Roman Safiullin Bio

• Wife, Liudmyla; father, Rishat; mother, Marina; sister, Yulia.
• Started playing tennis at age 4 with his father, who works at a tennis academy.
• Inspired by Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer.
• Motivated by countrymen Daniil Medvedev, Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev. Played junior tennis with them and is working hard to join them full-time on ATP Tour.
• Favourite surface is hard and shots are forehand and serve.
• Lists St. Petersburg and Moscow as his favourite tournaments.
• Says that Melbourne and New York City are his favourite cities on tour.
• Favourite book is Rod Laver: An Autobiography.
• Favourite band is Nickelback and movie is Law Abiding Citizen.
• Also enjoys swimming, football, cars and travel.
• Favourite food is Japanese and guilty pleasure is fast food.
• Favourite subject in school was math.
• Says that his best quality is always being on time and his worst quality is impatience.

Biographical information from ATP. Information might not be up to date.