Paul Goldstein

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Paul Herbert Goldstein (* 4. August 1976 in Washington D.C.) ist ein ehemaliger Tennisspieler aus den Vereinigten Staaten. Er trat im Februar 2008 zurück, um daraufhin ein Wirtschaftsunternehmen zu gründen.

Der beste Rang des Rechtshänders bei einer ATP World Tour war am 24. April 2006 auf Platz 58, am 8. Juli 2007 war es nur noch der 95. Platz. In Doppelspielen war er am 5. Februar 2007 auf Platz 40.

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1 Leben

Goldstein ist der Sohn von Clark Goldstein, einem ehemaligen Tischtennischampion. Er begann mit 9 Jahren Tennis zu spielen. Durch seine exzellente Konzentration erreichte er im Jahre 1990 das Finale der USTA National Boys’ U14 Indoor Championships.

Bekannt wurde er 1992 als er den ersten Platz bei den USTA-Spielen bei den U16 erreichte.

In den Jahren 1993 und 1994 gewann er die USTA Boys’ U18, dies war der erste Sieg in 2 darauffolgenden Tunieren in 45 Jahren). Zudem gewann er 1994 die Doppelmeisterschaft mit Scott Humphries. Zudem erreichte er in Doppelspielen das Finale der US-Open Juniors und das Halbfinale bei den Australian Open und Wimbledon (beide zusammen mit Scott Humphries).

Goldstein absolvierte die Sidwell Friends School in Washington DC.

2 College

Später besuchte er die Stanford University von 1994-1998 und war in allen 4 Jahren mit dem All-American ausgezeichnet. Goldstein gewann mit Scott Humphries zahlreiche Doppelmeisterschaften. Er war auch der erste Athlet, der an vier NCAA-Turnieren teilnahm.

During Paul's senior year, he played No. 1 singles and led Stanford to a 28-0 regular season record. He reached the 1998 NCAA singles final. but lost to teammate Bob Bryan. His coach at Stanford, Dick Gould, praised Goldstein, saying, "I have been blessed with outstanding young people in my 36 years of coaching at the collegiate level. However, I can think of only one or maybe two players for whom I could give as high a recommendation as Paul. And certainly no one would receive a higher endorsement from me than Paul."

Goldstein is one of very few college graduates among the top 200 ranked men, and has said, "It's always been a priority for me to try to strike a balance between my academics and my tennis."

He graduated in 1998 with a degree in human biology.

In 1997, was the recipient of the Rafael Osuna Award, given for symbolic competitive excellence and contribution to the game. In 1997 and 1998 he received the Arthur Ashe Sportsmanship and Leadership Award.

3 Pan American Games

Goldstein won the gold medal in singles during the Pan American Games in 1999 in Winnipeg, Canada.

4 Pro career

He has a total of 26 USTA Circuit titles during his career through November 2005 – 12 in singles and 14 in doubles - making him the winningest player in USTA Pro Circuit history.[1]

In January 1999 at the Australian Open he shocked world # 8 Greg Rusedski, 6–4, 6–7(11,) 7–6(5), 6–2. In June at Wimbledon he upset both world # 33 Jan Siemerink, 6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 6–2, 6–1, and # 17 Felix Mantilla, 6–2, 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–2. In August he upset world # 8 Alex Corretja of Spain 7–6(11), 7–6(5), in Washington DC.

In February 2000 he defeated world # 17 Patrick Rafter of Australia 4–6, 6–1, 6–2, in Delray Beach, Florida.

He won the Austin tournament in mid-November 2003 by beating Robert Kendrick 6–3 6–3 in the final.

Later that month, he won the title in Champaign, Illinois.

Goldstein won his first singles title of 2004 in Covington, Louisiana during September. He defeated Israeli youngster Dudi Sela 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 in the semifinals. He won the title with a 6–2, 6–0 victory over Adre Sa in the final. He won the doubles honors as well, along with partner KJ Hippensteel.

That same month, Paul and his partner Brian Vahaly won the College Station, Texas, hard court doubles title.

