Filippo Volandri
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Filippo Volandri is an Italian professional male tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player. Volandri is a right-handed player who reached a career-high ranking of 25 on July 23, 2007. 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
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....

 ATP tournament against Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer is an Austrian tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of no. 8 on 18 April 2011, and a doubles ranking of no. 6 on 13 September 2010. He is the only current player on the ATP Tour to be ranked in the top 10 in both singles and doubles. He is a left-handed tennis player, but...

 6–1, 7–5. Volandri won the second title of his career in September 2006, beating Nicolás Lapentti
Nicolás Lapentti
----Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gómez is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador who is ranked 214th...

 in the final of the Sicily International
Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia
The Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia was a tennis tournament held annually in Palermo in Italy. Held from 1935 until 2006, the tournament was played on outdoor clay courts and was a part of the ATP Tour schedule from 1979 to 2006.-Singles:-Doubles:...

 in Palermo
Palermo
Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...

.

Rome Masters success

At the Rome Masters
Rome Masters
The Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's...

 in 2007 Volandri, having entered as a wild card
Wild card (sports)
The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...

, recorded the biggest win of his career by dispatching world number one Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...

 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.

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. The result was all the more felt due to Italy's relative under-achievement on the men's tennis scene in recent times. For his part Federer offered few excuses for the out-of-character display.

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
Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His most notable achievements are reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, and the semifinals of the 2010 French Open. He defeated the Croatian player Ivan Ljubičić in five sets to win the Paris Masters in 2005...

 6–2, 6–3 in the quarter-final. 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
Fernando González
----Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi is a professional tennis player from Chile. He is known for having one of the hardest forehands on the circuit. In Spanish he is called El Bombardero de La Reina and Mano de Piedra...

 6–1, 6–2.

He is also a well known fixer amongst the ATP players. Bookies have refuse to open Market involving Volandri as they deem him to be a dirty fixer.

Controversy

Volandri had earlier come under suspicion for betting and match fixing
Match fixing
In organised sports, match fixing, game fixing, race fixing, or sports fixing occurs as a match is played to a completely or partially pre-determined result, violating the rules of the game and often the law. Where the sporting competition in question is a race then the incident is referred to as...

 and his name featured prominently in a list compiled by the ATP of matches under suspicion for corruption.

In January 2009 Volandri received a 3-month ban from the ATP for a doping offence after testing positive for salbutamol
Salbutamol
Salbutamol or albuterol is a short-acting β2-adrenergic receptor agonist used for the relief of bronchospasm in conditions such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It is marketed as Ventolin among other brand names....

 during on March 13, 2008 at the Indian Wells
Indian Wells Masters
The Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California....

 tournament. Volandri did have a medical exemption from the International Tennis Federation
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...

 to use salbutamol, an asthma
Asthma
Asthma is the common chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, reversible airflow obstruction, and bronchospasm. Symptoms include wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath...

 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.

In March 2009 the Court of Arbitration for Sport
Court of Arbitration for Sport
The Court of Arbitration for Sport is an international arbitration body set up to settle disputes related to sport. Its headquarters are in Lausanne and its courts are located in New York, Sydney and Lausanne, Switzerland...

 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.

Singles: 8 (2–6)

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Legend ( Doubles)
Grand 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 (2–6)
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Titles by Surface
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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 21 July 2003   Umag
Croatia Open Umag
The ATP Studena Croatia Open is a tennis tournament held in Umag, Croatia that is part of the 250 series of the ATP Tour.The first Croatia Open was held in 1990 as the Yugoslavia Open and has been played every year since. It is played on red clay courts. Carlos Moyá has won the tournament a record...

, Croatia
Clay   Carlos Moyá
Carlos Moyá
Carlos Moya Llompart is a retired former world no. 1 tennis player from Spain. He was the French Open singles champion in 1998 and was the singles runner-up at the 1997 Australian Open. In 2004, he helped his country win the Davis Cup. He currently resides in Switzerland...

