Roman Valent (born 8 July 1983) is a professional
tennis
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player from Switzerland. He was an outstanding junior, winning the
2001 Wimbledon Boys' Singles tournament. He has played in many
Challenger
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Comics and manga
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and
Futures tournaments
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, winning two of the latter. However, Valent has played just one match on the
ATP Tour
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, in which he lost to Frenchman
Marc Gicquel
Marc Gicquel (born 30 March 1977) is a former professional male tennis player from France.
Tennis career
Gicquel turned pro in 1999. He made his ATP Tour singles debut at the 2002 Open 13 tournament on hard courts in Marseilles, France. He w ...
at the 2009
Open de Moselle
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.
Juniors
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).
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 7 (2–5)
Doubles: 5 (2–3)
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
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1983 births
Living people
People from Adliswil