Filippo Volandri Explained

Filippo Volandri
Birth Date:1981 9, df=yes
Turnedpro:1997
Retired:2016
Plays:Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singlesrecord:178–224
Singlestitles:2
Highestsinglesranking:No. 25 (23 July 2007)
Australianopenresult:2R (2004)
Frenchopenresult:4R (2007)
Wimbledonresult:2R (2004)
Usopenresult:2R (2004)
Othertournaments:yes
Olympicsresult:1R (2004)
Doublesrecord:32–76
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 120 (14 May 2006)
Australianopendoublesresult:2R (2005)
Frenchopendoublesresult:2R (2005, 2007, 2011, 2012)
Wimbledondoublesresult:1R (2004, 2005)
Usopendoublesresult:2R (2003, 2005)
Updated:31 July 2017

Filippo Volandri (pronounced as /it/; born 5 September 1981) is an Italian tennis coach and former professional player.Volandri reached a career-high singles ranking of world no. 25 in July 2007.He turned professional in 1997 and earned almost $4 million in prize money.

Retired in 2017, the following year he became coach and since 2021 he has been the captain of the Italian team, which he led to the win of two consecutive Davis Cups in 2023 and 2024.

Earlier career

2006: Second title

Volandri won the second title of his career in September 2006, beating Nicolás Lapentti in the final of the Sicily International.[1]

2007: Success at the Rome Masters and French Open

At the Rome Masters in 2007 Volandri, having entered as a wild card, recorded the biggest win of his career by beating the then world no. 1 Roger Federer in straight sets 6–2, 6–4.[2] Volandri celebrated by doing a lap of honour around centre court, high-fiving spectators in the front rows.[3]

Volandri hailed the victory as not only for himself, but for Italy, speaking of both the regard in which Federer, who holds the record for the longest streak as the world's top-ranked male player, is held, and the relative under-achievement of Italy in men's tennis at the time. For his part Federer offered few excuses for his out-of-character display.[2] Hopes that this might be the start of Italy's re-emergence among the top nations of professional men's tennis were heightened when Volandri went on to beat world no. 12 Tomáš Berdych in the quarterfinal. The win meant that Volandri became the first Italian to reach the event's semifinals since 1978. His run stopped in the semifinals when he lost to Fernando González.

At the 2007 French Open he was the 29th seed and made it to the fourth round, rising to No. 27 in the world in the rankings.

Later career

Volandri struggled greatly after the dropped match-fixing allegations. In 2017, he reached the final of the 2012 Brasil Open. He mainly competed on the ATP Challenger Tour.

On 23 June 2015, Volandri completed 300 wins at the ATP Challenger Tour tournaments by defeating Oriol Roca Batalla at the Aspria Tennis Cup in Milan. He became only the fourth player with this achievement.[4]

Controversy

Volandri came under suspicion for betting and match fixing, and his name featured prominently in a list compiled by the ATP of matches under suspicion for corruption.[5]

In January 2009, Volandri received a three-month ban from the ATP for a doping offence after testing positive for salbutamol during the Indian Wells tournament.[6] Volandri had a medical exemption from the International Tennis Federation to use salbutamol, an asthma medication, but the ITF deemed that his use of the drug was beyond therapeutic needs. His suspension was to last until 14 April 2009 and required him to forfeit all prize money and ranking points earned from the date of the failed test until the beginning of his suspension.[7]

In March 2009, the Court of Arbitration for Sport overruled the ATP decision and ruled that Volandri should be reinstated and that his forfeited ranking points and earnings returned to him. Volandri stated that he intended to sue the ATP over the incident.[8]

ATP career finals

Singles: 9 (2 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (2–7)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–7)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (2–7)
Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Croatia Open, CroatiaInternationalClay Carlos Moyá4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win1–1St. Pölten International, AustriaInternationalClay Xavier Malisse6–1, 6–4
Loss1–2Croatia Open, CroatiaInternationalClay Guillermo Cañas5–7, 3–6
Loss1–3Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, ItalyInternationalClay Tomáš Berdych3–6, 3–6
Loss1–4Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, ItalyInternationalClay Igor Andreev6–0, 1–6, 3–6
Loss1–5Argentina Open, ArgentinaInternationalClay Carlos Moyà6–7(6–8), 4–6
Loss1–6Romanian Open, RomaniaInternationalClay Jürgen Melzer1–6, 5–7
Win2–6Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, ItalyInternationalClay Nicolás Lapentti5–7, 6–1, 6–3
Loss2–7Brasil Open, BrazilATP World Tour 250Clay Nicolás Almagro3–6, 6–4, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)

