Ruan Roelofse

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South African tennis player

Gender:

Male

Places:

South Africa

Is:

Athlete Tennis player

Work field:

Sports

Birth:

18 November 1989(Cape Town, City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa)

Star sign:

Scorpio

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Biography

Introduction

Ruan Roelofse (born 18 November 1989) is a professional South African tennis player.

Roelofse has a career high ATP singles ranking of 357 achieved on 27 February 2012 and he has a career high ATP Doubles ranking of 122 achieved on 18 April 2016. He has had more success playing doubles, winning 4 ATP Challenger doubles titles. Roelofse has also won 2 ITF singles titles and 38 ITF doubles titles.

Roelofse has represented South Africa at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 12–7.

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 10 (2–8)

Titles by Surface
Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (2–9)
Titles by Surface
Hard (2–8)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (2–9)
Hard (2–8)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	Mar 2011	Turkey F7, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Radu Albot	5–7, 4–6
Win	May 2011	South Africa F1, Durban	Futures	Hard	Nikolaus Moser	6–4, 7–5
Loss	Sep 2011	Israel F9, Be'er Sheva	Futures	Hard	Stefan Seifert	2–6, 3–6
Loss	Oct 2011	Nigeria F3, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Yuki Bhambri	5–7, 5–7
Loss	Nov 2011	Burundi F1, Bujumbura	Futures	Clay	Gerald Melzer	4–6, 2–6
Loss	Oct 2012	Nigeria F2, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Enrique López Pérez	0–6, 4–6
Win	Jul 2014	Hong Kong F2, Hong Kong	Futures	Hard	Lee Duck-hee	6–4, 3–6, 2–0 ret.
Loss	Aug 2014	Gabon F2, Libreville	Futures	Hard	Sam Barry	3–6, 5–7
Loss	Oct 2014	Zimbabwe F1, Harare	Futures	Hard	Boy Westerhof	3–6, 6–7
Loss	Dec 2018	South Africa F3, Stellenbosch	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Lock	7–6, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	Aug 2019	Indonesia F2, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Sho Shimabukuro	6–7, 2–6

Doubles: 80 (43–37)

