Kris Goossens

Kris Goossens
Country (sports) Belgium Belgium
Residence Groot-Bijgaarden, Belgium
Born (1974-02-20) 20 February 1974
Ukkel, Belgium
Height 5'11" (180 cm)
Turned pro 1993
Plays Right-handed
Prize money $316,648
Singles
Career record 9-30
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 90 (8 Jul 1996)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (1996, 1997)
French Open 2R (1996)
Wimbledon 1R (1996)
US Open 1R (1995, 1996)

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]

Challenger Titles

Singles: (5)

No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
1. 1994 Germany Fürth, Germany Clay Germany Dirk Dier 6–7, 6–3, 6–2
2. 1994 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Clay Norway Christian Ruud 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
3. 1995 Germany Dresden, Germany Clay Sweden Magnus Gustafsson 6–4, 5–7, 7–5
4. 1995 Ecuador Guayaquil, Ecuador Clay Germany Dirk Dier 6–4, 6–4
5. 1996 Germany Ulm, Germany Clay Morocco Karim Alami 6–4, 6–0

Doubles: (2)

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
1. 1997 Germany Ulm, Germany Clay Belgium Tom Vanhoudt Czech Republic Petr Luxa
Czech Republic Petr Pála
6–3, 6–0
2. 1997 Belgium Ostend, Belgium Clay Belgium Tom Vanhoudt France Julien Boutter
France Tarik Benhabiles
3–6, 6–4, 6–0

References

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