Alexander Vladimirovich Volkov (tennis player)

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Alexander Volkov Tennis player
Alexander Volkov
Nation: RussiaRussia Russia
Birthday: March 3, 1967
Date of death: 19th October 2019
Size: 188 cm
1st professional season: 1988
Resignation: 1998
Playing hand: Left, two-handed backhand
Prize money: $ 3,362,786
singles
Career record: 303: 255
Career title: 3
Highest ranking: 14 (23 August 1993)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open AF (1994)
French Open 3R (1990, 1992)
Wimbledon AF (1987, 1990, 1991, 1994)
US Open HF (1993)
Double
Career record: 34:57
Highest ranking: 136 (October 9 1989)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open -
French Open -
Wimbledon 2R (1988)
US Open 1R (1989)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Alexander Wladimirowitsch Wolkow ( Russian Александр Владимирович Волков , scientific transliteration Aleksandr Vladimirovič Volkov ; born March 3, 1967 in Kaliningrad ; † October 19, 2019 ) was a Russian tennis player .

Career

Volkov turned pro in 1988 and took part in the Olympic Games for the Soviet Union in the same year . He became known at the latest in 1993 when he reached the semifinals of the US Open and knocked out Stefan Edberg , the then number one in men's tennis, on the way there . After reaching three finals in 1989 and 1990, Volkov won his first ATP tournament in Milan in 1991 . In 1991 he almost prevented Michael Stich from winning the tournament at Wimbledon . In the round of 16 he forced a trick to five sets and lost, after a 5: 3 lead, in the last round with 5: 7. He secured his second title in Auckland in 1993 . In 1993 he ended the comeback attempt of tennis legend Björn Borg in Moscow ; Borg never went on the men's tour again. In 1994 he won his third and last tournament as a professional tennis player at the Kremlin Cup . He reached his best world ranking position in August 1993 with place 14.

In the Davis Cup , Volkov advanced to the final with the Russian team at the 1994 event . The hosts lost the final in Moscow 1: 4 against Sweden .

Wolkow was actually right-handed, but retrained to left after a shoulder injury in his youth.

After retiring in 1998, Wolkow worked as a coach and led Marat Safin to win two Grand Slam tournaments ( US Open 2000 and Australian Open 2005 ). The cooperation ended in 2007. Volkov died at the age of 52.

successes

Legend
Grand Slam
ATP World Tour Finals
ATP Masters Series
ATP International Series Gold
ATP International Series (3)

singles

Tournament victories

No. date competition Topping Final opponent Result
1. 4th February 1991 ItalyItaly Milan Carpet (i) ItalyItaly Cristiano Caratti 6: 1, 7: 5
2. January 11, 1993 New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland Hard court United StatesUnited States MaliVai Washington 7: 6 2 , 6: 4
3. November 7, 1994 RussiaRussia Moscow Carpet (i) United StatesUnited States Chuck Adams 6: 2, 6: 4

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b James Buddell: Alexander Volkov: 1967–2019. In: atptour.com. ATP , October 19, 2019, accessed October 20, 2019 .
  2. ↑ hba: Alexander Wolkow is dead. In: spiegel.de . SID , October 19, 2019, accessed October 20, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Volkov, Alexander Vladimirovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Волков, Александр Владимирович (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaliningrad , Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH 19th October 2019