Marc-Kevin Peter Goellner (born 22 September 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. He won two singles titles, achieved a bronze medal in doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics and attained a career-high singles ranking of World No. 26 in April 1994. Goellner reached the quarterfinals of the 1997 Rome Masters, defeating top tenners Richard Krajicek and Albert Costa en route.
Personal life The son of a German diplomat, Goellner lived in Rio de Janeiro, Tel Aviv and Sydney as a youngster before moving to Germany in 1986. The surname of his family is Göllner, but since most languages don't use umlaut, the Brazil authorities wrote Goellner in his birth certificate.
Tennis career In 1990, he suffered two torn ligaments in his left foot, which almost ended his tennis career before it had begun. He turned professional in 1991.
1993 provided some of the most significant highlights of Goellner's career. He captured his first top-level singles title at Nice, defeating Ivan Lendl in the final. He also won his first tour doubles title in Rotterdam, partnering David Prinosil. Goellner and Prinosil were also the men's doubles runners-up at the French Open that year. And Goellner was a member of the German team which won the 1993 Davis Cup, winning important singles rubbers in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.
In 1996, Goellner won a second top-level singles title at Marbella. He represented Germany at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the first round of the singles competition by Sweden's Thomas Enqvist, and won a bronze medal in the doubles competition at Stone Mountain Park, partnering Prinosil.
During his career, Goellner won a total of two top-level singles titles and four tour doubles titles. His career-high rankings were World No. 26 in singles (in 1994), and World No. 25 in doubles (in 1998). His best singles performance at a Grand Slam event came at the French Open in 1993, where he reached the fourth round before losing to Andrei Medvedev. His career prize money earnings totalled US$2,700,215. He was one of the first players to wear baseball caps reversed. Goellner retired from the professional tour in 2004.
ATP career finals
Singles: 3 (2 titles / 1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (2–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (2–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (2–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Nice, FranceWorld SeriesClay Ivan Lendl1–6, 6–4, 6–2Loss1–1Bournemouth, United KingdomWorld SeriesClay Albert Costa7–6(7–4), 2–6, 2–6Win2–1Marbella, SpainWorld SeriesClay Àlex Corretja7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2)
Doubles: 15 (4 titles / 11 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–1)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–1)ATP World Series (4–9)Finals by surfaceHard (2–0)Clay (1–7)Grass (0–2)Carpet (1–2)Finals by settingOutdoors (2–9)Indoors (2–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Rotterdam, NetherlandsWorld SeriesCarpet David Prinosil Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans6–2, 6–7, 7–6Loss1–1Roland Garos, FranceGrand SlamClay David Prinosil Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen4–6, 7–6, 4–6Loss1–2Halle, GermanyWorld SeriesGrass Mike Bauer Petr Korda Cyril Suk6–7, 7–5, 3–6Win2–2Long Island, United StatesWorld SeriesHard David Prinosil Arnaud Boetsch Olivier Delaître6–7, 7–5, 6–2Loss2–3Mexico City, MexicoWorld SeriesClay Diego Nargiso Javier Frana Leonardo Lavalle5–7, 3–6Loss2–4Estoril, PortugalWorld SeriesClay Diego Nargiso Yevgeny Kafelnikov Andrei Olhovskiy7–5, 5–7, 2–6Win3–4Bournemouth, United KingdomWorld SeriesClay