Titles by Surface
Legend (Doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (5–15)
ITF Futures Tour (39–22)
Titles by Surface
Hard (36–34)
Clay (6–2)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (5–15)
ITF Futures Tour (39–22)
Hard (36–34)
Clay (6–2)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	Sep 2009	Burundi F1, Bujumbura	Futures	Clay	Hendrik Coertzen	Bogdan-Victor Leonte Rupesh Roy	6–4, 6–2
Win	Sep 2009	Rwanda F1, Kigali	Futures	Clay	Hendrik Coertzen	Sunday Emmanuel Duncan Mugabe	6–3, 7–5
Loss	Oct 2009	South Africa F1, Pretoria	Futures	Hard	Hendrik Coertzen	Andrew Anderson Benjamin Janse van Rensburg	3–6, 5–7
Win	Sep 2010	Uganda F1, Kampala	Futures	Clay	James Feaver	Takanyi Garanganga Duncan Mugabe	7–6, 6–2
Loss	Oct 2010	Nigeria F2, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Raven Klaasen	Amir Weintraub Boy Westerhof	7–5, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss	Feb 2011	Turkey F4, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Michal Konečný	Sergey Betov Denys Molchanov	4–6, 1–6
Loss	Jul 2011	Spain F22, Palma del Río	Futures	Hard	Nicolaas Scholtz	Juan José Leal-Gómez Borja Rodríguez Manzano	3–6, 6–3, [10–12]
Win	Jul 2011	Spain F23, Bakio	Futures	Hard	Nicolaas Scholtz	Francesco Borgo Claudio Grassi	7–5, 6–3
Loss	Aug 2011	Great Britain F12, London	Futures	Hard	Sanam Singh	David Rice Sean Thornley	3–6, 2–6
Win	Sep 2011	Israel F7, Akko	Futures	Hard	Mikhail Vasiliev	Erik Crepaldi Claudio Grassi	6–3, 6–3
Loss	Sep 2011	Israel F9, Be'er Sheva	Futures	Hard	Vitali Reshetnikov	Francesco Borgo Marko Daniš	2–6, 3–6
Win	Nov 2011	Rwanda F1, Kigali	Futures	Clay	Gerald Melzer	Omar Hedayet Karim-Mohamed Maamoun	6–7, 7–6, [10–8]
Loss	Jan 2012	Israel F1, Eilat	Futures	Hard	Jean Andersen	Claudio Grassi Matteo Volante	4–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Loss	Jan 2012	Israel F2, Eilat	Futures	Hard	Jean Andersen	Claudio Grassi Antal van der Duim	3–6, 5–7
Loss	Feb 2012	Turkey F4, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Abdullah Maqdes	Damir Džumhur Aldin Šetkić	4–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss	Feb 2012	Turkey F5, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Jean Andersen	Tuna Altuna Jiří Školoudík	5–7, 6–7
Loss	Mar 2012	France F5, Poitiers	Futures	Hard (i)	Gleb Sakharov	Olivier Patience Nicolas Renavand	2–6, 3–6
Win	Mar 2012	France F6, Saint-Raphaël	Futures	Hard (i)	Jean Andersen	Thomas le Boulch Baptiste Maitre	6–2, 6–4
Loss	Jul 2012	Anning, China, P.R.	Challenger	Clay	Kittiphong Wachiramanowong	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	6–4, 6–7, [11–13]
Win	Sep 2012	Great Britain F14, Chiswick	Futures	Hard	David Rice	Harry Meehan Stefan Sterland-Markovic	7–5, 7–6
Win	Sep 2012	Great Britain F15, London	Futures	Hard	Jean Andersen	Marcus Daniell Manuel Sánchez	6–2, 4–6, [12–10]
Win	Sep 2012	Kuwait F2, Meshref	Futures	Hard	Abdullah Maqdes	Clément Reix Romain Sichez	6–4, 6–4
Win	Oct 2012	Kuwait F3, Meshref	Futures	Hard	Lewis Burton	Mohammad Ghareeb Mikhail Vasiliev	7–6, 7–6
Win	Oct 2012	Nigeria F1, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Kamil Čapkovič	Alessandro Bega Enrique López Pérez	6–4, 6–2
Win	Oct 2012	Nigeria F2, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Kamil Čapkovič	Alessandro Bega Enrique López Pérez	6–1, 6–2
Win	Nov 2012	Zimbabwe F1, Harare	Futures	Hard	Keith-Patrick Crowley	Joel Kincaid Evan Song	3–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Win	Dec 2012	South Africa F1, Potchefstroom	Futures	Hard	Jean Andersen	Simon Cauvard Elie Rousset	6–1, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	Dec 2012	South Africa F2, Potchefstroom	Futures	Hard	Jean Andersen	Simon Cauvard Elie Rousset	7–6, 4–6, [10–5]
Win	Feb 2013	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	John-Patrick Smith	Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia	6–2, 6–2
Loss	Feb 2013	Australia F2, Mildura	Futures	Grass	Colin Ebelthite	Sam Groth John-Patrick Smith	3–6, 4–6
Win	Mar 2013	Bahrain F1, Manama	Futures	Hard	Riccardo Maiga	Cristian Rodríguez Jordi Samper Montaña	6–3, 6–3
Win	Jun 2013	Turkey F25, Istanbul	Futures	Hard	Dean O'Brien	Barış Ergüden Barkın Yalçınkale	6–1, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss	Jul 2013	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Brydan Klein	James Cluskey Fabrice Martin	6–3, 3–6, [5–10]
Win	Aug 2013	USA F22, Edwardsville	Futures	Hard	Keith-Patrick Crowley	Patrick Davidson Leon Frost	6–3, 6–1
Win	Sep 2013	Kuwait F2, Meshref	Futures	Hard	Tak Khunn Wang	Lewis Burton Marcus Willis	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win	Oct 2013	Nigeria F1, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Ante Pavić	Borna Ćorić Dino Marcan	7–6, 6–2
Win	Oct 2013	Nigeria F2, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Ante Pavić	Borna Ćorić Dino Marcan	7–5, 6–3
Loss	Mar 2014	China F2, Guangzhou	Futures	Hard	Chen Ti	Riccardo Ghedin Claudio Grassi	4–6, 1–6
Win	Apr 2014	Qatar F2, Doha	Futures	Hard	Chen Ti	Luke Bambridge Antoine Benneteau	6–4, 6–3
Win	Apr 2014	Qatar F3, Doha	Futures	Hard	Chen Ti	Oliver Golding Joshua Ward-Hibbert	6–1, 6–1
Win	May 2014	Korea F2, Seoul	Futures	Hard	Dane Propoggia	Chung Hong Nam Ji-sung	6–0, 6–3
