Vladimir Voltchkov

Vladimir Nikolayevich Voltchkov (Template:Langx, Uładzimir Mikałajevič Vałčkoŭ; ; 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. 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).

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1996	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Ivan Ljubičić	3–6, 6–2, 6–3

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	[[2002 President's Cup – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–7(6–8), 5–7

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)

Result	W–L	Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	[[2003 Siebel Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	San Jose, United States	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Hyung-Taik Lee	Template:Flagicon Paul Goldstein Template:Flagicon Robert Kendrick	7–5, 4–6, 6–3

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	Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Template:Dts	Israel F2, Ashkelon	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Eyal Erlich	7–5, 6–4
Win	2–0	Template:Dts	Puebla, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Christophe Rochus	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–0	Template:Dts	Hamburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Axel Pretzsch	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win	4–0	Template:Dts	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Dinu-Mihai Pescariu	7–5, 6–7, 6–4
Loss	4–1	Template:Dts	Magdeburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Lareau	6–7(1–7), 3–6
Win	5–1	Template:Dts	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Igor Kunitsyn	4–6, 6–0, 6–4
Win	6–1	Template:Dts	Manchester, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Template:Flagicon Karol Beck	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Win	7–1	Template:Dts	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Marc Rosset	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss	7–2	Template:Dts	Milan, Italy	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Dennis Van Scheppingen	7–5, 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	8–2	Template:Dts	Wrexham, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon George Bastl	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	9–2	Template:Dts	Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Michal Mertiňák	7–6(7–1), 6–3
Win	10–2	Template:Dts	Korea F2, Andong	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Aleksandar Vlaški	6–2, 7–5
Win	11–2	Template:Dts	Russia F4, Moscow	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Artem Sitak	7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win	12–2	Template:Dts	Germany F15, Kempten	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marcel Zimmermann	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Win	13–2	Template:Dts	Great Britain F21, Redbridge	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon 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	W–L	Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Template:Dts	Uzbekistan F2, Andijan	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Max Mirnyi	Template:Flagicon Vadim Kutsenko Template:Flagicon Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi	6–2, 6–4
Win	2–0	Template:Dts	Bristol, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Template:Flagicon Max Mirnyi	Template:Flagicon Wayne Arthurs Template:Flagicon Ben Ellwood	6–4, 3–6, 7–6
Win	3–0	Template:Dts	Germany F2, Schwäbisch Hall	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Oleg Ogorodov	Template:Flagicon Ricardo Schlachter Template:Flagicon Andrés Schneiter	6–3, 4–6, 7–6
Win	4–0	Template:Dts	Napoli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Gabriel Trifu	Template:Flagicon Martín Vassallo Argüello Template:Flagicon Leonardo Olguín	7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Win	5–0	Template:Dts	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Gabriel Trifu	Template:Flagicon Sergio Roitman Template:Flagicon Andrés Schneiter	6–1, 6–2
Win	6–0	Template:Dts	Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Igor Kunitsyn	Template:Flagicon Daniel Muñoz de la Nava Template:Flagicon Iván Navarro	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	7–0	Template:Dts	Córdoba, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sergiy Stakhovsky	Template:Flagicon Nicolas Mahut Template:Flagicon Gilles Müller	7–5, 5–7, 6–1
Win	8–0	Template:Dts	Russia F1, Moscow	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sergey Betov	Template:Flagicon Konstantin Kravchuk Template:Flagicon Evgeny Kirillov	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win	9–0	Template:Dts	Belarus F1, Minsk	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sergey Betov	Template:Flagicon Ivan Cerović Template:Flagicon Artem Sitak	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	9–1	Template:Dts	Germany F15, Kempten	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Nicolás Todero	Template:Flagicon Dustin Brown Template:Flagicon Jeroen Masson	4–6, 4–6
Win	10–1	Template:Dts	Great Britain F22, Sunderland	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Andrei Karatchenia	Template:Flagicon Neil Bamford Template:Flagicon Martin Killemose	2–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win	11–1	Template:Dts	Ukraine F1, Cherkassy	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Aliaksandr Bury	Template:Flagicon Marco Bella Template:Flagicon Marco Simoni	6–1, ret.

Performance timeline

Singles

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	A	1R	2R	1R	A	A	Q1	0 / 4	1–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	1R	A	1R	Q1	1R	2R	A	A	0 / 4	1–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	3R	1R	SF	1R	Q1	1R	A	Q2	A	0 / 5	7–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	Q3	Q1	A	2R	Q3	1R	A	Q1	A	0 / 2	1–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	2–1	0–3	5–1	1–4	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 15	10–15	Template:Tennis win percentage
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	NH		2R	Not Held			1R	NH		0 / 2	1–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	Q2	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–6	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 8	0–8	Template:Tennis win percentage

External links

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