Blaž Rola

Blaž Rola (born 5 October 1990) is a Slovenian former tennis player. His highest career ranking is No. 78 in singles and No. 186 in doubles. In his career, he has won one ATP doubles title, nine singles and six doubles ITF Futures and five ATP Challengers in singles and eight in doubles. He represented Slovenia on the Slovenia Davis Cup team. Personal life Rola was born in Ptuj, the oldest Slovenian town.

Career At the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey, he won gold in singles and doubles.

At the 2014 Aegon Championships, London, and the 2014 Aegon International, Eastbourne, Rola 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 the second round against Andy Murray.

At the 2021 Split Open, Rola defeated Blaž Kavčič to win his fifth Challenger singles title.

In July 2023, Rola won his first title at the ATP 250 2023 Croatia Open Umag with Nino Serdarušić, the team having received its wildcard just before the draw was made.

ATP Tour finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (1–0)Indoor (0–0)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 29 (15–14) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (5–8)ITF Futures Tour (10–6)Titles by surfaceHard (4–2)Clay (11–12)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

Doubles: 23 (15–8) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (9–5)ITF Futures Tour (6–3)Titles by surfaceHard (4–4)Clay (10–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)

Singles performance timeline

Record against other players Rola's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10. Players who have been No. 1 are in boldface

Nicolas Almagro 0–1 Richard Gasquet 0–1 Andy Murray 0–1 Fernando Verdasco 0–1 .

Davis Cup Group membershipWorld Group (0–0)Group I (7–4)Group II (2–3)Group III (0–0)Group IV (0–0)Matches by surfaceHard (4–2)Clay (5–5)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Matches by LocationOutdoor (5–3)Indoor (4–4)Matches by TypeSingles (6–4)Doubles (3–3) 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.