Boris Pašanski

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Boris Pašanski
Country Flag of Serbia Serbia
Residence Malta
Date of birth November 2, 1982 (1982-11-02) (age 25)
Place of birth Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia)
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 74 kg (160 lb/11.7 st)
Turned pro 2001
Plays Right-handed
Career prize money $599,202
Singles
Career record: 19–34
Career titles: 0
Highest ranking: 55 (February 27, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 2nd (2006)
French Open 1st (2006-2008)
Wimbledon 1st (2006)
US Open 1st (2006)
Doubles
Career record: 2–11
Career titles: 0
Highest ranking: 215 (April 24, 2006)

Infobox last updated on: September 23, 2007.

Boris Pašanski (Бopиc Пaшaнcки) (often spelled "Pashanski" in English language media) is a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. He was born in Belgrade, Serbia, in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on November 3, 1982.

He is right-handed and turned pro in 2001. He reached his career-high ranking of 55th on February 27, 2006. He is currently No. 90 in the ATP rankings.

At the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, Pašanski lost his opening-round match to Andre Agassi in Agassi's last tournament at Wimbledon.

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[edit] Betting controversy

On October 24, 2007, Pašanski was beaten by Dmitry Tursunov 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. 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. [1][2]

[edit] Titles (0)

[edit] Doubles finalist (1)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
1. February 19, 2006 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Flag of Greece Vasilis Mazarakis Flag of the Czech Republic František Čermák
Flag of the Czech Republic Leos Friedl		 1–6, 2–6

[edit] References

  1. ^ "New corruption alert in tennis after suspicious betting moves", The Guardian, October 27, 2007.[1]
  2. ^ "Betfair investigates suspicious tennis match, but finds nothing wrong", International Herald Tribune, October 29, 2007.[2]

[edit] External links

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