Ruan Roelofse

Ruan Roelofse
Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	Cape Town, South Africa
Born	18 November 1989 (age 34); Cape Town, South Africa
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$224,927
Singles
Career record	3–8
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 357 (27 February 2012)
Current ranking	No. 1064 (21 March 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior	Q2 (2007)
US Open Junior	Q1 (2006, 2007)
Doubles
Career record	12–7
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 122 (16 April 2016)
Current ranking	No. 404 (21 March 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior	1R (2007)
	Last updated on: 1 April 2019.

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 6 ATP Challenger doubles titles. Roelofse has also won 2 ITF singles titles and 39 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/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 11 (2–9)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (2–9)

Titles by surface
Hard (2–8)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2011	Turkey F7, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Radu Albot	5–7, 4–6
Win	1–1	May 2011	South Africa F1, Durban	Futures	Hard	Nikolaus Moser	6–4, 7–5
Loss	1–2	Sep 2011	Israel F9, Be'er Sheva	Futures	Hard	Stefan Seifert	2–6, 3–6
Loss	1–3	Oct 2011	Nigeria F3, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Yuki Bhambri	5–7, 5–7
Loss	1–4	Nov 2011	Burundi F1, Bujumbura	Futures	Clay	Gerald Melzer	4–6, 2–6
Loss	1–5	Oct 2012	Nigeria F2, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Enrique López Pérez	0–6, 4–6
Win	2–5	Jul 2014	Hong Kong F2, Hong Kong	Futures	Hard	Lee Duck-hee	6–4, 3–6, 2–0 ret.
Loss	2–6	Aug 2014	Gabon F2, Libreville	Futures	Hard	Sam Barry	3–6, 5–7
Loss	2–7	Oct 2014	Zimbabwe F1, Harare	Futures	Hard	Boy Westerhof	3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	2–8	Dec 2018	South Africa F3, Stellenbosch	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Lock	7–6^(7–3), 3–6, 2–6
Loss	2–9	Aug 2019	M15, Jakarta, Indonesia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Sho Shimabukuro	6–7^(3–7), 2–6

Doubles: 82 (45–39)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (6–15)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (40–23)

