David Goffin

David Goffin

Goffin at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports)	Belgium
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	(1990-12-07) 7 December 1990 Rocourt, Belgium
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 4,860,519
Singles
Career record	142–104 (57.72% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 11 (6 June 2016)
Current ranking	No. 11 (21 November 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (2016)
French Open	QF (2016)
Wimbledon	4R (2015, 2016)
US Open	3R (2014, 2015)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	RR (2016)
Olympic Games	3R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	3–18
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 249 (9 May 2016)
Current ranking	No. 569 (21 November 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2013)
US Open	1R (2012, 2015)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	F (2015)
Last updated on: 21 November 2016.

David Goffin (French pronunciation: ​[david ɡɔfɛ̃]) (born 7 December 1990) is a Belgian tennis player. He was born in Rocourt, Liège, Belgium. His breakthrough came when he reached the fourth round of the 2012 French Open as a lucky loser, eventually losing to Roger Federer in four sets.^[1] Goffin has defeated several higher-ranked players such as John Isner, Stan Wawrinka, Marin Čilić, Milos Raonic, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Tomáš Berdych, the latter without losing a game. He is the Belgian number 1 male tennis player as of 2016.

Career

Juniors

As a junior he compiled a singles win/loss record of 76–40, reaching as high as No. 10 in the junior combined world rankings in July 2008. He took part in only two junior slams, losing in the second round of the French Open and the first round of Wimbledon in 2008.

2011

Goffin won his first match on the ATP tour at the 2011 Chennai open, defeating India's No. 1, Somdev Devvarman. He lost in the second round to Stanislas Wawrinka.^[2]

2012: Breakthrough

In 2012, he reached the quarterfinals of an ATP World Tour tournament for the first time at the 2012 Chennai Open, after defeating top-50 countryman Xavier Malisse and Andreas Beck.

At the French Open 2012, though he did not win in the last qualifying round of the qualifications, he entered the tournament's main draw as a lucky loser thanks to the withdrawal of Gaël Monfils. In his first round, he faced world no. 27 and 23rd seed for men's singles Radek Štěpánek and beat him in five sets.^[3] The second round saw Goffin take on French veteran player Arnaud Clément (who was playing his last French Open) whom he beat in five sets in a match postponed due to rain at a score of 5–1 the previous day. Goffin then beat Łukasz Kubot in the third round to become the first lucky loser to reach the last 16 of a Grand Slam since compatriot Dick Norman at Wimbledon 1995.^[4] Goffin was eventually eliminated by third seed Roger Federer, but not before managing to win the first set.^[5]

He received one of the wild cards for Wimbledon, and in the first round he beat 20th seed and 2011 quarterfinalist Bernard Tomic. Then, in the secound round, he beat Jesse Levine to advance to the third round, where he ultimately lost to the resurgent 10th seed Mardy Fish.

At the US Open, he entered the main draw, but lost in the first round to world no. 7, sixth seed, and eventually semifinalist at the tournament Tomáš Berdych.

He then won two singles matches to secure Belgium a place in the 2013 Davis Cup World Group.

2013

Goffin started the season by making his debut at the 2013 Brisbane International. He defeated wildcard (and crowd favourite) Matthew Ebden, before losing to seventh seed Jürgen Melzer in the second round.

In the first round of the French Open he had to face current number 1, Novak Djokovic. He proved a challenge for Djokovic, but lost the match in straight sets. Goffin's performance as well as Djokovic's laboured efforts in defeating him was the subject of brief attention to the quality of Goffin's playing.

Goffin made it to the third round in Cincinnati, where he was again defeated by Djokovic. He qualified in Winston-Salem and defeated Jack Sock in the first round, but lost to Dmitry Tursunov in the second round. He did not play any further tournaments in 2013 after the US Open, where he lost in the first round to Alexandr Dolgopolov.

2014–15: First career titles, breaking into the top 30

David Goffin at the 2014 Winston-Salem Open

Goffin had to retire in his second-round match at the Challenger event in New Caledonia, and he withdrew from qualifying for the Australian Open due to a left quadriceps injury.

From July to August, following his opening round loss at Wimbledon to defending champion Andy Murray, Goffin won four consecutive tournaments. The first three of which were Challengers, but the fourth was his maiden ATP tour-level title when he won the Austrian Open Kitzbühel, beating Dominic Thiem in the final. During this run, Goffin won 40 out of the 42 sets he played and won 20 consecutive matches.

In September, after reaching the third round of the US Open for the first time, he won his second career ATP title, the Moselle Open in Metz, France, beating higher seeded players Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals and João Sousa in the final. His run from July to September launched him over 75 places up the rankings, putting him into the world's top 40 for the first time in his career.

