Marc-Kevin Goellner

Marc-Kevin Goellner
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceGermany
Born (1970-09-22) 22 September 1970 (age 53)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro1991
Retired2004
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,700,899
Singles
Career record160–194
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 26 (4 April 1994)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1993, 1997)
French Open4R (1993)
Wimbledon2R (1995, 1998)
US Open3R (1993, 1994)
Doubles
Career record188–173
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 25 (20 July 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1996, 1998)
French OpenF (1993)
WimbledonSF (1994, 1995)
US Open3R (1999)
Last updated on: 1 December 2021.

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 & 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.[citation needed]

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)

Legend
Grand 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 surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 1993 Nice, France World Series Clay United States Ivan Lendl 1–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Sep 1996 Bournemouth, United Kingdom World Series Clay Spain Albert Costa 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 2–6
Win 2–1 Oct 1996 Marbella, Spain World Series Clay Spain Àlex Corretja 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2)

Doubles: 15 (4 titles, 11 runner-up)

Legend
Grand 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 surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (1–7)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (1–2)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–9)
Indoors (2–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Mar 1992 Rotterdam, Netherlands World Series Carpet Germany David Prinosil Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Netherlands Mark Koevermans
6–2, 6–7, 7–6
Loss 1–1 May 1993 Roland Garos, France Grand Slam Clay Germany David Prinosil United States Luke Jensen
United States Murphy Jensen
4–6, 7–6, 4–6
Loss 1–2 Jun 1993 Halle, Germany World Series Grass United States Mike Bauer Czechoslovakia Petr Korda
Czech Republic Cyril Suk
6–7, 7–5, 3–6
Win 2–2 Aug 1993 Long Island, United States World Series Hard Germany David Prinosil France Arnaud Boetsch
France Olivier Delaître
6–7, 7–5, 6–2
Loss 2–3 Mar 1995 Mexico City, Mexico World Series Clay Italy Diego Nargiso Argentina Javier Frana
Mexico Leonardo Lavalle
5–7, 3–6
Loss 2–4 Apr 1995 Estoril, Portugal World Series Clay Italy Diego Nargiso Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Win 3–4 Sep 1996 Bournemouth, United Kingdom World Series Clay United Kingdom Greg Rusedski France Rodolphe Gilbert
Portugal Nuno Marques
6–3, 7–6
Loss 3–5 Oct 1997 Vienna, Austria Championship Series Carpet Germany David Prinosil South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Patrick Galbraith
3–6, 4–6
Win 4–5 Nov 1997 Stockholm, Sweden World Series Hard United States Richey Reneberg South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Patrick Galbraith
6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Loss 4–6 Jun 1998 Halle, Germany World Series Grass South Africa John-Laffnie de Jager South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Rick Leach
6–4, 4–6, 6–7
Loss 4–7 Feb 1999 Copenhagen, Denmark World Series Carpet Germany David Prinosil Belarus Max Mirnyi
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), 1–6
Loss 4–8 Jun 1999 Merano, Italy World Series Clay Philippines Eric Taino Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Brazil Jaime Oncins
4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss 4–9 Nov 1999 Bucharest, Romania World Series Clay United States Francisco Montana Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Argentina Martín García
3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss 4–10 Oct 2000 Palermo, Italy World Series Clay Argentina Pablo Albano Spain Tomás Carbonell
Argentina Martín García
walkover
Loss 4–11 Sep 2001 Bucharest, Romania World Series Clay Argentina Pablo Albano North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov
Sweden Johan Landsberg
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [6–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 5 (3–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–1)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 1992 Antwerp, Belgium Challenger Clay Italy Massimo Ardinghi 4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win 2–0 Jun 1992 Halle, Germany Challenger Clay Sweden Thomas Enqvist 6–3, 2–6, 7–6
Loss 2–1 Jul 1992 Ulm, Germany Challenger Clay South Africa Marcos Ondruska 6–7, 1–6
Loss 2–2 Apr 2003 Germany F1, Riemerling Futures Clay Sweden Robert Lindstedt 6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win 3–2 Aug 2003 Bukhara, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis 7–5, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–4)

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 1991 Casablanca, Morocco Challenger Clay Haiti Bertrand Madsen France Tarik Benhabiles
Argentina Gustavo Garetto
6–0, 6–2
Win 2–0 Jun 1992 Cologne, Germany Challenger Clay Germany Bernd Karbacher United States Brian Devening
United States Murphy Jensen
6–4, 6–7, 6–1
Loss 2–1 Nov 1992 Guadalajara, Mexico Challenger Clay Germany Christian Saceanu South Africa Royce Deppe
Czech Republic David Rikl
6–7, 4–6
Loss 2–2 Feb 1993 Rennes, France Challenger Carpet Portugal João Cunha-Silva Sweden Jan Apell
Sweden Jonas Björkman
6–7, 3–6
Loss 2–3 Nov 2001 Aachen, Germany Challenger Carpet South Africa Marcos Ondruska Austria Julian Knowle
Germany Michael Kohlmann
3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 3–3 Jul 2004 Montauban, France Challenger Clay Spain Álex López Morón Argentina Brian Dabul
Argentina Ignacio Gonzalez-King
6–3, 5–7, 7–6(7–5)

Performance timelines

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

Tournament 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R A 1R 1R 2R 1R Q2 A Q1 0 / 5 2–5 29%
French Open A 4R 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R A A 1R 0 / 7 5–7 42%
Wimbledon A 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R A A Q2 0 / 6 2–6 25%
US Open 2R 3R 3R 2R A 1R 1R Q2 Q2 Q1 0 / 6 6–6 50%
Win–loss 1–1 6–4 2–3 3–4 0–3 1–4 2–4 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 24 15–24 38%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A 2R A A 1R A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Miami A A 2R A A 1R A A A Q1 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Monte Carlo A A A Q3 1R A A Q2 A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Hamburg A 3R 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R A 1R A 0 / 7 4–7 36%
Rome A A 1R 2R Q3 QF 1R A A A 0 / 4 4–4 50%
Canada A A A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati A A 1R 1R A 1R A A A A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Stuttgart A A A A 1R 1R A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Paris A 1R Q1 A Q3 2R A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–loss 0–0 2–2 1–5 2–3 1–4 4–7 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 24 10–24 29%

Doubles

Tournament 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R A 2R 3R 2R 3R 2R A A A 0 / 6 7–6 54%
French Open 1R F 2R 1R 1R A 3R A 1R 1R A 0 / 8 8–8 50%
Wimbledon A A SF SF 3R 1R 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R 0 / 9 13–9 59%
US Open A 2R A A A A 1R 3R 1R 1R A 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Win–loss 0–1 6–3 5–2 5–3 4–3 1–2 5–4 3–3 1–3 1–3 0–1 0 / 28 31–28 53%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A 1R A A QF A A A A A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Miami A A 1R A A 3R A A 1R Q1 A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Monte Carlo A 2R A A 2R A A 2R A A A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Hamburg 2R QF SF QF 2R 2R 1R A QF A A 0 / 8 12–8 60%
Rome A A SF 2R A Q2 1R A A 2R A 0 / 4 5–4 56%
Cincinnati A A 1R 1R A QF A A Q2 A A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Stuttgart A A A A A 2R 2R A A A A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Paris A 2R A A A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 1–1 4–3 6–5 3–3 2–2 8–5 1–3 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 0 / 26 29–26 53%

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