Titles by surface
Hard (37–35)
Clay (6–2)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2009	Burundi F1, Bujumbura	Futures	Clay	Hendrik Coertzen	Bogdan-Victor Leonte Rupesh Roy	6–4, 6–2
Win	2–0	Sep 2009	Rwanda F1, Kigali	Futures	Clay	Hendrik Coertzen	Sunday Emmanuel Duncan Mugabe	6–3, 7–5
Loss	2–1	Oct 2009	South Africa F1, Pretoria	Futures	Hard	Hendrik Coertzen	Andrew Anderson Benjamin Janse van Rensburg	3–6, 5–7
Win	3–1	Sep 2010	Uganda F1, Kampala	Futures	Clay	James Feaver	Takanyi Garanganga Duncan Mugabe	7–6^(10–8), 6–2
Loss	3–2	Oct 2010	Nigeria F2, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Raven Klaasen	Amir Weintraub Boy Westerhof	7–5, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss	3–3	Feb 2011	Turkey F4, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Michal Konečný	Sergey Betov Denys Molchanov	4–6, 1–6
Loss	3–4	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	4–4	Jul 2011	Spain F23, Bakio	Futures	Hard	Nicolaas Scholtz	Francesco Borgo Claudio Grassi	7–5, 6–3
Loss	4–5	Aug 2011	Great Britain F12, London	Futures	Hard	Sanam Singh	David Rice Sean Thornley	3–6, 2–6
Win	5–5	Sep 2011	Israel F7, Akko	Futures	Hard	Mikhail Vasiliev	Erik Crepaldi Claudio Grassi	6–3, 6–3
Loss	5–6	Sep 2011	Israel F9, Be'er Sheva	Futures	Hard	Vitali Reshetnikov	Francesco Borgo Marko Daniš	2–6, 3–6
Win	6–6	Nov 2011	Rwanda F1, Kigali	Futures	Clay	Gerald Melzer	Omar Hedayet Karim-Mohamed Maamoun	6–7^(1–7), 7–6^(7–4), [10–8]
Loss	6–7	Jan 2012	Israel F1, Eilat	Futures	Hard	Jean Andersen	Claudio Grassi Matteo Volante	4–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Loss	6–8	Jan 2012	Israel F2, Eilat	Futures	Hard	Jean Andersen	Claudio Grassi Antal van der Duim	3–6, 5–7
Loss	6–9	Feb 2012	Turkey F4, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Abdullah Maqdes	Damir Džumhur Aldin Šetkić	4–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss	6–10	Feb 2012	Turkey F5, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Jean Andersen	Tuna Altuna Jiří Školoudík	5–7, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	6–11	Mar 2012	France F5, Poitiers	Futures	Hard (i)	Gleb Sakharov	Olivier Patience Nicolas Renavand	2–6, 3–6
Win	7–11	Mar 2012	France F6, Saint-Raphaël	Futures	Hard (i)	Jean Andersen	Thomas le Boulch Baptiste Maitre	6–2, 6–4
Loss	7–12	Jul 2012	Anning, China, P.R.	Challenger	Clay	Kittiphong Wachiramanowong	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	6–4, 6–7^(1–7), [11–13]
Win	8–12	Sep 2012	Great Britain F14, Chiswick	Futures	Hard	David Rice	Harry Meehan Stefan Sterland-Markovic	7–5, 7–6^(9–7)
Win	9–12	Sep 2012	Great Britain F15, London	Futures	Hard	Jean Andersen	Marcus Daniell Manuel Sánchez	6–2, 4–6, [12–10]
Win	10–12	Sep 2012	Kuwait F2, Meshref	Futures	Hard	Abdullah Maqdes	Clément Reix Romain Sichez	6–4, 6–4
Win	11–12	Oct 2012	Kuwait F3, Meshref	Futures	Hard	Lewis Burton	Mohammad Ghareeb Mikhail Vasiliev	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–2)
Win	12–12	Oct 2012	Nigeria F1, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Kamil Čapkovič	Alessandro Bega Enrique López Pérez	6–4, 6–2
Win	13–12	Oct 2012	Nigeria F2, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Kamil Čapkovič	Alessandro Bega Enrique López Pérez	6–1, 6–2
Win	14–12	Nov 2012	Zimbabwe F1, Harare	Futures	Hard	Keith-Patrick Crowley	Joel Kincaid Evan Song	3–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Win	15–12	Dec 2012	South Africa F1, Potchefstroom	Futures	Hard	Jean Andersen	Simon Cauvard Elie Rousset	6–1, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	16–12	Dec 2012	South Africa F2, Potchefstroom	Futures	Hard	Jean Andersen	Simon Cauvard Elie Rousset	7–6^(7–5), 4–6, [10–5]
Win	17–12	Feb 2013	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	John-Patrick Smith	Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia	6–2, 6–2
