Roman Safiullin is a Russian player with a career high rank of 36, known for his powerful serve and good baseline game. But what is Safiullin’s racquet and gear?
Roman Safiullin’s tennis racquet and gear
Roman Safiullin has been playing with a HEAD Gravity Pro for years, but has recently been testing the more powerful, HEAD Gravity Tour (100 sq inch version, not the 98). Similar to what Zverev did for a while, but Zverev is now back to the Pro. The idea is to get a little more pop and depth with the thicker beam of the Tour.
Safiullin strings his racquets with HEAD Lynx Tour. He has used natural gut in the past in a hybrid with Lynx Tour, but is now back to the full bed.
Safiullin is wearing apparel by Australian.
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Bio and Career
Roman Safiullin was born August 7th, 1997, in Podolsk, Russia and he began playing tennis at the age of 4 with his father, who worked as a tennis coach.
Turning pro in 2015, Safiullin reached a junior peak of no 2, winning the 2015 Australian Open boys singles title and the Grade A Trofeo Bonfiglio, defeating Andrey Rublev.
His professional breakthrough came in 2020, winning his first ATP Challenger titles in singles and doubles in Cherbourg, France. This also got him into the ATP top 200 which is a big acheivement for a young player.
2021 saw Roman play his first Grand Slam, reaching the second round of the Australian Open.
In 2022, he reached his first ATP semifinal in Marseille, beating top 5 player Stefanos Tsitsipas (his first Top 10 win), and made the Tel Aviv semifinals, climbing to rank no 92. His standout 2023 included reaching the Chengdu Open final, his first ATP final, defeating Lorenzo Musetti, and a Wimbledon quarterfinal. At the 2023 Paris Masters, he stunned world no 2 Carlos Alcaraz 6-3, 6-4, his biggest career win, entering the Top 40 of the ATP rankings.
In 2024, he reached his first Masters 1000 fourth round at Shanghai and his career high rank is 36, achieved in the beginning of 2024.
Roman is currently ranked no 72. He has six Challenger singles titles and 19 ITF singles titles.
Stats and Info
- Plays right-handed with two-handed backhand
- Height: 6’1″ (185cm)
- Favorite Surface: Hard-court
- Favourite shots: forehand and serve
- Prize Money earned: $3,555,111
- Tennis inspirations: Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer
Social Media
Follow Roman Safiullin on his Instagram account where he has around 12.4K followers.
