Vladimir Voltchkov

Infobox Tennis player
playername= Vladimir Voltchkov
country= BLR
residence = Minsk, Belarus
placebirth = Minsk, Soviet Union flagicon|USSR
datebirth= birthdate and age|1978|4|7
height= height|m=1.80
weight= convert|167|lb|kg st|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro = 1995
plays= Right-handed; two-handed backhand
careerprizemoney= $1,309,401
singlestitles= 0
singlesrecord= 67–87
highestsinglesranking= No. 25 (April 30, 2001}
AustralianOpenresult= 2nd (2002)
FrenchOpenresult= 2nd (2004)
Wimbledonresult= SF (2000)
USOpenresult= 2nd (2001)
doublesrecord= 36–43
doublestitles= 1
highestdoublesranking= No. 71 (Jun 09, 2003)
updated=September 23, 2007

Vladimir Nikolayevich Voltchkov ( _be. 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." [ [http://www.atptennis.com/5/en/players/playerprofiles/highlights.asp?playernumber=V211 ATPtennis.com - Players - Profiles - Career Highlights & Biography ] ] 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) [ [http://www.daviscup.com/teams/player.asp?player=10010104. Davis Cup - Players ] ]

ATP Tour finals

ingles titles (13)

Doubles wins (6)

References

External links

*ATP|id=V211
*DavisCupplayerlink|id=10010104