At the Swiss Indoors in Basel, he advanced to his first ATP 500 tournament final, beating Milos Raonic in the quarterfinals, his first win over a top-10 player. He lost the final to five-time champion Roger Federer in straight sets, however his run to the final propelled him to a career high ranking of number 22 in the world, a ranking with which he would finish the 2014 season. After having started the year ranked 111th in the world, Goffin ended the season ranked just outside the top 20, a difference of 89 places, and as a result he was awarded the Comeback Player of the Year award by the ATP for 2014.^[6]

2015 saw Goffin have continued success, reaching two more ATP finals and breaking into the world's top 20 as well as decent runs in the major tournaments. His season was highlighted by being the driving force in the Belgium Davis Cup team's surprise run to the final, which they eventually lost to Great Britain, Goffin being defeated by Andy Murray in the decisive fourth rubber.

2016: First major quarterfinals

He reached fourth round for the first time at 2016 Australian Open, where he lost to Roger Federer in straight sets.

In March at Indian Wells he reached his first Masters 1000 semifinal where he lost to Milos Raonic. He followed it up with another semi-final defeat in the next tournament, in Miami losing to Novak Djokovic in straights sets.

He next competed in the Monte Carlo Masters. He played his first round against Feliciano Lopez where he won 7-5 6-0. He then played Fernando Verdasco. He won in a close match 7-6^(7-2) 2-6 7-6^(7-1). He then lost to lucky loser Marcel Granollers 6-7^(1-7) 4-6.

Then he competed in the BMW Open. In his first match he defeated Victor Estrella Burgos 5-7 6-3 6-2. He then played Alexander Zverev. He lost 3-6 6-4 3-6.

He then competed in the Mutua Madrid Open. Despite having four match points he lost in the first round to Lucas Pouille 6-7^(4-7) 6-2 6-7^(7-9).

Then he competed in the Rome Masters. He won his first match against Leonardo Mayer 2-6 7-6^(10-8) 6-3. He next played Jack Sock in the second round, winning in straight sets, 6-4 6-4. He then played world number eight Tomáš Berdych and defeated him without losing a single game, 6-0 6-0. In the quarterfinals, he lost to 2nd seed Andy Murray, 1-6 5-7.

In the 2016 French Open he played the first round against Wild Card player Grégoire Barrère. He won in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 and 6-4. In the second round he played against Qualifier Carlos Berlocq he won again in straight sets 7-5, 6-1, 6-4. In the third round he won in a more than 3 hours match against the Spanish player Nicolás Almagro. He won in five sets 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 4-6 and 6-2. In the fourth round he won in four sets against Ernests Gulbis 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3. His tournament ended in the quarterfinals where he lost to Dominic Thiem in four sets: 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 and 6-1.

In 2016 Wimbledon he won in the first and second round in straight sets. In the third round he needed four sets 6-4, 6-3, 2-6 and 6-1 to win against Denis Istomin. In the fourth round he lost to Milos Raonic after he had a 2-0 advance in sets. He lost in 5 sets. 6-4, 6-3 and 4-6, 4-6, 4-6.

Goffin was upset in the first round of the 2016 U.S. Open, losing in four sets 6-4, 5-7, 4-6, 0-6 to 19-year-old American Jared Donaldson.

Goffin took part in the Tour Finals as a reserve after Gaël Monfils had to withdraw due to injury. Goffin was defeated by Novak Djokovic 6-1, 6-2 in the round robin (group B) stage.

ATP career finals

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	2 August 2014	Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Dominic Thiem	4–6, 6–1, 6–3
Winner	2.	21 September 2014	Moselle Open, Metz, France	Hard (i)	João Sousa	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	26 October 2014	Swiss Indoors, Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Roger Federer	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	14 June 2015	Topshelf Open, Rosmalen, The Netherlands	Grass	Nicolas Mahut	6–7(1–7), 1–6
Runner-up	3.	2 August 2015	Swiss Open, Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Dominic Thiem	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	9 October 2016	Japan Open, Japan	Hard	Nick Kyrgios	6–4, 3–6, 5–7

Singles performance timeline

Current through 2016 ATP World Tour Finals

Wins over top 10 players

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
2014
1.	Milos Raonic	9	Basel, Switzerland	Hard(i)	QF	6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–4
2016
2.	Stan Wawrinka	4	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	4R	6–3, 5–7, 7–6(7–5)
3.	Tomáš Berdych	8	Rome, Italy	Clay	3R	6–0, 6–0
4.	Gaël Monfils	8	Shanghai, China	Hard	3R	4–6, 6–4, 6–2

References

External links

• David Goffin at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• David Goffin at the International Tennis Federation
• David Goffin at the Davis Cup
• Official website David Goffin
• Unofficial website David Goffin

Awards
Preceded by Rafael Nadal	ATP Comeback Player of the Year 2014	Succeeded by Benoît Paire

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Belgian male singles tennis players as of 5 December 2016
1. David Goffin (11 ) 2. Steve Darcis (86 ) 3. Arthur De Greef (135 ) 4. Ruben Bemelmans (167 ) 5. Kimmer Coppejans (179 )
6. Joris De Loore (184 ) 7. Yannik Reuter (206 ) 8. Yannick Mertens (266 ) 9. Maxime Authom (273 ) 10. Germain Gigounon (279 )