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Rolandas Muraška

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Rolandas Muraška
Country (sports) Lithuania
ResidenceVilnius, Lithuania
Born (1973-03-13) March 13, 1973 (age 51)
Klaipėda, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Retired2005
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$8,254
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Futures: 5 [1]
Highest rankingNo. 575 (August 13, 2001)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Futures: 1
Highest rankingNo. 1100 (July 10, 2006)

Rolandas Muraška (born March 13, 1973) is a retired Lithuanian professional tennis player and a former member of Lithuania Davis Cup team. He was the first Lithuanian who got ranked by ATP (July 26, 1993) and he was also the highest ranked Lithuanian for 259 weeks in total.

Career finals

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Legend Singles Doubles
Futures 5–1 1–1
Surface Singles Doubles
Clay 1–1 1–1
Grass 4–0 0–0

Singles

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Outcome Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner August 20, 2000 Lithuania Vilnius, Lithuania Grass Slovenia Marko Tkalec 6–1, 6–4
Winner August 5, 2001 Estonia Pärnu, Estonia Clay Poland Filip Aniola 6–1, 6–5 ret.
Runner-up August 15, 2004 Lithuania Vilnius, Lithuania Clay Spain Javier García-Sintes 3–6, 6–3, 1–6

Doubles

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Outcome Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up August 4, 2002 Estonia Pärnu, Estonia Clay Lithuania Daniel Lencina-Ribes Estonia Mait Künnap
Finland Tapio Nurminen
1–6, 4–6
Winner August 21, 2005 Lithuania Vilnius, Lithuania Clay Israel Dekel Valtzer Sweden Johan Brunström
Finland Lauri Kiiski
6–3, 2–6, 6–3

Davis Cup

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Muraška holds the record of being a member of Lithuania Davis Cup team for the longest time period – 12 years – from the debut of Lithuania in Davis Cup competition in 1994 until his retirement in 2005. Also, he played most ties representing Lithuania (49) and he won the most singles (37) and the most doubles (19) matches in the history of Lithuanian team.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Apie turnyrą | Prezidento Taurė".
  2. ^ Lithuanian team daviscup.com
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