| Blaž Rola | |
| Country: | Slovenia |
| Residence: | Ptuj, Slovenia |
| Birth Date: | 1990 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Ptuj, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia |
| Height: | 1.930NaN0 |
| College: | Ohio State University |
| Turnedpro: | 2013 |
| Plays: | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | $1,138,429 |
| Singlesrecord: | 15–23 |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 78 (5 January 2015) |
| Currentsinglesranking: | No. 444 (15 January 2024) |
| Australianopenresult: | 2R (2014) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 1R (2019) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 2R (2014) |
| Usopenresult: | 1R (2014) |
| Doublesrecord: | 8–8 |
| Doublestitles: | 1 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 186 (22 August 2016) |
| Currentdoublesranking: | No. 204 (15 January 2024) |
| Updated: | 21 January 2024 |
| Medaltemplates-Expand: | yes |
Blaž Rola (born 5 October 1990) is a Slovenian tennis player.
His highest career ranking is No. 78 in singles and No. 186 in doubles. In his career, he has won one ATP 250 series doubles title, nine singles and six doubles ITF Futures tournaments and five ATP Challenger in singles and eight in doubles. He represents Slovenia on the Slovenia Davis Cup team. In the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey, he won gold in singles and doubles.[1] [2]
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 tennis 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.[3] 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 Slovenian blogger Vanesa Rola, who was his long-term girlfriend, welcomed daughter Izabela. The same year he married Vanesa.
He competed for Ohio State University from 2010 to 2013, winning the NCAA doubles championship in 2012 and the NCAA singles championship in 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.
Through qualifications he reached the main draw of Grand Slam tournament for the first time at the 2014 Australian Open. He lost in second round against Martin Kližan. With this result he became the fifth Slovene male player to reach the main draw of any Grand Slam.
In May he reached Top 100 in the ATP rankings and played in the qualifications for the 2014 French Open where her lost in the third round to James Ward.
In June he played his first ATP 250 series tournament on grass. At the 2014 Aegon Championships, London and the 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 the second round against Andy Murray.[4]
He reached a career-high ranking in singles of No. 78 on 5 January 2015.
At the 2021 Zadar Open he won his seventh Challenger doubles title partnering his good friend Blaž Kavčič.
At the 2021 Split Open he defeated Kavčič to win his fifth Challenger singles title.[5]
At the 2023 Croatia Open Umag he won his first ATP title partnering with Nino Serdarušić.
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
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| 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(7–5) | ||
| Win | 7–4 | Mexico F12, Quintana Roo | Futures | Hard |  José Pereira | 7–6(8–6), 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 7–5 | 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 | Guangzhou, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard |  Yūichi Sugita | 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 10–7 | Panama City, Panama | Challenger | Clay |  Pere Riba | 5–7, 7–5, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 10–8 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Rogério Dutra Silva | 4–6, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 10–9 | Poznań, Poland | Challenger | Clay |  David Goffin | 4–6, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 11–9 | Santos, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Germain Gigounon | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 11–10 | Perugia, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Nicolás Kicker | 6–2, 3–6, 0–6 | ||
| Win | 12–10 | Tallahassee, USA | Challenger | Clay |  Ramkumar Ramanathan | 6–2, 6–7(6–8), 7–5 | ||
| Loss | 12–11 | Quijing, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard |  Malek Jaziri | 6–7(5–7), 1–6 | ||
| Loss | 12–12 | Panama City, Panama | Challenger | Clay | Carlos Berlocq | 2–6, 0–6 | ||
| Loss | 12–13 | Las Vegas, USA | Challenger | Hard |  Thanasi Kokkinakis | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 13–13 | León, Mexico | Challenger | Hard |  Liam Broady | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 14–13 | Split, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Blaž Kavčič | 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 15–13 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Adrien Gobat | 7–6(7–4), 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 15–14 | M15 Celje, Slovenia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Joao Eduardo Schiessl | 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 1–6 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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| Win | 1–0 | Croatia F9, Dubrovnik | Futures | Clay | Martin Rmuš | Morgan Phillips Antonio Šančić | 6–3, 7–6(9–7) | ||
| 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 BrkićMarin Franjičević | 6–3, 3–6, [7–10] | ||
| 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(7–3) | ||
| Win | 6–3 | Austria F9, Vogau | Futures | Clay | Ruben Gonzales | Lukas Jastraunig Tristan-Samuel Weissborn | 6–2, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 6–4 | Portorož, Slovenia | Challenger | Hard | Aljaž Bedene | Marin Draganja Mate Pavić | 3–6, 6–1, [5–10] | ||
