Goran Prpić (; born 4 May 1964) is a Croatian tennis coach and former professional

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player, who played for

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and

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Biography

Prpić was born in

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, at the time in

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. He 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

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in 1990) and one doubles title ( San Remo in 1990). His joint best performance at a Grand Slam tournament was at the 1991

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, 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

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which won the

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. In 1991, he teamed-up with

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to help Yugoslavia win the

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. A year later in 1992, Prpić teamed-up with

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to win the men's doubles bronze medal at the

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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. He resigned from both positions in November 2011.

ATP Career Finals

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

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 3 (2–1)

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Prpic, Goran 1964 births Living people Croatian male tennis players Croatian tennis coaches Franjo Bučar Award winners Hopman Cup competitors Olympic bronze medalists for Croatia Olympic medalists for Croatia in tennis Tennis players from Zagreb Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Yugoslav male tennis players Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics