# Boris Pašanski

Boris Pašanski (Serbian Cyrillic: Бopиc Пaшaнcки), often spelled Pashanski in English-language media, is a former ATP professional player and a Serbian tennis coach.

## 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.
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.
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.
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.

## 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.

## 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. 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. Currently living in Belgrade, Boris Pašanski is married and has a child.

## 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.

## Performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | Q1 | A | 2R | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| French Open | A | Q1 | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | Q1 | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | Q3 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| 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 | 11% |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Miami | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | 1R | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Rome | A | A | A | 1R | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Hamburg | A | A | A | 1R | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| 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 | 0% |

## ATP career finals
### Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (0–0)
* ATP International Series (0–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (0–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (0–1)
* Indoors (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2006 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | International Series | Clay | Vasilis Mazarakis | František Čermák Leoš Friedl | 1–6, 2–6 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 25 (12–13)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (8–11)
* ITF Futures (4–2)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–0)
* Clay (11–13)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | May 2003 | Hungary F1, Miskolc | Futures | Clay | Igor Andreev | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | May 2003 | Budapest, Hungary | Challenger | Clay | Johan Settergren | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Jun 2003 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Challenger | Clay | Jiří Vaněk | 3–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
| Win | 1–3 | Jul 2004 | Tampere, Finland | Challenger | Clay | Éric Prodon | 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–3 | May 2005 | Hungary F3, Hódmezővásárhely | Futures | Clay | Amir Hadad | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 6–1 |
| Loss | 2–4 | May 2005 | Dresden, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Vasilis Mazarakis | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–5 | Jun 2005 | Cuenca, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | Zack Fleishman | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–5 | Jul 2005 | Budaors, Hungary | Challenger | Clay | Vasilis Mazarakis | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–5 | Jul 2005 | Tampere, Finland | Challenger | Clay | Roko Karanušić | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 4–6, 7–5 |
| Loss | 4–6 | Aug 2005 | Saransk, Russia | Challenger | Clay | Igor Kunitsyn | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 5–6 | Aug 2005 | Samarkand, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Clay | Vasilis Mazarakis | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 6–6 | Sep 2005 | Budapest, Hungary | Challenger | Clay | Vasilis Mazarakis | 4–6, 6–3, 6–0 |
| Loss | 6–7 | Nov 2005 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Challenger | Clay | Juan Martín del Potro | 3–6, 6–2, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Win | 7–7 | Nov 2005 | Aracaju, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Nicolás Lapentti | 7–6$^{(11–9)}$, 7–5 |
| Win | 8–7 | Jan 2006 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Paul Capdeville | 6–2, 7–6$^{(11–9)}$ |
| Loss | 8–8 | Nov 2006 | Aracaju, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Sergio Roitman | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 8–9 | Jul 2007 | Turin, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Carlos Berlocq | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 9–9 | Sep 2007 | Cherkassy, Ukraine | Challenger | Clay | Santiago Ventura | 7–5, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$ |
| Loss | 9–10 | Mar 2008 | Barletta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Mikhail Kukushkin | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 9–11 | Oct 2010 | Napoli, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Fabio Fognini | 4–6, 2–4 ret. |
| Win | 10–11 | Mar 2012 | Italy F1, Trento | Futures | Hard | Stefano Galvani | 1–6, 6–1, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Loss | 10–12 | Jun 2012 | Italy F14, Busto Arsizio | Futures | Clay | Petru-Alexandru Luncanu | 4–6, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$ |
| Win | 11–12 | Aug 2012 | Romania F7, Iași | Futures | Clay | Victor Crivoi | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 11–13 | Oct 2012 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Gastão Elias | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 12–13 | Jul 2014 | France F14, Bourg-en-Bresse | Futures | Clay | Yannik Reuter | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |

### Doubles: 6 (3–3)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (3–1)
* ITF Futures (0–2)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (3–3)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | May 2005 | Hungary F3, Hódmezővásárhely | Futures | Clay | Viktor Troicki | Norbert Pakai Tibor Szathmary | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Mar 2007 | Rabat, Morocco | Challenger | Clay | Peter Luczak | Yuri Schukin Orest Tereshchuk | 7–6$^{(10–8)}$, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, [3–10] |
| Win | 1–2 | Aug 2008 | Manerbio, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Thomas Fabbiano | Massimo Dell'Acqua Alessio di Mauro | 7–6$^{(9–7)}$, 7–5 |
| Win | 2–2 | Nov 2008 | Cali, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Daniel Köllerer | Diego Junqueira Peter Luczak | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–4, [10–4] |
| Loss | 2–3 | Jun 2012 | Italy F14, Busto Arsizio | Futures | Clay | Antonio Comporto | Stefano Ianni Walter Trusendi | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–3 | Sep 2012 | Seville, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Nikola Ćirić | Stephan Fransen Jesse Huta Galung | 5–7, 6–4, [10–6] |