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Filippo Volandri

Country	Italy
Residence	Livorno, Italy
Date of birth	5 September 1981 (1981-09-05) (age 28)
Place of birth	Livorno, Italy
Height	182cm (6ft 0in)
Weight	73kg (161lb)
Turned pro	1997
Plays	Right-handed; one-handed backhand
Career prize money	$2,308,921
Singles
Career record	138–131
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 25 (23 July 2007)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2nd (2004)
French Open	4th (2007)
Wimbledon	2nd (2004)
US Open	2nd (2004)
Doubles
Career record	17–48
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	120 (14 May 2006)
Last updated on: 25 February 2008.

Filippo Volandri (born on 5 September 1981 in Livorno, Italy) is an Italian professional male tennis player. Volandri, a right-handed player, stands 6'0" tall, and reached a career-high ranking of 28 on 16 May 2005. He turned pro in 1997, and as of January 2006, had earned over $1,300,000 in prize money. In September 2006, he lost the final of the Bucharest ATP tournament against Jürgen Melzer (6–1, 7–5). Volandri won the second title of his career in September 2006, beating Nicolas Lapentti in the final of the Sicily International in Palermo[1].

Contents 1 Rome Masters success 2 Controversy 3 Singles titles (2) 4 Sources 5 External links

[edit] Rome Masters success

At the Rome Masters in 2007 Volandri, having entered as a wild card, recorded the biggest win of his career by dispatching world number one Roger Federer in straight sets, 6–2 6–4. Volandri celebrated by doing a lap of honour around centre court, high-fiving spectators in the furthest-forward rows.^{[citation needed]}

Afterwards Volandri hailed the victory as not only for himself but for Italy, telling something of the regard in which Federer, who holds the record for the longest spell as the world's top-ranked male player, is held.^{[citation needed]} The result was all the more felt due to Italy's relative under-achievement on the men's tennis scene in recent times.^{[citation needed]} For his part Federer offered few excuses for the out-of-character display.^{[citation needed]}

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 highly-tipped world number 12 Tomáš Berdych 6–2 6–3, in the quarter-final.^{[citation needed]} The win meant Volandri would be the first Italian to contest the event's semi-finals since 1978. His run stopped in the semi-finals, however, as he lost to Fernando González 6–1 6–2.

[edit] 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^[1].

In January 2009 Volandri received a 3-month ban from the ATP for a doping offence after testing positive for salbutamol during on March 13, 2008 at the Indian Wells tournament^[2]. Volandri did have 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 through April 14, 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.^[3]

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 intends to sue the ATP over the incident.^[4]

[edit] Singles titles (2)

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP Tour (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	17 May 2004	St. Pölten, Austria	Clay	Xavier Malisse	6–1, 6–4
2.	25 September 2006	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Nicolás Lapentti	5–7, 6–1, 6–3

[edit] Sources

[edit] External links

• Filippo Volandri at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• The official website of Filippo Volandri (Italian) (English)
• Volandri Recent Match Results
• Volandri World Ranking History

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