Vladimir Voltchkov Explained
Vladimir Voltchkov
Uładzimir Vałčkoŭ
Уладзімір Валчкоў
Владимир Волчков |
| Residence: | Minsk, Belarus |
| Birth Place: | Minsk, Soviet Union |
| Birth Date: | 7 April 1978 |
| Turnedpro: | 1995 |
| Retired: | 2008 |
| Plays: | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | $1,315,133 |
| Singlesrecord: | 70–91 |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 25 (30 April 2001) |
| Australianopenresult: | 2R (2002) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 2R (2004) |
| Wimbledonresult: | SF (2000) |
| Usopenresult: | 2R (2001) |
| Othertournaments: | yes |
| Olympicsresult: | 2R (2000) |
| Doublesrecord: | 41–43 |
| Doublestitles: | 1 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 71 (9 June 2003) |
| Australianopendoublesresult: | 2R (2003) |
| Frenchopendoublesresult: | 2R (2003) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | SF (2001) |
| Usopendoublesresult: | 2R (2001) |
| Othertournamentsdoubles: | yes |
| Olympicsdoublesresult: | 2R (2004) |
| Team: | yes |
| Daviscupresult: | SF (2004) |
| Updated: | 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 by 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 reached 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, then lost 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)
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) | | ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) | | ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0) | | ATP Championship Series (0–0) | | ATP World Series (0–1) | |
| | Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (0–1) | | Clay (0–0) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) | |
| | Finals by setting |
|---|
| Outdoors (0–1) | | Indoors (0–0) | |
| |
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
| 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 (1–0) | |
| | Titles by surface |
|---|
| Hard (1–0) | | Clay (0–0) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) | |
| | Titles by setting |
|---|
| Outdoor (1–0) | | Indoor (0–0) | |
| |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 15 (13–2)
| Legend |
|---|
| ATP Challenger (8–2) | | ITF Futures (5–0) | |
| | Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (7–0) | | Clay (3–0) | | Grass (1–0) | | Carpet (2–2) | |
| |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|
| Win | 1–0 | | Israel F2, Ashkelon | Futures | Hard |  Eyal Erlich | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | | Puebla, Mexico | Challenger | Hard |  Christophe Rochus | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–0 | | Hamburg, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Axel Pretzsch | 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 |
| Win | 4–0 | | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Challenger | Clay |  Dinu-Mihai Pescariu | 7–5, 6–7, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–1 | | Magdeburg, Germany | Challenger | Carpet |  Sébastien Lareau | 6–7(1–7), 3–6 |
| Win | 5–1 | | Fergana, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard |  Igor Kunitsyn | 4–6, 6–0, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–1 | | Manchester, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass |  Karol Beck | 6–4, 7–6(7–2) |
| Win | 7–1 | | Aachen, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Marc Rosset | 7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
| Loss | 7–2 | | Milan, Italy | Challenger | Carpet | Dennis Van Scheppingen | 7–5, 4–6, 6–7(5–7) |
| Win | 8–2 | | Wrexham, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard | George Bastl | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 9–2 | | Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina | Challenger | Hard | Michal Mertiňák | 7–6(7–1), 6–3 |
| Win | 10–2 | | Korea F2, Andong | Futures | Hard | Aleksandar Vlaški | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 11–2 | | Russia F4, Moscow | Futures | Clay | Artem Sitak | 7–6(7–4), 6–1 |
| Win | 12–2 | | Germany F15, Kempten | Futures | Clay | Marcel Zimmermann | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 13–2 | | Great Britain F21, Redbridge | Futures | Hard | Frederik Nielsen | 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 | |
Doubles: 12 (11–1)
| Legend |
|---|
| ATP Challenger (5–0) | | ITF Futures (6–1) | |
| | Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (6–0) | | Clay (4–1) | | Grass (1–0) | | Carpet (0–0) | |
| |
| Result | class=unsortable | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | class=unsortable | Score |
|---|
| Win | 1–0 | | Uzbekistan F2, Andijan | Futures | Hard |  Max Mirnyi |  Vadim Kutsenko
Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | | Bristol, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Max Mirnyi |  Wayne Arthurs
Ben Ellwood | 6–4, 3–6, 7–6 |
| Win | 3–0 | | Germany F2, Schwäbisch Hall | Futures | Clay | Oleg Ogorodov |  Ricardo Schlachter
 Andrés Schneiter | 6–3, 4–6, 7–6 |
| Win | 4–0 | | Napoli, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Gabriel Trifu | Martín Vassallo Argüello
Leonardo Olguín | 7–5, 7–6(7–5) |
| Win | 5–0 | | Rome, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Gabriel Trifu | Sergio Roitman
Andrés Schneiter | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 6–0 | | Segovia, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Igor Kunitsyn |  Daniel Muñoz de la Nava
Iván Navarro | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 7–0 | | Córdoba, Spain | Challenger | Hard |  Sergiy Stakhovsky |  Nicolas Mahut
 Gilles Müller | 7–5, 5–7, 6–1 |
| Win | 8–0 | | Russia F1, Moscow | Futures | Hard | Sergey Betov | Konstantin Kravchuk
Evgeny Kirillov | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
| Win | 9–0 | | Belarus F1, Minsk | Futures | Hard | Sergey Betov | Ivan Cerović
Artem Sitak | 6–4, 5–7, 6–3 |
| Loss | 9–1 | | Germany F15, Kempten | Futures | Clay | Nicolás Todero |  Dustin Brown
Jeroen Masson | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 10–1 | | Great Britain F22, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | Andrei Karatchenia |  Neil Bamford
Martin Killemose | 2–6, 6–2, [10–8] |
| Win | 11–1 | | Ukraine F1, Cherkassy | Futures | Clay | Aliaksandr Bury |  Marco Bella
Marco Simoni | 6–1, ret. | |
Performance timeline
Singles
References
- http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/enwiki/V211/overview Tennis – ATP World Tour – Players – Vladimir Voltchkov
- http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10010104. Davis Cup – Players
