Paul Goldstein (tennis)

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Paul Goldstein
Paul Goldstein 3.jpg
Country (sports)Flag of the United States.svg United States
ResidenceSan Francisco, California, United States
Born (1976-08-04) August 4, 1976 (age 48)
Washington, D.C., United States
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Turned pro1998
Retired2008
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $1,620,456
Singles
Career record85–115
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 58 (24 April 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (1999)
French Open 2R (2000)
Wimbledon 3R (1999, 2000)
US Open 2R (1998, 1999, 2004, 2006)
Doubles
Career record56–88
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 40 (5 February 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2000, 2001, 2005, 2007)
French Open 2R (1999)
Wimbledon 2R (2000)
US Open SF (2005)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open 1R (2001)
Medal record
Men's tennis
Representing the Flag of the United States.svg United States
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Winnipeg Singles
Summer Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Fukuoka Doubles
Last updated on: July 1, 2022.

Paul Herbert Goldstein (born August 4, 1976) is a retired tennis player from the United States, who turned professional in 1998. He announced his retirement from professional tennis in February 2008, as he was starting working with a clean energy company.

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As a junior, he won the USTA Boys' 16s National Championship in 1992, and the USTA Boys' 18s National Championships in both 1993 and 1994. He then played college tennis at Stanford University, from which he graduated after a career in which he was named an All-American each of the four years he played, and the team won the national championship each year. He won the gold medal in singles at the 1999 Pan American Games.

The right-hander reached career-high ATP Tour rankings of World No. 58 in singles in April 2006, and World No. 40 in doubles in February 2007. He is now head coach of the Stanford Men's tennis team.

Early life

Goldstein was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Rockville, Maryland, and is Jewish. [1] [2] [3] [4] He is the son of Clark Goldstein, a former national table tennis champion. He started playing when he was nine.

He won the USTA Boys' 16s National Championship in 1992, and the USTA Boys' 18s National Championships in both 1993 and 1994 (in 1994, defeating Jan-Michael Gambill). [5] He also won the 1994 doubles championship with Scott Humphries. [6]

He is a 1994 graduate of Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., where he was a four-time Washington Post First Team All Met selection (1991–1994). [5] [7] [8]

College career

Goldstein played college tennis at Stanford University and graduated in 1998 with a degree in human biology. [5] He was an All-American each year, and the team won the national championship each year. [5] In his senior year he was Pac-10 Player of the Year in 1998, after a 33–2 season in which he was team captain. [5] In 2023, Goldstein was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame. [9]

Pan American Games

Goldstein won the gold medal in singles at the 1999 Pan American Games defeating Cecil Mamiit.

Pro career

He had 26 USTA titles through November 2005.Paul Goldstein: Circuit Player of the Week

In January 1999 at the Australian Open he defeated world No. 8 Greg Rusedski. In June at Wimbledon he upset both world No. 33 Jan Siemerink, and No. 17 Félix Mantilla. In August he upset world No. 8 Àlex Corretja of Spain in Washington, D.C..

In February 2000 he defeated world No. 17 Pat Rafter of Australia in Delray Beach, Florida.

In the 2005 US Open, Goldstein and Jim Thomas upset defending champions and No. 1 seeds Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor in the first round, as well as Simon Aspelin and Todd Perry in the QFs, before losing to eventual champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan in the SFs. In the 2006 US Open, Goldstein and Thomas again defeated Knowles and Nestor (this time in the 3rd round).

Goldstein and Jim Thomas lost in the doubles finals of the 2006 SAP Open to 47-year-old John McEnroe and Jonas Björkman. They also were doubles finalists in two other ATP tournaments in 2006 (Indianapolis, won by Andy Roddick and Bobby Reynolds, and Tokyo, won by Ashley Fisher and Tripp Phillips).

In February 2006 he beat world No. 18 Robby Ginepri in three sets, in Las Vegas, and in July he defeated world No. 13 Lleyton Hewitt in two sets in Los Angeles. In the January Australian Open, he beat future champion Novak Djokovic in the first round. Paul was easily defeated in the next round by Tommy Haas.

In January 2007 he defeated world No. 21 Dominik Hrbatý of Slovakia, in Adelaide, Australia. The next month he defeated world No. 45 Julien Benneteau in Las Vegas, 6–1, 6–0. Despite losing in the first round of singles at the Tunica Resorts Challenger in May, he and Donald Young won the doubles final, defeating Pablo Cuevas and Horacio Zeballos in three sets.

Tennis exhibitions

Goldstein has participated in exhibition events for other tennis players and their charities, including Andy Roddick, Jim Thomas, and the Bryan brothers. On September 27, 2008, he participated in The Bryan Brothers' All-Star Tennis Smash in Thousand Oaks, California, initially playing doubles with Justin Gimblestob, and ending up playing singles with Andre Agassi (losing 7–5).

