Renzo Furlan (born 17 May 1970) is an Italian tennis coach and a former professional player. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 19 in April 1996. In 2024, he was named WTA Coach of the Year.
Career Furlan represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the quarterfinals by India's Leander Paes. Four years earlier, when Barcelona hosted the Summer Olympics, he reached the third round, falling to Jordi Arrese of Spain. His best performance at a Grand Slam tournament came when he got to the quarterfinals of the 1995 French Open, defeating Marcos Ondruska, David Rikl, Fernando Meligeni and Scott Draper before losing to Sergi Bruguera.Renzo Furlan Career highlights and Personal
Coaching career Furlan was appointed president of the Tennis Federation of Serbia in 2016 and after leaving, Furlan began coaching Jasmine Paolini full-time in 2020, having first worked with her in 2015. He was named WTA Coach of the Year in 2024. They split in March 2025. Since April 2026 he is coaching Luca Nardi.
Personal life Began playing tennis at age 6. Played soccer until age 14. He is the youngest in the family of two brothers and one sister. His hobbies include action and spy thriller movies and reading spy novels.
ATP career finals
Singles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)ATP 500 Series (0–0)ATP 250 Series (2–5)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (1–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–3)Indoors (1–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Bologna, ItalyWorld SeriesClay Jaime Oncins2–6, 4–6Loss0–2Firenze, ItalyWorld SeriesClay Thomas Muster3–6, 6–1, 1–6Loss0–3San Marino, San MarinoWorld SeriesClay Thomas Muster5–7, 5–7Win1–3San Jose, United StatesWorld SeriesHard (i) Michael Chang3–6, 6–2, 7–5Win2–3Casablanca, MoroccoWorld SeriesClay Karim Alami6–2, 6–2Loss2–4Beijing, ChinaWorld SeriesHard (i) Michael Chang5–7, 3–6Loss2–5St. Petersburg, RussiaWorld SeriesCarpet (i) Thomas Johansson3–6, 4–6
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)ATP 500 Series (0–0)ATP 250 Series (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1San Marino, San MarinoWorld SeriesClay Jordi Arrese Neil Broad Greg Van Emburgh2–6, 4–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 7 (3–4) LegendATP Challenger (3–4)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (3–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Tampere, FinlandChallengerClay Fernando Luna6–3, 6–3Loss1–1Turin, ItalyChallengerClay Franco Davin6–7, 6–3, 1–6Win2–1Budapest, HungaryChallengerClay Christophe Van Garsse6–2, 6–3Win3–1Bressanone, ItalyChallengerClay Alessio Di Mauro6–3, 6–1Loss3–2Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Sergi Bruguera6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7)Loss3–3San Remo, ItalyChallengerClay Oliver Gross4–6, 3–6Loss3–4Sassuolo, ItalyChallengerClay Mariano Albert-Ferrando6–7(1–7), 3–6
Doubles: 4 (2–2) LegendATP Challenger (2–2)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (1–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Turin, ItalyChallengerClay Omar Camporese Sven Salumaa Tobias Svantesson7–5, 3–6, 6–4Win2–0Messina, ItalyChallengerHard Guillermo Perez-Roldan Jan Apell Markus Naewie6–4, 6–2Loss2–1Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Uros Vico Massimo Bertolini Cristian Brandi6–4, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss2–2San Remo, ItalyChallengerClay Cristian Brandi Daniele Bracciali Giorgio Galimberti3–6, 4–6
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAQ21R1RA1R3R4R3R1RAAAA2R0 / 88–8French Open1RA1R1R2R1RQF3R1RQ3Q3Q3Q1Q2Q20 / 87–8WimbledonAA1RAA1R1R3R2RAAAAAA0 / 53–5US OpenAAA1R2R1R3R1R1RAAAAAA0 / 63–6Win–loss0–10–00–30–32–20–48–47–43–40–10–00–00–00–01–10 / 2721–27Olympic GamesSummer OlympicsNot Held3RNot HeldQFNot HeldANot Held0 / 25–2ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAA2RA1RA1R3RAAAAAAA0 / 43–4MiamiAA1RA2RA2R3RAAAAAAA0 / 43–4Monte CarloAA1R2R1R1R1R2R2RQ1Q2Q1Q1AA0 / 73–7HamburgAA3R3R2R2R2RA1RAAAAAA0 / 67–6RomeA2R2R2R1R2R2R1R1R1RA1RAAA0 / 105–10CanadaAAAAAAA2RAAAAAAA0 / 11–1CincinnatiAAAAAAQF1RAAAAAAA0 / 23–2ParisAAAAA2R1R1RAAAAAAA0 / 31–3Win–loss0–01–14–54–32–53–46–75–71–30–10–00–10–00–00–00 / 3726–37
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