Goran Prpić


Goran Prpić is a Croatian tennis coach and former professional tennis player, who played for SFR Yugoslavia and Croatia.

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 and one doubles title. His joint best performance at a Grand Slam tournament was at the 1991 Australian Open, 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 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 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.

Career titles

ATP Singles (1)

ATP Doubles (1)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Aug 1990Sanremo, ItalyClay Mihnea-Ion Năstase Ola Jonsson
Fredrik Nilsson		3–6, 7–5, 6–3

Team events (2)

No.DateTournamentSurfacePartner/TeamOpponentsScore
1.May 1990World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, West GermanyClay Goran Ivanišević
Slobodan Živojinović		 Jim Courier
Brad Gilbert
Ken Flach
Robert Seguso		2–1
2.Jan 1991Hopman Cup, Perth, Western AustraliaHard Monica Seles Zina Garrison
David Wheaton		3–0

Exhibitions singles (1)

No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.January 1991Kooyong, AustraliaHard Richard Fromberg6–4, 6–7, 6–3