Vladimir Voltchkov

Vladimir Voltchkov
Uladzimir Valchkou
Уладзімір Валчкоў
Владимир Волчков

Country	Belarus
Residence	Minsk, Belarus
Born	(1978-04-07) April 7, 1978 Minsk, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1995
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,309,401
Singles
Career record	67–87
Career titles	0 8 Challengers
Highest ranking	No. 25 (April 30, 2001)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2002)
French Open	2R (2004)
Wimbledon	SF (2000)
US Open	2R (2001)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2000)
Doubles
Career record	36–43
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 71 (Jun 9, 2003)
Last updated on: October 23, 2012.

Vladimir Nikolayevich Voltchkov (Belarusian: Уладзімір Мікалаевіч Валчкоў, Uladzimir Mikalayevich Valchkou; Russian: Владимир Николаевич Волчков; born April 7, 1978, in Minsk) is a Belarusian tennis player. Voltchkov reached the semi-finals at the 2000 Wimbledon Championships, where, as a qualifier, he lost to Pete Sampras in straight sets. He represented Belarus in both the Davis Cup and the Olympics games in 2000, also won the Wimbledon juniors competition in 1996. His career high singles ranking was World No. 25.

Tennis career

Juniors

Voltchkov had excellent results as a junior capturing the Wimbledon juniors title defeating Ivan Ljubičić in 1996. He compiled a singles win/loss record of 69-34, reaching as high as No. 7 in the world in 1996.

Junior Slam results:

Australian Open: -
French Open: 3R (1996)
Wimbledon: W (1996)
US Open: 3R (1995, 1996)

Pro tour

His highest achievement came in 2000, inspired by the film Gladiator.^[1] After watching the movie four times, he went on to reach the semi-finals as a qualifier, causing the British press to dub him "The Vladiator". Voltchkov has a 30–16 career Davis Cup record (17–11 in singles)^[2]

Titles

Singles titles (13)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	March 23, 1998	Ashkelon	Hard	Eyal Ran	7–5, 6–4
2.	November 16, 1998	Puebla	Hard	Christophe Rochus	6–3, 6–3
3.	February 1, 1999	Hamburg	Carpet	Axel Pretzsch	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(4)
4.	May 3, 1999	Ljubljana	Clay	Dinu Pescariu	7–5, 6–7(3), 6–4
5.	May 8, 2000	Fergana	Hard	Igor Kunitsyn	4–6, 6–0, 6–4
6.	July 15, 2002	Manchester	Grass	Karol Beck	6–4, 7–6(2)
7.	October 28, 2002	Aachen	Carpet	Marc Rosset	7–6(4), 6–4
8.	January 24, 2005	Wrexham	Hard (i)	George Bastl	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
9.	March 14, 2005	Sarajevo	Hard (i)	Michal Mertiňák	7–6(1), 6–3
10.	March 20, 2006	Andong	Hard	Aleksandar Vlaski	6–2, 7–5
11.	August 20, 2007	Moscow	Clay	Artem Sitak	7–6(4), 6–1
12.	September 3, 2007	Kempten	Clay	Marcel Zimmermann	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
13.	November 5, 2007	Redbridge	Hard (i)	Frederik Nielsen	6–1, 4–6, 6–4

Singles runner-up (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	September 9, 2002	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–7(6), 5–7

Doubles wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	February 10, 2003	San Jose, United States	Hard (i)	Lee Hyung-taik	Paul Goldstein Robert Kendrick	7–5, 4–6, 6–3

References

1. ↑ Tennis – ATP World Tour – Players – Vladimir Voltchkov
2. ↑ [http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10010104. Davis Cup – Players]

External links

• Vladimir Voltchkov at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Vladimir Voltchkov at the Davis Cup

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