Roman Valent (born 8 July 1983) is a professional tennis player from Switzerland. As a junior, he was coached by Pavel Daron, former sparring partner of Martina Hingis. Valent was ranked as high as world number 3 as a junior, having won the 2001 Wimbledon Boys' Singles tournament.

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Roman Valent

Country (sports)	Switzerland
Residence	Adliswil, Switzerland
Born	(1983-07-08) 8 July 1983 (age 40) Zürich, Switzerland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Pavel Daron, Dario Camenzind
Prize money	$60,375
Singles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 300 (10 February 2003)
Doubles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 408 (3 November 2003)

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He has played in many Challenger and Futures tournaments, winning two of the latter. In 2003 Valent reached a career high ranking of 300 after having broken into top 500 just a year before.

In the following years, Valent was set back by serious injuries to his shoulder or knee as well as Pfeiffer's glandular fever. From 2006 to 2008 he hardly played. In 2009 he made a comeback and was initially able to get closer to his best ranking. In qualifying for the ATP Tour event in Metz, he won all three matches and reached his only singles main draw of his career at the 2009 Open de Moselle. There he lost to Frenchman Marc Gicquel.

In 2012, Valent finally retired from professional tennis due to another knee injury. Since then he works as a tennis coach in Zurich.

As a junior, Valent posted a singles record of 81–24 and reached as high as No. 3 in the world in 2001 (and No. 25 in doubles).