Retired in 2017, the following year he became coach and since 2021 he has been the captain of the Italian team, which he led to the win of two consecutive Davis Cups in 2023 and 2024.

[1] At the Rome Masters in 2007 Volandri, having entered as a wild card, recorded the biggest win of his career by beating the then world no.

[2] Hopes that this might be the start of Italy's re-emergence among the top nations of professional men's tennis were heightened when Volandri went on to beat world no.

On 23 June 2015, Volandri completed 300 wins at the ATP Challenger Tour tournaments by defeating Oriol Roca Batalla at the Aspria Tennis Cup in Milan.

[5] In January 2009, Volandri received a three-month ban from the ATP for a doping offence after testing positive for salbutamol during the Indian Wells tournament.

[7] In March 2009, the Court of Arbitration for Sport overruled the ATP decision and ruled that Volandri should be reinstated and that his forfeited ranking points and earnings returned to him.