Goldstein had a stellar performance winning the Hilton Waikoloa Village USTA Challenger in January 2005.

Goldstein also won a title in Busan at the doubles event. With Ram as his partner, they defeated Wesley Moodie and Justin Gimelstob in the final.

In the 2005 US Open, Goldstein and Jim Thomas upset defending champions and #1 seeds Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor in the first round, as well as Simon Aspelin and Todd Perry in the QFs, before losing to eventual champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan in the SFs. In the 2006 US Open, Goldstein and Thomas again defeated Knowles and Nestor (this time in the 3rd round).

Goldstein and Jim Thomas lost in the doubles finals of the 2006 SAP Open to 47 year old John McEnroe and Jonas Björkman. They also were doubles finalists in two other ATP tournaments in 2006 (Indianapolis, won by Andy Roddick and Bobby Reynolds, and Tokyo, won by Ashley Fisher and Tripp Phillips).

In February 2006 he beat world # 18 Robby Ginepri 6–7(4), 6–3, 6–1, in Las Vegas, and in July he defeated world # 13 Lleyton Hewitt 6–4, 6–4 in Los Angeles. In the January Australian Open, he beat future champion Novak Đoković in the first round 6–2, 1–6, 6–3, 6–2.

In January 2007 he defeated world # 21 Dominik Hrbatý of Slovakia 6–2, 7–6(4), in Adelaide, Australia. The next month he defeated world # 45 Julien Benneteau in Las Vegas, 6–1, 6–0. Despite losing in the first round of singles at the Tunica Resorts Challenger in May, he and American teen phenom Donald Young won the doubles final, defeating Pablo Cuevas and Horacio Zeballos 4–6, 6–1, 10-4.

5 Tennis Exhibitions

Goldstein has participated in exhibition events for other tennis players and their charities, including Andy Roddick, Jim Thomas, and The Bryan Brothers. On September 27, 2008, he participated in The Bryan Brothers' All-Star Tennis Smash in Thousand Oaks, CA, initially playing doubles with Justin Gimblestob, and ending up playing singles with Andre Agassi (losing 7-5).

6 Retirement

He officially retired in February 2008. Goldstein started working with a clean energy company in the San Francisco Bay Area. Goldstein had married his esteemed college sweetheart, Abbie, and partner of nine years in 2004; his wife had originally persuaded him to play on during the 2007 season. Goldstein became a father on June 15, 2007, to a daughter named Sadie.

7 Singles titles (12)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (12)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	August 3, 1998	Lexington, United States	Hard	Flagge Süd Koreas Lee Hyung-taik	6–1, 6–4
2.	January 24, 2000	Waikoloa, United States	Hard	Flagge Brasiliens André Sá	7–5, 6–2
3.	July 30, 2001	Lexington, United States	Hard	Doug Gallagher	1–6, 6–3, 6–2
4.	October 28, 2002	Tyler, United States	Hard	Mardy Fish	6–7, 6–4, 6–3
5.	June 2, 2003	Tallahassee, United States	Hard	Alex Kim	2–6, 6–2, 4–0 ret.
6.	November 10, 2003	Austin, United States	Hard	Robert Kendrick	6–3, 6–3
7.	November 17, 2003	Champaign, United States	Hard Indoors	Brian Vahaly	6–3, 6–1
8.	September 20, 2004	Covington, United States	Hard	Flagge Brasiliens André Sá	6–2, 6–0
9.	January 24, 2005	Waikoloa, United States	Hard	Flagge der Philippinen Cecil Mamiit	6–2, 6–2
10.	October 31, 2005	Boston, United States	Hard (i)	Flagge von Kanada Frank Dancevic	5–7, 7–5, 6–3
11.	October 9, 2006	Sacramento, United States	Hard	Rajeev Ram	7–6, 4–6, 7–5
12.	May 14, 2007	Forest Hills, United States	Clay	Flagge ChilesCHI Adrián García	walkover

8 External links

ATP-Profil von Paul Goldstein (englisch)

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