Post-retirement

Goldstein officially retired in February 2008 and began working with a clean energy company in the San Francisco Bay area. In 2004 he married his college sweetheart and partner of nine years, Abbie; it was she who persuaded him to play on during the 2007 season. They live in Menlo Park, California, with their three children, Sadie, Margaret, and Charles. [5]

In 2014, Goldstein became head coach of the Stanford Men's Tennis Team. [5]

Halls of Fame

Goldstein was inducted into the ITA Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame in 2013. [5]

Goldstein was inducted into the North California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2015. [2]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 5 (5 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–1)
ATP 250 Series (0–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–5)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–2)
Indoors (0–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 Nov 2000 Brighton, United KingdomInternational SeriesHard Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thomas Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Hill
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Tarango
3–6, 5–7
Loss0–2 Feb 2003 San Jose, United StatesInternational SeriesHard Flag of the United States.svg Robert Kendrick Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Hyung-Taik
Flag of Belarus.svg Vladimir Voltchkov
5–7, 6–4, 3–6
Loss0–3 Feb 2006 San Jose, United StatesInternational SeriesHard Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thomas Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman
Flag of the United States.svg John McEnroe
6–7(2–7), 6–4, [7–10]
Loss0–4 Jul 2006 Indianapolis, United StatesInternational SeriesHard Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thomas Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Reynolds
Flag of the United States.svg Andy Roddick
4–6, 4–6
Loss0–5 Oct 2006 Tokyo, JapanChampionship SeriesHard Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thomas Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashley Fisher
Flag of the United States.svg Tripp Phillips
2–6, 5–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 20 (13–7)

Legend
ATP Challenger (12–6)
ITF Futures (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (12–7)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Aug 1998 Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Hyung-Taik 6–1, 6–4
Loss1–1Oct 1998 San Diego, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Finland.svg Ville Liukko 5–7, 6–7
Win2–1Jan 2000 Waikoloa, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Brazil.svg André Sá 7–5, 6–2
Win3–1Aug 2001 Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Jack Brasington 1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win4–1Nov 2001USA F27, Malibu FuturesHard Flag of Argentina.svg Matías Boeker 6–3, 6–0
Loss4–2Aug 2002 Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Draper 6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win5–2Nov 2002 Tyler, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Mardy Fish 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–3
Loss5–3Apr 2003USA F7, Pensacola FuturesHard Flag of Argentina.svg Nicolás Todero 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win6–3Jun 2003 Tallahassee, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Alex Kim 2–6, 6–2, 4–0 ret.
Loss6–4Nov 2003 Waco, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Ecuador.svg Giovanni Lapentti 4–6, 3–6
Win7–4Nov 2003 Austin, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Robert Kendrick 6–3, 6–3
Win8–4Nov 2003 Champaign-Urbana, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Brian Vahaly 6–3, 6–1
Win9–4Sep 2004 Covington, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Brazil.svg André Sá 6–2, 6–0
Win10–4Jan 2005 Waikoloa, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Cecil Mamiit 6–2, 6–2
Loss10–5May 2005 Busan, South KoreaChallengerHard Flag of Thailand.svg Danai Udomchoke 6–7(6–8), 2–6
Loss10–6Jun 2005 Yuba City, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Cecil Mamiit 4–6, 4–6
Win11–6Nov 2005 Boston, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Frank Dancevic 5–7, 7–5, 6–3
Win12–6Oct 2006 Sacramento, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Rajeev Ram 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–5
Loss12–7Nov 2006 Busan, South KoreaChallengerHard Flag of Thailand.svg Danai Udomchoke 2–6, 0–6
Win13–7May 2007 Forest Hills, United StatesChallengerClay Flag of Chile.svg Adrián García walkover

Doubles: 20 (12–8)

