Boris Pašanski
Boris Pašanski, often spelled Pashanski in English-language media, is a former ATP professional player and a Serbian tennis 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 Buenos Aires, partnering up with Greek Vasilis Mazarakis, which they lost to the No. 1 seeds and the defending champions from Czech Republic, František Čermák and Leoš Friedl.
During his career, he won 12 singles titles and 3 doubles titles on the ITF circuit.
Representing Malta, the country of his residence, Pašanski won silver medal in singles at Games of the Small States of Europe held in Andorra, where he lost in the final to Benjamin Balleret of Monaco.
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 2013 Davis Cup, 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, he lived in Malta, but began playing tennis at a local club near his house in Belgrade. His father, Milan, was a professor at Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Belgrade and former chief adviser to the director of the Security Intelligence Agency.In his youth, his father, 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 Yugoslavian national football team during the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Pašanski stated that if he wasn’t a tennis player, he would be a guitar player...He is a big fan of Jim Morrison and Roger Waters.
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.In March 2024, sports magazine Sportazzo listed him among the top 10 greatest Serbian tennis players of all time.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loss | 0–1 | [2006 ATP Buenos Aires – Doubles|] | Buenos Aires, Argentina | International Series | Clay |  ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finalsSingles: 25 (12–13)
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dts|May 2003