Renzo Furlan (born 17 May 1970) is an Italian tennis coach and a former professional player. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 19 in April 1996. In 2024, he was named WTA Coach of the Year.

Career

Furlan represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the quarterfinals 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. His best performance at a Grand Slam tournament came when he got to the quarterfinals of the 1995 French Open, defeating Marcos Ondruska, David Rikl, Fernando Meligeni and Scott Draper before losing to Sergi Bruguera.

Coaching career

Furlan was appointed president of the Tennis Federation of Serbia in 2016 and after leaving, Furlan began coaching Jasmine Paolini full-time in 2020, having first worked with her in 2015. He was named WTA Coach of the Year in 2024. They split in March 2025. Since April 2026 he is coaching Luca Nardi.

Personal life

Began playing tennis at age 6. Played soccer until age 14. He is the youngest in the family of two brothers and one sister. His hobbies include action and spy thriller movies and reading spy novels.

ATP career finals

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

Legend
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)
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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1May 1992Bologna, ItalyWorld SeriesClayBrazil Jaime Oncins2–6, 4–6
Loss0–2Jun 1992Firenze, ItalyWorld SeriesClayAustria Thomas Muster3–6, 6–1, 1–6
Loss0–3Aug 1993San Marino, San MarinoWorld SeriesClayAustria Thomas Muster5–7, 5–7
Win1–3Feb 1994San Jose, United StatesWorld SeriesHard (i)United States Michael Chang3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win2–3Mar 1994Casablanca, MoroccoWorld SeriesClayMorocco Karim Alami6–2, 6–2
Loss2–4Oct 1995Beijing, ChinaWorld SeriesHard (i)United States Michael Chang5–7, 3–6
Loss2–5Mar 1997St. Petersburg, RussiaWorld SeriesCarpet (i)Sweden Thomas Johansson3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
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)
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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Aug 1994San Marino, San MarinoWorld SeriesClaySpain Jordi ArreseUnited Kingdom Neil Broad United States Greg Van Emburgh2–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (3–4)

Legend
Legend ATP Challenger (3–4) ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (3–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
ATP Challenger (3–4)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jul 1990Tampere, FinlandChallengerClaySpain Fernando Luna6–3, 6–3
Loss1–1Jun 1992Turin, ItalyChallengerClayArgentina Franco Davin6–7, 6–3, 1–6
Win2–1Sep 1998Budapest, HungaryChallengerClayBelgium Christophe Van Garsse6–2, 6–3
Win3–1Aug 2001Bressanone, ItalyChallengerClayItaly Alessio Di Mauro6–3, 6–1
Loss3–2Mar 2002Barletta, ItalyChallengerClaySpain Sergi Bruguera6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7)
Loss3–3Apr 2002San Remo, ItalyChallengerClayGermany Oliver Gross4–6, 3–6
Loss3–4Jun 2003Sassuolo, ItalyChallengerClaySpain Mariano Albert-Ferrando6–7(1–7), 3–6

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

Legend
Legend ATP Challenger (2–2) ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (1–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
ATP Challenger (2–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Jun 1991Turin, ItalyChallengerClayItaly Omar CamporeseUnited States Sven Salumaa Sweden Tobias Svantesson7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win2–0Sep 1991Messina, ItalyChallengerHardArgentina Guillermo Perez-RoldanSweden Jan Apell Germany Markus Naewie6–4, 6–2
Loss2–1Mar 2002Barletta, ItalyChallengerClayItaly Uros VicoItaly Massimo Bertolini Italy Cristian Brandi6–4, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss2–2Apr 2002San Remo, ItalyChallengerClayItaly Cristian BrandiItaly Daniele Bracciali Italy Giorgio Galimberti3–6, 4–6

Performance timeline

Key
WFSFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH

Singles

Tournament198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAQ21R1RA1R3R4R3R1RAAAA2R0 / 88–850%
French Open1RA1R1R2R1RQF3R1RQ3Q3Q3Q1Q2Q20 / 87–847%
WimbledonAA1RAA1R1R3R2RAAAAAA0 / 53–538%
US OpenAAA1R2R1R3R1R1RAAAAAA0 / 63–633%
Win–loss0–10–00–30–32–20–48–47–43–40–10–00–00–00–01–10 / 2721–2744%
Olympic Games
Summer OlympicsNot Held3RNot HeldQFNot HeldANot Held0 / 25–271%
ATP Masters Series
Indian WellsAA2RA1RA1R3RAAAAAAA0 / 43–443%
MiamiAA1RA2RA2R3RAAAAAAA0 / 43–443%
Monte CarloAA1R2R1R1R1R2R2RQ1Q2Q1Q1AA0 / 73–730%
HamburgAA3R3R2R2R2RA1RAAAAAA0 / 67–654%
RomeA2R2R2R1R2R2R1R1R1RA1RAAA0 / 105–1033%
CanadaAAAAAAA2RAAAAAAA0 / 11–150%
CincinnatiAAAAAAQF1RAAAAAAA0 / 23–260%
ParisAAAAA2R1R1RAAAAAAA0 / 31–325%
Win–loss0–01–14–54–32–53–46–75–71–30–10–00–10–00–00–00 / 3726–3741%

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Awards
Preceded byPoland Tomasz WiktorowskiWTA Coach of the Year 2024Succeeded byIncumbent