Marc-Kevin Goellner

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.

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	[[1993 Philips Open|Template:Dts]]	Nice, France	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ivan Lendl	1–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	1–1	[[1996 Bournemouth International – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Albert Costa	7–6(7–4), 2–6, 2–6
Win	2–1	[[1996 Marbella Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Marbella, Spain	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon 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	[[1992 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Rotterdam, Netherlands	World Series	Carpet	Template:Flagicon David Prinosil	Template:Flagicon Paul Haarhuis Template:Flagicon Mark Koevermans	6–2, 6–7, 7–6
Loss	1–1	[[1993 French Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]]	Roland Garos, France	Grand Slam	Clay	Template:Flagicon David Prinosil	Template:Flagicon Luke Jensen Template:Flagicon Murphy Jensen	4–6, 7–6, 4–6
Loss	1–2	[[1993 Gerry Weber Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Halle, Germany	World Series	Grass	Template:Flagicon Mike Bauer	Template:Flagicon Petr Korda Template:Flagicon Cyril Suk	6–7, 7–5, 3–6
Win	2–2	[[1993 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Long Island, United States	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon David Prinosil	Template:Flagicon Arnaud Boetsch Template:Flagicon Olivier Delaître	6–7, 7–5, 6–2
Loss	2–3	[[1995 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Mexico City, Mexico	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Diego Nargiso	Template:Flagicon Javier Frana Template:Flagicon Leonardo Lavalle	5–7, 3–6
Loss	2–4	[[1995 Estoril Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Estoril, Portugal	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Diego Nargiso	Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov Template:Flagicon Andrei Olhovskiy	7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Win	3–4	[[1996 Bournemouth International – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Greg Rusedski	Template:Flagicon Rodolphe Gilbert Template:Flagicon Nuno Marques	6–3, 7–6
Loss	3–5	[[1997 CA-TennisTrophy – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Vienna, Austria	Championship Series	Carpet	Template:Flagicon David Prinosil	Template:Flagicon Ellis Ferreira Template:Flagicon Patrick Galbraith	3–6, 4–6
Win	4–5	[[1997 Stockholm Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Stockholm, Sweden	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Richey Reneberg	Template:Flagicon Ellis Ferreira Template:Flagicon Patrick Galbraith	6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Loss	4–6	[[1998 Gerry Weber Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Halle, Germany	World Series	Grass	Template:Flagicon John-Laffnie de Jager	Template:Flagicon Ellis Ferreira Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	6–4, 4–6, 6–7
Loss	4–7	[[1999 Copenhagen Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Copenhagen, Denmark	World Series	Carpet	Template:Flagicon David Prinosil	Template:Flagicon Max Mirnyi Template:Flagicon Andrei Olhovskiy	7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), 1–6
Loss	4–8	[[1999 Merano Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Merano, Italy	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Eric Taino	Template:Flagicon Lucas Arnold Ker Template:Flagicon Jaime Oncins	4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss	4–9	[[1999 Connex Open Romania|Template:Dts]]	Bucharest, Romania	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Francisco Montana	Template:Flagicon Lucas Arnold Ker Template:Flagicon Martín García	3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss	4–10	[[2000 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Palermo, Italy	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Pablo Albano	Template:Flagicon Tomás Carbonell Template:Flagicon Martín García	walkover
Loss	4–11	[[2001 Gelsor Open Romania – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Bucharest, Romania	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Pablo Albano	Template:Flagicon Aleksandar Kitinov Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Dts	Antwerp, Belgium	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Massimo Ardinghi	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win	2–0	Template:Dts	Halle, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Thomas Enqvist	6–3, 2–6, 7–6
Loss	2–1	Template:Dts	Ulm, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marcos Ondruska	6–7, 1–6
Loss	2–2	Template:Dts	Germany F1, Riemerling	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Robert Lindstedt	6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win	3–2	Template:Dts	Bukhara, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Dts	Casablanca, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Bertrand Madsen	Template:Flagicon Tarik Benhabiles Template:Flagicon Gustavo Garetto	6–0, 6–2
Win	2–0	Template:Dts	Cologne, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Bernd Karbacher	Template:Flagicon Brian Devening Template:Flagicon Murphy Jensen	6–4, 6–7, 6–1
Loss	2–1	Template:Dts	Guadalajara, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Christian Saceanu	Template:Flagicon Royce Deppe Template:Flagicon David Rikl	6–7, 4–6
Loss	2–2	Template:Dts	Rennes, France	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon João Cunha-Silva	Template:Flagicon Jan Apell Template:Flagicon Jonas Björkman	6–7, 3–6
Loss	2–3	Template:Dts	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Marcos Ondruska	Template:Flagicon Julian Knowle Template:Flagicon Michael Kohlmann	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	3–3	Template:Dts	Montauban, France	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Álex López Morón	Template:Flagicon Brian Dabul Template:Flagicon Ignacio Gonzalez-King	6–3, 5–7, 7–6(7–5)

Performance timelines

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	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	4R	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	A	A	1R	0 / 7	5–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	A	A	Q2	0 / 6	2–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	2R	3R	3R	2R	A	1R	1R	Q2	Q2	Q1	0 / 6	6–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
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	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	2R	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	A	2R	A	A	1R	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	Q3	1R	A	A	Q2	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	A	3R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	A	1R	A	0 / 7	4–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	A	1R	2R	Q3	QF	1R	A	A	A	0 / 4	4–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	0–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Paris	A	1R	Q1	A	Q3	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
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	Template:Tennis win percentage

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	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	1R	F	2R	1R	1R	A	3R	A	1R	1R	A	0 / 8	8–8	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	A	SF	SF	3R	1R	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	0 / 9	13–9	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	2R	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	1R	1R	A	0 / 5	3–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
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	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	1R	A	A	QF	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	2–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	A	1R	A	A	3R	A	A	1R	Q1	A	0 / 3	2–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo	A	2R	A	A	2R	A	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 3	3–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	2R	QF	SF	QF	2R	2R	1R	A	QF	A	A	0 / 8	12–8	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	A	SF	2R	A	Q2	1R	A	A	2R	A	0 / 4	5–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	A	1R	1R	A	QF	A	A	Q2	A	A	0 / 3	2–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	2–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Paris	A	2R	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
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	Template:Tennis win percentage

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