Goran Prpic
Goran Prpić
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| Country |  Yugoslavia(1984-1991)  Croatia (from 1991) |
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| Residence | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Born | May 4, 1964 Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Turned pro | 1984 |
| Retired | 1996 |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Career prize money | $1,303,639 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 125–120 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | 16 (July 29, 1991) |
| Grand Slam results | |
| Australian Open | QF 1991 |
| French Open | QF 1993 |
| Wimbledon | 2nd 1991 |
| US Open | 2nd 1991 |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 55–62 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | 75 (July 29, 1991) |
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Competitor for Croatia |
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| Men's tennis | ||
| Bronze | 1992 Barcelona | Doubles |
Goran Prpić (born May 4, 1964, in Zagreb) is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. He played also for, then, Yugoslavia, prior to 1991.
Prpić turned professional in 1984. His career was nearly ended by a serious knee injury in February 1986. After a surgery, Prpić spent two years recovering before returning to the Tour. For the rest of his playing career, he wore a custom-made knee brace.
During his career, he won one top-level singles title (at Umag in 1990) and one doubles title (San Remo in 1990). His best performance at a Grand Slam tournament was at the 1991 Australian Open, where he reached the quarter-finals. 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 the Croatian women's national tennis team, and in 2006 he also took over coaching of the men's national tennis team.
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Titles
ATP Singles (1)
| No. | Date | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| 1. | 14 May 1990 | Umag, Yugoslavia |
Clay | Goran Ivanišević |
6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |
ATP Doubles (1)
| No. | Date | Team competition | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in final |
| 1. | August 6, 1990 |  Sanremo, Italy |
Clay |  Mihnea-Ion Nastase |
 Ola Jonsson Fredrik Nilsson |
3–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
Team events (2)
| No. | Date | Team competition | Surface | Partner/Team | Opponents in the final | Score in final |
| 1. | May 27, 1990 |  World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany |
Clay | Goran Ivanišević Slobodan Živojinović |
 Jim Courier Brad Gilbert Ken Flach Robert Seguso |
2–1 |
| 2. | January 4, 1991 |  Hopman Cup, Perth, Australia |
Hard | Monica Seles |
Zina Garrison David Wheaton |
3–0 |
- ^ a b c "Pobijediti ozljede znači uspjeti" (in Croatian) (PDF). Vjesnik. March 21, 2004. http://www.vjesnik.hr/Pdf/2004%5C03%5C21%5C07A7.PDF. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
- ^ http://www.vjesnik.hr/html/2000/11/24/Clanak.asp?r=spo&c=10 (Croatian)
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