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Goran Prpić (Croatian:[ɡǒranpr̩̂pitɕ]; born 4 May 1964) is a Croatian tennis coach and former professionaltennis player, who played forSFR Yugoslavia andCroatia.

Biography

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Prpić was born inZagreb, at the time inSR Croatia,SFR Yugoslavia.He turned professional in 1984. His career was nearly ended by a serious knee injury in February 1986.^[1] After a surgery, Prpić spent two years recovering before returning to the Tour.^[1] For the rest of his playing career, he wore a custom-madeknee brace.^[1]

During his career, he won one top-level singles title (atUmag in 1990) and one doubles title (San Remo in 1990). His joint best performance at aGrand Slam tournament was at the 1991Australian Open, where he reached the quarter-finals. He also reached the quarter-finals of the1993 French Open. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 16 in 1991.

In 1990, Prpić was a member of the team fromYugoslavia which won theWorld Team Cup. In 1991, he teamed-up withMonica Seles to help Yugoslavia win theHopman Cup. A year later in 1992, Prpić teamed-up withGoran Ivanišević to win the men's doubles bronze medal at theOlympic Games inBarcelona for the newly independent nation of Croatia.

Prpić retired from the professional tour in 1996.

In 2000, he became the coach of the Croatian women's national tennis team, and in 2006, he also took over coaching of the men's national tennis team.^[2]^[3] He resigned from both positions in November 2011.^[4]

ATP Career Finals

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Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (1–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–2)
Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1989	Stuttgart, Germany	Grand Prix	Clay	Martín Jaite	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	May 1990	Umag, Yugoslavia	World Series	Clay	Goran Ivanišević	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Apr 1991	Nice, France	World Series	Clay	Martín Jaite	6–3, 6–7^(1–7), 3–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (1–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 1990	San Remo, Italy	World Series	Clay	Mihnea Nastase	Ola Jonsson Fredrik Nilsson	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Mar 1993	Casablanca, Morocco	World Series	Clay	Ģirts Dzelde	Mike Bauer Pieter Norval	5–7, 6–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 3 (2–1)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 1989	Agadir, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Mark Koevermans	6–3, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Apr 1989	Graz, Austria	Challenger	Carpet	Eric Jelen	6–4, 0–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	May 1989	Salzburg, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Éric Winogradsky	6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (1–2)
ITF Futures (1–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 1989	Vienna, Austria	Challenger	Carpet	Ģirts Dzelde	Peter Nyborg Nicklas Utgren	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Mar 1993	Agadir, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Menno Oosting	Ģirts Dzelde Pieter Norval	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	1–2	May 1993	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Hendrik-Jan Davids	Branislav Stankovič Richard Vogel	4–6, 6–7
Win	2–2	Jul 1998	Croatia F3,Mali Lošinj	Futures	Clay	Kresimir Ritz	Bora Celiscak Valentino Pest	6–0, 6–2

Performance timelines

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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

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Tournament	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	QF	2R	A	0 / 3	5–3	63%
French Open	1R	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	3R	QF	0 / 6	8–6	57%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	7–4	3–2	4–2	0 / 12	15–12	56%
National Representation
Summer Olympics	NH			A	Not Held			2R	NH	0 / 1	1–1	50%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Miami	A	1R	A	A	A	A	3R	3R	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	1R	SF	SF	1R	0 / 4	8–4	67%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	2R	SF	1R	A	0 / 3	5–3	63%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	3R	A	0 / 2	6–2	75%
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	14–6	7–4	0–1	0 / 14	22–14	61%

Doubles

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Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	1R	3R	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
French Open	A	2R	1R	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Wimbledon	A	2R	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
US Open	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–1	2–3	0–1	2–1	0 / 6	4–6	40%
National Representation
Summer Olympics	Not Held		SF	NH	0 / 1	3–1	75%
ATP Masters Series
Miami	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Monte Carlo	A	QF	2R	1R	0 / 3	3–3	50%
Hamburg	A	2R	SF	A	0 / 2	4–2	67%
Rome	A	2R	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Win–loss	0–0	4–3	4–3	0–1	0 / 7	8–7	53%