Loss	17–13	Feb 2013	Australia F2, Mildura	Futures	Grass	Colin Ebelthite	Sam Groth John-Patrick Smith	3–6, 4–6
Win	18–13	Mar 2013	Bahrain F1, Manama	Futures	Hard	Riccardo Maiga	Cristian Rodríguez Jordi Samper Montaña	6–3, 6–3
Win	19–13	Jun 2013	Turkey F25, Istanbul	Futures	Hard	Dean O'Brien	Barış Ergüden Barkın Yalçınkale	6–1, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss	19–14	Jul 2013	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Brydan Klein	James Cluskey Fabrice Martin	6–3, 3–6, [5–10]
Win	20–14	Aug 2013	USA F22, Edwardsville	Futures	Hard	Keith-Patrick Crowley	Patrick Davidson Leon Frost	6–3, 6–1
Win	21–14	Sep 2013	Kuwait F2, Meshref	Futures	Hard	Tak Khunn Wang	Lewis Burton Marcus Willis	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win	22–14	Oct 2013	Nigeria F1, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Ante Pavić	Borna Ćorić Dino Marcan	7–6^(7–3), 6–2
Win	23–14	Oct 2013	Nigeria F2, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Ante Pavić	Borna Ćorić Dino Marcan	7–5, 6–3
Loss	23–15	Mar 2014	China F2, Guangzhou	Futures	Hard	Chen Ti	Riccardo Ghedin Claudio Grassi	4–6, 1–6
Win	24–15	Apr 2014	Qatar F2, Doha	Futures	Hard	Chen Ti	Luke Bambridge Antoine Benneteau	6–4, 6–3
Win	25–15	Apr 2014	Qatar F3, Doha	Futures	Hard	Chen Ti	Oliver Golding Joshua Ward-Hibbert	6–1, 6–1
Win	26–15	May 2014	Korea F2, Seoul	Futures	Hard	Dane Propoggia	Chung Hong Nam Ji-sung	6–0, 6–3
Win	27–15	May 2014	South Africa F1, Sun City	Futures	Hard	Fritz Wolmarans	Jacob Adaktusson Milos Sekulic	6–1, 6–4
Win	28–15	Jun 2014	South Africa F3, Sun City	Futures	Hard	Dean O'Brien	Nicolaas Scholtz Tucker Vorster	7–6^(8–6), 6–4
Loss	28–16	Jul 2014	Thailand F9, Bangkok	Futures	Hard	Chen Ti	Pruchya Isaro Nuttanon Kadchapanan	4–6, 1–6
Win	29–16	Jul 2014	Hong Kong F2, Hong Kong	Futures	Hard	Arata Onozawa	Peter Kobelt Devin McCarthy	6–2, 4–6, [10–4]
Loss	29–17	Jul 2014	Hong Kong F3, Hong Kong	Futures	Hard	Arata Onozawa	Peter Kobelt Devin McCarthy	7–5, 3–6, [4–10]
Win	30–17	Aug 2014	Turkey F27, Ankara	Futures	Clay	Gavin van Peperzeel	Tuna Altuna Anıl Yüksel	6–1, 6–1
Loss	30–18	Aug 2014	Gabon F1, Libreville	Futures	Hard	Mark Fynn	Sam Barry Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	2–6, 2–6
Loss	30–19	Aug 2014	Gabon F2, Libreville	Futures	Hard	Mark Fynn	Sam Barry Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	6–7^(5–7), 3–6
Win	31–19	Sep 2014	Turkey F31, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Issam Haitham Taweel	Bastien Favier Hugo Grenier	2–6, 6–1, [10–4]
Loss	31–20	Oct 2014	Zimbabwe F2, Harare	Futures	Hard	Keith-Patrick Crowley	Grégoire Barrère Arthur Surreaux	1–6, 2–6
Loss	31–21	Jan 2015	Turkey F3, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Li Zhe	Lucas Miedler Maximilian Neuchrist	4–6, 4–6
Win	32–21	Feb 2015	Turkey F4, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Li Zhe	Jan Choinski Kevin Krawietz	6–3, 4–6, [10–2]
Win	33–21	Feb 2015	Turkey F6, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Tucker Vorster	Gleb Sakharov Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	6–3, 2–6, [10–7]
Loss	33–22	Feb 2015	Turkey F7, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Tucker Vorster	Marat Deviatiarov Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	6–7^(5–7), 2–6
Win	34–22	Mar 2015	Turkey F8, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Tucker Vorster	Marat Deviatiarov Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–4), [12–10]
Win	35–22	Mar 2015	Israel F2, Herzlia	Futures	Hard	Matt Seeberger	Cameron Silverman Raleigh Smith	2–6, 6–4, [12–10]
Loss	35–23	Mar 2015	Bahrain F1, Manama	Futures	Hard	Matt Seeberger	Dominik Kellovský Tom Kočevar-Dešman	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, [7–10]
Loss	35–24	May 2015	Eskişehir, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Chen Ti	Sergey Betov Mikhail Elgin	4–6, 7–6^(7–2), [7–10]
