Background
Rola was born in Ptuj, the oldest Slovenian town, to father Marijan Rola and mother Majda Rola and has one sister Eva.
Rola was born in Ptuj, the oldest Slovenian town, to father Marijan Rola and mother Majda Rola and has one sister Eva.
In 2010 he moved to the United States where he studied at and competed in tennis for Ohio State University until 2013.
His highest career ranking is northern 78 in singles and northern 209 in doubles. He competed for The Ohio State University from 2010 to 2013, winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association doubles championship in 2012 and the National Collegiate Athletic Association singles championship in 2013.
2008-2013
In 2008 he began his professional career when he performed his first tournaments in International Tennis Federation Futures and Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour series.
In 2010 he represented Slovenia for the first time in and moved to study and play tennis in United States. 2014
Through qualifications he reached the main draw of Grand Slam tournament for the first time.
At 2014 Australian Open he lost in second round against Martin Kližan. With this result he became 5th Slovene male player in main draw of any Grand Slam.
In May he reached Top 100 on Association of Tennis Professionals rankings and played in qualifications for 2014 French Open where her lost in the 3rd round.
In June he played his first 250 series tournament on grass. In 2014 Aegon Championships, London and 2014 Aegon International, Eastbourne he lost in the first round on both occasions. He played in the main draw of 2014 Wimbledon Championships for the first time in his career and lost 1-6, 1-6, 0-6 in 2nd round against Andy Murray.
Singles performances (3–1)
Doubles performances (1-1)
Singles (11)
* As of 25 August 2014
Head-to-head versus
Top 10 ranked players
West–L record against players who have been ranked World Number. 10 at that time or before in their career.
Full head-to-head list (7-10)
(as of 25 August 2014).
He represents Slovenia on the Slovenia team In his career, he has won nine singles and six doubles International Tennis Federation Futures tournaments and one Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger in singles and doubles. In the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey, he won gold in singles and doubles. At 2013 Mediterranean Games he won 2 gold medals and made big progress when he reached Top 200 on Association of Tennis Professionals rankings for the first time in his career. In this period he won 9 Futures singles and 6 doubles titles and 1 title in doubles in Challenger series. West–L record in singles matches on Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour, Grand Slam.
