Kris Goossens (born 20 February 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium.

Career

Goossens entered into the ATP's top 100 for the first time in 1995, after making the semi-final of the Swedish Open and winning a Challenger event in Ecuador. His run to the semi-finals in Sweden including a win over world number 24 Jonas Björkman.

Also that year, he played two Davis Cup singles rubbers for Belgium, against the Russian team. He lost both of his matches, to Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Andrei Chesnokov.

He entered the main draw of seven Grand Slams but only once reached the second round. That occurred at the 1996 French Open, where he defeated Tim Henman. In the following round he lost to Guy Forget, in a five set match.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 13 (7–6)

Legend
Legend ATP Challenger (5–4) ITF Futures (2–2)Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (7–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
ATP Challenger (5–4)
ITF Futures (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (7–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1-0Jun 1994Fürth, GermanyChallengerClayGermany Dirk Dier6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Win2-0Sep 1994Budapest, HungaryChallengerClayNorway Christian Ruud4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss2-1Feb 1995Mar del Plata, ArgentinaChallengerClayCzech Republic Jiří Novák2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win3-1May 1995Dresden, GermanyChallengerClaySweden Magnus Gustafsson6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Win4-1Oct 1995Guayaquil, EcuadorChallengerClayGermany Dirk Dier6–4, 6–4
Loss4-2Feb 1996Punta del Este, UruguayChallengerClaySpain Félix Mantilla2–6, 6–7
Win5-2Jul 1996Ulm, GermanyChallengerClayMorocco Karim Alami6–4, 6–0
Loss5-3Jul 1996Ostend, BelgiumChallengerClayFrance Thierry Champion3–6, 4–6
Loss5-4Jan 1999USA F2, MiamiFuturesHardUnited States Bob Bryan2–6, 5–7
Win6-4Mar 1999Italy F1, SassariFuturesClayItaly Filippo Volandri6–1, 1–6, 6–4
Win7-4May 2000USA F13, Boca RatonFuturesClayColombia Mauricio Hadad6–3, 7–5
Loss7-5Jul 2000France F12, ToulonFuturesClayJapan Jun Kato3–6, 4–6
Loss7-6Aug 2000Manerbio, ItalyChallengerClayItaly Stefano Tarallo3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 8 (5–3)

Legend
Legend ATP Challenger (2–3) ITF Futures (3–0)Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (4–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
ATP Challenger (2–3)
ITF Futures (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1May 1992Antwerp, BelgiumChallengerClaySweden Mikael PernforsAustralia Michael Brown Australia Roger Rasheed2–6, 4–6
Win1–1Jul 1997Ulm, GermanyChallengerClayBelgium Tom VanhoudtCzech Republic Petr Luxa Czech Republic Petr Pála6–3, 6–0
Win2–1Jul 1997Ostend, BelgiumChallengerClayBelgium Tom VanhoudtFrance Tarik Benhabiles France Julien Boutter3–6, 6–4, 6–0
Loss2–2Oct 1997Lima, PeruChallengerClayVenezuela Jimy SzymanskiArgentina Mariano Hood Argentina Sebastián Prieto2–6, 1–6
Win3–2Nov 1998Australia F2, FrankstonFuturesClayAustralia Toby MitchellAustralia Luke Bourgeois Australia Andrew Painter4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win4–2Oct 1999Uzbekistan F4, FerganaFuturesHardIsrael Lior DahanItaly Stefano Galvani Israel Andy Ram7–5, 7–6
Loss4–3Oct 1999Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerClaySpain Emilio Benfele ÁlvarezRussia Andrei Stoliarov Israel Noam Behr7–6, 3–6, 1–6
Win5–3Jun 2000Germany F6, VillingenFuturesClayRomania Ionuț MoldovanSweden Johan Settergren Netherlands Melle van Gemerden7–6(8–6), 6–3

Performance timeline

Key
WFSFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH

Singles

Tournament1994199519961997SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAA1R1R0 / 20–20%
French OpenA1R2RQ10 / 21–233%
WimbledonAA1RA0 / 10–10%
US OpenA1R1RA0 / 20–20%
Win–loss0–00–21–40–10 / 71–713%
ATP Masters Series
Monte CarloAQ1AA0 / 00–0–
ParisQ1Q1AA0 / 00–0–
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00 / 00–0–

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