Alexander Volkov (tennis)
$3,362,840 | |
Singles | |
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Career record | 303–255 |
Career titles | 3 |
Highest ranking | No. 14 (23 August 1993) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 4R (1994) |
French Open | 3R (1990, 1992) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1987, 1990, 1991, 1994) |
US Open | SF (1993) |
Other tournaments | |
Grand Slam Cup | 1R (1992, 1993) |
Olympic Games | 1R (1988) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 32–55 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 136 (9 October 1989) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 2R (1988) |
US Open | 1R (1989) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 1R (1988) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | F (1994, 1995) |
Last updated on: 15 September 2022. |
Alexander Vladimirovich Volkov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Во́лков ⓘ; 3 March 1967 – 19 October 2019[1]) was a Russian professional tennis player.
Tennis career
Volkov finished runner-up in three tournaments over 1989 and 1990; in the latter year he defeated World No. 1
Volkov was runner-up in three tournaments in 1992 and won his second title in 1993 in Auckland. Later in 1993, Volkov defeated Björn Borg in the first round of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, in a match which proved to be the last of Borg's career. Volkov won the Kremlin Cup a year later in 1994 to claim his third (and final) career title. He reached one more final in 1997 in Shanghai.
His best Grand Slam singles performance was reaching the semifinals of the 1993 US Open, where he defeated Jonathan Stark, Kevin Ullyett, Amos Mansdorf, Chuck Adams and Thomas Muster before losing to Pete Sampras.
Volkov was part of the Russian team that reached the final of the
Volkov retired from the professional tour in 1998. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 14 in 1994. His career prize-money earnings totalled
He was Marat Safin's coach before the duo split in July 2007.
ATP career finals
Singles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Feb 1989 | Milan, Italy | Grand Prix | Carpet | Boris Becker | 1–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Jan 1990 | Rosmalen, Netherlands | World Series | Grass | Amos Mansdorf | 3–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 0–3 | Oct 1990 | Berlin, Germany | World Series | Carpet | Ronald Agénor | 6–4, 4–6, 6–7(8–10) |
Win | 1–3 | Feb 1991 | Milan, Italy | World Series | Carpet | Cristiano Caratti | 6–1, 7–5 |
Loss | 1–4 | Jan 1992 | Wellington, New Zealand | World Series | Hard | Jeff Tarango | 1–6, 0–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 1–5 | Mar 1992 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | World Series | Carpet | Boris Becker | 6–7(9–11), 6–4, 2–6 |
Loss | 1–6 | Apr 1992 | Johannesburg, South Africa | World Series | Hard | Aaron Krickstein | 4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 2–6 | Jan 1993 | Auckland, New Zealand | World Series | Hard | MaliVai Washington | 7–6(7–2), 6–4 |
Loss | 2–7 | Jan 1994 | Adelaide, Australia | World Series | Hard | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 3–7 | Nov 1994 | Moscow, Russia | World Series | Carpet | Chuck Adams | 6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 3–8 | Feb 1997 | Shanghai, China | World Series | Carpet | Ján Krošlák | 2–6, 6–7(2–7) |
Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partnet | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Nov 1991 | Moscow, Russia | World Series | Carpet | Andrey Cherkasov
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Eric Jelen Carl-Uwe Steeb |
4–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 0–2 | Jan 1993 | Auckland, New Zealand | World Series | Hard | Alex Antonitsch | Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith |
3–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 0–3 | Aug 1996 | Long Island, United States | World Series | Hard | Hendrik Dreekmann | Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen |
3–6, 6–7 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 1 (1–0)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Nov 1996 | Aachen, Germany | Challenger | Hard | David Prinosil | 6–3, 7–6 |
Performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles
Tournament | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 |
1989 |
1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | SR | W–L | Win % | |||||||
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Australian Open | NH | A | 1R
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A | 2R
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1R
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3R
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3R
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4R
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1R
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1R
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A | 0 / 8 | 8–8 | – | |||||||
French Open | A | A | 1R
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A | 3R
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1R
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3R
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1R
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2R
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1R
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1R
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2R
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0 / 9 | 6–9 | 40% | |||||||
Wimbledon | Q1
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4R
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2R
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1R
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4R
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4R
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3R
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2R
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4R
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3R
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3R
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1R
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0 / 11 | 20–11 | 65% | |||||||
