Vladimir Valchkov

Vladimir Nikolayevich Voltchkov (; ; born April 7, 1978) is a Belarusian former professional tennis player. Voltchkov reached the semifinals at the 2000 Wimbledon Championships, where, as a qualifier, he lost to Pete Sampras in straight sets. He represented Belarus in both the Davis Cup and the Olympic Games in 2000, also won the Wimbledon juniors competition in 1996. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 25.

Tennis career Juniors Voltchkov had excellent results as a junior, capturing the Wimbledon juniors title by defeating Ivan Ljubičić in 1996. He compiled a singles win–loss record of 69–34, reaching as high as No. 7 in the world in 1996.

Junior Grand Slam results: Australian Open: – French Open: 3R (1996) Wimbledon: W (1996) US Open: 3R (1995, 1996)

Pro tour His highest achievement came in 2000, inspired by the film Gladiator. After watching the movie four times, he reached the semifinals of the Wimbledon Championships as a qualifier, causing the British press to dub him "The Vladiator". En route to the semifinals, he beat Juan Ignacio Chela, Cédric Pioline, Younes El Aynaoui, Wayne Ferreira and Byron Black, then lost to eventual champion Pete Sampras. Voltchkov has a 30–16 career Davis Cup record (17–11 in singles).

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–1)Indoors (0–0)

Doubles: 1 (1 title) LegendGrand 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 (1–0)Titles by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoor (1–0)Indoor (0–0)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 15 (13–2) LegendATP Challenger (8–2)ITF Futures (5–0)Finals by surfaceHard (7–0)Clay (3–0)Grass (1–0)Carpet (2–2)

Doubles: 12 (11–1) LegendATP Challenger (5–0)ITF Futures (6–1)Finals by surfaceHard (6–0)Clay (4–1)Grass (1–0)Carpet (0–0)

Performance timeline

Singles