Belgian tennis player
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
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
References
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