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)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | Slovenia F1, Kamnik | Futures | Clay | Marcel Zimmermann | 6–3, 2–6, 4–6 | |
Win | 1–1 | Slovenia F3, Maribor | Futures | Clay | György Balázs | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 | |
Loss | 1–2 | Italy F18, Modena | Futures | Clay | Matteo Viola | 1–6, 6–4, 1–6 | |
Win | 2–2 | Austria F3, Bad Waltersdorf | Futures | Clay | Pascal Brunner | 7–5, 6–3 | |
Win | 3–2 | USA F17, Innisbrook | Futures | Clay | Luis David Martínez | 6–2, 6–1 | |
Loss | 3–3 | Austria F1, Telfs | Futures | Clay | Marc Rath | 6–2, 3–6, 2–6 | |
Win | 4–3 | Austria F3, Bad Waltersdorf | Futures | Clay | Nicolas Reissig | 6–3, 6–2 | |
Loss | 4–4 | Croatia F7, Čakovec | Futures | Clay | Peter Heller | 4–6, 0–6 | |
Win | 5–4 | Croatia F8, Vinkovci | Futures | Clay | Toni Androić | 6–2, 6–2 | |
Win | 6–4 | Austria F9, Vogau | Futures | Clay | Andreas Haider-Maurer | 6–2, 7–6 | |
Win | 7–4 | Mexico F12, Quintana Roo | Futures | Hard | José Pereira | 7–6, 6–4 | |
Loss | 7–5 | 2013 Peugeot Tennis Cup – Singles| | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Agustín Velotti | 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 8–5 | Poland F5, Bytom | Futures | Clay | Filip Krajinović | w/o | |
Win | 9–5 | Armenia F2, Yerevan | Futures | Clay | Boy Westerhof | 6–2, 6–4 | |
Loss | 9–6 | Croatia F11, Dubrovnik | Futures | Clay | Janez Semrajc | 4–6, 7–5, 3–6 | |
Win | 10–6 | 2014 ATP Challenger Guangzhou – Singles| | Guangzhou, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | Yūichi Sugita | 6–7, 6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 10–7 | 2014 Visit Panamá Cup – Singles| | Panama City, Panama | Challenger | Clay | Pere Riba | 5–7, 7–5, 2–6 |
Loss | 10–8 | 2014 São Paulo Challenger de Tênis – Singles| | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Rogério Dutra Silva | 4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 10–9 | 2014 Poznań Open – Singles| | Poznań, Poland | Challenger | Clay | David Goffin | 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 11–9 | 2015 Campeonato Internacional de Tenis de Santos – Singles| | Santos, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Germain Gigounon | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 11–10 | 2016 Blu Panorama Airlines Tennis Cup – Singles| | Perugia, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Nicolás Kicker | 6–2, 3–6, 0–6 |
Win | 12–10 | 2017 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger – Singles| | Tallahassee, USA | Challenger | Clay | Ramkumar Ramanathan | 6–2, 6–7, 7–5 |
Loss | 12–11 | 2018 Qujing International Challenger – Singles| | Quijing, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | Malek Jaziri | 6–7, 1–6 |
Loss | 12–12 | 2018 Visit Panamá Cup – Singles| | Panama City, Panama | Challenger | Clay | Carlos Berlocq | 2–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 12–13 | 2018 Las Vegas Challenger – Singles| | Las Vegas, USA | Challenger | Hard | Thanasi Kokkinakis | 4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 13–13 | 2019 Torneo Internacional Challenger León – Singles| | León, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Liam Broady | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 |