ATP Challengers

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour Finals (1–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (11–14)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.7 August 2000Prague, Czech RepublicClay Albert Montañés1–6, 1–6
Winner1.18 September 2000Biella, ItalyClay Hernán Gumy6–3, 6–2
Runner-up2.29 April 2002Rome, ItalyClay Martín Vassallo Argüello4–6, 0–6
Runner-up3.12 August 2002Graz, AustriaHard Olivier Mutis3–6, 2–6
Winner2.17 March 2003Cagliari, ItalyClay Rafael Nadal2–6, 6–2, 6–1
Winner3.9 June 2003Biella, ItalyClay José Acasuso2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Winner4.2 August 2004Trani, ItalyClay Francesco Aldi6–1, 6–3
Winner5.21 July 2008San MarinoClay Potito Starace5–7, 6–4, 6–1
Winner6.28 July 2008Cordenons, ItalyClay Óscar Hernández6–3, 7–5
Runner-up4.17 August 2009Trani, ItalyClay Daniel Köllerer3–6, 5–7
Winner7.12 April 2010Rome, ItalyClay Lamine Ouahab6–4, 7–5
Winner8.31 May 2010Rome, ItalyClay Reda El Amrani6–3, 6–2
Runner-up5.2 August 2010San MarinoClay Robin Haase2–6, 6–7(8–10)
Runner-up6.9 August 2010Trani, ItalyClay Jesse Huta Galung6–7(3–7), 4–6
Runner-up7.28 March 2011Barletta, ItalyClay Aljaž Bedene5–7, 3–6
Runner-up8.18 April 2011Napoli, ItalyClay Thomas Schoorel2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Winner9.18 July 2011Orbetello, ItalyClay Matteo Viola4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up9.18 September 2011Todi, ItalyClay Carlos Berlocq3–6, 1–6
Runner-up10.17 March 2012Rabat, MoroccoClay Martin Kližan2–6, 3–6
Runner-up11.12 May 2013Rome, ItalyClay Aljaž Bedene4–6, 2–6
Winner10.23 June 2013Milan, ItalyClay Andrej Martin6–3, 6–2
Winner11.28 July 2013Orbetello, ItalyClay Pere Riba6–4, 7–6(9–7)
Runner-up12.11 August 2013City of San Marino, San MarinoClay Marco Cecchinato3–6, 4–6
Runner-up13.8 September 2013Genoa, ItalyClay Dustin Brown6–7(5–7), 3–6
Winner12.17 November 2013São Paulo, BrazilClay Alejandro González4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up14.14 September 2014Biella, ItalyClay Matteo Viola5–7, 1–6

Performance timelines

Singles

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Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAQ32R1R1R1R1RAA1R1R1R1RAA0 / 91–910.00
French OpenAA1R1R3R2R4R1RQ2Q11R1RQ21RQ2Q10 / 96–940.00
WimbledonAA1R2R1R1R1R1RAA1R1RA1RAA0 / 91–910.00
US OpenAA1R2R1R1R1RAAA1R1R1RAAA0 / 81–811.11
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–33–42–41–43–40–30–00–00–40–40–20–30–00–00 / 359–3520.45
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells MastersAAA1R1R2R1R1RAAAAAAAA0 / 50–500.00
Miami MastersAAAA1R3R2R1RAAAAA1RAA0 / 42–528.57
Monte-Carlo MastersAAQF1RQF1R1R2RAA1R2RQ2Q2Q1Q10 / 88–850.00
Madrid Masters1AAAA1RA1RAAAAAAAAA0 / 20–200.00
Rome Masters1R1RQF3R2R2RSF1R1R3R2R1R1R1RA1R0 / 1514–1548.28
Canada MastersAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0–
Cincinnati MastersAAAA1RA1RAAAAAAAA0 / 20–200.00
Shanghai Masters2AA1R1RQF2R2R1RAAAAAAA0 / 54–544.44
Paris MastersAAA1RAA2RAAAAAAAA0 / 21–233.33
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–10–16–32–57–73–57–81–50–12–11–21–20–10–20–00–10 / 4530–4540.00
Career Statistics
style=text-align:leftTitles–Finals0–00–00–11–30–11–30–00–00–00–00–00–10–00–00–00–02 / 92–722.22
style=text-align:leftYear End Ranking213153474338384010221591698871212192$3,915,403

1 Was played on hardcourt from 2002 to 2008.
2 Held as Hamburg Masters until 2008 and Shanghai Masters from 2009.

Doubles

Current as far as the 2012 US Open (tennis).

Tournament20032004200520062007200820092010201120122013W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenA1R2RA1R1RAAAAA1–4
French OpenA1R2R1R2R1RAA2R2RA4–7
WimbledonA1R1RAAAAAAAA0–2
US Open2R1R2R1R1RAAAAAA2–5
style=text-align:leftWin–loss1–10–43–40–21–30–20–00–01–11–17–18

Top 10 wins

Season19971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016Total
Wins000000110330000000008
width=150PlayerRankwidth=250EventSurfaceRdwidth=200Score
2003
1. Sébastien Grosjean10Stuttgart, GermanyClay2R6–2, 6–1
2004
2. Carlos Moyà4Umag, CroatiaClaybgcolor=yellowSF6–3, 6–2
2006
3. Nikolay Davydenko5Doha, QatarHardQF6–3, 6–4
4. David Nalbandian3World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, GermanyClayRR6–4, 7–5
5. Tommy Robredo7Davis Cup, Torre del Greco, ItalyClayRR6–3, 7–5, 6–3
2007
6. Roger Federerbgcolor=lime1Rome, ItalyClay3R6–2, 6–4
7. Andy Murray10Hamburg, GermanyClay1R1–5, r.
8. Ivan Ljubičić7Roland Garros, Paris, FranceClay3R6–4, 6–7(4–7), 4–6, 6–3, 6–4

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/5396382.stm BBC article
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305203544/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-tennis-men-italy-masters-idUKL1048366820070510 "Federer beaten by wild card"
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJn1iljsOqo Federer vs Volandri MSRoma 2007 (Tommasi-Clerici)
  4. News: Meiseles . Josh . Volandri Joins 300 Wins Club . 24 October 2018 . ATP World Tour . 24 June 2015.
  5. http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/tennis/matchfixing-still-an-issue-exmafia-boss/2009/01/01/1230681663672.html Tennis Match Fixing is Still an Issue
  6. https://archive.today/20120715193519/http://uk.reuters.com/article/tennisNews/idUKLG74651320090116 Tennis Player Volandri Banned for 3 Months
  7. https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=3838199 Filippo Volandri Banned Three Months for Asthma Drug Use
  8. https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=4030377 Volandri's Drug Ban Lifted

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