Renzo Furlan

Renzo Furlan
Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	17 May 1970 (age 54); Conegliano, Veneto, Italy
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1988
Retired	2004
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,449,043
Singles
Career record	223-239
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 19 (15 April 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1996)
French Open	QF (1995)
Wimbledon	3R (1996)
US Open	3R (1995)
Other tournaments
Grand Slam Cup	1R (1995)
Olympic Games	QF (1996)
Doubles
Career record	14–38
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 193 (17 June 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1995)
	Last updated on: 9 July 2022.

Last updated December 12, 2024

Renzo Furlan (born 17 May 1970) is an Italian tennis coach and former professional player. In 2024, he won the WTA Award as best coach for coaching Jasmine Paolini.^[1]

Career

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 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 professional tennis player Jasmine Paolini full time in 2020, having first worked with her in 2015.^[3]

ATP career finals

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

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	Jaime Oncins	2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 1992	Firenze, Italy	World Series	Clay	Thomas Muster	3–6, 6–1, 1–6
Loss	0–3	Aug 1993	San Marino, San Marino	World Series	Clay	Thomas Muster	5–7, 5–7
Win	1–3	Feb 1994	San Jose, United States	World Series	Hard	Michael Chang	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win	2–3	Mar 1994	Casablanca, Morocco	World Series	Clay	Karim Alami	6–2, 6–2
Loss	2–4	Oct 1995	Beijing, China	World Series	Hard	Michael Chang	5–7, 3–6
Loss	2–5	Mar 1997	St. Petersburg, Russia	World Series	Carpet	Thomas Johansson	3–6, 6–4, 6–1

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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	Jordi Arrese	Neil Broad Greg Van Emburgh	2–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (3–4)

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	Fernando Luna	6–3, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Jun 1992	Turin, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Franco Davin	6–7, 6–3, 1–6
Win	2–1	Sep 1998	Budapest, Hungary	Challenger	Clay	Christophe Van Garsse	6–2, 6–3
Win	3–1	Aug 2001	Bressanone, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Alessio Di Mauro	6–3, 6–1
Loss	3–2	Mar 2002	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Sergi Bruguera	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	3–3	Apr 2002	San Remo, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Oliver Gross	4–6, 3–6
Loss	3–4	Jun 2003	Sassuolo, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Albert-Ferrando	6–7^(1–7), 3–6

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

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	Omar Camporese	Sven Salumaa Tobias Svantesson	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win	2–0	Sep 1991	Messina, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Guillermo Perez-Roldan	Jan Apell Markus Naewie	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2–1	Mar 2002	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Uros Vico	Massimo Bertolini Cristian Brandi	6–4, 3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	2–2	Apr 2002	San Remo, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Cristian Brandi	Daniele Bracciali Giorgio Galimberti	3–6, 4–6

Performance timeline

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

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%

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References

↑ https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4183830/jabeur-wins-two-player-service-awards-furlan-named-coach-of-the-year
↑ "Italian Furlan Is Heading Tennis Federation Of Serbia; Djokovic Happy". TennisNews.com. 2016-01-19. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
↑ Macpherson, Alex (2022-05-09). "Jasmine Paolini ready for the spotlight at home". Women's Tennis Association . Retrieved 2024-07-13.

External links

Renzo Furlan at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Renzo Furlan at the International Tennis Federation
Renzo Furlan at the Davis Cup

Awards
Preceded by Tomasz Wiktorowski	WTA Coach of the Year 2024	Succeeded by Incumbent

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[1] ttps://www.wtatennis.com/news/4183830/jabeur-wins-two-player-service-awards-furlan-named-coach-of-the-year

[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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