Awards: WTA Coach of the Year (2024)
Coaching Summary
- Began working with Jasmine Paolini in 2020
- Coached Paolini to her first title and final at Portoroz 2021 (d. Riske in final)
- Pair also reached final at Cluj-Napoca 2022, Palermo 2023, and Monastir 2023
- Under Furlan's guidance, Paolini finished 2023 in the Top 30 of the WTA Rankigs
- Breakthrough for Paolini and Furlan came in 2024, where Paolini won her second title at Dubai (d. Kalinskaya in final)
- Paolini then reached the final at Roland Garros (l. Swiatek in final) and Wimbledon (l. Krejcikova in final); she also reached Roland Garros final in doubles with partner Sara Errani, and won the Olympic Gold medal in doubles at Paris
- Paolini reached her first career WTA Finals at Riyadh, and finished the year ranked No.4 in the world
- For his work, Furlan was awarded with the WTA Coach of the Year Award, an honor voted on by his peers
Personal
- Played on the ATP Tour and was ranked a career-high No.19
- Won two titles in his career, at San Jose and Casablanca (both in 1994)