Kris Goossens (born 20 February 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium.
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.ATP World Tour profile
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.Davis Cup profile
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.ITF Tennis profile
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 13 (7–6) LegendATP Challenger (5–4)ITF Futures (2–2)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (7–5)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1-0Fürth, GermanyChallengerClay Dirk Dier6–7, 6–3, 6–2Win2-0Budapest, HungaryChallengerClay Christian Ruud4–6, 6–3, 6–2Loss2-1Mar del Plata, ArgentinaChallengerClay Jiří Novák2–6, 6–3, 3–6Win3-1Dresden, GermanyChallengerClay Magnus Gustafsson6–4, 5–7, 7–5Win4-1Guayaquil, EcuadorChallengerClay Dirk Dier6–4, 6–4Loss4-2Punta del Este, UruguayChallengerClay Félix Mantilla2–6, 6–7Win5-2Ulm, GermanyChallengerClay Karim Alami6–4, 6–0Loss5-3Ostend, BelgiumChallengerClay Thierry Champion3–6, 4–6Loss5-4USA F2, MiamiFuturesHard Bob Bryan2–6, 5–7Win6-4Italy F1, SassariFuturesClay Filippo Volandri6–1, 1–6, 6–4Win7-4USA F13, Boca RatonFuturesClay Mauricio Hadad6–3, 7–5Loss7-5France F12, ToulonFuturesClay Jun Kato3–6, 4–6Loss7-6Manerbio, ItalyChallengerClay Stefano Tarallo3–6, 4–6
Doubles: 8 (5–3) LegendATP Challenger (2–3)ITF Futures (3–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (4–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Antwerp, BelgiumChallengerClay Mikael Pernfors Michael Brown Roger Rasheed2–6, 4–6Win1–1Ulm, GermanyChallengerClay Tom Vanhoudt Petr Luxa Petr Pála6–3, 6–0Win2–1Ostend, BelgiumChallengerClay Tom Vanhoudt Tarik Benhabiles Julien Boutter3–6, 6–4, 6–0Loss2–2Lima, PeruChallengerClay Jimy Szymanski Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto2–6, 1–6Win3–2Australia F2, FrankstonFuturesClay Toby Mitchell Luke Bourgeois Andrew Painter4–6, 6–1, 6–2Win4–2Uzbekistan F4, FerganaFuturesHard Lior Dahan Stefano Galvani Andy Ram7–5, 7–6Loss4–3Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerClay Emilio Benfele Álvarez Andrei Stoliarov Noam Behr7–6, 3–6, 1–6Win5–3Germany F6, VillingenFuturesClay Ionuț Moldovan Johan Settergren Melle van Gemerden7–6(8–6), 6–3
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament1994199519961997SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA1R1R0 / 20–2French OpenA1R2RQ10 / 21–2WimbledonAA1RA0 / 10–1US OpenA1R1RA0 / 20–2Win–loss0–00–21–40–10 / 71–7ATP Masters SeriesMonte CarloAQ1AA0 / 00–0ParisQ1Q1AA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
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