Jérôme Golmard

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Jérôme Golmard Tennis player
Nation: FranceFrance France
Birthday: September 9, 1973
Date of death: August 1, 2017
Size: 188 cm
Weight: 77 kg
1st professional season: 1993
Resignation: 2006
Playing hand: Left
Trainer: Francois Ribeyro
Prize money: $ 2,215,784
singles
Career record: 144: 143
Career title: 2
Highest ranking: 22 (April 26 1999)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 3R (1998, 2002)
French Open 2R (1997)
Wimbledon 3R (1998, 2000)
US Open 3R (2000)
Double
Career record: 19:32
Highest ranking: 143 (October 12, 1998)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open -
French Open 1R (1994–1996, 1998, 2001, 2003)
Wimbledon -
US Open 1R (1998)
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open -
French Open VF (2001)
Wimbledon -
US Open -
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Jérôme Roger Golmard (born September 9, 1973 in Dijon ; † August 1, 2017 ) was a French tennis player .

Career

Golmard became a professional tennis player in 1993. The following year he won the Challenger tournament of Campinas . After two more Challenger titles, he reached the quarter-finals of an ATP tournament for the first time in 1995 . In 1999 he won his first ATP title in Dubai , beating Tim Henman , Carlos Moyá and Nicolas Kiefer in the final . In 2000 he won his second and last individual tournament victory in Chennai , two more times he played a final. In the doubles competition he was once in the final, in 2000 at the side of Michael Kohlmann in Gstaad . He reached his highest scores in the ATP world rankings in 1999 with position 22 in singles and in 1998 with position 143 in doubles.

His best individual result in a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the third round at the Australian Open , Wimbledon and the US Open . In doubles he never got past the second round. Golmard played six singles and one doubles game for the French Davis Cup team between 1995 and 2000 .

Jérôme Golmard was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in January 2014 , of which he died on August 1, 2017 at the age of 43.

successes

Legend (number of victories)
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP International Series Gold
ATP International Series (2)

singles

Tournament victories

No. date competition Topping Final opponent Result
1. February 15, 1999 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Dubai Hard court GermanyGermany Nicolas Kiefer 6: 4, 6: 2
2. January 10, 2000 IndiaIndia Chennai Hard court GermanyGermany Markus Hantschk 6: 3, 6: 7 6 , 6: 3

Final participation

No. date competition Topping Final opponent Result
1. July 29, 2001 CroatiaCroatia Umag sand SpainSpain Carlos Moyá 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 7 2
2. January 14, 2002 New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland Hard court United KingdomUnited Kingdom Greg Rusedski 7: 6, 4: 6, 5: 7

Double

Final participation

No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. July 16, 2000 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Gstaad sand GermanyGermany Michael Kohlmann Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jiří Novák David Rikl
Czech RepublicCzech Republic  		6: 3, 3: 6, 4: 6

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.europe1.fr/sport/tennis-jerome-golmard-ancien-joueur-professionnel-est-mort-a-43-ans-3401825
  2. ↑ "Support for Jerome Golmard."
  3. ↑ http://www.europe1.fr/sport/tennis-jerome-golmard-ancien-joueur-professionnel-est-mort-a-43-ans-3401825
personal data
SURNAME Golmard, Jerome
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Golmard, Jerome Roger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Dijon , France
DATE OF DEATH August 1, 2017