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Boris Pašanski

{{short description|Serbian tennis player and coach}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

|name = Boris Pašanski

|image = Boris Pašanski.JPG

|caption = Boris Pašanski at the Croatia Open in Umag (2008)

|country = {{FR-YUG}} (2001–2003)
{{SCG}} (2003–2006)
{{SRB}} (2006–2014)

|residence = Valletta, Malta

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1982|11|3}}

|birth_place = Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia

|height = {{height|m=1.80}}

|turnedpro = 2001

|retired = 2014

|plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

|coach = Adrian Voinea, Marcos Górriz

|careerprizemoney = $837,645

|singlesrecord = 28–51 (35.44%)

|singlestitles = 0

|highestsinglesranking = No. 55 (27 February 2006)

|AustralianOpenresult = 2R (2006)

|FrenchOpenresult = 1R (2006, 2007, 2008)

|Wimbledonresult = 1R (2006, 2008)

|USOpenresult = 1R (2006)

|doublesrecord = 4–18 (18.18%)

|doublestitles = 0

|highestdoublesranking = No. 190 (17 August 2009)

|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 1R (2006)

|Team = yes

|DavisCupresult = 4–3

|updated =

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Country|{{MLT}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Games of the Small States of Europe}}

{{MedalSilver|2005 Andorra|Singles}}

}}

Boris Pašanski ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Бopиc Пaшaнcки}}), often spelled Pashanski in English-language media, is a former ATP professional player and a Serbian tennis coach.[http://www.gptcatennis.org/boris-pashanski Pashanski - Coaches - GPTCA]

Career highlights

Pašanski reached a career-high ranking of world No. 55 in singles on 27 February 2006, while in doubles, he reached a career-high of world No. 190 on 17 August 2009. He was coached by former ATP pros Adrian Voinea and Marcos Górriz.{{Cite web |title=Boris Pashanski {{!}} Overview {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/boris-pashanski/p642/overview |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=ATP Tour |language=en}}

Pašanski reached one ATP doubles final at 2006 Copa Telmax in Buenos Aires, partnering up with Greek Vasilis Mazarakis, which they lost to the No. 1 seeds and the defending champions from Czech Republic, František Čermák and Leoš Friedl.https://www.atptour.com/en/players/boris-pashanski/p642/player-activity?matchType=Doubles&year=2006&tournament=506_WS

During his career, he won 12 singles titles and 3 doubles titles on the ITF circuit. Representing Malta, the country of his residence, Pašanski won silver medal in singles at Games of the Small States of Europe held in Andorra, where he lost in the final to Benjamin Balleret of Monaco.{{Cite web |title=Summer Olympic Games 2012 |url=https://nocmalta.org/games/gsse/gsse-2005/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Maltese Olympic Committee |language=en-US}}

Pašanski was also a member of the Serbia Davis Cup team and has a career 4:3 Davis Cup singles record in five ties. As part of the team, he participated in reaching the finals of 2013 Davis Cup, which Serbia lost 3:2 in a tie against Czech Republic Davis Cup team.{{Cite web |title=Boris Pashanski {{!}} Player Activity {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/boris-pashanski/p642/player-activity?matchType=Singles&year=all&tournament=DC |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=ATP Tour |language=en}}

Coaching career

After finishing his professional tennis career at the end of the 2014 season, Pašanski began his coaching career. Being a GPTCA A-level coach, he worked as coach with the fellow Serbian players Viktor Troicki, Nikola Milojević, Peđa Krstin, Marko Miladinović and Hamad Medjedovic.{{Cite web |title=NAŠI TRENERI SVE CENjENIJI: Troicki odabrao Pašanskog |url=https://www.zurnal.rs/sr/clanak/56675/naSi-treneri-sve-cenjeniji-troicki-odabrao-pasanskog |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Politika Online}}{{Cite web |last= |title=NOVAK JOŠ JEDNOM POKAZAO SVOJU VELIČINU Brine o svima: Ponudio svim srpskim, ali i igračima iz regiona, da kod njega treniraju (FOTO) - Alo.rs |url=https://www.alo.rs/sport/tenis/663124/novak-jos-jednom-pokazao-svoju-velicinu/vest |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=alo |language=sr}}https://www.imago-images.com/sp/1002227229{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-08-28 |title="Žao mi meča s Agasijem, za Novaka se oduvek znalo" |url=https://sportklub.n1info.rs/skener/a340688-andquotZao-mi-meca-s-Agasijem-za-Novaka-se-oduvek-znaloandquot/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Sportklub |language=sr-RS}}

