| Roman Valent | |
| Residence: | Adliswil, Switzerland |
| Birth Date: | 1983 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Height: | 1.83m |
| Turnedpro: | 2001 |
| Plays: | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | $60,375 |
| Singlesrecord: | 0–1 |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 300 (10 February 2003) |
| Doublesrecord: | 0–1 |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 408 (3 November 2003) |
| Coach: | Pavel Daron, Dario Camenzind |
Roman Valent (born 8 July 1983) is a professional tennis player from Switzerland. As a junior, he was coached by Pavel Daron, former sparring partner of Martina Hingis. Valent was ranked as high as world number 3 as a junior, having won the 2001 Wimbledon Boys' Singles tournament.
He has played in many Challenger and Futures tournaments, winning two of the latter. In 2003 Valent reached a career high ranking of 300 after having broken into top 500 just a year before.
In the following years, Valent was set back by serious injuries to his shoulder or knee as well as Pfeiffer's glandular fever. From 2006 to 2008 he hardly played. In 2009 he made a comeback and was initially able to get closer to his best ranking. In qualifying for the ATP Tour event in Metz, he won all three matches and reached his only singles main draw of his career at the 2009 Open de Moselle. There he lost to Frenchman Marc Gicquel.
In 2012, Valent finally retired from professional tennis due to another knee injury. Since then he works as a tennis coach in Zurich.
As a junior, Valent posted a singles record of 81–24 and reached as high as No. 3 in the world in 2001 (and No. 25 in doubles).
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
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| Win | 1–0 | France F8, Melun | Futures | Carpet |  Grégory Carraz | 6–3, 2–6, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 1–1 | Jamaica F1, Kingston | Futures | Hard |  Kepler Orellana | 2–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 1–2 | Czech Republic F1, Most | Futures | Clay |  František Čermák | 2–6, 7–5, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 1–3 | Spain F9, La Palma | Futures | Hard | Marc Bauer | 2–6, 1–6 | ||
| Loss | 1–4 | Spain F10, Tenerife | Futures | Hard |  Teymuraz Gabashvili | 2–6, 0–6 | ||
| Loss | 1–5 | France F4, Lille | Futures | Hard |  Steve Darcis | 5–7, 3–6 | ||
| Win | 2–5 | France F14, Plaisir | Futures | Hard | Philipp Marx | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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| Win | 1–0 | France F8, Melun | Futures | Carpet | Michael Lammer |  Karim Maamoun Mohamed Mamoun | walkover | ||
| Loss | 1–1 | France F9, Saint-Brieuc | Futures | Clay | Michael Lammer | Fabrice Betencourt Édouard Roger-Vasselin | walkover | ||
| Loss | 1–2 | France F16, Mulhouse | Futures | Hard | Michael Berrer | Gary Lugassy Jean-Michel Pequery | 0–6, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 2–2 | Austria F3, Bergheim | Futures | Carpet | Lars Uebel | Jaroslav Pospíšil Radim Žitko | 6–2, 7–6(7–2) | ||
| Loss | 2–3 | Geneva, Switzerland | Challenger | Clay | Stéphane Bohli |  Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Santiago Ventura | 3–6, 5–7 |