Kris Goossens | |
Country: | Belgium |
Residence: | Groot-Bijgaarden, Belgium |
Birth Date: | 20 February 1974 |
Birth Place: | Uccle, Belgium |
Turnedpro: | 1993 |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Careerprizemoney: | $316,648 |
Singlesrecord: | 9–30 |
Singlestitles: | 0 5 Challenger, 2 Futures |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 90 (8 July 1996) |
Australianopenresult: | 1R (1996, 1997) |
Frenchopenresult: | 2R (1996) |
Wimbledonresult: | 1R (1996) |
Usopenresult: | 1R (1995, 1996) |
Doublesrecord: | 0–0 |
Doublestitles: | 0 2 Challenger, 3 Futures |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 183 (8 June 1998) |
Kris Goossens (born 20 February 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium.
Goossens entered into the ATP's top 100 for the first time in 1995, after making the semi-final of the Swedish Open and winning a Challenger event in Ecuador. His run to the semi-finals in Sweden including a win over world number 24 Jonas Björkman.[1]
Also that year, he played two Davis Cup singles rubbers for Belgium, against the Russian team. He lost both of his matches, to Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Andrei Chesnokov.[2]
He entered the main draw of seven Grand Slams but only once reached the second round. That occurred at the 1996 French Open, where he defeated Tim Henman. In the following round he lost to Guy Forget, in a five set match.[3]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
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Win | 1-0 | Fürth, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Dirk Dier | 6–7, 6–3, 6–2 | ||
Win | 2-0 | Budapest, Hungary | Challenger | Clay | Christian Ruud | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 | ||
Loss | 2-1 | Mar del Plata, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | Jiří Novák | 2–6, 6–3, 3–6 | ||
Win | 3-1 | Dresden, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Magnus Gustafsson | 6–4, 5–7, 7–5 | ||
Win | 4-1 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | Dirk Dier | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
Loss | 4-2 | Punta del Este, Uruguay | Challenger | Clay | Félix Mantilla | 2–6, 6–7 | ||
Win | 5-2 | Ulm, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Karim Alami | 6–4, 6–0 | ||
Loss | 5-3 | Ostend, Belgium | Challenger | Clay | Thierry Champion | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
Loss | 5-4 | USA F2, Miami | Futures | Hard | Bob Bryan | 2–6, 5–7 | ||
Win | 6-4 | Italy F1, Sassari | Futures | Clay | Filippo Volandri | 6–1, 1–6, 6–4 | ||
Win | 7-4 | USA F13, Boca Raton | Futures | Clay | Mauricio Hadad | 6–3, 7–5 | ||
Loss | 7-5 | France F12, Toulon | Futures | Clay | Jun Kato | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
Loss | 7-6 | Manerbio, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Stefano Tarallo | 3–6, 4–6 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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Loss | 0–1 | Antwerp, Belgium | Challenger | Clay | Mikael Pernfors | Michael Brown Roger Rasheed | 2–6, 4–6 | ||
Win | 1–1 | Ulm, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Tom Vanhoudt | Petr Luxa Petr Pála | 6–3, 6–0 | ||
Win | 2–1 | Ostend, Belgium | Challenger | Clay | Tom Vanhoudt | Tarik Benhabiles Julien Boutter | 3–6, 6–4, 6–0 | ||
Loss | 2–2 | Lima, Peru | Challenger | Clay | Jimy Szymanski | Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto | 2–6, 1–6 | ||
Win | 3–2 | Australia F2, Frankston | Futures | Clay | Toby Mitchell | Luke Bourgeois Andrew Painter | 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 | ||
Win | 4–2 | Uzbekistan F4, Fergana | Futures | Hard | Lior Dahan | Stefano Galvani Andy Ram | 7–5, 7–6 | ||
Loss | 4–3 | Samarkand, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Clay | Emilio Benfele Álvarez | Andrei Stoliarov Noam Behr | 7–6, 3–6, 1–6 | ||
Win | 5–3 | Germany F6, Villingen | Futures | Clay | Ionuț Moldovan | Johan Settergren Melle van Gemerden | 7–6(8–6), 6–3 |
Tournament | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | |||
French Open | A | 1R | 2R | Q1 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | |||
Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |||
US Open | A | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | |||
style=text-align:left | Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0 / 7 | 1–7 | ||
ATP Masters Series | |||||||||
Monte Carlo | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||
Paris | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||
style=text-align:left | Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |