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Renzo Furlan

Renzo Furlan
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceMonte Carlo, Monaco
Born (1970-05-17) 17 May 1970 (age 54)
Conegliano, Veneto, Italy
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1988
Retired2004
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,449,043
Singles
Career record223-239
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 19 (15 April 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (1996)
French OpenQF (1995)
Wimbledon3R (1996)
US Open3R (1995)
Other tournaments
Grand Slam Cup1R (1995)
Olympic GamesQF (1996)
Doubles
Career record14–38
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 193 (17 June 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1995)
Last updated on: 9 July 2022.

Renzo Furlan (born 17 May 1970) is an Italian tennis coach and former professional player. In 2024, he was named WTA Coach of the Year.[1]

Career

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Having turned professional in 1988, Furlan represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the quarter-finals by India's Leander Paes. Four years earlier, when Barcelona hosted the Summer Olympics, he reached the third round, falling to Jordi Arrese of Spain: 4–6, 3–6, and 2–6. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 19 in April 1996.

His best performance at a Grand Slam tournament came when he got to the quarter-finals of the 1995 French Open, defeating Marcos Ondruska, David Rikl, Fernando Meligeni and Scott Draper before losing to Sergi Bruguera.

Furlan kept a residence in Monte Carlo during his playing days.

Furlan was appointed president of the Tennis Federation of Serbia in 2016.[2] After leaving, Furlan began coaching Jasmine Paolini full-time in 2020, having first worked with her in 2015.[3] He was named WTA Coach of the Year in 2024.[1]

ATP career finals

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Singles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (2–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–3)
Indoors (1–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 1992 Bologna, Italy World Series Clay Brazil Jaime Oncins 2–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Jun 1992 Firenze, Italy World Series Clay Austria Thomas Muster 3–6, 6–1, 1–6
Loss 0–3 Aug 1993 San Marino, San Marino World Series Clay Austria Thomas Muster 5–7, 5–7
Win 1–3 Feb 1994 San Jose, United States World Series Hard United States Michael Chang 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win 2–3 Mar 1994 Casablanca, Morocco World Series Clay Morocco Karim Alami 6–2, 6–2
Loss 2–4 Oct 1995 Beijing, China World Series Hard United States Michael Chang 5–7, 3–6
Loss 2–5 Mar 1997 St. Petersburg, Russia World Series Carpet Sweden Thomas Johansson 3–6, 6–4, 6–1

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1994 San Marino, San Marino World Series Clay Spain Jordi Arrese United Kingdom Neil Broad
United States Greg Van Emburgh 		2–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 7 (3–4)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (3–4)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1990 Tampere, Finland Challenger Clay Spain Fernando Luna 6–3, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Jun 1992 Turin, Italy Challenger Clay Argentina Franco Davin 6–7, 6–3, 1–6
Win 2–1 Sep 1998 Budapest, Hungary Challenger Clay Belgium Christophe Van Garsse 6–2, 6–3
Win 3–1 Aug 2001 Bressanone, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Alessio Di Mauro 6–3, 6–1
Loss 3–2 Mar 2002 Barletta, Italy Challenger Clay Spain Sergi Bruguera 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7)
Loss 3–3 Apr 2002 San Remo, Italy Challenger Clay Germany Oliver Gross 4–6, 3–6
Loss 3–4 Jun 2003 Sassuolo, Italy Challenger Clay Spain Mariano Albert-Ferrando 6–7(1–7), 3–6

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (2–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 1991 Turin, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Omar Camporese United States Sven Salumaa
Sweden Tobias Svantesson 		7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win 2–0 Sep 1991 Messina, Italy Challenger Hard Argentina Guillermo Perez-Roldan Sweden Jan Apell
Germany Markus Naewie 		6–4, 6–2
Loss 2–1 Mar 2002 Barletta, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Uros Vico Italy Massimo Bertolini
Italy Cristian Brandi 		6–4, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 2–2 Apr 2002 San Remo, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Cristian Brandi Italy Daniele Bracciali
Italy Giorgio Galimberti 		3–6, 4–6

Performance timeline

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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

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Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 1R 1R A 1R 3R 4R 3R 1R A A A A 2R 0 / 8 8–8 50%
French Open 1R A 1R 1R 2R 1R QF 3R 1R Q3 Q3 Q3 Q1 Q2 Q2 0 / 8 7–8 47%
Wimbledon A A 1R A A 1R 1R 3R 2R A A A A A A 0 / 5 3–5 38%
US Open A A A 1R 2R 1R 3R 1R 1R A A A A A A 0 / 6 3–6 33%
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–3 0–3 2–2 0–4 8–4 7–4 3–4 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0 / 27 21–27 44%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics Not Held 3R Not Held QF Not Held A Not Held 0 / 2 5–2 71%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A 2R A 1R A 1R 3R A A A A A A A 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Miami A A 1R A 2R A 2R 3R A A A A A A A 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Monte Carlo A A 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R Q1 Q2 Q1 Q1 A A 0 / 7 3–7 30%
Hamburg A A 3R 3R 2R 2R 2R A 1R A A A A A A 0 / 6 7–6 54%
Rome A 2R 2R 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R A 1R A A A 0 / 10 5–10 33%
Canada A A A A A A A 2R A A A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Cincinnati A A A A A A QF 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Paris A A A A A 2R 1R 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 4–5 4–3 2–5 3–4 6–7 5–7 1–3 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 37 26–37 41%

References

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  1. ^ a b "Jabeur wins two player service awards; Furlan named Coach of the Year". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Italian Furlan Is Heading Tennis Federation Of Serbia; Djokovic Happy". TennisNews.com. 2016-01-19. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  3. ^ Macpherson, Alex (2022-05-09). "Jasmine Paolini ready for the spotlight at home". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
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Awards
Preceded by WTA Coach of the Year
2024 		Succeeded by
Incumbent


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