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Marc-Kevin Goellner
German tennis player
German tennis player
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Marc-Kevin Goellner |
| image | Marc Goellner-RG1994 new.jpg |
| country | Germany |
| residence | Germany |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| height | |
| turnedpro | 1991 |
| retired | 2004 |
| plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| careerprizemoney | $2,700,899 |
| singlesrecord | 160–194 |
| singlestitles | 2 |
| highestsinglesranking | No. 26 (4 April 1994) |
| AustralianOpenresult | 2R (1993, 1997) |
| FrenchOpenresult | 4R (1993) |
| Wimbledonresult | 2R (1995, 1998) |
| USOpenresult | 3R (1993, 1994) |
| doublesrecord | 188–173 |
| doublestitles | 4 |
| highestdoublesranking | No. 25 (20 July 1998) |
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult | 3R (1996, 1998) |
| FrenchOpenDoublesresult | F (1993) |
| WimbledonDoublesresult | SF (1994, 1995) |
| USOpenDoublesresult | 3R (1999) |
| updated | 1 December 2021 |
| medaltemplates-expand | yes |
| medaltemplates-expand = yes
Marc-Kevin Peter Goellner (born 22 September 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. He won two singles titles, achieved a bronze medal in doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics and attained a career-high singles ranking of World No. 26 in April 1994. Goellner reached the quarterfinals of the 1997 Rome Masters, defeating top tenners Richard Krajicek and Albert Costa en route.
Personal life
The son of a German diplomat, Goellner lived in Rio de Janeiro, Tel Aviv and Sydney as a youngster before moving to Germany in 1986. The surname of his family is Göllner, but since most languages don't use umlaut, the Brazil authorities wrote Goellner in his birth certificate.
Tennis career
In 1990, he suffered two torn ligaments in his left foot, which almost ended his tennis career before it had begun. He turned professional in 1991.
1993 provided some of the most significant highlights of Goellner's career. He captured his first top-level singles title at Nice, defeating Ivan Lendl in the final. He also won his first tour doubles title in Rotterdam, partnering David Prinosil. Goellner and Prinosil were also the men's doubles runners-up at the French Open that year. And Goellner was a member of the German team which won the 1993 Davis Cup, winning important singles rubbers in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.
In 1996, Goellner won a second top-level singles title at Marbella. He represented Germany at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the first round of the singles competition by Sweden's Thomas Enqvist, and won a bronze medal in the doubles competition at Stone Mountain Park, partnering Prinosil.
During his career, Goellner won a total of two top-level singles titles and four tour doubles titles. His career-high rankings were World No. 26 in singles (in 1994), and World No. 25 in doubles (in 1998). His best singles performance at a Grand Slam event came at the French Open in 1993, where he reached the fourth round before losing to Andrei Medvedev. His career prize money earnings totalled US$2,700,215. He was one of the first players to wear baseball caps reversed. Goellner retired from the professional tour in 2004.
