Clement N'Goran

Clement N'Goran
Nation:	Ivory Coast
Birthday:	7th August 1969
Size:	178 cm
Weight:	88 kg
Resignation:	Time unknown
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 46,321
singles
Career record:	2: 4
Highest ranking:	252 (November 11 1991)
Double
Career record:	3: 4
Highest ranking:	311 (July 15 1991)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Clément N'Goran (born August 7, 1969 ) is a former Ivorian tennis player .

Life

N'Goran won the African junior title Championnat d'Afrique de tennis juniors in 1987 . In 1991 he stood at the side of Daniel Marco in the final of the Challenger tournament in Lagos , where they were defeated by Ugo Colombini and Paul Wekesa . He reached his highest ranking in the tennis world rankings in 1995 with position 200 in singles and the following year with position 161 in doubles. He never qualified for a Grand Slam tournament.

N'Goran played 31 singles and twelve doubles games for the Ivorian Davis Cup team between 1986 and 1997 . His individual record was 23-8, of his twelve doubles games he won eight. His greatest success was the victory over Byron Black in the semi-finals of the Africa Group II qualifying group against Zimbabwe in 1988, which was lost 3-2 despite his two individual victories .

At the 1988 Summer Olympics , he competed in men's singles for the Ivory Coast. In the first round he was defeated by the British Andrew Castle . At the side of his brother Claude , he reached the second round at the 1996 Summer Olympics by beating the Chinese doubles , where they were defeated by Paul Haarhuis and Jacco Eltingh from the Netherlands .

Web links

• ATP profile of Clément N'Goran (English)
• ITF profile Clément N'Goran (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Clément N'Goran (English)