Filippo Volandri
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Livorno, Italy |
Born | Livorno, Italy | 5 September 1981
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Turned pro | 1997 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $3,877,544 |
Official website | filippovolandri.it |
Singles | |
Career record | 176–222 |
Career titles | 2 |
Highest ranking | No. 25 (23 July 2007) |
Current ranking | No. 209 (9 March 2016) |
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) |
Current ranking | n.a. |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2005) |
French Open | 2R (2005, 2007, 2011, 2012) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2004, 2005) |
US Open | 2R (2003, 2005) |
Filippo Volandri (born 5 September 1981; Italian pronunciation: [fiˈlippo voˈlandri]) is an Italian professional male tennis player. Volandri is a right-handed player who reached a career-high singles ranking of world no. 25 in July 2007. He turned pro in 1997 and has earned over $3,000,000 in prize money. Volandri won the second title of his career in September 2006, beating Nicolás Lapentti in the final of the Sicily International in Palermo.[1]
Rome Masters success & French open success
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]
Afterwards, Volandri hailed the victory as not only for himself, but for Italy, telling something of both the regard in which Federer, who holds the record for the longest spell 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 the highly rated world no. 12 Tomáš Berdych in the quarterfinal.[citation needed] The win meant that Volandri would be the first Italian to reach the event's semifinals since 1978. His run stopped in the semifinals, however, as he lost to Fernando González. In the French Open he was the 29th seed and he made it to the forth round projecting him up to 25 th in the world, before losing in straight sets to Tommy Robredo.
Later career
Volandri has struggled greatly after the dropped max-fixing allegations, his only major success since 2007 is making it to the final of the 2012 Brasil Open where he beat then world 38 Thomaz Bellucci in the final he lost to then world 11 and top seed Nicolás Almagro in 3 sets. However, since then he has mainly competed on the ATP Challenger Tour, whilst since he reached the forth round in the 2007 French Open he has not progressed past the 1st round of a grand slam.
Controversy
Volandri had earlier come 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.[4]
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.[5] 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.[6]
In March 2009, the Court of Arbitration for Sport overruled the ATP decision and ruled that Volandri should be reinstated and his forfeited ranking points and earnings returned to him. Volandri stated that he intended to sue the ATP over the incident.[7]
ATP career finals
Singles: 9 (2–7)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 21 July 2003 | Croatia Open Umag, Umag, Croatia | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
Winner | 1. | 17 May 2004 | Hypo Group Tennis International, St. Poelten, Austria | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 2. | 19 July 2004 | Croatia Open Umag, Umag, Croatia (2) | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 27 September 2004 | Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Palermo, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 26 September 2005 | Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Palermo, Italy (2) | Clay | ![]() |
6–0, 1–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 13 February 2006 | ATP Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | ![]() |
6–7(6–8), 4–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 11 September 2006 | BRD Năstase Ţiriac Trophy, Bucharest, Romania | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 2. | 25 September 2006 | Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Palermo, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 6–1, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 7. | 19 February 2012 | Brasil Open, São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
ATP Challengers
Legend |
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ATP Challenger Tour Finals (1–0) |
ATP Challenger Tour (11–14) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 7 August 2000 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 1. | 18 September 2000 | Biella, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 2. | 29 April 2002 | Rome, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 12 August 2002 | Graz, Austria | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 2. | 17 March 2003 | Cagliari, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 3. | 9 June 2003 | Biella, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
Winner | 4. | 2 August 2004 | Trani, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–3 |
Winner | 5. | 21 July 2008 | San Marino | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 6. | 28 July 2008 | Cordenons, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 4. | 17 August 2009 | Trani, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 7. | 12 April 2010 | Rome, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 7–5 |
Winner | 8. | 31 May 2010 | Rome, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 5. | 2 August 2010 | San Marino | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 6–7(8–10) |
Runner-up | 6. | 9 August 2010 | Trani, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–7(3–7), 4–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 28 March 2011 | Barletta, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 18 April 2011 | Napoli, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Winner | 9. | 18 July 2011 | Orbetello, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 9. | 18 September 2011 | Todi, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 10. | 17 March 2012 | Rabat, Morocco | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 11. | 12 May 2013 | Rome, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 10. | 23 June 2013 | Milan, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 11. | 28 July 2013 | Orbetello, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 7–6(9–7) |
Runner-up | 12. | 11 August 2013 | City of San Marino, San Marino | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 13. | 8 September 2013 | Genoa, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
Winner | 12. | 17 November 2013 | São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 14. | 14 September 2014 | Biella, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 1–6 |
Singles performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Current as far as the 2016 Internazionali BNL d'Italia.
Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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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 | 0 / 9 | 1–9 | 10.00 | |
US Open | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 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 2002–2008.
2 Held as Hamburg Masters until 2008 and Shanghai Masters from 2009.
Doubles performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Current as far as the 2012 US Open (tennis).
Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | W–L | |||||
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1–4 | ||||||||||||
French Open | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 4–7 | |||||||||
Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | 0–2 | ||||||||||||||
US Open | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 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 |
References
- ^ BBC article
- ^ a b "Federer beaten by wild card", Reuters, 10 May 2007.
- ^ Federer vs Volandri MSRoma 2007 (Tommasi-Clerici), YouTube, 6 March 2011.
- ^ Tennis Match Fixing is Still an Issue
- ^ Tennis Player Volandri Banned for 3 Months Reuters, 15 January 2009.
- ^ Filippo Volandri Banned Three Months for Asthma Drug Use ESPN, 16 January 2009.
- ^ Volandri's Drug Ban Lifted ESPN, 31 March 2009.
External links
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- Filippo Volandri at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- {{ITF profile}} template using deprecated numeric ID.
- Filippo Volandri at the Davis Cup
- Official website Template:It icon Template:En icon
- Volandri world ranking history