Private life

Nicknamed Paša (Pasha), he lived in Malta, but began playing tennis at a local club near his house in Belgrade. His father, Milan, was a professor at Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Belgrade and former chief adviser to the director of the Security Intelligence Agency.{{Cite web |date=2021-04-20 |title=ИНТЕРВЈУ: Милан Пашански: Србија је у великом проблему због лажног култа личности и због непоштовања Устава и закона (видео) |url=https://www.srbijadanas.net/intervju-milan-pasanski-srbija-je-u-velikom-problemu-zbog-laznog-kulta-licnosti-i-zbog-nepostovanja-ustava-i-zakona-video/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=www.srbijadanas.net |language=sr-RS}} In his youth, Milan Pašanski was also a professional basketball player, while his grandfather, Ratibor Rajko Pašanski played football professionally for Željezničar Sarajevo and was previously a member of the Yugoslavia national football team during the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

Pašanski stated that if he wasn’t a tennis player, he would be a guitar player...He is a big fan of Jim Morrison and Roger Waters.{{Cite web |last=S |first=P. |title=Kako je pre pola veka nastao 22. decembar, sjajni novobeogradski klub |url=https://www.zurnal.rs/sr/clanak/153557/kosarka/ks-srbije/kako-je-pre-pola-veka-nastao-22-decembar-sjajni-novobeogradski-klub |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Politika Online}}{{Cite web |title=Boris Pashanski {{!}} Bio {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/boris-pashanski/p642/bio |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=ATP Tour |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-07-01 |title=Prije 73 godine Željo je bio prvak BiH |url=https://life.ba/prije-73-godine-zeljo-je-bio-prvak-bih/#google_vignette |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Life.ba |language=bs-BA}} Currently living in Belgrade, Boris Pašanski is married and has a child.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-08-28 |title="Žao mi meča s Agasijem, za Novaka se oduvek znalo" |url=https://sportklub.n1info.rs/skener/a340688-andquotZao-mi-meca-s-Agasijem-za-Novaka-se-oduvek-znaloandquot/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Sportklub |language=sr-RS}}

Playing style

Pašanski played his best games on clay courts, with a strong baseline game capable of creating decent pace on both wings, especially effective on clay, which was also his favorite surface.{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-03-24 |title=The 10 best Serbian tennis players of all time |url=https://sportazzo.com/the-10-best-serbian-tennis-players-of-all-time/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=sportazzo |language=en-US}}

Performance timeline

{{Performance key|short=yes|active=no}}

=Singles=

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Tournament20032004200520062007200820092010201120122013SRW–LWin%
colspan=25 style=text-align:left|Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

!0 / 2

!1–2

!{{tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=2|integer=yes}}

align=left|French Open

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

!0 / 3

!0–3

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=3|integer=yes}}

align=left|Wimbledon

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q3

!0 / 2

!0–2

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=2|integer=yes}}

align=left|US Open

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

!0 / 1

!0–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!1–4

!0–1

!0–3

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0 / 8

!1–8

!{{tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=8|integer=yes}}

colspan=18 align=left|ATP World Tour Masters 1000
align=left|Indian Wells

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 1

!0–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}

align=left|Miami

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 1

!0–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}

align=left|Monte Carlo

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 1

!0–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}

align=left|Rome

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 1

!0–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}

align=left|Hamburg

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 1

!0–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–5

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0 / 5

!0–5

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=5|integer=yes}}

ATP career finals

=Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)=

valign=top

|

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%

!Legend

style="background:#f3e6d7;"

|Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)

style="background:#ffc;"

|ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)

style="background:#e9e9e9;"

|ATP Masters Series (0–0)

style="background:#d4f1c5;"

|ATP Championship Series (0–0)

ATP International Series (0–1)

|

class=wikitable style=font-size:97%

!Finals by surface

Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

|

class=wikitable style=font-size:97%

!Finals by setting

Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)

|}

class="sortable wikitable"

!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–1

|2006 ATP Buenos Aires – Doubles

|Buenos Aires, Argentina

|International Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GRE}} Vasilis Mazarakis

|{{flagicon|CZE}} František Čermák
{{flagicon|CZE}} Leoš Friedl

|1–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

=Singles: 25 (12–13)=

valign=top

|

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%

!Legend

bgcolor=moccasin

|ATP Challenger (8–11)

bgcolor=cffcff

|ITF Futures (4–2)

|

class=wikitable style=font-size:97%

!Finals by surface

Hard (1–0)
Clay (11–13)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

|}

class="sortable wikitable"

!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–1

|{{dts|May 2003}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Hungary F1, Miskolc

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Igor Andreev

|6–3, 3–6, 4–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–2

|{{dts|May 2003}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Budapest, Hungary

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Johan Settergren

|5–7, 4–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–3

|{{dts|Jun 2003}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Ljubljana, Slovenia

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Jiří Vaněk

|3–6, 6–3, 1–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–3

|{{dts|Jul 2004}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Tampere, Finland

