German tennis player
Marc-Kevin Peter Goellner (born 22 September 1970) is a former professionaltennis player from Germany. He won two singles titles, achieved a bronze medal in doubles at the1996 Summer Olympics and attained a career-high singles ranking of World No. 26 in April 1994. Goellner reached the quarterfinals of the1997 Rome Masters, defeating top tennersRichard Krajicek andAlbert Costa en route.
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 isGöllner, but since most languages don't useumlaut, the Brazil authorities wroteGoellner in his birth certificate.[citation needed]
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 atNice, defeatingIvan Lendl in the final. He also won his first tour doubles title inRotterdam, partneringDavid 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 1993Davis Cup, winning important singles rubbers in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.
In 1996, Goellner won a second top-level singles title atMarbella. He represented Germany at the1996 Summer Olympics inAtlanta, where he was defeated in the first round of the singles competition by Sweden'sThomas Enqvist, and won a bronze medal in the doubles competition atStone 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 aGrand Slam event came at the French Open in 1993, where he reached the fourth round before losing toAndrei 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.
Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
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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) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0–0) | | Clay (2–1) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) |
| | Finals by setting |
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| Outdoors (2–1) | | Indoors (0–0) |
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Doubles: 15 (4 titles, 11 runner-up)
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| 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) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (2–0) | | Clay (1–7) | | Grass (0–2) | | Carpet (1–2) |
| | 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 |
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| Win | 1–0 | Mar 1992 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | World Series | Carpet |  David Prinosil |  Paul Haarhuis
Mark Koevermans | 6–2, 6–7, 7–6 |
| Loss | 1–1 | May 1993 | Roland Garos, France | Grand Slam | Clay | David Prinosil |  Luke Jensen
Murphy Jensen | 4–6, 7–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Jun 1993 | Halle, Germany | World Series | Grass | Mike Bauer |  Petr Korda
Cyril Suk | 6–7, 7–5, 3–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Aug 1993 | Long Island, United States | World Series | Hard | David Prinosil |  Arnaud Boetsch
Olivier Delaître | 6–7, 7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Mar 1995 | Mexico City, Mexico | World Series | Clay |  Diego Nargiso |  Javier Frana
 Leonardo Lavalle | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Apr 1995 | Estoril, Portugal | World Series | Clay | Diego Nargiso |  Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Andrei Olhovskiy | 7–5, 5–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 3–4 | Sep 1996 | Bournemouth, United Kingdom | World Series | Clay |  Greg Rusedski | Rodolphe Gilbert
 Nuno Marques | 6–3, 7–6 |
| Loss | 3–5 | Oct 1997 | Vienna, Austria | Championship Series | Carpet | David Prinosil |  Ellis Ferreira
Patrick Galbraith | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 4–5 | Nov 1997 | Stockholm, Sweden | World Series | Hard | Richey Reneberg | Ellis Ferreira
Patrick Galbraith | 6–3, 3–6, 7–6 |
| Loss | 4–6 | Jun 1998 | Halle, Germany | World Series | Grass | John-Laffnie de Jager | Ellis Ferreira
Rick Leach | 6–4, 4–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 4–7 | Feb 1999 | Copenhagen, Denmark | World Series | Carpet | David Prinosil |  Max Mirnyi
Andrei Olhovskiy | 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), 1–6 |
| Loss | 4–8 | Jun 1999 | Merano, Italy | World Series | Clay |  Eric Taino | Lucas Arnold Ker
 Jaime Oncins | 4–6, 6–7(1–7) |
| Loss | 4–9 | Nov 1999 | Bucharest, Romania | World Series | Clay | Francisco Montana | Lucas Arnold Ker
Martín García | 3–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4–10 | Oct 2000 | Palermo, Italy | World Series | Clay | Pablo Albano |  Tomás Carbonell
Martín García | walkover |
| Loss | 4–11 | Sep 2001 | Bucharest, Romania | World Series | Clay | Pablo Albano |  Aleksandar Kitinov
 Johan Landsberg | 4–6, 7–6(7–5), [6–10] |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals
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| ATP Challenger (3–1) | | ITF Futures (0–1) |
| | 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 |
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| Win | 1–0 | May 1992 | Antwerp, Belgium | Challenger | Clay | Massimo Ardinghi | 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 2–0 | Jun 1992 | Halle, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Thomas Enqvist | 6–3, 2–6, 7–6 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Jul 1992 | Ulm, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Marcos Ondruska | 6–7, 1–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Apr 2003 | Germany F1,Riemerling | Futures | Clay | Robert Lindstedt | 6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7) |
| Win | 3–2 | Aug 2003 | Bukhara, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard |  Marcos Baghdatis | 7–5, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–4) |
| Legend |
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| ATP Challenger (3–3) | | ITF Futures (0–0) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0–0) | | Clay (3–1) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–2) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Oct 1991 | Casablanca, Morocco | Challenger | Clay |  Bertrand Madsen | Tarik Benhabiles
Gustavo Garetto | 6–0, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–0 | Jun 1992 | Cologne, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Bernd Karbacher | Brian Devening
Murphy Jensen | 6–4, 6–7, 6–1 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Nov 1992 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Christian Saceanu | Royce Deppe
David Rikl | 6–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Feb 1993 | Rennes, France | Challenger | Carpet | João Cunha-Silva | Jan Apell
Jonas Björkman | 6–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Nov 2001 | Aachen, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Marcos Ondruska |  Julian Knowle
Michael Kohlmann | 3–6, 6–7(4–7) |
| Win | 3–3 | Jul 2004 | Montauban, France | Challenger | Clay | Álex López Morón | Brian Dabul
Ignacio Gonzalez-King | 6–3, 5–7, 7–6(7–5) |
Performance timelines
[edit](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.
