Goran Prpić

Goran Prpić
Country (sports)	Yugoslavia ; (1984–1991); Croatia (1992–1996)
Residence	Zagreb, Croatia
Born	4 May 1964 (age 60); Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1984
Retired	1996
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,303,639
Singles
Career record	125–121
Career titles	1 ; 2 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 16 (29 July 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1991)
French Open	QF (1993)
Wimbledon	2R (1991)
US Open	2R (1991)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (1992)
Doubles
Career record	53–61
Career titles	1 ; 1 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 75 (29 July 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1992)
French Open	2R (1991)
Wimbledon	2R (1991)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	SF (1992)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	SF (1988, 1989)
Hopman Cup	W (1991)
Medal record
Men's tennis
	Last updated on: 26 February 2023.

Goran Prpić (born 4 May 1964) is a Croatian tennis coach and former professional tennis player, who played for SFR Yugoslavia and Croatia.

Biography

Prpić was born in Zagreb, at the time in SR 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-made knee brace.^[1]

During his career, he won one top-level singles title (at Umag in 1990) and one doubles title (San Remo in 1990). His joint best performance at a Grand Slam tournament was at the 1991 Australian Open, where he reached the quarter-finals. He also reached the quarter-finals of the 1993 French Open. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 16 in 1991.

In 1990, Prpić was a member of the team from Yugoslavia which won the World Team Cup. In 1991, he teamed-up with Monica Seles to help Yugoslavia win the Hopman Cup. A year later in 1992, Prpić teamed-up with Goran Ivanišević to win the men's doubles bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Barcelona 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

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

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)

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

Singles: 3 (2–1)

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)

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

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

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

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%

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Pobijediti ozljede znači uspjeti" (PDF). Vjesnik (in Croatian). March 21, 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-01-05. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
^ http://www.vjesnik.hr/html/2000/11/24/Clanak.asp?r=spo&c=10^{[permanent dead link‍]} (in Croatian)
^ http://www.monitor.hr/vijesti/goran-prpic-novi-izbornik-hrvatske-davis-cup-reprezentacije/55681/ Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Croatian)
^ "Prpić podnio ostavku, Goran Ivanišević mogući nasljednik" [Prpić resigns, Goran Ivanišević a possible successor]. Vjesnik (in Croatian). 16 November 2011. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2011.

External links

Goran Prpić at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Goran Prpić at the International Tennis Federation
Goran Prpić at the Davis Cup

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Butch Walts	ATP Comeback Player of the Year 1989	Succeeded by Thomas Muster

[Vjesnik-1] "Pobijediti ozljede znači uspjeti" (PDF). Vjesnik (in Croatian). March 21, 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-01-05. Retrieved 2009-07-12.

[2] ttp://www.vjesnik.hr/html/2000/11/24/Clanak.asp?r=spo&c=10^{[permanent dead link‍]} (in Croatian)

[3] ttp://www.monitor.hr/vijesti/goran-prpic-novi-izbornik-hrvatske-davis-cup-reprezentacije/55681/ Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Croatian)

[4] "Prpić podnio ostavku, Goran Ivanišević mogući nasljednik" [Prpić resigns, Goran Ivanišević a possible successor]. Vjesnik (in Croatian). 16 November 2011. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2011.

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