ATP career finals
Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
| Legend |
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| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0–0) |
| ATP Championship Series (0–0) |
| ATP World Series (2–1) |
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| Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0–0) |
| Clay (2–1) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
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| Finals by setting |
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| Outdoors (2–1) |
| Indoors (0–0) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | [](1993-philips-open) | Nice, France | World Series | Clay | USA Ivan Lendl | 1–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–1 | [](1996-bournemouth-international-singles) | Bournemouth, United Kingdom | World Series | Clay | ESP Albert Costa | 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | [](1996-marbella-open-singles) | Marbella, Spain | World Series | Clay | ESP Àlex Corretja | 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2) |
Doubles: 15 (4 titles, 11 runner-up)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–1) |
| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0–0) |
| ATP Championship Series (0–1) |
| ATP World Series (4–9) |
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| Finals by surface |
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| Hard (2–0) |
| Clay (1–7) |
| Grass (0–2) |
| Carpet (1–2) |
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| Finals by setting |
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| Outdoors (2–9) |
| Indoors (2–2) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | [](1992-abn-amro-world-tennis-tournament-doubles) | Rotterdam, Netherlands | World Series | Carpet | GER David Prinosil | NED Paul Haarhuis | |
| NED Mark Koevermans | 6–2, 6–7, 7–6 | |||||||
| Loss | 1–1 | [](1993-french-open-men-s-doubles) | Roland Garos, France | Grand Slam | Clay | GER David Prinosil | USA Luke Jensen | |
| USA Murphy Jensen | 4–6, 7–6, 4–6 | |||||||
| Loss | 1–2 | [](1993-gerry-weber-open-doubles) | Halle, Germany | World Series | Grass | USA Mike Bauer | TCH Petr Korda | |
| CZE Cyril Suk | 6–7, 7–5, 3–6 | |||||||
| Win | 2–2 | [](1993-waldbaum-s-hamlet-cup-doubles) | Long Island, United States | World Series | Hard | GER David Prinosil | FRA Arnaud Boetsch | |
| FRA Olivier Delaître | 6–7, 7–5, 6–2 | |||||||
| Loss | 2–3 | [](1995-abierto-mexicano-telcel-doubles) | Mexico City, Mexico | World Series | Clay | ITA Diego Nargiso | ARG Javier Frana | |
| MEX Leonardo Lavalle | 5–7, 3–6 | |||||||
| Loss | 2–4 | [](1995-estoril-open-doubles) | Estoril, Portugal | World Series | Clay | ITA Diego Nargiso | RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov | |
| RUS Andrei Olhovskiy | 7–5, 5–7, 2–6 | |||||||
| Win | 3–4 | [](1996-bournemouth-international-doubles) | Bournemouth, United Kingdom | World Series | Clay | GBR Greg Rusedski | FRA Rodolphe Gilbert | |
| POR Nuno Marques | 6–3, 7–6 | |||||||
| Loss | 3–5 | [](1997-ca-tennistrophy-doubles) | Vienna, Austria | Championship Series | Carpet | GER David Prinosil | RSA Ellis Ferreira | |
| USA Patrick Galbraith | 3–6, 4–6 | |||||||
| Win | 4–5 | [](1997-stockholm-open-doubles) | Stockholm, Sweden | World Series | Hard | USA Richey Reneberg | RSA Ellis Ferreira | |
| USA Patrick Galbraith | 6–3, 3–6, 7–6 | |||||||
| Loss | 4–6 | [](1998-gerry-weber-open-doubles) | Halle, Germany | World Series | Grass | RSA John-Laffnie de Jager | RSA Ellis Ferreira | |
| USA Rick Leach | 6–4, 4–6, 6–7 | |||||||
| Loss | 4–7 | [](1999-copenhagen-open-doubles) | Copenhagen, Denmark | World Series | Carpet | GER David Prinosil | BLR Max Mirnyi | |
| RUS Andrei Olhovskiy | 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), 1–6 | |||||||
| Loss | 4–8 | [](1999-merano-open-doubles) | Merano, Italy | World Series | Clay | PHI Eric Taino | ARG Lucas Arnold Ker | |
| BRA Jaime Oncins | 4–6, 6–7(1–7) | |||||||
| Loss | 4–9 | [](1999-connex-open-romania) | Bucharest, Romania | World Series | Clay | USA Francisco Montana | ARG Lucas Arnold Ker | |
| ARG Martín García | 3–6, 6–2, 3–6 | |||||||
| Loss | 4–10 | [](2000-campionati-internazionali-di-sicilia-doubles) | Palermo, Italy | World Series | Clay | ARG Pablo Albano | ESP Tomás Carbonell | |
| ARG Martín García | walkover | |||||||
| Loss | 4–11 | [](2001-gelsor-open-romania-doubles) | Bucharest, Romania | World Series | Clay | ARG Pablo Albano | MKD Aleksandar Kitinov | |
| SWE Johan Landsberg | 4–6, 7–6(7–5), [6–10] |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals
Singles: 5 (3–2)
| Legend |
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| ATP Challenger (3–1) |
| ITF Futures (0–1) |
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| Finals by surface |
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| Hard (1–0) |
