What is Alexander Volkov (tennis)?
[[File:Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Во́лков.jpg|right|200px]] '''Alexander Vladimirovich Volkov''' ({{lang-ru|Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Во́лков}}; 3 March 1967 – 19 October 2019) was a [[Russia]]n professional [[tennis]] player. He was born in [[Kaliningrad]], [[Soviet Union]]. Volkov won his first top-level professional singles title in 1991 at [[Milan]]. At [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] that year, he lost a close match in the fourth round to the eventual tournament champion [[Michael Stich]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Recent recollection by Stich of the manner of his victory over Volkov | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/06/29/stphil129.xml | work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | first=Robert | last=Philip | date=29 June 2007 | access-date=23 April 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Volkov died on 19 October 2019 in Kalinigrad at the age of 52.<ref>[https://iz.ru/933960/2019-10-19/umer-tennisist-aleksandr-volkov СПОРТ Умер теннисист Александр Волков] {{in lang|ru}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Volkov, Alexander}} [[Category:1967 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Russian tennis players]]