4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Winner 1. 17 May 2004   St. Poelten
Hypo Group Tennis International
The Hypo Group Tennis International was an annual tennis tournament held in Pörtschach, Austria. The event was part of the ATP Tour's ATP International Series. The tournament had been held since 1981, on clay courts.-List of singles winners:...

, Austria
Clay   Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse is a Belgian tennis player. Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, he is the only men's player from his country to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP tour. He is sponsored by Prince and Lotto. His nickname is "The X-Man"....

6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 19 July 2004   Umag
Croatia Open Umag
The ATP Studena Croatia Open is a tennis tournament held in Umag, Croatia that is part of the 250 series of the ATP Tour.The first Croatia Open was held in 1990 as the Yugoslavia Open and has been played every year since. It is played on red clay courts. Carlos Moyá has won the tournament a record...

, Croatia
Clay   Guillermo Cañas
Guillermo Cañas
Guillermo Ignacio Cañas , often referred to as Willy Cañas, is a retired Argentine professional tennis player. He was born in Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires, and named after Argentine tennis star Guillermo Vilas. His highest singles ranking was 8th . After retirement Cañas took on coaching, he...

5–7, 3–6
Runner-up 3. 27 September 2004   Palermo
Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia
The Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia was a tennis tournament held annually in Palermo in Italy. Held from 1935 until 2006, the tournament was played on outdoor clay courts and was a part of the ATP Tour schedule from 1979 to 2006.-Singles:-Doubles:...

, Italy
Clay   Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His most notable achievements are reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, and the semifinals of the 2010 French Open. He defeated the Croatian player Ivan Ljubičić in five sets to win the Paris Masters in 2005...

3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 4. 26 September 2005   Palermo
Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia
The Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia was a tennis tournament held annually in Palermo in Italy. Held from 1935 until 2006, the tournament was played on outdoor clay courts and was a part of the ATP Tour schedule from 1979 to 2006.-Singles:-Doubles:...

, Italy
Clay   Igor Andreev
Igor Andreev
Igor Valerievich Andreev is a Russian professional tennis player, born in Moscow.-2003:Andreev made his ATP debut in September 2003 at Bucharest, Romania as a qualifier and defeated top seed Nikolay Davydenko 7–5, 6–7, 6–0 in the first round, before losing in the next round to José Acasuso.At the...

6–0, 1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 5. 13 February 2006   Buenos Aires
ATP Buenos Aires
The ATP Buenos Aires is an annual tennis event for male tennis players held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The tournament is an ATP World Tour 250 series event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour and it is played on outdoor clay courts at the 5,500 capacity Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club,...

, Argentina
Clay   Carlos Moyá
Carlos Moyá
Carlos Moya Llompart is a retired former world no. 1 tennis player from Spain. He was the French Open singles champion in 1998 and was the singles runner-up at the 1997 Australian Open. In 2004, he helped his country win the Davis Cup. He currently resides in Switzerland...

6–7(6–7), 4–6
Runner-up 6. 11 September 2006   Bucharest, Romania Clay   Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer is an Austrian tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of no. 8 on 18 April 2011, and a doubles ranking of no. 6 on 13 September 2010. He is the only current player on the ATP Tour to be ranked in the top 10 in both singles and doubles. He is a left-handed tennis player, but...

1–6, 5–7
Winner 2. 25 September 2006   Palermo
Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia
The Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia was a tennis tournament held annually in Palermo in Italy. Held from 1935 until 2006, the tournament was played on outdoor clay courts and was a part of the ATP Tour schedule from 1979 to 2006.-Singles:-Doubles:...

, Italy
Clay   Nicolás Lapentti
Nicolás Lapentti
----Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gómez is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador who is ranked 214th...

5–7, 6–1, 6–3

Challengers

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{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
|Outcome
|No.
|Date
|Tournament
|Surface
|Opponent in the final
|Score
|- bgcolor="moccasin"
|bgcolor=#FFA07A|Runner-up
|1.
|07 August 2000
|  Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

, Czech Republic
|Clay
|  Albert Montañés
Álbert Montañés
Albert Montañés Roca is a professional tennis player from Spain.He first entered the top-100 in 2001 and has been in the top-100 for all but 20 weeks since then...


|1–6, 1–6
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|bgcolor=#98FB98|Winner
|1.
|18 September 2000
|  Biella
Canella Challenger
The Canella Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Biella, Italy, since 1998.-Singles:-Doubles:...

, Italy
|Clay
|  Hernán Gumy
Hernan Gumy
Hernán Gumy is a former tennis player from Argentina, who turned professional in 1991. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round by Venezuela's Nicolas Pereira. Gumy made two finals in his career; both of them ATP...


|6–3, 6–2
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|bgcolor=#FFA07A|Runner-up
|2.
|29 April 2002
|  Rome, Italy
|Clay
|  Martín Vassallo Argüello
Martín Vassallo Argüello
Martin Miguel Vassallo Argüello is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. His career-high ATP entry ranking is #47 .He turned pro in 1999...


|4–6, 0–6
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|bgcolor=#FFA07A|Runner-up
|3.
|12 August 2002
|  Graz
S Tennis Masters Challenger
The s Tennis Masters Challenger is a tennis tournament held in Graz, Austria since 1991. The event is part of the ATP challenger series and is played on outdoor clay courts.-Singles:-Doubles:- External links :**...

, Austria
|Hard
|  Olivier Mutis
Olivier Mutis
Olivier Mutis is a French professional tennis player who retired in 2006. He did not win any ATP Tour titles but he won a total of 7 ATP Challenger Series....


|3–6, 2–6
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|bgcolor=#98FB98|Winner
|2.
|17 March 2003
|  Cagliari
Cagliari
Cagliari is the capital of the island of Sardinia, a region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name Casteddu literally means castle. It has about 156,000 inhabitants, or about 480,000 including the outlying townships : Elmas, Assemini, Capoterra, Selargius, Sestu, Monserrato, Quartucciu, Quartu...

, Italy
|Clay
|  Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...


|2–6, 6–2, 6–1
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|bgcolor=#98FB98|Winner
|3.
|09 June 2003
|  Biella
Canella Challenger
The Canella Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Biella, Italy, since 1998.-Singles:-Doubles:...

, Italy
|Clay
|  José Acasuso
José Acasuso
José Javier "Chucho" Acasuso is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. Like many of his fellow countrymen, he favours clay. He is known for his strong serve and his hard groundstrokes off both sides...


|2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
|-
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|bgcolor=#98FB98|Winner
|4.
|02 August 2004
|  Trani
Trani Cup
The Trani Cup is a tennis tournament held in Trani, Italy since 2002. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor red clay courts.-Singles:-Doubles:- External links :*...

, Italy
|Clay
|  Francesco Aldi
Francesco Aldi
Francesco Aldi is an Italian professional tennis player.-External links:*...


|6–1, 6–3
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|bgcolor=#98FB98|Winner
|5.
|21 July 2008
|  San Marino
|Clay
|  Potito Starace
Potito Starace
Potito Starace is an Italian professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. He achieved his career-high ranking of 27th on October 15, 2007 and prefers to play on red clay...


|5–7, 6–4, 6–1
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|bgcolor=#98FB98|Winner
|6.
|28 July 2008
|  Cordenons
Zucchetti Kos Tennis Cup
The Zucchetti Kos Tennis Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the A.S.D. Eurotennis Club in Cordenons, Italy, since 2004.-Singles:-Doubles:-External links:**...

, Italy
|Clay
|  Óscar Hernández
|6–3, 7–5
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|bgcolor=#FFA07A|Runner-up
|4.
|17 August 2009
|  Trani
Trani Cup
The Trani Cup is a tennis tournament held in Trani, Italy since 2002. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor red clay courts.-Singles:-Doubles:- External links :*...

