Boris Pašanski ( sr-Cyrl, Бopиc Пaшaнcки), often spelled Pashanski in English-language media, is a former ATP professional player and a

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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

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, partnering up with Greek Vasilis Mazarakis, which they lost to the No. 1 seeds and the defending champions from

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, the country of his residence, Pašanski won silver medal in singles at

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held in

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, where he lost in the final to Benjamin Balleret of

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. 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

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, 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

, but began playing tennis at a local club near his house in

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. His father, Milan, was a professor at Faculty of Political Sciences at the

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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

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during the

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. Pašanski stated that if he wasn’t a tennis player, he would be a guitar player...He is a big fan of

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and

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. 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

Singles

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 25 (12–13)

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

References

External links

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Pashanski world ranking history
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pasanski, Boris 1982 births Living people Serbia and Montenegro male tennis players Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Malta Serbian male tennis players Serbian tennis coaches Tennis players from Belgrade Yugoslav male tennis players 21st-century Serbian sportsmen