Jérôme Golmard (; 9 September 1973 – 31 July 2017) was a French tennis player.
The left-hander reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 22 in April 1999, winning 2 singles titles and reaching the semifinals of Monte Carlo in 1999. Golmard finished his career with over $2.2 million in prize money. Among the many notable players he beat on the ATP Tour are former World No. 1s Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Gustavo Kuerten, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Marcelo Ríos and Carlos Moyá, as well as Grand Slam champions Richard Krajicek, Goran Ivanišević, Albert Costa, Gastón Gaudio, Thomas Johansson and Michael Chang.
He announced in 2014 that he was diagnosed with motor neuron disease, which causes muscle paralysis, and died of the disease on 31 July 2017.
After tennis Golmard was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2014 and died on 31 July 2017, at the age of 43.
ATP career finals
Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)ATP 500 Series (0–0)ATP 250 Series (2–2)Finals by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (2–2)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Dubai, QatarInternational SeriesHard Nicolas Kiefer6–4, 6–2Win2–0Chennai, IndiaInternational SeriesHard Markus Hantschk6–3, 7–6(7–5)Loss2–1Zagreb, CroatiaInternational SeriesClay Carlos Moyá4–6, 6–3, 6–7(2–7)Loss2–2Auckland, New ZealandInternational SeriesHard Greg Rusedski7–6(7–0), 4–6, 5–7
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)ATP 500 Series (0–0)ATP 250 Series (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Gstaad, SwitzerlandInternational SeriesClay Michael Kohlmann Jiří Novák David Rikl6–3, 3–6, 4–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 12 (7–5) LegendATP Challenger (7–5)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (4–2)Clay (3–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1-0Campinas, BrazilChallengerClay Fernando Meligeni6–4, 7–5Win2-0Medellín, ColombiaChallengerClay Gustavo Kuerten6–3, 7–6Win3-0Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Gabriel Silberstein2–6, 6–3, 6–2Loss3-1Quito, EcuadorChallengerClay Luis Morejon4–6, 6–5 ret.Loss3-2Brest, FranceChallengerHard Andrei Chesnokov4–6, 3–6Win4-2Segovia, SpainChallengerHard Emilio Sánchez6–4, 6–3Win5-2Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard Gianluca Pozzi3–6, 6–4, 6–3Win6-2Brest, FranceChallengerHard Jean-Baptiste Perlant6–4, 6–4Loss6-3Budapest, HungaryChallengerClay Edwin Kempes4–6, ret.Loss6-4Prostějov, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Andreas VinciguerrawalkoverLoss6-5Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerHard Mario Ančić1–6, 1–6Win7-5Calabasas, United StatesChallengerHard Lars Burgsmüller6–3, 7–5
Doubles: 4 (1–3) LegendATP Challenger (1–3)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0-1Seoul, South KoresChallengerClay Régis Lavergne Edwin Kempes Gouichi Motomura5–7, 5–7Win1-1Andorra la Vella, AndorraChallengerHard Nicolas Escudé Tom Kempers Menno Oosting6–4, 6–4Loss1-2Reunion Island, RéunionChallengerHard Álex Calatrava Clinton Ferreira Jan Siemerink2–6, 3–6Loss1-3Nouméa, New CaledoniaChallengerHard Harel Levy Stephen Huss Wesley Moodie3–6, 0–6
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA2RAQ13R2R1RA3R1R2RQ10 / 77–7French OpenQ31R1R2R1RA1R1RA1RAQ10 / 71–7WimbledonAA1R2R3RA3RA1RAQ2Q20 / 55–5US OpenQ22RA2R2RA3R2R1RA2RA0 / 77–7Win–loss0–02–30–23–35–41–14–41–22–30–22–20–00 / 2620–26ATP World Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsA1RAQ1Q1A1RAAAQ1A0 / 20–2MiamiAQ3A2R1RQF2R3RAAQ1A0 / 57–5Monte CarloQ1Q1AAASF2R3RAAAA0 / 37–3HamburgAQ2AQ1AA2RAAAAA0 / 11–1RomeAQ2A1R2R1R1RAAAAA0 / 41–4CanadaAAA1RAAQF3RAAAA0 / 35–3CincinnatiA1RA1R3RA1R1RAAAA0 / 52–5StuttgartAAAAAA1RANot Held0 / 10–1ParisQ21RQ1A3RA1RAAAAA0 / 32–3Win–loss0–00–30–01–45–47–36–96–40–00–00–00–00 / 2725–27
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