Vladimir Nikolayevich Voltchkov (; ; 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.Tennis – ATP World Tour – Players – Vladimir Voltchkov 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).Davis Cup – Players
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1996WimbledonGrass Ivan Ljubičić3–6, 6–2, 6–3
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Tashkent, UzbekistanWorld SeriesHard Yevgeny Kafelnikov6–7(6–8), 5–7
Doubles: 1 (1 title) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoor (1–0)Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0San Jose, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Hyung-Taik Lee Paul Goldstein Robert Kendrick 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 15 (13–2) LegendATP Challenger (8–2)ITF Futures (5–0)Finals by surfaceHard (7–0)Clay (3–0)Grass (1–0)Carpet (2–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Israel F2, AshkelonFuturesHard Eyal Erlich7–5, 6–4Win2–0Puebla, MexicoChallengerHard Christophe Rochus6–3, 6–3Win3–0Hamburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Axel Pretzsch4–6, 6–3, 7–6Win4–0Ljubljana, SloveniaChallengerClay Dinu-Mihai Pescariu7–5, 6–7, 6–4Loss4–1Magdeburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Sébastien Lareau6–7(1–7), 3–6Win5–1Fergana, UzbekistanChallengerHard Igor Kunitsyn4–6, 6–0, 6–4Win6–1Manchester, United KingdomChallengerGrass Karol Beck6–4, 7–6(7–2)Win7–1Aachen, GermanyChallengerCarpet Marc Rosset7–6(7–4), 6–4Loss7–2Milan, ItalyChallengerCarpet Dennis Van Scheppingen7–5, 4–6, 6–7(5–7)Win8–2Wrexham, United KingdomChallengerHard George Bastl4–6, 6–4, 6–3Win9–2Sarajevo, Bosnia & HerzegovinaChallengerHard Michal Mertiňák7–6(7–1), 6–3Win10–2Korea F2, AndongFuturesHard Aleksandar Vlaški6–2, 7–5Win11–2Russia F4, MoscowFuturesClay Artem Sitak7–6(7–4), 6–1Win12–2Germany F15, KemptenFuturesClay Marcel Zimmermann6–4, 3–6, 6–2Win13–2Great Britain F21, RedbridgeFuturesHard Frederik Nielsen6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Doubles: 12 (11–1) LegendATP Challenger (5–0)ITF Futures (6–1)Finals by surfaceHard (6–0)Clay (4–1)Grass (1–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Uzbekistan F2, AndijanFuturesHard Max Mirnyi Vadim Kutsenko Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi6–2, 6–4Win2–0Bristol, United KingdomChallengerGrass Max Mirnyi Wayne Arthurs Ben Ellwood6–4, 3–6, 7–6Win3–0Germany F2, Schwäbisch HallFuturesClay Oleg Ogorodov Ricardo Schlachter Andrés Schneiter6–3, 4–6, 7–6Win4–0Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Gabriel Trifu Martín Vassallo Argüello Leonardo Olguín7–5, 7–6(7–5)Win5–0Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Gabriel Trifu Sergio Roitman Andrés Schneiter6–1, 6–2Win6–0Segovia, SpainChallengerHard Igor Kunitsyn Daniel Muñoz de la Nava Iván Navarro3–6, 6–3, 6–2Win7–0Córdoba, SpainChallengerHard Sergiy Stakhovsky Nicolas Mahut Gilles Müller7–5, 5–7, 6–1Win8–0Russia F1, MoscowFuturesHard Sergey Betov Konstantin Kravchuk Evgeny Kirillov7–6(7–5), 6–3Win9–0Belarus F1, MinskFuturesHard Sergey Betov Ivan Cerović Artem Sitak6–4, 5–7, 6–3Loss9–1Germany F15, KemptenFuturesClay Nicolás Todero Dustin Brown Jeroen Masson4–6, 4–6Win10–1Great Britain F22, SunderlandFuturesHard Andrei Karatchenia Neil Bamford Martin Killemose2–6, 6–2, [10–8]Win11–1Ukraine F1, CherkassyFuturesClay Aliaksandr Bury Marco Bella Marco Simoni6–1, ret.
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament199819992000200120022003200420052006SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA1RA1R2R1RAAQ10 / 41–4French OpenA1RA1RQ11R2RAA0 / 41–4Wimbledon3R1RSF1RQ11RAQ2A0 / 57–5US OpenQ3Q1A2RQ31RAQ1A0 / 21–2Win–loss2–10–35–11–41–10–41–10–00–00 / 1510–15Olympic GamesSummer OlympicsNH2RNot Held1RNH0 / 21–2ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAA1RAAAAA0 / 10–1MiamiAAA2RA1RAAA0 / 20–2Monte CarloAAA1RAAAAA0 / 10–1HamburgAAA1RAAAAA0 / 10–1RomeAAA1RAAAAA0 / 10–1CincinnatiQ2A1R1RAAAAA0 / 20–2Win–loss0–00–00–10–60–00–10–00–00–00 / 80–8
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