Kris Goossens

Kris Goossens
Country (sports)	Belgium
Residence	Groot-Bijgaarden, Belgium
Born	20 February 1974 (age 49); Uccle, Belgium
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1993
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$316,648
Singles
Career record	9–30
Career titles	0 ; 5 Challenger, 2 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 90 (8 July 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1996, 1997)
French Open	2R (1996)
Wimbledon	1R (1996)
US Open	1R (1995, 1996)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0 ; 2 Challenger, 3 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 183 (8 June 1998)

Last updated June 01, 2023

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 13 (7–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (5–4)
ITF Futures (2–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (7–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1-0	Jun 1994	Fürth, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Dirk Dier	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Win	2-0	Sep 1994	Budapest, Hungary	Challenger	Clay	Christian Ruud	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	2-1	Feb 1995	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Jiří Novák	2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	3-1	May 1995	Dresden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Magnus Gustafsson	6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Win	4-1	Oct 1995	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Dirk Dier	6–4, 6–4
Loss	4-2	Feb 1996	Punta del Este, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Félix Mantilla	2–6, 6–7
Win	5-2	Jul 1996	Ulm, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Karim Alami	6–4, 6–0
Loss	5-3	Jul 1996	Ostend, Belgium	Challenger	Clay	Thierry Champion	3–6, 4–6
Loss	5-4	Jan 1999	USA F2, Miami	Futures	Hard	Bob Bryan	2–6, 5–7
Win	6-4	Mar 1999	Italy F1, Sassari	Futures	Clay	Filippo Volandri	6–1, 1–6, 6–4
Win	7-4	May 2000	USA F13, Boca Raton	Futures	Clay	Mauricio Hadad	6–3, 7–5
Loss	7-5	Jul 2000	France F12, Toulon	Futures	Clay	Jun Kato	3–6, 4–6
Loss	7-6	Aug 2000	Manerbio, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Stefano Tarallo	3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 8 (5–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–3)
ITF Futures (3–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 1992	Antwerp, Belgium	Challenger	Clay	Mikael Pernfors	Michael Brown Roger Rasheed	2–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Jul 1997	Ulm, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Tom Vanhoudt	Petr Luxa Petr Pála	6–3, 6–0
Win	2–1	Jul 1997	Ostend, Belgium	Challenger	Clay	Tom Vanhoudt	Tarik Benhabiles Julien Boutter	3–6, 6–4, 6–0
Loss	2–2	Oct 1997	Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Jimy Szymanski	Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto	2–6, 1–6
Win	3–2	Nov 1998	Australia F2, Frankston	Futures	Clay	Toby Mitchell	Luke Bourgeois Andrew Painter	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	4–2	Oct 1999	Uzbekistan F4, Fergana	Futures	Hard	Lior Dahan	Stefano Galvani Andy Ram	7–5, 7–6
Loss	4–3	Oct 1999	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Clay	Emilio Benfele Álvarez	Andrei Stoliarov Noam Behr	7–6, 3–6, 1–6
Win	5–3	Jun 2000	Germany F6, Villingen	Futures	Clay	Ionuț Moldovan	Johan Settergren Melle van Gemerden	7–6^(8–6), 6–3

Performance timeline

**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	1994	1995	1996	1997	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0%
French Open	A	1R	2R	Q1	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	A	1R	1R	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–2	1–4	0–1	0 / 7	1–7	13%
ATP Masters Series
Monte Carlo	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Paris	Q1	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–

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References

External links

Kris Goossens at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Kris Goossens at the International Tennis Federation

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