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.

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 (in 1994), and World No. 25 in doubles (in 1998). 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)

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP Tour (2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	12 April 1993	Nice, France	Clay	Ivan Lendl	1-6, 6-4, 6-2
Runner-up	1.	9 September 1996	Bournemouth, U.K.	Clay	Albert Costa	7-6(7-4), 2-6, 2-6
Winner	2.	30 September 1996	Marbella, Spain	Clay	Àlex Corretja	7-6(7-4), 7-6(7-2)

Doubles (4)

Legend (Doubles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP Championship Series (0)

ATP Tour (4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	24 February 1992	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	David Prinosil	Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	6-2, 6-7, 7-6
Runner-up	1.	24 May 1993	French Open, Paris	Clay	David Prinosil	Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen	4-6, 7-6, 4-6
Runner-up	2.	14 June 1993	Halle, Germany	Grass	Mike Bauer	Petr Korda Cyril Suk	6-7, 7-5, 3-6
Winner	2.	23 August 1993	Long Island, U.S.	Hard	David Prinosil	Arnaud Boetsch Olivier Delaître	6-7, 7-5, 6-2
Runner-up	3.	27 February 1995	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Diego Nargiso	Javier Frana Leonardo Lavalle	5-7, 3-6
Runner-up	4.	3 April 1995	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Diego Nargiso	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Andrei Olhovskiy	7-5, 5-7, 2-6
Winner	3.	9 September 1996	Bournemouth, U.K.	Clay	Greg Rusedski	Rodolphe Gilbert Nuno Marques	6-3, 7-6
Runner-up	5.	6 October 1997	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	David Prinosil	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	3-6, 4-6
Winner	4.	3 November 1997	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard	Richey Reneberg	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	6-3, 3-6, 7-6
Runner-up	6.	8 June 1998	Halle, Germany	Grass	John-Laffnie de Jager	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6-4, 4-6, 6-7
Runner-up	7.	1 March 1999	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet	David Prinosil	Max Mirnyi Andrei Olhovskiy	7-6, 6-7, 1-6
Runner-up	8.	7 June 1999	Merano, Italy	Clay	Eric Taino	Lucas Arnold Ker Jaime Oncins	4-6, 6-7
Runner-up	9.	27 September 1999	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Francisco Montana	Lucas Arnold Ker Martín García	3-6, 6-2, 3-6
Runner-up	10.	25 September 2000	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Pablo Albano	Tomás Carbonell Martín García	W/O
Runner-up	11.	10 September 2001	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Pablo Albano	Aleksandar Kitinov Johan Landsberg	4-6, 7-6,

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