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Goran Prpić
Croatian tennis player

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Goran Prpić (born 4 May 1964) is a former professional tennis player from Croatia who also played for SFR Yugoslavia prior to 1991. He is currently a tennis coach.

Biography

Prpić was born in Zagreb, at the time in SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia. 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 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. He resigned from both positions in November 2011.

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ATP Singles (1)

No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in finalScore in final
1.14 May 1990Umag, YugoslaviaClaySocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Ivanišević6–3, 4–6, 6–4

ATP Doubles (1)

No.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponents in finalScore in final
1.6 August 1990Sanremo, ItalyClayRomania Mihnea-Ion NăstaseSweden Ola Jonsson
Sweden Fredrik Nilsson
3–6, 7–5, 6–3

Team events (2)

No.DateTournamentSurfacePartner/TeamOpponents in finalScore in final
1.27 May 1990World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, West GermanyClaySocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Ivanišević
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Živojinović
United States Jim Courier
United States Brad Gilbert
United States Ken Flach
United States Robert Seguso
2–1
2.4 January 1991Hopman Cup, Perth, AustraliaHardSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica SelesUnited States Zina Garrison
United States David Wheaton
3–0

Exhibitions singles (1)

No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in finalScore in final
1.January 1991Kooyong, AustraliaHardAustralia Richard Fromberg6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–3

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