| Clay (2–2) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Antwerp, Belgium | Challenger | Clay | ITA Massimo Ardinghi | 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 | |
| Win | 2–0 | Halle, Germany | Challenger | Clay | SWE Thomas Enqvist | 6–3, 2–6, 7–6 | |
| Loss | 2–1 | Ulm, Germany | Challenger | Clay | RSA Marcos Ondruska | 6–7, 1–6 | |
| Loss | 2–2 | Germany F1, Riemerling | Futures | Clay | SWE Robert Lindstedt | 6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7) | |
| Win | 3–2 | Bukhara, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | CYP Marcos Baghdatis | 7–5, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–4) |
Doubles: 6 (3–3)
| Legend |
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| ATP Challenger (3–3) |
| ITF Futures (0–0) |
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| Finals by surface |
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| Clay (3–1) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Casablanca, Morocco | Challenger | Clay | HAI Bertrand Madsen | FRA Tarik Benhabiles | ||
| ARG Gustavo Garetto | 6–0, 6–2 | |||||||
| Win | 2–0 | Cologne, Germany | Challenger | Clay | GER Bernd Karbacher | USA Brian Devening | ||
| USA Murphy Jensen | 6–4, 6–7, 6–1 | |||||||
| Loss | 2–1 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | GER Christian Saceanu | RSA Royce Deppe | ||
| CZE David Rikl | 6–7, 4–6 | |||||||
| Loss | 2–2 | Rennes, France | Challenger | Carpet | POR João Cunha-Silva | SWE Jan Apell | ||
| SWE Jonas Björkman | 6–7, 3–6 | |||||||
| Loss | 2–3 | Aachen, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | RSA Marcos Ondruska | AUT Julian Knowle | ||
| GER Michael Kohlmann | 3–6, 6–7(4–7) | |||||||
| Win | 3–3 | Montauban, France | Challenger | Clay | ESP Álex López Morón | ARG Brian Dabul | ||
| ARG Ignacio Gonzalez-King | 6–3, 5–7, 7–6(7–5) |
Performance timelines
Singles
| Tournament | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | SR | W–L | Win % | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 0 / 7 | 5–7 | 0 / 6 | 2–6 | 0 / 6 | 6–6 | Win–loss | 1–1 | 6–4 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 24 | 15–24 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | Win–loss | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 4–7 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 24 | 10–24 |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | Q2 | A | Q1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | A | 4R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | Q2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | 2R | 3R | 3R | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ATP Masters Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | 2R | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami | A | A | 2R | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | Q1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | Q3 | 1R | A | A | Q2 | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hamburg | A | 3R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rome | A | A | 1R | 2R | Q3 | QF | 1R | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stuttgart | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paris | A | 1R | Q1 | A | Q3 | 2R | A | A | A | A |
Doubles
| Tournament | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | SR | W–L | Win % | 0 / 6 | 7–6 | 0 / 8 | 8–8 | 0 / 9 | 13–9 | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | Win–loss | 0–1 | 6–3 | 5–2 | 5–3 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0 / 28 | 31–28 | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 0 / 8 | 12–8 | 0 / 4 | 5–4 | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | Win–loss | 1–1 | 4–3 | 6–5 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 8–5 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 26 | 29–26 |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 1R | A | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 2R | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | 1R | F | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 3R | A | 1R | 1R | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | A | A | SF | SF | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ATP Masters Series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | 1R | A | A | QF | A | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami | A | A | 1R | A | A | 3R | A | A | 1R | Q1 | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monte Carlo | A | 2R | A | A | 2R | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hamburg | 2R | QF | SF | QF | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | QF | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rome | A | A | SF | 2R | A | Q2 | 1R | A | A | 2R | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | QF | A | A | Q2 | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stuttgart | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paris | A | 2R | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A |
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