Anatoli Volkov (born 8 March or February 1 1948) is a former professional

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player from the

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Career

Volkov had his first singles win in a

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match at the

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, where he beat

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in the first round.ATP World Tour: Anatoli Volkov
/ref> He also reached the third round of the men's doubles, with

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. He took part in the tennis demonstration event at the

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. Leius would partner Volkov again at the

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, in the men's doubles. They won a silver medal. Volkov made the second round of the French Open once more in

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, defeating Jose Mandarino in the opening round. In the mixed doubles he managed to reach the quarter-finals.ITF Pro Circuit: Anatoli Volkov
/ref> His partner was Romanian

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. He played a Davis Cup tie for the

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in 1975, against Sweden.Davis Cup: Anatoli Volkov
/ref> The Soviet player appeared in two of the singles rubbers, which he lost, to Björn Borg and Birger Andersson. At a later stage of his career, Anatoli Volkov graduated from Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism as a professional coach. He coached Soviet girls' team at the Helvetia Cup winning with them this trophy in 1983. In 1986 and 1991 he took the position of the captain in the Soviet Fed Cup team, and in 1992 at the newly formed

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.v Svetlana Parkhomenko was one of the female players coached by him personally.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Volkov, Anatoli 1948 births Living people Soviet male tennis players Russian male tennis players Universiade medalists in tennis FISU World University Games silver medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade