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

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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

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Singles: 13 (7–6)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (5–4)
ITF Futures (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (7–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1-0 Jun 1994 Fürth, Germany Challenger Clay   Dirk Dier 6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Win 2-0 Sep 1994 Budapest, Hungary Challenger Clay   Christian Ruud 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 2-1 Feb 1995 Mar del Plata, Argentina Challenger Clay   Jiří Novák 2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 3-1 May 1995 Dresden, Germany Challenger Clay   Magnus Gustafsson 6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Win 4-1 Oct 1995 Guayaquil, Ecuador Challenger Clay   Dirk Dier 6–4, 6–4
Loss 4-2 Feb 1996 Punta del Este, Uruguay Challenger Clay   Félix Mantilla 2–6, 6–7
Win 5-2 Jul 1996 Ulm, Germany Challenger Clay   Karim Alami 6–4, 6–0
Loss 5-3 Jul 1996 Ostend, Belgium Challenger Clay   Thierry Champion 3–6, 4–6
Loss 5-4 Jan 1999 USA F2, Miami Futures Hard   Bob Bryan 2–6, 5–7
Win 6-4 Mar 1999 Italy F1, Sassari Futures Clay   Filippo Volandri 6–1, 1–6, 6–4
Win 7-4 May 2000 USA F13, Boca Raton Futures Clay   Mauricio Hadad 6–3, 7–5
Loss 7-5 Jul 2000 France F12, Toulon Futures Clay   Jun Kato 3–6, 4–6
Loss 7-6 Aug 2000 Manerbio, Italy Challenger Clay   Stefano Tarallo 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 8 (5–3)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (2–3)
ITF Futures (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 1992 Antwerp, Belgium Challenger Clay   Mikael Pernfors   Michael Brown
  Roger Rasheed
2–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Jul 1997 Ulm, Germany Challenger Clay   Tom Vanhoudt   Petr Luxa
  Petr Pála
6–3, 6–0
Win 2–1 Jul 1997 Ostend, Belgium Challenger Clay   Tom Vanhoudt   Tarik Benhabiles
  Julien Boutter
3–6, 6–4, 6–0
Loss 2–2 Oct 1997 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay   Jimy Szymanski   Mariano Hood
  Sebastián Prieto
2–6, 1–6
Win 3–2 Nov 1998 Australia F2, Frankston Futures Clay   Toby Mitchell   Luke Bourgeois
  Andrew Painter
4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win 4–2 Oct 1999 Uzbekistan F4, Fergana Futures Hard   Lior Dahan   Stefano Galvani
  Andy Ram
7–5, 7–6
Loss 4–3 Oct 1999 Samarkand, Uzbekistan Challenger Clay   Emilio Benfele Álvarez   Andrei Stoliarov
  Noam Behr
7–6, 3–6, 1–6
Win 5–3 Jun 2000 Germany F6, Villingen Futures Clay   Ionuț Moldovan   Johan Settergren
  Melle van Gemerden
7–6(8–6), 6–3

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(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

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Tournament 1994 1995 1996 1997 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
French Open A 1R 2R Q1 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Wimbledon A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A 1R 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–2 1–4 0–1 0 / 7 1–7 13%
ATP Masters Series
Monte Carlo A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris Q1 Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 

References

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