Vladimir Voltchkov

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**Vladimir Voltchkov**

Country	Image:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus
Residence	Minsk, Belarus
Date of birth	April 7 1978 (1978-04-07) (age 31)
Place of birth	Minsk, Soviet Union Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	167 lb (76 kg/11.9 st)
Turned Pro	1995
Plays	Right; double-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)
U.S. 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.

1 Tennis career
2 ATP Tour finals
- 2.1 Singles runner-up (1)
- 2.2 Doubles wins (1)
3 References
4 External links

[edit] 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]

[edit] ATP Tour finals

[edit] Singles runner-up (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	September 9, 2002	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Image:Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-7(6), 5-7

[edit] Doubles wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	10 February, 2003	San Jose, U.S.	Hard (i)	Image:Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Hyung-taik	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Paul Goldstein Image:Flag of the United States.svg Robert Kendrick	7-5, 4-6, 6-3