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Éric Prodon

|6–2, 3–6, 6–2

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|2–3

|{{dts|May 2005}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Hungary F3, Hódmezővásárhely

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ISR}} Amir Hadad

|7–6(7–2), 6–1

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|2–4

|{{dts|May 2005}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Dresden, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GRE}} Vasilis Mazarakis

|3–6, 2–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|2–5

|{{dts|Jun 2005}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Cuenca, Ecuador

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|USA}} Zack Fleishman

|3–6, 4–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|3–5

|{{dts|Jul 2005}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Budaors, Hungary

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GRE}} Vasilis Mazarakis

|6–3, 6–2

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|4–5

|{{dts|Jul 2005}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Tampere, Finland

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|CRO}} Roko Karanušić

|7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–5

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|4–6

|{{dts|Aug 2005}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Saransk, Russia

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Igor Kunitsyn

|5–7, 4–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|5–6

|{{dts|Aug 2005}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Samarkand, Uzbekistan

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GRE}} Vasilis Mazarakis

|6–3, 6–2

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|6–6

|{{dts|Sep 2005}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Budapest, Hungary

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GRE}} Vasilis Mazarakis

|4–6, 6–3, 6–0

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|6–7

|{{dts|Nov 2005}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Montevideo, Uruguay

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Juan Martín del Potro

|3–6, 6–2, 6–7(3–7)

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|7–7

|{{dts|Nov 2005}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Aracaju, Brazil

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ECU|1900}} Nicolás Lapentti

|7–6(11–9), 7–5

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|8–7

|{{dts|Jan 2006}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Santiago, Chile

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|CHI}} Paul Capdeville

|6–2, 7–6(11–9)

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|8–8

|{{dts|Nov 2006}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Aracaju, Brazil

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Sergio Roitman

|1–6, 3–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|8–9

|{{dts|Jul 2007}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Turin, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Carlos Berlocq

|4–6, 2–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|9–9

|{{dts|Sep 2007}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Cherkassy, Ukraine

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Santiago Ventura

|7–5, 7–6(9–7)

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|9–10

|{{dts|Mar 2008}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Barletta, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Mikhail Kukushkin

|3–6, 4–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|9–11

|{{dts|Oct 2010}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Napoli, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Fabio Fognini

|4–6, 2–4 ret.

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|10–11

|{{dts|Mar 2012}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Italy F1, Trento

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Stefano Galvani

|1–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–4)

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|10–12

|{{dts|Jun 2012}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Italy F14, Busto Arsizio

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ROU}} Petru-Alexandru Luncanu

|4–6, 6–7(6–8)

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|11–12

|{{dts|Aug 2012}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Romania F7, Iași

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ROU}} Victor Crivoi

|6–7(6–8), 6–3, 7–5

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|11–13

|{{dts|Oct 2012}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|POR}} Gastão Elias

|3–6, 5–7

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|12–13

|{{dts|Jul 2014}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|France F14, Bourg-en-Bresse

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Yannik Reuter

|4–6, 6–4, 6–3

=Doubles: 6 (3–3)=

valign=top

|

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%

!Legend

bgcolor=moccasin

|ATP Challenger (3–1)

bgcolor=cffcff

|ITF Futures (0–2)

|

class=wikitable style=font-size:97%

!Finals by surface

Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

|}

class="sortable wikitable"

!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–1

|{{dts|May 2005}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Hungary F3, Hódmezővásárhely

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|SCG}} Viktor Troicki

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Norbert Pakai
{{flagicon|HUN}} Tibor Szathmary

|3–6, 3–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–2

|{{dts|Mar 2007}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Rabat, Morocco

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Luczak

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Yuri Schukin
{{flagicon|UKR}} Orest Tereshchuk

|7–6(10–8), 6–7(4–7), [3–10]

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–2

|{{dts|Aug 2008}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Manerbio, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Thomas Fabbiano

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Massimo Dell'Acqua
{{flagicon|ITA}} Alessio di Mauro

|7–6(9–7), 7–5

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|2–2

|{{dts|Nov 2008}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Cali, Colombia

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Daniel Köllerer

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Diego Junqueira
{{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Luczak

|6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–4]

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|2–3

|{{dts|Jun 2012}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Italy F14, Busto Arsizio

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Antonio Comporto

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Stefano Ianni
{{flagicon|ITA}} Walter Trusendi

|3–6, 3–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|3–3

|{{dts|Sep 2012}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Seville, Spain

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|SRB}} Nikola Ćirić

|{{flagicon|NED}} Stephan Fransen
{{flagicon|NED}} Jesse Huta Galung

|5–7, 6–4, [10–6]

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{ATP}}
  • {{ITF}}
  • {{Davis Cup player}}
  • [http://steveghelper.com/RankingHistory.php?player=Pashan Pashanski world ranking history]

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