Win	36–24	May 2015	Turkey F21, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Ricardo Rodríguez	Altuğ Çelikbilek Sefa Suluoğlu	6–2, 6–2
Loss	36–25	Jun 2015	Gimcheon, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	Dean O'Brien	Li Zhe Jose Statham	4–6, 2–6
Win	37–25	Jun 2015	Uzbekistan F4, Namangan	Futures	Hard	Dean O'Brien	Sanjar Fayziev Jurabek Karimov	7–5, 6–4
Win	38–25	Jul 2015	Binghamton, USA	Challenger	Hard	Dean O'Brien	Daniel Nguyen Dennis Novikov	6–1, 7–6^(7–0)
Loss	38–26	Aug 2015	Lexington, USA	Challenger	Hard	Dean O'Brien	Carsten Ball Brydan Klein	4–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	38–27	Oct 2015	Las Vegas, USA	Challenger	Hard	Dean O'Brien	Carsten Ball Dustin Brown	6–3, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss	38–28	May 2016	Bangkok, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Dean O'Brien	Chen Ti Jason Jung	4–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Win	39–28	Oct 2016	USA F34, Burlingame	Futures	Hard (i)	Ruben Gonzales	Sam Barry Peter Kobelt	6–4, 6–4
Loss	39–29	Nov 2016	Charlottesville, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Brydan Klein	Brian Baker Sam Groth	3–6, 3–6
Loss	39–30	Jan 2017	France F2, Bressuire	Futures	Hard (i)	Ante Pavić	Corentin Denolly Hugo Nys	4–6, 2–6
Loss	39–31	Mar 2017	Zhuhai, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Yi Chu-huan	Gong Maoxin Zhang Ze	3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	39–32	May 2017	Gimcheon, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	Yi Chu-huan	Marco Chiudinelli Teymuraz Gabashvili	1–6, 3–6
Win	40–32	Jun 2017	Lisbon, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Christopher Rungkat	Fred Gil Gonçalo Oliveira	7–6^(9–7), 6–1
Loss	40–33	Jul 2017	Marburg, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Rameez Junaid	Máximo González Fabrício Neis	3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	40–34	Nov 2017	Champaign, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Joe Salisbury	Leander Paes Purav Raja	3–6, 7–6^(7–5), [5–10]
Win	41–34	Jan 2018	Germany F2, Nußloch	Futures	Carpet (i)	Kevin Krawietz	Pedro Cachin Daniel Masur	6–3, 6–3
Loss	41–35	Apr 2018	Guadalajara, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Brydan Klein	Marcelo Arévalo Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	6–7^(3–7), 5–7
Win	42–35	May 2018	Gimcheon, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	John-Patrick Smith	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	6–2, 6–3
Loss	42–36	May 2018	Busan, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	John-Patrick Smith	Hsieh Cheng-peng Christopher Rungkat	4–6, 3–6
Loss	42–37	Feb 2019	Dallas, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Ante Pavić	Marcos Giron Dennis Novikov	4–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Win	43–37	Aug 2019	M15, Jakarta, Indonesia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Justin Barki	Sho Shimabukuro Hiroyasu Ehara	7–6^(7–3), 6–4
Loss	43-38	Oct 2019	Claremont M25, CA , USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Ruben Gonzales	Milen Ianakiev Hendrik Jebens	4-6, 6-3, 15-17
Win	44-38	Oct 2019	Las Vegas, USA	Challenger	Hard	Ruben Gonzales	Max Schnur Nathan Pasha	2-6, 6-3, 10-8
Win	45-38	Feb 2021	Potchefstroom, South Africa	Challenger	Hard	Raven Klaasen	Julien Cagnina Zdeněk Kolář	6-4, 6-4
Win	46-38	Jan 2022	Weston, M25, FL, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Dennis Novikov	Guy Orly Iradukunda Abraham Asaba	7-5, 3-6, 10-3
Loss	46-39	Mar 2022	Bakersfield, M25, CA, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Daniel Cukierman	Jisung Nam Minkyu Song	2-6, 0-6
Win	46-39	Apr 2022	Sunrise, M15, FL, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Alexander Cozbinov	Alec Deckers Alex Knaff	6-4, 6-4

External links

Ruan Roelofse at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Ruan Roelofse at the International Tennis Federation