# Vladimir Voltchkov

Vladimir Nikolayevich Voltchkov (Belarusian: Уладзімір Мікалаевіч Валчкоў, Uładzimir Mikałajevič Vałčkoŭ; Владимир Николаевич Волчков; 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 | 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 | Sep 2002 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | World Series | Hard | 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 | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Feb 2003 | San Jose, United States | World Series | Hard | Hyung-Taik Lee | Paul Goldstein 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 | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Mar 1998 | Israel F2, Ashkelon | Futures | Hard | Eyal Erlich | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | Nov 1998 | Puebla, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Christophe Rochus | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–0 | Feb 1999 | Hamburg, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Axel Pretzsch | 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 |
| Win | 4–0 | May 1999 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Challenger | Clay | Dinu-Mihai Pescariu | 7–5, 6–7, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–1 | Mar 2000 | Magdeburg, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Sébastien Lareau | 6–7$^{(1–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Win | 5–1 | May 2000 | Fergana, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | Igor Kunitsyn | 4–6, 6–0, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–1 | Jul 2002 | Manchester, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Karol Beck | 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ |
| Win | 7–1 | Nov 2002 | Aachen, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Marc Rosset | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–4 |
| Loss | 7–2 | Nov 2003 | Milan, Italy | Challenger | Carpet | Dennis Van Scheppingen | 7–5, 4–6, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Win | 8–2 | Jan 2005 | Wrexham, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard | George Bastl | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 9–2 | Mar 2005 | Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina | Challenger | Hard | Michal Mertiňák | 7–6$^{(7–1)}$, 6–3 |
| Win | 10–2 | Mar 2006 | Korea F2, Andong | Futures | Hard | Aleksandar Vlaški | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 11–2 | Aug 2007 | Russia F4, Moscow | Futures | Clay | Artem Sitak | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–1 |
| Win | 12–2 | Sep 2007 | Germany F15, Kempten | Futures | Clay | Marcel Zimmermann | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 13–2 | Nov 2007 | Great Britain F21, Redbridge | Futures | Hard | 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 | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Apr 1998 | Uzbekistan F2, Andijan | Futures | Hard | Max Mirnyi | Vadim Kutsenko Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | Jul 1998 | Bristol, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Max Mirnyi | Wayne Arthurs Ben Ellwood | 6–4, 3–6, 7–6 |
| Win | 3–0 | May 1999 | Germany F2, Schwäbisch Hall | Futures | Clay | Oleg Ogorodov | Ricardo Schlachter Andrés Schneiter | 6–3, 4–6, 7–6 |
| Win | 4–0 | Apr 2002 | Napoli, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Gabriel Trifu | Martín Vassallo Argüello Leonardo Olguín | 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| Win | 5–0 | May 2002 | Rome, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Gabriel Trifu | Sergio Roitman Andrés Schneiter | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 6–0 | Aug 2004 | Segovia, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Igor Kunitsyn | Daniel Muñoz de la Nava Iván Navarro | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 7–0 | Jul 2005 | Córdoba, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Sergiy Stakhovsky | Nicolas Mahut Gilles Müller | 7–5, 5–7, 6–1 |
| Win | 8–0 | Apr 2007 | Russia F1, Moscow | Futures | Hard | Sergey Betov | Konstantin Kravchuk Evgeny Kirillov | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–3 |
| Win | 9–0 | May 2007 | Belarus F1, Minsk | Futures | Hard | Sergey Betov | Ivan Cerović Artem Sitak | 6–4, 5–7, 6–3 |
| Loss | 9–1 | Sep 2007 | Germany F15, Kempten | Futures | Clay | Nicolás Todero | Dustin Brown Jeroen Masson | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 10–1 | Nov 2007 | Great Britain F22, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | Andrei Karatchenia | Neil Bamford Martin Killemose | 2–6, 6–2, [10–8] |
| Win | 11–1 | Jun 2008 | Ukraine F1, Cherkassy | Futures | Clay | Aliaksandr Bury | Marco Bella Marco Simoni | 6–1, ret. |

## Performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### 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 | 20% |
| French Open | A | 1R | A | 1R | Q1 | 1R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% |
| Wimbledon | 3R | 1R | SF | 1R | Q1 | 1R | A | Q2 | A | 0 / 5 | 7–5 | 58% |
| US Open | Q3 | Q1 | A | 2R | Q3 | 1R | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Win–loss | 2–1 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 15 | 10–15 | 40% |
| Olympic Games |||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | NH | NH | 2R | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 1R | NH | NH | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| ATP Masters Series |||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Miami | A | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Hamburg | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Rome | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Cincinnati | Q2 | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 8 | 0–8 | 0% |