Kris Goossens

Kris Goossens

Country (sports)	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	Fürth, Germany	Clay	Dirk Dier	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
2.	1994	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Christian Ruud	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
3.	1995	Dresden, Germany	Clay	Magnus Gustafsson	6–4, 5–7, 7–5
4.	1995	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Clay	Dirk Dier	6–4, 6–4
5.	1996	Ulm, Germany	Clay	Karim Alami	6–4, 6–0

Doubles: (2)

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

References