# Renzo Furlan

Renzo Furlan (born 17 May 1970) is an Italian tennis coach and former professional player. In 2024, he was named WTA Coach of the Year.

## Career

Having turned professional in 1988, Furlan represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the quarter-finals 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: 4–6, 3–6, and 2–6. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 19 in April 1996.
His best performance at a Grand Slam tournament came when he got to the quarter-finals of the 1995 French Open, defeating Marcos Ondruska, David Rikl, Fernando Meligeni and Scott Draper before losing to Sergi Bruguera.
Furlan kept a residence in Monte Carlo during his playing days.
Furlan was appointed president of the Tennis Federation of Serbia in 2016. 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.

## ATP career finals
### Singles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand 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 surface
* Hard (1–1)
* Clay (1–3)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–1)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (1–3)
* Indoors (1–2)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | May 1992 | Bologna, Italy | World Series | Clay | Jaime Oncins | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jun 1992 | Firenze, Italy | World Series | Clay | Thomas Muster | 3–6, 6–1, 1–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Aug 1993 | San Marino, San Marino | World Series | Clay | Thomas Muster | 5–7, 5–7 |
| Win | 1–3 | Feb 1994 | San Jose, United States | World Series | Hard | Michael Chang | 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 2–3 | Mar 1994 | Casablanca, Morocco | World Series | Clay | Karim Alami | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Oct 1995 | Beijing, China | World Series | Hard | Michael Chang | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–5 | Mar 1997 | St. Petersburg, Russia | World Series | Carpet | Thomas Johansson | 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 |

### Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

* Legend
* Grand 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 surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (0–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (0–1)
* Indoors (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 1994 | San Marino, San Marino | World Series | Clay | Jordi Arrese | Neil Broad Greg Van Emburgh | 2–6, 4–6 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 7 (3–4)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (3–4)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (3–4)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 1990 | Tampere, Finland | Challenger | Clay | Fernando Luna | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Jun 1992 | Turin, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Franco Davin | 6–7, 6–3, 1–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Sep 1998 | Budapest, Hungary | Challenger | Clay | Christophe Van Garsse | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–1 | Aug 2001 | Bressanone, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Alessio Di Mauro | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Mar 2002 | Barletta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Sergi Bruguera | 6–3, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Loss | 3–3 | Apr 2002 | San Remo, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Oliver Gross | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Jun 2003 | Sassuolo, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Mariano Albert-Ferrando | 6–7$^{(1–7)}$, 3–6 |

### Doubles: 4 (2–2)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (2–2)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–0)
* Clay (1–2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jun 1991 | Turin, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Omar Camporese | Sven Salumaa Tobias Svantesson | 7–5, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | Sep 1991 | Messina, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Guillermo Perez-Roldan | Jan Apell Markus Naewie | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Mar 2002 | Barletta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Uros Vico | Massimo Bertolini Cristian Brandi | 6–4, 3–6, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Loss | 2–2 | Apr 2002 | San Remo, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Cristian Brandi | Daniele Bracciali Giorgio Galimberti | 3–6, 4–6 |

## Performance timeline

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

### Singles

| Tournament | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | Q2 | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 3R | 4R | 3R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 8 | 8–8 | 50% |
| French Open | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | QF | 3R | 1R | Q3 | Q3 | Q3 | Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | 0 / 8 | 7–8 | 47% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% |
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 6 | 3–6 | 33% |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 8–4 | 7–4 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0 / 27 | 21–27 | 44% |
| Olympic Games |||||||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 3R | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | QF | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 0 / 2 | 5–2 | 71% |
| ATP Masters Series |||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | A | 1R | 3R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 43% |
| Miami | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | A | 2R | 3R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 43% |
| Monte Carlo | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 7 | 3–7 | 30% |
| Hamburg | A | A | 3R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 6 | 7–6 | 54% |
| Rome | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 10 | 5–10 | 33% |
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% |
| Paris | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 37 | 26–37 | 41% |