Vladimir Voltchkov

Vladimir Voltchkov
Uładzimir Vałčkoŭ
Уладзімір Валчкоў
Владимир Волчков

Country (sports)	Belarus
Residence	Minsk, Belarus
Born	(1978-04-07) April 7, 1978 (age 43) Minsk, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1995
Retired	2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,315,133
Singles
Career record	70–91
Career titles	0 8 Challenger, 5 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 25 (30 April 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	41–43
Career titles	1 5 Challenger, 6 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 71 (9 June 2003)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2003)
French Open	2R (2003)
Wimbledon	SF (2001)
US Open	2R (2001)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2004)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	SF (2004)
Last updated on: 31 December 2021.

Vladimir Nikolayevich Voltchkov (Belarusian: Уладзімір Мікалаевіч Валчкоў, Uładzimir Mikałajevič Vałčkoŭ; Russian: Владимир Николаевич Волчков; born April 7, 1978) is a Belarusian former professional tennis player. Voltchkov reached the semifinals 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 Olympic Games in 2000, also won the Wimbledon juniors competition in 1996. His career-high singles ranking is 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 Grand 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 semifinals of the Wimbledon Championships as a qualifier, causing the British press to dub him "The Vladiator". En route to the semifinals he beat Juan Ignacio Chela, Cédric Pioline, Younes El Aynaoui, Wayne Ferreira and Byron Black before losing to eventual champion Pete Sampras. Voltchkov has a 30–16 career Davis Cup record (17–11 in singles).^[2]

Junior Grand Slam finals[]

Singles: 1 (1 title)[]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1996	Wimbledon	Grass	Ivan Ljubicic	3–6, 6–2, 6–3

ATP career finals[]

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2002	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	World Series	Hard	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–7(6–8), 5–7

Doubles: 1 (1 title)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2003	San Jose, United States	World Series	Hard	Hyung-Taik Lee	Paul Goldstein Robert Kendrick	7–5, 4–6, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[]

Singles: 15 (13–2)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 1998	Israel F2, Ashkelon	Futures	Hard	Eyal Erlich	7–5, 6–4
Win	2–0	Nov 1998	Puebla, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Christophe Rochus	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–0	Feb 1999	Hamburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Axel Pretzsch	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win	4–0	May 1999	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Dinu-Mihai Pescariu	7–5, 6–7, 6–4
Loss	4–1	Mar 2000	Magdeburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Sebastien Lareau	6–7(1–7), 3–6
Win	5–1	May 2000	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Igor Kunitsyn	4–6, 6–0, 6–4
Win	6–1	Jul 2002	Manchester, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Karol Beck	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Win	7–1	Nov 2002	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Marc Rosset	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss	7–2	Nov 2003	Milan, Italy	Challenger	Carpet	Dennis Van Scheppingen	7–5, 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	8–2	Jan 2005	Wrexham, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	George Bastl	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	9–2	Mar 2005	Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Challenger	Hard	Michal Mertinak	7–6(7–1), 6–3
Win	10–2	Mar 2006	Korea F2, Andong	Futures	Hard	Aleksandar Vlaski	6–2, 7–5
Win	11–2	Aug 2007	Russia F4, Moscow	Futures	Clay	Artem Sitak	7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win	12–2	Sep 2007	Germany F15, Kempten	Futures	Clay	Marcel Zimmermann	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Win	13–2	Nov 2007	Great Britain F21, Redbridge	Futures	Hard	Frederik Nielsen	6–1, 4–6, 6–4

Doubles: 12 (11–1)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 1998	Uzbekistan F2, Andijan	Futures	Hard	Max Mirnyi	Vadim Kutsenko Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi	6–2, 6–4
Win	2–0	Jul 1998	Bristol, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Max Mirnyi	Wayne Arthurs Ben Ellwood	6–4, 3–6, 7–6
Win	3–0	May 1999	Germany F2, Schwäbisch Hall	Futures	Clay	Oleg Ogorodov	Ricardo Schlachter Andres Schneiter	6–3, 4–6, 7–6
Win	4–0	Apr 2002	Napoli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Gabriel Trifu	Martin Vassallo Arguello Leonardo Olguin	7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Win	5–0	May 2002	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Gabriel Trifu	Sergio Roitman Andres Schneiter	6–1, 6–2
Win	6–0	Aug 2004	Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Igor Kunitsyn	Daniel Muñoz de la Nava Ivan Navarro	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	7–0	Jul 2005	Córdoba, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Sergiy Stakhovsky	Nicolas Mahut Gilles Muller	7–5, 5–7, 6–1
Win	8–0	Apr 2007	Russia F1, Moscow	Futures	Hard	Sergey Betov	Konstantin Kravchuk Evgeny Kirillov	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win	9–0	May 2007	Belarus F1, Minsk	Futures	Hard	Sergey Betov	Ivan Cerovic Artem Sitak	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	9–1	Sep 2007	Germany F15, Kempten	Futures	Clay	Nicolas Todero	Dustin Brown Jeroen Masson	4–6, 4–6
Win	10–1	Nov 2007	Great Britain F22, Sunderland	Futures	Hard	Andrei Karatchenia	Neil Bamford Martin Killemose	2–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win	11–1	Jun 2008	Ukraine F1, Cherkassy	Futures	Clay	Aliaksandr Bury	Marco Bella Marco Simoni	6–1, ret.

Performance Timeline[]

Singles[]

References[]

External links[]

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

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