Marc-Kevin Goellner


Marc-Kevin Peter Goellner 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, 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, Georgia, 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, and World No. 25 in doubles. 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.

Career finals

Singles (2)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Apr 1993Nice, FranceClay Ivan Lendl1–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss1–1Sep 1996Bournemouth, U.K.Clay Albert Costa7–6, 2–6, 2–6
Win2–1Sep 1996Marbella, SpainClay Àlex Corretja7–6, 7–6

Doubles (4)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Feb 1992Rotterdam, NetherlandsCarpet David Prinosil Paul Haarhuis
Mark Koevermans		6–2, 6–7, 7–6
Loss1–1May 1993French Open, ParisClay David Prinosil Luke Jensen
Murphy Jensen		4–6, 7–6, 4–6
Loss1–2Jun 1993Halle, GermanyGrass Mike Bauer Petr Korda
Cyril Suk		6–7, 7–5, 3–6
Win2–2Aug 1993Long Island, U.S.Hard David Prinosil Arnaud Boetsch
Olivier Delaître		6–7, 7–5, 6–2
Loss2–3Feb 1995Mexico City, MexicoClay Diego Nargiso Javier Frana
Leonardo Lavalle		5–7, 3–6
Loss2–4Apr 1995Estoril, PortugalClay Diego Nargiso Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Andrei Olhovskiy		7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Win3–4Sep 1996Bournemouth, U.K.Clay Greg Rusedski Rodolphe Gilbert
Nuno Marques		6–3, 7–6
Loss3–5Oct 1997Vienna, AustriaCarpet David Prinosil Ellis Ferreira
Patrick Galbraith		3–6, 4–6
Win4–5Nov 1997Stockholm, SwedenHard Richey Reneberg Ellis Ferreira
Patrick Galbraith		6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Loss4–6Jun 1998Halle, GermanyGrass John-Laffnie de Jager Ellis Ferreira
Rick Leach		6–4, 4–6, 6–7
Loss4–7Mar 1999Copenhagen, DenmarkCarpet David Prinosil Max Mirnyi
Andrei Olhovskiy		7–6, 6–7, 1–6
Loss4–8Jun 1999Merano, ItalyClay Eric Taino Lucas Arnold Ker
Jaime Oncins		4–6, 6–7
Loss4–9Sep 1999Bucharest, RomaniaClay Francisco Montana Lucas Arnold Ker
Martín García		3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss4–10Sep 2000Palermo, ItalyClay Pablo Albano Tomás Carbonell
Martín García		W/O
Loss4–11Sep 2001Bucharest, RomaniaClay Pablo Albano Aleksandar Kitinov
Johan Landsberg		4–6, 7–6,