Legend
ATP Challenger (12–7)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (10–7)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Nov 1997 Las Vegas, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thomas Flag of the United States.svg David Di Lucia
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Sell
4–6, 4–6
Loss0–2Aug 1998 Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thomas Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ben Ellwood
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lleyton Hewitt
7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Win1–2Oct 1998 San Diego, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Adam Peterson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Hill
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Humphries
6–2, 7–5
Win2–2Feb 1999 Laguna Hills, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Brian Macphie Flag of Argentina.svg Pablo Albano
Flag of Argentina.svg Daniel Orsanic
3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss2–3Sep 1999 Austin, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Adam Peterson Flag of South Africa.svg Marcos Ondruska
Flag of South Africa.svg Wesley Whitehouse
5–7, 6–4, 2–6
Win3–3Dec 1999 Urbana, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thomas Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bryan
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan
6–7, 7–6, 7–6
Win4–3Jan 2001 Waikoloa, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thomas Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan
Flag of Thailand.svg Paradorn Srichaphan
3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win5–3Apr 2001 Paget, BermudaChallengerClay Flag of the United States.svg Andy Roddick Flag of Japan.svg Thomas Shimada
Flag of South Africa.svg Grant Stafford
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss5–4Apr 2002 Calabasas, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Justin Gimelstob Flag of South Africa.svg Paul Rosner
Flag of the United States.svg Glenn Weiner
2–6, 6–4, 6–7(4–7)
Win6–4Aug 2002 Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Scott Humphries Flag of Israel.svg Amir Hadad
Flag of the United States.svg Robert Kendrick
4–6, 7–6(7–1), 7–5
Loss6–5Apr 2003USA F7, Pensacola FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Kiantki Thomas Flag of the United States.svg Huntley Montgomery
Flag of the United States.svg Tripp Phillips
7–6(8–6), 4–6, 5–7
Loss6–6May 2003 Birmingham, United StatesChallengerClay Flag of the United States.svg Robert Kendrick Flag of Brazil.svg Josh Goffi
Flag of the United States.svg Travis Parrott
4–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss6–7Jun 2003 Atlantic City, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Coupe Flag of the United States.svg Tripp Phillips
Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Sachire
5–7, 3–6
Win7–7Sep 2003 San Antonio, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Morrison Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Cakl
Flag of South Africa.svg Louis Vosloo
6–3, 6–2
Loss7–8Oct 2003 Fresno, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Morrison Flag of the United States.svg Travis Parrott
Flag of the United States.svg Diego Ayala
5–7, 6–4, 3–6
Win8–8Sep 2004 Covington, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg K.J. Hippensteel Flag of the United States.svg Hugo Armando
Flag of Ecuador.svg Nicolás Lapentti
6–3, 6–3
Win9–8Oct 2004 College Station, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Brian Vahaly Flag of Brazil.svg André Sá
Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Soares
7–5, 2–6, 6–4
Win10–8May 2005 Busan, South KoreaChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Rajeev Ram Flag of the United States.svg Justin Gimelstob
Flag of South Africa.svg Wesley Moodie
walkover
Win11–8Oct 2006 Sacramento, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Morrison Flag of the United States.svg Amer Delić
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Wilson
6–1, 6–3
Win12–8May 2007 Tunica Resorts, United StatesChallengerClay Flag of the United States.svg Donald Young Flag of Uruguay.svg Pablo Cuevas
Flag of Argentina.svg Horacio Zeballos
4–6, 6–3, [10–4]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss 1994 US Open Hard Flag of the United States.svg Scott Humphries Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ben Ellwood
Flag of Ecuador.svg Nicolás Lapentti
0–6, 2–6

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 AAAA 3R 1R 2R Q3 Q1 Q1 Q3 2R 1R 0 / 54–544%
French Open AAAAAA Q1 2R 1R A Q1 Q1 A 1R A0 / 31–325%
Wimbledon AAAAAA 3R 3R AA Q1 Q2 1R 1R A0 / 44–450%
US Open 1R 1R A Q1 Q3 2R 2R 1R Q2 Q2 Q2 2R Q2 2R 1R 0 / 84–833%
Win–loss0–10–10–00–00–01–15–33–41–20–00–01–10–12–40–20 / 2013–2039%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells AAAAAA Q2 1R Q1 Q2 AA 2R 2R 2R 0 / 43–443%
Miami A Q1 AAAA 1R 2R 1R AAA Q1 2R 2R 0 / 53–538%
Canada AAAAAAAAAAAAA 1R Q2 0 / 10–10%
Cincinnati AAAAAA 2R A Q1 AA Q1 A 1R A0 / 21–233%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–01–21–20–10–00–00–01–12–42–20 / 127–1237%

Doubles

Tournament 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAAAA 1R 1R AAA 1R A 1R 0 / 40–40%
French Open AAAAA 2R 1R 1R AAAAAA0 / 31–325%
Wimbledon AAAAA 1R 2R AAA Q1 Q2 1R A0 / 31–325%
US Open 1R A Q2 A 1R 1R 2R 1R AAA SF QF 1R 0 / 88–850%
Win–loss0–10–00–00–00–11–32–40–30–00–00–04–23–20–20 / 1810–1836%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells AAAAA 1R QF 1R AAAA 2R A0 / 43–443%
Miami AAAAA 1R 2R 1R AAAAA 2R 0 / 42–433%
Cincinnati AAAAA Q2 AAAAAA 2R A0 / 11–150%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–23–20–20–00–00–00–02–21–10 / 96–940%

See also

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