Filippo Volandri

Filippo Volandri (Italian pronunciation: [fiˈlippo voˈlandri]; born 5 September 1981) is an Italian tennis coach and former professional player. Volandri reached a career-high singles ranking of world no. 25 in July 2007. He turned professional in 1997 and earned almost $4 million in prize money.

Filippo Volandri

Volandri at 2014 Wimbledon
Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Livorno
Born	(1981-09-05) 5 September 1981 (age 43) Livorno, Tuscany, Italy
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1997
Retired	2016
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$3,949,631
Singles
Career record	178–224
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 25 (23 July 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2004)
French Open	4R (2007)
Wimbledon	2R (2004)
US Open	2R (2004)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2004)
Doubles
Career record	32–76
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 120 (14 May 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2005)
French Open	2R (2005, 2007, 2011, 2012)
Wimbledon	1R (2004, 2005)
US Open	2R (2003, 2005)
Last updated on: 31 July 2017.

Retired in 2017, the following year he became coach and since 2021 he has been the captain of the Italian team, which he led to the win of two consecutive Davis Cups in 2023 and 2024.

Earlier career

2006: Second title

Volandri won the second title of his career in September 2006, beating Nicolás Lapentti in the final of the Sicily International.^[1]

2007: Success at the Rome Masters and French Open

At the Rome Masters in 2007 Volandri, having entered as a wild card, recorded the biggest win of his career by beating the then world no. 1 Roger Federer in straight sets 6–2, 6–4.^[2] Volandri celebrated by doing a lap of honour around centre court, high-fiving spectators in the front rows.^[3]

Volandri hailed the victory as not only for himself, but for Italy, speaking of both the regard in which Federer, who holds the record for the longest streak as the world's top-ranked male player, is held, and the relative under-achievement of Italy in men's tennis at the time.^{[citation needed]} For his part Federer offered few excuses for his out-of-character display.^[2] Hopes that this might be the start of Italy's re-emergence among the top nations of professional men's tennis were heightened when Volandri went on to beat world no. 12 Tomáš Berdych in the quarterfinal.^{[citation needed]} The win meant that Volandri became the first Italian to reach the event's semifinals since 1978. His run stopped in the semifinals when he lost to Fernando González.

At the 2007 French Open he was the 29th seed and made it to the fourth round, rising to No. 27 in the world in the rankings.

Later career

Volandri struggled greatly after the dropped match-fixing allegations. In 2012, he reached the final of the Brasil Open. He mainly competed on the ATP Challenger Tour.

On 23 June 2015, Volandri completed 300 wins at the ATP Challenger Tour tournaments by defeating Oriol Roca Batalla at the Aspria Tennis Cup in Milan. He became only the fourth player with this achievement.^[4]

Controversy

Volandri came under suspicion for betting and match fixing, and his name featured prominently in a list compiled by the ATP of matches under suspicion for corruption.^[5]

In January 2009, Volandri received a three-month ban from the ATP for a doping offence after testing positive for salbutamol during the Indian Wells tournament.^[6] Volandri had a medical exemption from the International Tennis Federation to use salbutamol, an asthma medication, but the ITF deemed that his use of the drug was beyond therapeutic needs. His suspension was to last until 14 April 2009 and required him to forfeit all prize money and ranking points earned from the date of the failed test until the beginning of his suspension.^[7]

In March 2009, the Court of Arbitration for Sport overruled the ATP decision and ruled that Volandri should be reinstated and that his forfeited ranking points and earnings returned to him. Volandri stated that he intended to sue the ATP over the incident.^[8]

ATP career finals

Singles: 9 (2 titles, 7 runner-ups)

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 (2–7)

Titles by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (2–7) Grass (0–0)

Titles by setting Outdoor (2–7) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2003	Croatia Open, Croatia	International	Clay	Carlos Moyá	4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win	1–1	May 2004	St. Pölten International, Austria	International	Clay	Xavier Malisse	6–1, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Jul 2004	Croatia Open, Croatia	International	Clay	Guillermo Cañas	5–7, 3–6
Loss	1–3	Oct 2004	Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Italy	International	Clay	Tomáš Berdych	3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–4	Oct 2005	Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Italy	International	Clay	Igor Andreev	6–0, 1–6, 3–6
Loss	1–5	Feb 2006	Argentina Open, Argentina	International	Clay	Carlos Moyà	6–7(6–8), 4–6
Loss	1–6	Sep 2006	Romanian Open, Romania	International	Clay	Jürgen Melzer	1–6, 5–7
Win	2–6	Oct 2006	Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Italy	International	Clay	Nicolás Lapentti	5–7, 6–1, 6–3
Loss	2–7	Feb 2012	Brasil Open, Brazil	ATP World Tour 250	Clay	Nicolás Almagro	3–6, 6–4, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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 (0–1)

Titles by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0)

Titles by setting Outdoor (0–1) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2006	Mexican Open, Mexico	International	Clay	Potito Starace	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	5–7, 2–6

