Kris Goossens

Kris Goossens (born 20 February 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium.

Kris Goossens
Country (sports)Belgium Belgium
ResidenceGroot-Bijgaarden, Belgium
Born (1974-02-20) 20 February 1974 (age 50)
Uccle, Belgium
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1993
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$316,648
Singles
Career record9–30
Career titles0
5 Challenger, 2 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 90 (8 July 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1996, 1997)
French Open2R (1996)
Wimbledon1R (1996)
US Open1R (1995, 1996)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
2 Challenger, 3 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 183 (8 June 1998)

Career

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]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 13 (7–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (5–4)
ITF Futures (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (7–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1-0Jun 1994Fürth, GermanyChallengerClay Dirk Dier6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Win2-0Sep 1994Budapest, HungaryChallengerClay Christian Ruud4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss2-1Feb 1995Mar del Plata, ArgentinaChallengerClay Jiří Novák2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win3-1May 1995Dresden, GermanyChallengerClay Magnus Gustafsson6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Win4-1Oct 1995Guayaquil, EcuadorChallengerClay Dirk Dier6–4, 6–4
Loss4-2Feb 1996Punta del Este, UruguayChallengerClay Félix Mantilla2–6, 6–7
Win5-2Jul 1996Ulm, GermanyChallengerClay Karim Alami6–4, 6–0
Loss5-3Jul 1996Ostend, BelgiumChallengerClay Thierry Champion3–6, 4–6
Loss5-4Jan 1999USA F2, MiamiFuturesHard Bob Bryan2–6, 5–7
Win6-4Mar 1999Italy F1, SassariFuturesClay Filippo Volandri6–1, 1–6, 6–4
Win7-4May 2000USA F13, Boca RatonFuturesClay Mauricio Hadad6–3, 7–5
Loss7-5Jul 2000France F12, ToulonFuturesClay Jun Kato3–6, 4–6
Loss7-6Aug 2000Manerbio, ItalyChallengerClay Stefano Tarallo3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 8 (5–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–3)
ITF Futures (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1May 1992Antwerp, BelgiumChallengerClay Mikael Pernfors Michael Brown
Roger Rasheed
2–6, 4–6
Win1–1Jul 1997Ulm, GermanyChallengerClay Tom Vanhoudt Petr Luxa
Petr Pála
6–3, 6–0
Win2–1Jul 1997Ostend, BelgiumChallengerClay Tom Vanhoudt Tarik Benhabiles
Julien Boutter
3–6, 6–4, 6–0
Loss2–2Oct 1997Lima, PeruChallengerClay Jimy Szymanski Mariano Hood
Sebastián Prieto
2–6, 1–6
Win3–2Nov 1998Australia F2, FrankstonFuturesClay Toby Mitchell Luke Bourgeois
Andrew Painter
4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win4–2Oct 1999Uzbekistan F4, FerganaFuturesHard Lior Dahan Stefano Galvani
Andy Ram
7–5, 7–6
Loss4–3Oct 1999Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerClay Emilio Benfele Álvarez Andrei Stoliarov
Noam Behr
7–6, 3–6, 1–6
Win5–3Jun 2000Germany F6, VillingenFuturesClay Ionuț Moldovan Johan Settergren
Melle van Gemerden
7–6(8–6), 6–3

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament1994199519961997SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAA1R1R0 / 20–20%
French OpenA1R2RQ10 / 21–233%
WimbledonAA1RA0 / 10–10%
US OpenA1R1RA0 / 20–20%
Win–loss0–00–21–40–10 / 71–713%
ATP Masters Series
Monte CarloAQ1AA0 / 00–0 – 
ParisQ1Q1AA0 / 00–0 – 
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00 / 00–0 – 

References