, ModenaFuturesClay Matteo Viola1–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win2–2Austria F3, Bad WaltersdorfFuturesClay Pascal Brunner7–5, 6–3
Win3–2USA F17, InnisbrookFuturesClay Luis David Martínez6–2, 6–1
Loss3–3Austria F1, TelfsFuturesClay Marc Rath6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Win4–3Austria F3, Bad WaltersdorfFuturesClay Nicolas Reissig6–3, 6–2
Loss4–4Croatia F7, ČakovecFuturesClay Peter Heller4–6, 0–6
Win5–4Croatia F8, VinkovciFuturesClay Toni Androić6–2, 6–2
Win6–4Austria F9, VogauFuturesClay Andreas Haider-Maurer6–2, 7–6
Win7–4Mexico F12, Quintana RooFuturesHard José Pereira7–6, 6–4
Loss7–52013 Peugeot Tennis Cup – Singles|Rio de Janeiro, BrazilChallengerClay Agustín Velotti3–6, 4–6
Win8–5Poland F5, BytomFuturesClay Filip Krajinovićw/o
Win9–5Armenia F2, YerevanFuturesClay Boy Westerhof6–2, 6–4
Loss9–6Croatia F11, DubrovnikFuturesClay Janez Semrajc4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win10–62014 ATP Challenger Guangzhou – Singles|Guangzhou, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Yūichi Sugita6–7, 6–4, 6–3
Loss10–72014 Visit Panamá Cup – Singles|Panama City, PanamaChallengerClay Pere Riba5–7, 7–5, 2–6
Loss10–82014 São Paulo Challenger de Tênis – Singles|São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Rogério Dutra Silva4–6, 2–6
Loss10–92014 Poznań Open – Singles|Poznań, PolandChallengerClay David Goffin4–6, 2–6
Win11–92015 Campeonato Internacional de Tenis de Santos – Singles|Santos, BrazilChallengerClay Germain Gigounon6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss11–102016 Blu Panorama Airlines Tennis Cup – Singles|Perugia, ItalyChallengerClay Nicolás Kicker6–2, 3–6, 0–6
Win12–102017 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger – Singles|Tallahassee, USAChallengerClay Ramkumar Ramanathan6–2, 6–7, 7–5
Loss12–112018 Qujing International Challenger – Singles|Quijing, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Malek Jaziri6–7, 1–6
Loss12–122018 Visit Panamá Cup – Singles|Panama City, PanamaChallengerClay Carlos Berlocq2–6, 0–6
Loss12–132018 Las Vegas Challenger – Singles|Las Vegas, USAChallengerHard Thanasi Kokkinakis4–6, 4–6
Win13–132019 Torneo Internacional Challenger León – Singles|León, MexicoChallengerHard Liam Broady6–4, 4–6, 6–3

Doubles: 19 (12–7)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Croatia F9, DubrovnikFuturesClay Martin Rmuš Morgan Phillips
Antonio Šančić		6–3, 7–6
Loss1–1Bosnia & Herzegovina F3, DobojFuturesClay Martin Rmuš Michael Linzer
Herbert Wiltschnig		w/o
Win2–1Slovenia F3, MariborFuturesClay Martin Rmuš Javier Martí
Sergio Pérez Pérez		6–3, 6–3
Loss2–2Croatia F7, VinkovciFuturesClay Mislav Hižak Tomislav Brkić
Marin Franjičević		6–3, 3–6,
Win3–2USA F17, InnisbrookFuturesClay Chase Buchanan Keith-Patrick Crowley
Joshua Zavala		6–4, 6–2
Win4–2Austria F1, TelfsFuturesClay Tomislav Ternar Stefan Hirn
Sebastian Stiefelmeyer		6–2, 7–5
Loss4–3Croatia F7, ČakovecFuturesClay Tomislav Ternar Thibault Venturino
Janoš Žibrat		3–6, 4–6
Win5–3Croatia F8, VinkovciFuturesClay Mislav Hižak Tomislav Brkić
Aldin Šetkić		6–4, 7–6
Win6–3Austria F9, VogauFuturesClay Ruben Gonzales Lukas Jastraunig
Tristan-Samuel Weissborn		6–2, 6–2
Loss6–42013 Tilia Slovenia Open – Doubles|Portorož, SloveniaChallengerHard Aljaž Bedene Marin Draganja
Mate Pavić		3–6, 6–1,
Win7–42013 Dunlop World Challenge – Men's Doubles|Toyota, JapanChallengerCarpet Chase Buchanan Marcus Daniell
Artem Sitak		4–6, 6–3,
Loss7–52014 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie – Doubles|Nouméa, New CaledoniaChallengerHard Ante Pavić Austin Krajicek
Tennys Sandgren		6–7, 3–6
Loss7–62014 Shriram Capital P.L. Reddy Memorial Challenger – Doubles|Chennai, IndiaChallengerHard Sriram Balaji Yuki Bhambri
Michael Venus		4–6, 6–7
Win8–62015 São Paulo Challenger de Tênis – Doubles|São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Chase Buchanan Guido Andreozzi
Sergio Galdós		6–4, 6–4
Win9–62015 Cary Challenger – Doubles|Cary, USAChallengerHard Chase Buchanan Austin Krajicek
Nicholas Monroe		6–4, 6–7,
Win10–62015 Columbus Challenger – Doubles|Columbus, USAChallengerHard Chase Buchanan Mitchell Krueger
Eric Quigley		6–4, 4–6,
Win11–62017 Lima Challenger – Doubles|Lima, PeruChallengerClay Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Gonçalo Oliveira
Grzegorz Panfil		7–5, 6–3
Loss11–72018 Città di Caltanissetta – Doubles|Caltanissetta, ItalyChallengerClay Jiří Veselý Federico Gaio
Andrea Pellegrino		6–7, 6–7
Win12–72019 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger – Doubles|Charlottesville, USAChallengerHard Mitchell Krueger Sekou Bangoura
Blaz Kavcic		6-4, 6–1

Singles performance timeline

Record against other players

Career singles record on ATP World Tour, Grand Slam, Davis Cup.