ATP Challengers

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour Finals (1–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (11–14)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	7 August 2000	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Albert Montañés	1–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	18 September 2000	Biella, Italy	Clay	Hernán Gumy	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	29 April 2002	Rome, Italy	Clay	Martín Vassallo Argüello	4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	3.	12 August 2002	Graz, Austria	Hard	Olivier Mutis	3–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	17 March 2003	Cagliari, Italy	Clay	Rafael Nadal	2–6, 6–2, 6–1
Winner	3.	9 June 2003	Biella, Italy	Clay	José Acasuso	2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Winner	4.	2 August 2004	Trani, Italy	Clay	Francesco Aldi	6–1, 6–3
Winner	5.	21 July 2008	San Marino	Clay	Potito Starace	5–7, 6–4, 6–1
Winner	6.	28 July 2008	Cordenons, Italy	Clay	Óscar Hernández	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	17 August 2009	Trani, Italy	Clay	Daniel Köllerer	3–6, 5–7
Winner	7.	12 April 2010	Rome, Italy	Clay	Lamine Ouahab	6–4, 7–5
Winner	8.	31 May 2010	Rome, Italy	Clay	Reda El Amrani	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	2 August 2010	San Marino	Clay	Robin Haase	2–6, 6–7(8–10)
Runner-up	6.	9 August 2010	Trani, Italy	Clay	Jesse Huta Galung	6–7(3–7), 4–6
Runner-up	7.	28 March 2011	Barletta, Italy	Clay	Aljaž Bedene	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	18 April 2011	Napoli, Italy	Clay	Thomas Schoorel	2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Winner	9.	18 July 2011	Orbetello, Italy	Clay	Matteo Viola	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	9.	18 September 2011	Todi, Italy	Clay	Carlos Berlocq	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	10.	17 March 2012	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Martin Kližan	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	11.	12 May 2013	Rome, Italy	Clay	Aljaž Bedene	4–6, 2–6
Winner	10.	23 June 2013	Milan, Italy	Clay	Andrej Martin	6–3, 6–2
Winner	11.	28 July 2013	Orbetello, Italy	Clay	Pere Riba	6–4, 7–6(9–7)
Runner-up	12.	11 August 2013	City of San Marino, San Marino	Clay	Marco Cecchinato	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	13.	8 September 2013	Genoa, Italy	Clay	Dustin Brown	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Winner	12.	17 November 2013	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Alejandro González	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	14.	14 September 2014	Biella, Italy	Clay	Matteo Viola	5–7, 1–6

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	Q3	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 9	1–9	10.00
French Open	A	A	1R	1R	3R	2R	4R	1R	Q2	Q1	1R	1R	Q2	1R	Q2	Q1	0 / 9	6–9	40.00
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	A	A	0 / 9	1–9	10.00
US Open	A	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 8	1–8	11.11
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–3	3–4	2–4	1–4	3–4	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–3	0–0	0–0	0 / 35	9–35	20.45
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	0–5	00.00
Miami Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 4	2–5	28.57
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	QF	1R	QF	1R	1R	2R	A	A	1R	2R	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q1	0 / 8	8–8	50.00
Madrid Masters1	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	00.00
Rome Masters	1R	1R	QF	3R	2R	2R	SF	1R	1R	3R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	0 / 15	14–15	48.28
Canada Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 2	0–2	00.00
Shanghai Masters2	A	A	1R	1R	QF	2R	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 5	4–5	44.44
Paris Masters	A	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 2	1–2	33.33
Win–loss	0–1	0–1	6–3	2–5	7–7	3–5	7–8	1–5	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	0 / 45	30–45	40.00
Career Statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–3	0–1	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2 / 9	2–7	22.22
Year End Ranking	213	153	47	43	38	38	40	102	215	91	69	88	71	212	192		$3,915,403

¹ Was played on hardcourt from 2002 to 2008.
² Held as Hamburg Masters until 2008 and Shanghai Masters from 2009.

Doubles

Current as far as the 2012 US Open (tennis).

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	2R	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	1–4
French Open	A	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	2R	2R	A	4–7
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–2
US Open	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	2–5
Win–loss	1–1	0–4	3–4	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1		7–18

Top 10 wins

• Volandri has an 8–23 (.258) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Season	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Total
Wins	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
2003
1.	Sébastien Grosjean	10	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	2R	6–2, 6–1
2004
2.	Carlos Moyà	4	Umag, Croatia	Clay	SF	6–3, 6–2
2006
3.	Nikolay Davydenko	5	Doha, Qatar	Hard	QF	6–3, 6–4
4.	David Nalbandian	3	World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	RR	6–4, 7–5
5.	Tommy Robredo	7	Davis Cup, Torre del Greco, Italy	Clay	RR	6–3, 7–5, 6–3
2007
6.	Roger Federer	1	Rome, Italy	Clay	3R	6–2, 6–4
7.	Andy Murray	10	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	1R	1–5, r.
8.	Ivan Ljubičić	7	Roland Garros, Paris, France	Clay	3R	6–4, 6–7(4–7), 4–6, 6–3, 6–4