Alexander Volkov (b. March 3, 1967, in Kaliningrad, USSR) is a former professional tennis player from Russia. March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Locator map on an international level map of Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad (Russian: Калининград), seaport city, capital and main city of the Kaliningrad Oblast, a small Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania with access to the Baltic Sea. ... Tennis is a racquet sport played between either two players (singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). Player(s) use a stringed racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball over a net into the opponents court. ...

Volkov turned professional in 1988. His first noteworthy result came in 1990, when he stunned the tennis world by defeating Stefan Edberg (who was ranked the World No. 1 at the time) is straight sets in the first round of the US Open. 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Edberg at the 1996 US Open Stefan Edberg (born January 19, 1966) is a professional tennis player from Västervik, Sweden. ... The U.S. Open is the fourth and final event of the Grand Slam in tennis. ...

After finishing runner-up in three tourmaments over 1989 and 1990, Volkov won his first top-level professional singles title in 1991 at Milan. He was runner-up in three tournaments in 1992, and won his second title in 1993 in Auckland. Later in 1993 Volkov defeated Björn Borg in the first round of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, in a match which proved to be the last of Borg's career. Volkov won the Kremlin Cup a year later in 1994 to claim his third (and final) career title. (He reached one more final in 1997 in Shanghai.) 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location within Italy Piazza della Scala Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese dialect: Milán) is the main city in northern Italy, and is located in the plains of Lombardy, the most populated and developed of Italian regions. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events Media:January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. ... Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events Media:January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. ... Björn Rune Borg  listen (b. ... Saint Basils Cathedral Moscow (Russian/Cyrillic: Москва́, pronunciation: Maskvá  listen), capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva, and encompassing 1097. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ... Shanghai (Chinese: 上海; pinyin: ; Shanghainese IPA: ) is Chinas largest city and is situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta. ...

Volkov was part of the Russian team which reached the final of the Davis Cup in 1994. He won important singles rubbers over Patrick Rafter of Australia in the first round, and Michael Stich of Germany in the semi-finals. However he lost both his singles rubbers in the final as Russia were defeated 4-1 by Sweden. Davis Cup logo The Davis Cup is the international team event in mens tennis. ... Patrick Michael Rafter (born December 28, 1972) is a former World No. ... Michael Stich (born 18 October 1968 in Pinneberg, Germany) is a tennis player, now retired. ...

Volkov retired from the professional tour in 1998. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 14 in 1993. His career prize-money earnings totalled US$3,362,786. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

External Links

• Official ATP Profile (http://www.atptennis.com/en/players/playerprofiles/default2.asp?playersearch=Volkov,+Alexander)