Boris Pašanski ( sr-Cyrl, Бopиc Пaшaнcки), often spelled Pashanski in English-language media, is a
Serbia
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tennis
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coach and former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of world number 55 on 27 February 2006.
Betting controversy
On October 24, 2007, Pašanski was beaten by
Dmitry Tursunov
Dmitry Igorevich Tursunov (; born 12 December 1982) is a retired Russian tennis player and current tennis coach. At age 12 he moved to the United States to train and further his prospects of becoming a professional player. His career-high singl ...
in the 2nd round of the St. Petersburg Open by the score 4–6, 6–3, 6–4. The match was associated with highly irregular betting patterns on the online betting exchange
Betfair
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. Large bets were being made on Tursunov to win at odds 1.2 when Pašanski was leading by a set and a break, extremely low odds in such circumstances. There was suspicion among market observers that Pašanski threw the match, with or without the active collusion of Tursunov. However, Betfair decided not to void bets on the match.
"Betfair investigates suspicious tennis match, but finds nothing wrong"
''International Herald Tribune'', October 29, 2007.
Performance timeline
Singles
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 25 (12–13)
Doubles: 6 (3–3)
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Pashanski world ranking history
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1982 births
Living people
Serbia and Montenegro male tennis players
Serbian expatriates in Malta
Serbian male tennis players
Serbian tennis coaches
Tennis players from Belgrade
Yugoslav male tennis players