Doubles: 19 (12–7)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Win | 1–0 | Croatia F9, Dubrovnik | Futures | Clay | Martin Rmuš | Morgan Phillips Antonio Šančić | 6–3, 7–6 | |
Loss | 1–1 | Bosnia & Herzegovina F3, Doboj | Futures | Clay | Martin Rmuš | Michael Linzer Herbert Wiltschnig | w/o | |
Win | 2–1 | Slovenia F3, Maribor | Futures | Clay | Martin Rmuš | Javier Martí Sergio Pérez Pérez | 6–3, 6–3 | |
Loss | 2–2 | Croatia F7, Vinkovci | Futures | Clay | Mislav Hižak | Tomislav Brkić Marin Franjičević | 6–3, 3–6, | |
Win | 3–2 | USA F17, Innisbrook | Futures | Clay | Chase Buchanan | Keith-Patrick Crowley Joshua Zavala | 6–4, 6–2 | |
Win | 4–2 | Austria F1, Telfs | Futures | Clay | Tomislav Ternar | Stefan Hirn Sebastian Stiefelmeyer | 6–2, 7–5 | |
Loss | 4–3 | Croatia F7, Čakovec | Futures | Clay | Tomislav Ternar | Thibault Venturino Janoš Žibrat | 3–6, 4–6 | |
Win | 5–3 | Croatia F8, Vinkovci | Futures | Clay | Mislav Hižak | Tomislav Brkić Aldin Šetkić | 6–4, 7–6 | |
Win | 6–3 | Austria F9, Vogau | Futures | Clay | Ruben Gonzales | Lukas Jastraunig Tristan-Samuel Weissborn | 6–2, 6–2 | |
Loss | 6–4 | 2013 Tilia Slovenia Open – Doubles| | Portorož, Slovenia | Challenger | Hard | Aljaž Bedene | Marin Draganja Mate Pavić | 3–6, 6–1, |
Win | 7–4 | 2013 Dunlop World Challenge – Men's Doubles| | Toyota, Japan | Challenger | Carpet | Chase Buchanan | Marcus Daniell Artem Sitak | 4–6, 6–3, |
Loss | 7–5 | 2014 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie – Doubles| | Nouméa, New Caledonia | Challenger | Hard | Ante Pavić | Austin Krajicek Tennys Sandgren | 6–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 7–6 | 2014 Shriram Capital P.L. Reddy Memorial Challenger – Doubles| | Chennai, India | Challenger | Hard | Sriram Balaji | Yuki Bhambri Michael Venus | 4–6, 6–7 |
Win | 8–6 | 2015 São Paulo Challenger de Tênis – Doubles| | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Chase Buchanan | Guido Andreozzi Sergio Galdós | 6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 9–6 | 2015 Cary Challenger – Doubles| | Cary, USA | Challenger | Hard | Chase Buchanan | Austin Krajicek Nicholas Monroe | 6–4, 6–7, |
Win | 10–6 | 2015 Columbus Challenger – Doubles| | Columbus, USA | Challenger | Hard | Chase Buchanan | Mitchell Krueger Eric Quigley | 6–4, 4–6, |
Win | 11–6 | 2017 Lima Challenger – Doubles| | Lima, Peru | Challenger | Clay | Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela | Gonçalo Oliveira Grzegorz Panfil | 7–5, 6–3 |
Loss | 11–7 | 2018 Città di Caltanissetta – Doubles| | Caltanissetta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Jiří Veselý | Federico Gaio Andrea Pellegrino | 6–7, 6–7 |
Win | 12–7 | 2019 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger – Doubles| | Charlottesville, USA | Challenger | Hard | 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.- Pablo Andújar 1–1
- Julien Benneteau 0–1
- Carlos Berlocq 0–1
- Philipp Davydenko 0–1
- Federico Delbonis 1–0
- Valentin Dimov 1–0
- Martin Kližan 0–1
- Andy Murray 0–1
- Wayne Odesnik 1–0
- Fabiano de Paula 1–0
- Nikala Scholtz 0–1
- Dudi Sela 1–0
- Fernando Verdasco 0–1
- Rik de Voest 1–0
- Lu Yen-hsun 0–1
- James Ward 0–1
Davis Cup
- indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.