Vladimir Voltchkov
Country	Belarus
Residence	Minsk, Belarus
Date of birth	April 7, 1978 (1978-04-07) (age 30)
Place of birth	Minsk, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	167 lb (76 kg/11.9 st)
Turned pro	1995
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	$1,309,401
Singles
Career record:	67–87
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	No. 25 (April 30, 2001}
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2nd (2002)
French Open	2nd (2004)
Wimbledon	SF (2000)
US Open	2nd (2001)
Doubles
Career record:	36–43
Career titles:	1
Highest ranking:	No. 71 (Jun 09, 2003)
Infobox last updated on: September 23, 2007.

Vladimir Nikolayevich Voltchkov (Belarusian: Уладзімір Мікалаевіч Валчкоў, Uladzimir Mikalayevich Valchkov; born April 7, 1978, in Minsk) is a Belarusian tennis player. Voltchkov reached the semifinal at the 2000 Wimbledon, where, as a qualifer, he lost to Pete Sampras in straight sets. He has represented Belarus in both the Davis Cup and the Olympics games in 2000, also won the Wimbledon juniors competition in 1996.

Tennis career

Voltchkov had excellent results as a junior capturing the Wimbledon juniors title defeating Ivan Ljubičić in 1996. His highest achievement came in 2000, inspired by the film "The Gladiator."^[1] After watching the movie four times, he went on to reach the semi-finals as a qualifier. British press dubbed him "The Vladiator". Voltchkov has a 30-16 career Davis Cup record (17-11 in singles)^[2]

ATP Tour finals

Singles titles (13)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	March 23, 1998	Ashkelon	Hard	Eyal Ran	7–5, 6–4
2.	November 16, 1998	Puebla	Hard	Christophe Rochus	6–3, 6–3
3.	February 1, 1999	Hamburg	Carpet	Axel Pretzsch	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
4.	May 3, 1999	Ljubljana	Clay	Dinu Pescariu	7–5, 6–7, 6–4
5.	May 8, 2000	Fergana	Hard	Igor Kunitsyn	4–6, 6–0, 6–4
6.	July 15, 2002	Manchester	Grass	Karol Beck	6–4, 7–6
7.	October 28, 2002	Aachen	Carpet	Marc Rosset	7–6, 6–4
8.	January 24, 2005	Wrexham	Hard (i)	George Bastl	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
9.	March 14, 2005	Sarajevo	Hard (i)	Michal Mertinak	7–6, 6–3
10.	March 20, 2006	Andong	Hard	Aleksandar Vlaski	6–2, 7–5
11.	August 20, 2007	Moscow	Clay	Artem Sitak	7–6, 6–1
12.	September 3, 2007	Kempten	Clay	Marcel Zimmermann	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
13.	November 5, 2007	Redbridge	Hard (i)	Frederik Nielsen	6–1, 4–6, 6–4

Singles runner-up (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	March 13, 2000	Magdeburg	Carpet	Sebastien Lareau	6–7, 3–6
2.	November 24, 2003	Milan	Carpet	Dennis van Scheppingen	7–5, 4–6, 6–7
3.	September 9, 2002	Tashkent	Hard	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–7(6), 5–7

Doubles wins (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	July 6, 1998	Bristol	Grass	Max Mirnyi	Wayne Arthurs Ben Ellwood	6–4, 3–6, 7–6
2.	April 22, 2002	Napoli	Clay	Gabriel Trifu	Leonard Olguin Martin Vassallo Arguello	7–5, 7–6
3.	April 29, 2002	Rome	Clay	Gabriel Trifu	Sergio Roitman Andres Schneiter	6–1, 6–2
4.	February 10, 2003	San Jose	Hard (i)	Lee Hyung-taik	Paul Goldstein Robert Kendrick	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
5.	July 26, 2004	Segovia	Hard	Igor Kunitsyn	Daniel Munoz-De La Nava Iván Navarro	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
6.	June 27, 2005	Cordoba	Hard	Sergiy Stakhovsky	Nicolas Mahut Gilles Muller	7–5, 5–7, 6–1

References

1. ^ ATPtennis.com - Players - Profiles - Career Highlights & Biography
2. ^ Davis Cup - Players

External links

• Vladimir Voltchkov at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Vladimir Voltchkov at Davis Cup