| Win | 7–4 | Toyota, Japan | Challenger | Carpet (i) | Chase Buchanan |  Marcus Daniell Artem Sitak | 4–6, 6–3, [10–4] | ||
| Loss | 7–5 | Nouméa, New Caledonia | Challenger | Hard | Ante Pavić | Austin Krajicek Tennys Sandgren | 6–7(4–7), 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 7–6 | Chennai, India | Challenger | Hard | Sriram Balaji | Yuki Bhambri Michael Venus | 4–6, 6–7(3–7) | ||
| Win | 8–6 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Chase Buchanan | Guido Andreozzi Sergio Galdós | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 9–6 | Cary, USA | Challenger | Hard | Chase Buchanan | Austin Krajicek Nicholas Monroe | 6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–4] | ||
| Win | 10–6 | Columbus, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Chase Buchanan | Mitchell Krueger Eric Quigley | 6–4, 4–6, [19–17] | ||
| Win | 11–6 | Lima, Peru | Challenger | Clay |  Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela | Gonçalo Oliveira Grzegorz Panfil | 7–5, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 11–7 | Caltanissetta, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Jiří Veselý | Federico Gaio Andrea Pellegrino | 6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7) | ||
| Win | 12–7 | Charlottesville, USA | Challenger | Hard | Mitchell Krueger | Sekou Bangoura Blaz Kavcic | 6–4, 6–1 | ||
| Win | 13–7 | Zadar, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Blaž Kavčič |  Lukáš Klein Alex Molčan | 2–6, 6–2, [10–3] | ||
| Win | 14–7 | Knoxville, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Malek Jaziri | Hans Hach Verdugo Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela | 3–6, 6–3, [10–5] | ||
| Loss | 14–8 | Bendigo, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Enzo Couacaud | Ruben Bemelmans Daniel Masur | 6–7(2–7), 4–6 | ||
| Win | 15–8 | Tulln an der Donau, Austria | Challenger | Clay | Zdenek Kolar | Piotr Matuszewski Kai Wehnelt | 6–4, 4–6, [10–6] |
| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |||
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| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | 1–2 | ||
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | Q2 | 0–1 | |||
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | style=color:#767676 | NH | Q1 | 1–2 | ||
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | A | Q3 | 0–1 | |||
| style=text-align:left | Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–6 | |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | style=color:#767676 | NH | A | 0–0 | ||
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 | |||
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | style=color:#767676 | NH | A | 0–0 | |||
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–1 | |||
| style=text-align:left | Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
| National representation | ||||||||||||||||||
| bgcolor=EFEFEF align=left | Davis Cup | A | A | Z2 | A | A | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | A | Z2 | Z2 | A | A | 6–5 | ||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||
| style=text-align:left | Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–9 | 6–6 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 15–23 | |
| style=text-align:left | Win % | – | – | 100% | – | – | 50% | 36% | 50% | 50% | – | 0% | 0% | – | 0% | 41% | ||
| bgcolor=EFEFEF align=left | Year-end ranking | 1465 | 933 | 423 | 721 | 307 | 201 | 80 | 144 | 255 | 206 | 188 | 145 | 155 | 181 | 1118 | – | |
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
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| Rubber outcome | No. | Rubber | Match type (partner if any) | Opponent nation | Opponent player(s) | Score |
| 5–0; 9–11 July 2010; TK Krka Otočec, Otočec, Slovenia; Europe/Africa Group II Second Round; Clay | ||||||
| Victory | 1. | IV (dead rubber) | Singles | Bulgaria | Valentin Dimov | 6–0, 6–1 |
| 4–1; 13–15 Sep 2013; Park Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Europe/Africa Group I First Round Play-Off; Clay | ||||||
| Victory | 2. | I | Singles | South Africa | Rik de Voest | 6–1, 6–1, 6–4 |
| Victory | 3. | III | 7–5, 6–1, 7–6(7–4) | |||
| Defeat | 4. | V (dead rubber) | Singles | Nicolaas Scholtz | 3–2 ret. | |
| 1–3; 4–6 Apr 2014; ŠRC Marina Portorož, Portorož, Slovenia; Europe/Africa Group I Second Round; Clay | ||||||
| Victory | 5. | II | Singles |  Israel | Dudi Sela | 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Defeat | 6. | III | 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 3–6 | |||
| 5–0; 30 Oct – 1 Nov 2015; Teniski klub Triglav Kranj, Kranj, Slovenia; Europe/Africa Group I Second Round Play-Off; Hard (i) | ||||||
| Victory | 7. | II | Singles |  Lithuania | Laurynas Grigelis | 7–6(8–6), 6–2, 6–2 |
| Victory | 8. | III | 6–4, 7–6(7–1), 6–4 | |||
| Victory | 9. | IV (dead rubber) | Singles | Lukas Mugevičius | 6–2, 6–2 | |
| 1–4; 4–6 Mar 2016; Sala Sporturilor, Arad, Romania; Europe/Africa Group I First Round; Hard (i) | ||||||
| Defeat | 10. | I | Singles |  Romania | Marius Copil | 5–7, 3–6, 6–7(5–7) |
| Defeat | 11. | III | 3–6, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7) | |||
| Defeat | 12. | II | Singles | Adrian Ungur | 6–3, 6–4 | |
| 2–3; 3–4 Feb 2018; Lukna Sports Hall, Maribor, Slovenia; Europe/Africa Group II First Round; Hard (i) | ||||||
| Victory | 13. | II | Singles | Poland | Kamil Majchrzak | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Defeat | 14. | III | 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 4–6 | |||
| 3–1; 13–14 Sep 2019; Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt; Europe/Africa Group I First Round; Clay | ||||||
| Defeat | 15. | II | Singles |  Egypt | Mohamed Safwat | 4–6, 6–1, 6–7(4–7) |
| Victory | 16. | III | 7–5, 6–3 | |||