US Open | A | 1R
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A | 3R
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2R
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2R
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QF
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SF
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1R
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3R
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3R
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1R
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0 / 10 | 17–10 | 63% | |||||||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 7–4 | 4–4 | 10–4 | 8–4 | 7–4 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 0 / 38 | 51–38 | 57% | |||||||
National Representation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Summer Olympics
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NH | 1R
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Not Held | A | Not Held | A | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||||||||
Year-end Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam Cup | Did not qualify | 1R | 1R | Did not qualify | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% | |||||||||||||||
ATP Masters Series
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Indian Wells
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A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | SF | QF | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 8–5 | 62% | |||||||
Miami
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A | 1R
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3R
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3R
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4R
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2R
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A | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 7 | 7–7 | 50% | |||||||
Monte Carlo | A | A | A | A | A | 3R
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2R
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A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% | |||||||
Hamburg | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R
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Q1 | 0 / 7 | 2–7 | 22% | |||||||
Rome | A | A | A | A | 2R
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2R
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1R
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A | 2R
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1R
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A | A | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% | |||||||
Canada | A | A | A | A | 1R
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A | A | QF
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1R
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1R
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A | A | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% | |||||||
Cincinnati
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A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 2R | 3R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% | |||||||
Paris | A | 2R | A | A | 1R | QF | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 7 | 6–7 | 46% | |||||||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 6–6 | 8–6 | 2–5 | 8–5 | 4–7 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 42 | 34–42 | 45% |
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1985 | French Open | Clay | Vladimer Gabrichidze |
Petr Korda Cyril Suk |
6–4, 0–6, 5–7 |
Top 10 wins
Season | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | Total |
Wins | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | VR |
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1989
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1. | Miloslav Mečíř | 8 | Davis Cup, Prague, Czechoslovakia | Carpet (i) | RR | 6–2, 6–7, 6–0 | 64 |
2. | Jakob Hlasek | 8 | Milan, Italy | Carpet (i) | 2R | 7–6, 7–5 | 61 |
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3. | Tim Mayotte | 10 | Miami, USA | Hard | 2R | 6–1, 6–4 | 100 |
4. | Stefan Edberg | 1 | US Open, New York, USA | Hard | 1R | 6–3, 7–6, 6–2 | 52 |
5. | Emilio Sánchez | 8 | Stockholm, Sweden | Carpet (i) | 2R | 7–5, 6–3 | 34 |
1991 | |||||||
6. | Karel Nováček | 9 | Basel, Switzerland | Hard (i) | QF | 6–1, 6–7, 6–3 | 24 |
1992 | |||||||
7. | Karel Nováček | 10 | Milan, Italy | Carpet (i) | 1R | 7–6, 7–6 | 25 |
8. | Ivan Lendl | 7 | Stuttgart, Germany | Carpet (i) | 2R | 7–6, 5–7, 6–1 | 28 |
9. | Guy Forget | 6 | Stuttgart, Germany | Carpet (i) | QF | 6–4, 6–4 | 28 |
10. | Goran Ivanišević | 5 | US Open, New York, USA | Hard | 3R | 6–4, 6–0, 6–3 | 20 |
11. | Stefan Edberg | 3 | Tokyo, Japan | Carpet (i) | QF | 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 | 17 |
1993 | |||||||
12. | Pete Sampras | 2 | Indian Wells , United States
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Hard | 3R | 7–5, 6–4 | 22 |
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13. | Michael Chang | 8 | Indian Wells , United States
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Hard | 3R | 6–4, 1–6, 6–3 | 18 |
14. | Michael Stich | 2 | World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany | Clay | RR | 6–4, 7–6 | 22 |
15. | Michael Stich | 2 | Davis Cup, Hamburg, Germany | Hard | RR | 7–5, 1–6, 7–6, 6–4 | 42 |
16. | Alberto Berasategui | 8 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Carpet (i) | 1R | 7–6, 6–4 | 44 |
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17. | Sergi Bruguera | 4 | Stuttgart , Germany
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Carpet (i) | 1R | 6–4, 2–3 ret. | 40 |
References
- ^ James Buddell (19 October 2019). "Alexander Volkov: 1967–2019". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ Philip, Robert (29 June 2007). "Recent recollection by Stich of the manner of his victory over Volkov". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 23 April 2010.[dead link]
External links
- Alexander Volkov at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Alexander Volkov at the International Tennis Federation
- Alexander Volkov at the Davis Cup
- Aleksandr Volkov at Olympedia
- Aleksandr Volkov at Olympics.com