Greg Rusedski Rodolphe Gilbert Nuno Marques6–3, 7–6Loss3–5Vienna, AustriaChampionship SeriesCarpet David Prinosil Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith3–6, 4–6Win4–5Stockholm, SwedenWorld SeriesHard Richey Reneberg Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith6–3, 3–6, 7–6Loss4–6Halle, GermanyWorld SeriesGrass John-Laffnie de Jager Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach6–4, 4–6, 6–7Loss4–7Copenhagen, DenmarkWorld SeriesCarpet David Prinosil Max Mirnyi Andrei Olhovskiy7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), 1–6Loss4–8Merano, ItalyWorld SeriesClay Eric Taino Lucas Arnold Ker Jaime Oncins4–6, 6–7(1–7)Loss4–9Bucharest, RomaniaWorld SeriesClay Francisco Montana Lucas Arnold Ker Martín García3–6, 6–2, 3–6Loss4–10Palermo, ItalyWorld SeriesClay Pablo Albano Tomás Carbonell Martín GarcíawalkoverLoss4–11Bucharest, RomaniaWorld SeriesClay Pablo Albano Aleksandar Kitinov Johan Landsberg4–6, 7–6(7–5), [6–10]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals
Singles: 5 (3–2) LegendATP Challenger (3–1)ITF Futures (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (2–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Antwerp, BelgiumChallengerClay Massimo Ardinghi4–6, 6–3, 7–5Win2–0Halle, GermanyChallengerClay Thomas Enqvist6–3, 2–6, 7–6Loss2–1Ulm, GermanyChallengerClay Marcos Ondruska6–7, 1–6Loss2–2Germany F1, RiemerlingFuturesClay Robert Lindstedt6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7)Win3–2Bukhara, UzbekistanChallengerHard Marcos Baghdatis7–5, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–4)
Doubles: 6 (3–3) LegendATP Challenger (3–3)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (3–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Casablanca, MoroccoChallengerClay Bertrand Madsen Tarik Benhabiles Gustavo Garetto6–0, 6–2Win2–0Cologne, GermanyChallengerClay Bernd Karbacher Brian Devening Murphy Jensen6–4, 6–7, 6–1Loss2–1Guadalajara, MexicoChallengerClay Christian Saceanu Royce Deppe David Rikl6–7, 4–6Loss2–2Rennes, FranceChallengerCarpet João Cunha-Silva Jan Apell Jonas Björkman6–7, 3–6Loss2–3Aachen, GermanyChallengerCarpet Marcos Ondruska Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann3–6, 6–7(4–7)Win3–3Montauban, FranceChallengerClay Álex López Morón Brian Dabul Ignacio Gonzalez-King6–3, 5–7, 7–6(7–5)
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament1992199319941995199619971998199920002001SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA2RA1R1R2R1RQ2AQ10 / 52–5French OpenA4R1R2R1R1R2RAA1R0 / 75–7WimbledonA1R1R2R1R1R2RAAQ20 / 62–6US Open2R3R3R2RA1R1RQ2Q2Q10 / 66–6Win–loss1–16–42–33–40–31–42–40–00–00–10 / 2415–24ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAA2RAA1RAAAA0 / 21–2MiamiAA2RAA1RAAAQ10 / 20–2Monte CarloAAAQ31RAAQ2AA0 / 10–1HamburgA3R1R2R2R1R1RA1RA0 / 74–7RomeAA1R2RQ3QF1RAAA0 / 44–4CanadaAAAA1RAAAAA0 / 10–1CincinnatiAA1R1RA1RAAAA0 / 30–3StuttgartAAAA1R1RAAAA0 / 20–2ParisA1RQ1AQ32RAAAA0 / 21–2Win–loss0–02–21–52–31–44–70–20–00–10–00 / 2410–24
Doubles Tournament19921993199419951996199719981999200020012002SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA1RA2R3R2R3R2RAAA0 / 67–6French Open1RF2R1R1RA3RA1R1RA0 / 88–8WimbledonAASFSF3R1R2R1R2R2R1R0 / 913–9US OpenA2RAAAA1R3R1R1RA0 / 53–5Win–loss0–16–35–25–34–31–25–43–31–31–30–10 / 2831–28ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAA1RAAQFAAAAA0 / 22–2MiamiAA1RAA3RAA1RQ1A0 / 32–3Monte CarloA2RAA2RAA2RAAA0 / 33–3Hamburg2RQFSFQF2R2R1RAQFAA0 / 812–8RomeAASF2RAQ21RAA2RA0 / 45–4CincinnatiAA1R1RAQFAAQ2AA0 / 32–3StuttgartAAAAA2R2RAAAA0 / 22–2ParisA2RAAAQ1AAAAA0 / 11–1Win–loss1–14–36–53–32–28–51–31–12–21–10–00 / 2629–26
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