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Italian tennis player and coach (born 1970)
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]
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]
Singles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)[ edit ]
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)[ edit ]
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)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ]
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
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
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.