Win	May 2014	South Africa F1, Sun City	Futures	Hard	Fritz Wolmarans	Jacob Adaktusson Milos Sekulic	6–1, 6–4
Win	Jun 2014	South Africa F3, Sun City	Futures	Hard	Dean O'Brien	Nicolaas Scholtz Tucker Vorster	7–6, 6–4
Loss	Jul 2014	Thailand F9, Bangkok	Futures	Hard	Chen Ti	Pruchya Isaro Nuttanon Kadchapanan	4–6, 1–6
Win	Jul 2014	Hong Kong F2, Hong Kong	Futures	Hard	Arata Onozawa	Peter Kobelt Devin McCarthy	6–2, 4–6, [10–4]
Loss	Jul 2014	Hong Kong F3, Hong Kong	Futures	Hard	Arata Onozawa	Peter Kobelt Devin McCarthy	7–5, 3–6, [4–10]
Win	Aug 2014	Turkey F27, Ankara	Futures	Clay	Gavin van Peperzeel	Tuna Altuna Anıl Yüksel	6–1, 6–1
Loss	Aug 2014	Gabon F1, Libreville	Futures	Hard	Mark Fynn	Sam Barry Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	2–6, 2–6
Loss	Aug 2014	Gabon F2, Libreville	Futures	Hard	Mark Fynn	Sam Barry Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	6–7, 3–6
Win	Sep 2014	Turkey F31, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Issam Haitham Taweel	Bastien Favier Hugo Grenier	2–6, 6–1, [10–4]
Loss	Oct 2014	Zimbabwe F2, Harare	Futures	Hard	Keith-Patrick Crowley	Grégoire Barrère Arthur Surreaux	1–6, 2–6
Loss	Jan 2015	Turkey F3, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Li Zhe	Lucas Miedler Maximilian Neuchrist	4–6, 4–6
Win	Feb 2015	Turkey F4, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Li Zhe	Jan Choinski Kevin Krawietz	6–3, 4–6, [10–2]
Win	Feb 2015	Turkey F6, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Tucker Vorster	Gleb Sakharov Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	6–3, 2–6, [10–7]
Loss	Feb 2015	Turkey F7, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Tucker Vorster	Marat Deviatiarov Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	6–7, 2–6
Win	Mar 2015	Turkey F8, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Tucker Vorster	Marat Deviatiarov Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	6–7, 7–6, [12–10]
Win	Mar 2015	Israel F2, Herzlia	Futures	Hard	Matt Seeberger	Cameron Silverman Raleigh Smith	2–6, 6–4, [12–10]
Loss	Mar 2015	Bahrain F1, Manama	Futures	Hard	Matt Seeberger	Dominik Kellovský Tom Kočevar-Dešman	6–7, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss	May 2015	Eskişehir, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Chen Ti	Sergey Betov Mikhail Elgin	4–6, 7–6, [7–10]
Win	May 2015	Turkey F21, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Ricardo Rodríguez	Altuğ Çelikbilek Sefa Suluoğlu	6–2, 6–2
Loss	Jun 2015	Gimcheon, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	Dean O'Brien	Li Zhe Jose Statham	4–6, 2–6
Win	Jun 2015	Uzbekistan F4, Namangan	Futures	Hard	Dean O'Brien	Sanjar Fayziev Jurabek Karimov	7–5, 6–4
Win	Jul 2015	Binghamton, USA	Challenger	Hard	Dean O'Brien	Daniel Nguyen Dennis Novikov	6–1, 7–6
Loss	Aug 2015	Lexington, USA	Challenger	Hard	Dean O'Brien	Carsten Ball Brydan Klein	4–6, 6–7
Loss	Oct 2015	Las Vegas, USA	Challenger	Hard	Dean O'Brien	Carsten Ball Dustin Brown	6–3, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss	May 2016	Bangkok, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Dean O'Brien	Chen Ti Jason Jung	4–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Win	Oct 2016	USA F34, Burlingame	Futures	Hard (i)	Ruben Gonzales	Sam Barry Peter Kobelt	6–4, 6–4
Loss	Nov 2016	Charlottesville, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Brydan Klein	Brian Baker Sam Groth	3–6, 3–6
Loss	Jan 2017	France F2, Bressuire	Futures	Hard (i)	Ante Pavić	Corentin Denolly Hugo Nys	4–6, 2–6
Loss	Mar 2017	Zhuhai, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Yi Chu-huan	Gong Maoxin Zhang Ze	3–6, 6–7
Loss	May 2017	Gimcheon, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	Yi Chu-huan	Marco Chiudinelli Teymuraz Gabashvili	1–6, 3–6
Win	Jun 2017	Lisbon, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Christopher Rungkat	Fred Gil Gonçalo Oliveira	7–6, 6–1
Loss	Jul 2017	Marburg, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Rameez Junaid	Máximo González Fabrício Neis	3–6, 6–7
Loss	Nov 2017	Champaign, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Joe Salisbury	Leander Paes Purav Raja	3–6, 7–6, [5–10]
Win	Jan 2018	Germany F2, Nußloch	Futures	Carpet (i)	Kevin Krawietz	Pedro Cachín Daniel Masur	6–3, 6–3
Loss	Apr 2018	Guadalajara, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Brydan Klein	Marcelo Arévalo Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	6–7, 5–7
Win	May 2018	Gimcheon, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	John-Patrick Smith	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	6–2, 6–3
Loss	May 2018	Busan, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	John-Patrick Smith	Hsieh Cheng-peng Christopher Rungkat	4–6, 3–6
Loss	Feb 2019	Dallas, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Ante Pavić	Marcos Giron Dennis Novikov	4–6, 6–7
Win	Aug 2019	Indonesia F2, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Justin Barki	Sho Shimabukuro Hiroyasu Ehara	7–6, 6–4
Loss	Oct 2019	Claremont M25, CA , USA	Futures	Hard	Ruben Gonzales	Milen Ianakiev Hendrik Jebens	4-6, 6-3, 15-17
Win	Oct 2019	Las Vegas, USA	Challenger	Hard	Ruben Gonzales	Max Schnur Nathan Pasha	2-6, 6-3, 10-8

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Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 10 (2–8)

Doubles: 80 (43–37)