Renzo Furlan
Born (1970-05-17)17 May 1970(age 56) Conegliano , Veneto , Italy Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro 1988
Retired 2004
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record 223-239
Career titles 2
Highest ranking No. 19 (15 April 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Other tournaments
Grand Slam Cup 1R (1995)
Doubles
Career record 14–38
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 193 (17 June 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Last updated on: 9 July 2022.
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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Loss 0–1 May 1992 Bologna , ItalyWorld Series Clay Brazil Jaime Oncins 2–6, 4–6 Loss 0–2 Jun 1992 Firenze , ItalyWorld Series Clay Austria Thomas Muster 3–6, 6–1, 1–6 Loss 0–3 Aug 1993 San Marino , San MarinoWorld Series Clay Austria Thomas Muster 5–7, 5–7 Win 1–3 Feb 1994 San Jose , United StatesWorld Series Hard (i) United States Michael Chang 3–6, 6–2, 7–5 Win 2–3 Mar 1994 Casablanca , MoroccoWorld Series Clay Morocco Karim Alami 6–2, 6–2 Loss 2–4 Oct 1995 Beijing , ChinaWorld Series Hard (i) United States Michael Chang 5–7, 3–6 Loss 2–5 Mar 1997 St. Petersburg , RussiaWorld Series Carpet (i) Sweden Thomas Johansson 3–6, 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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 0–1 Aug 1994 San Marino , San MarinoWorld Series Clay Spain Jordi Arrese United Kingdom Neil Broad United States Greg Van Emburgh 2–6, 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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Win 1–0 Jul 1990 Tampere , FinlandChallenger Clay Spain Fernando Luna 6–3, 6–3 Loss 1–1 Jun 1992 Turin , ItalyChallenger Clay Argentina Franco Davin 6–7, 6–3, 1–6 Win 2–1 Sep 1998 Budapest , HungaryChallenger Clay Belgium Christophe Van Garsse 6–2, 6–3 Win 3–1 Aug 2001 Bressanone , ItalyChallenger Clay Italy Alessio Di Mauro 6–3, 6–1 Loss 3–2 Mar 2002 Barletta , ItalyChallenger Clay Spain Sergi Bruguera 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7) Loss 3–3 Apr 2002 San Remo , ItalyChallenger Clay Germany Oliver Gross 4–6, 3–6 Loss 3–4 Jun 2003 Sassuolo , ItalyChallenger Clay Spain Mariano Albert-Ferrando 6–7(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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Win 1–0 Jun 1991 Turin , ItalyChallenger Clay Italy Omar Camporese United States Sven Salumaa Sweden Tobias Svantesson 7–5, 3–6, 6–4 Win 2–0 Sep 1991 Messina , ItalyChallenger Hard Argentina Guillermo Perez-Roldan Sweden Jan Apell Germany Markus Naewie 6–4, 6–2 Loss 2–1 Mar 2002 Barletta , ItalyChallenger Clay Italy Uros Vico Italy Massimo Bertolini Italy Cristian Brandi 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(4–7) Loss 2–2 Apr 2002 San Remo , ItalyChallenger Clay Italy Cristian Brandi Italy Daniele Bracciali Italy Giorgio Galimberti 3–6, 4–6
Performance timeline 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%
External links Awards Preceded byPoland Tomasz Wiktorowski WTA Coach of the Year 2024 Succeeded byIncumbent