, Italy
|Clay
|  Daniel Köllerer
Daniel Köllerer
Daniel Köllerer is a former professional tennis player from Austria who turned professional in 2002. Nicknamed "Crazy Dani" for his controversial behaviour while on court, he achieved his career-high ranking of #55 on October 19, 2009. He is serving a lifetime ban from the sport for match-fixing...


|3–6, 5–7
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|bgcolor=#98FB98|Winner
|7.
|12 April 2010
|  Rome
Rai Open
The Rai Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Rome, Italy, since 2009.-Singles:-Doubles:-External links:...

, Italy
|Clay
|  Lamine Ouahab
Lamine Ouahab
Lamine Ouahab is a professional Algerian tennis player.-Career:Ouahab turned professional in 2004, when he got a wild card into the Olympics main draw....


|6–4, 7–5
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|bgcolor=#98FB98|Winner
|8.
|31 May 2010
|  Rome
Due Ponti Cup
The Due Ponti Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the in Rome, Italy, since 2010.-Singles:-Doubles:...

, Italy
|Clay
|  Reda El Amrani
Reda El Amrani
Reda El Amrani is a professional tennis player from Morocco.He has a career high-ranking of 160 .-2010:250 Series: Quarter-finalist Grand Prix Hassan II ....


|6–3, 6–2
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|bgcolor=#FFA07A|Runner-up
|5.
|02 August 2010
|  San Marino
|Clay
|  Robin Haase
Robin Haase
Robin Haase is a Dutch tennis player. Haase is currently the highest-ranked Dutch player, with his career high of No. 41 coming on 29 August 2011. He is endorsed by Head and SNS Reaal.-Career:...


|2–6, 6–7(8–10)
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|bgcolor=#FFA07A|Runner-up
|6.
|09 August 2010
|  Trani
Trani Cup
The Trani Cup is a tennis tournament held in Trani, Italy since 2002. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor red clay courts.-Singles:-Doubles:- External links :*...

, Italy
|Clay
|  Jesse Huta Galung
Jesse Huta Galung
Jesse Huta Galung is a professional Dutch tennis player.-Singles Titles:-External links:*...


|6–7(3–7), 4–6
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|bgcolor=#FFA07A|Runner-up
|7.
|28 March 2011
|  Barletta, Italy
|Clay
|  Aljaž Bedene
Aljaž Bedene
Aljaž Bedene is a Slovenian tennis player.He won five Futures and one Challenger singles titles . In doubles he won one Challenger title and two Futures titles. Aljaž plays with right hand and two-handed backhand. He is a member of the Slovenia Davis Cup team. His highest ranking is No...


|5–7, 3–6
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|bgcolor=#FFA07A|Runner-up
|8.
|18 April 2011
|  Napoli
Tennis Napoli Cup
The Tennis Napoli Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour...

, Italy
|Clay
|  Thomas Schoorel
Thomas Schoorel
Thomas Schoorel is a Dutch tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour.Schoorel won the Dutch Tennis Masters in December 2010, beating Thiemo de Bakker in the final . He has won two Challenger titles , both in April 2011.Schoorel is also student at the Johan Cruyff College.-Singles: 4...


|2–6, 6–7(4–7)
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|bgcolor=#98FB98|Winner
|9.
|18 July 2011
|  Orbetello, Italy
|Clay
|  Matteo Viola
Matteo Viola
Matteo Viola is a Italian professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 155 on 25 July 2005, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 282, on 7 November 2011.-Singles :-Doubles...


|4–6, 6–3, 6–2
|-bgcolor=moccasin
|bgcolor=#FFA07A|Runner-up
|9.
|18 September 2011
|  Todi
Internazionali di Tennis dell'Umbria
The Internazionali di Tennis dell'Umbria is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Todi, Italy since 2007.-Singles:...

, Italy
|Clay
|  Carlos Berlocq
Carlos Berlocq
Carlos Alberto Berlocq is an Argentine professional male tennis player. He is nicknamed Charly. Berlocq's favourite surface is clay and he is currently coached by Jorge Gerosi.-Career:...


|3–6, 1–6
|}

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