Alexander Vladimirovich Volkov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Во́лков listen^ⓘ; 3 March 1967 – 19 October 2019^[1]) was a Russian professional tennis player.

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Alexander Volkov
Алекса́ндр Во́лков

Country (sports)	Soviet Union  Russia
Born	(1967-03-03)3 March 1967 Kaliningrad, Soviet Union
Died	19 October 2019(2019-10-19) (aged 52) Kaliningrad, Russia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1988
Retired	1998
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$3,362,840
Singles
Career record	303–255
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 14 (23 August 1993)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1994)
French Open	3R (1990, 1992)
Wimbledon	4R (1987, 1990, 1991, 1994)
US Open	SF (1993)
Other tournaments
Grand Slam Cup	1R (1992, 1993)
Olympic Games	1R (1988)
Doubles
Career record	32–55
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 136 (9 October 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (1988)
US Open	1R (1989)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (1988)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	F (1994, 1995)
Last updated on: 15 September 2022.

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Volkov finished runner-up in three tournaments over 1989 and 1990; in the latter year he defeated World No. 1 Stefan Edberg in straight sets in the first round of the US Open. Volkov won his first top-level professional singles title in 1991 at Milan. At Wimbledon that year, he lost a close match in the fourth round to the eventual tournament champion Michael Stich, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 1–6, 7–5 despite winning the same number of games as Stich overall in the match, which hinged on a lucky shot hit by the German when he was trailing 4–5 in the final set. With Volkov serving for the match, at 5-4 and 30–30, Stich hit a seemingly-wide shot that caught the net and, instead of going out, looped over Volkov's head and back into play for a winner. What could have been 40-30, and match-point for Volkov, instead became a vital break-point opportunity for Stich at 30-40, that he immediately converted. Stich subsequently won the next two games and the match.^[2]

Volkov 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.

His best Grand Slam singles performance was reaching the semifinals of the 1993 US Open, where he defeated Jonathan Stark, Kevin Ullyett, Amos Mansdorf, Chuck Adams and Thomas Muster before losing to Pete Sampras.

Volkov was part of the Russian team that reached the final of the Davis Cup in 1994. He won singles rubbers over Patrick Rafter of Australia in the first round and Michael Stich of Germany in the semifinals. However, he lost both his singles rubbers in the final as Russia was defeated by Sweden 4–1.

Volkov retired from the professional tour in 1998. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 14 in 1994. His career prize-money earnings totalled $3,362,786.

He was Marat Safin's coach before the duo split in July 2007.