Paul Goldstein

Paul Goldstein
Paul Goldstein 2003 in New York
Nickname:	Goldy
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	4th August 1976
Size:	178 cm
Weight:	72 kg
1st professional season:	1998
Resignation:	2008
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Scott McCain
Prize money:	$ 1,620,456
singles
Career record:	85: 115
Highest ranking:	58 (April 24, 2006)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	56:88
Highest ranking:	40 (February 5 2007)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Paul Goldstein medal table
tennis
United States
Pan American Games
gold	1999 Winnipeg	singles

Paul Herbert Goldstein (born August 4, 1976 in Washington, DC ) is a retired American tennis player .

life and career

Goldstein, the son of a former table tennis champion , began playing tennis at the age of nine. In 1990 he reached the final of the USTA National Boys' U14 Indoor Championships, two years later he took first place in the USTA Games in the U16. In 1993 and 1994 he won the USTA Boys' U18, and in 1994 he won the doubles championship with Scott Humphries . In the same year he reached the junior double finals of the US Open in 1994 , as well as the junior semi-finals of the Australian Open and Wimbledon .

He attended Stanford University between 1994 and 1998 and was awarded the All-American Award in each of those years . Goldstein won numerous doubles championships with Scott Humphries. He was also the first athlete to compete in four NCAA championships . Last year Goldstein played mostly singles and led Stanford to a 28-0 season record. In 1997 and 1998 he received the Arthur Ashe Sportsmanship and Leadership Award . In 1998 he reached the final of the NCAA singles games, which he lost to teammate Bob Bryan . In the same year he passed his diploma in human biology .

In 1998 he won his first individual title on the ATP Challenger Tour in Lexington . He won the double title with his partner KJ Hippensteel. In the same month he was successful in doubles with Brian Vahaly in College Station . He had his best placement on the tennis world rankings in 2006 with position 58 in singles, and in 2007 with position 40.

He celebrated his greatest success by winning the gold medal at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg in 1999 and making it to the doubles semifinals of the US Open , when he lost to the eventual champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan alongside Jim Thomas .

Goldstein retired as a professional in 2008 and started an energy company in San Francisco Bay . He is married and has a daughter.

Tournament victories

Legend (number of victories)

Grand Slam

Tennis Masters Cup

ATP Masters Series

ATP International Series Gold

ATP International Series

ATP Challenger Tour (24)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 9, 1998	Lexington (1)	Hard court	Lee Hyung-taik	6: 1, 6: 4
2.	January 30, 2000	Waikoloa (1)	Hard court	André Sá	7: 5, 6: 2
3.	August 5, 2001	Lexington (2)	Hard court	Jack Brasington	1: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
4th	November 3, 2002	Tyler	Hard court	Mardy Fish	6: 7 4 , 6: 4, 6: 3
5.	June 9, 2003	Tallahassee	Hard court	Alex Kim	2: 6, 6: 2, 4: 0 up.
6th	November 16, 2003	Austin	Hard court	Robert Kendrick	6: 3, 6: 3
7th	November 22, 2003	Champaign	Hard court (i)	Brian Vahaly	6: 3, 6: 1
8th.	September 26, 2004	Covington	Hard court	André Sá	6: 2, 6: 0
9.	January 30, 2005	Waikoloa (2)	Hard court	Cecil Mamiit	6: 2, 6: 2
10.	November 6, 2005	Boston	Hard court (i)	Frank Dancevic	5: 7, 7: 5, 6: 3
11.	October 15, 2006	Sacramento	Hard court	Rajeev Ram	7: 6 5 , 4: 6, 7: 5
12.	May 19, 2007	Forest Hills	sand	Adrian García	without a fight

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 17, 1998	San Diego	Hard court	Adam Peterson	Michael Hill Scott Humphries	6: 4, 6: 4
2.	February 27, 1999	Laguna Hills	Hard court	Brian MacPhie	Pablo Albano Daniel Orsanic	3: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5
3.	4th December 1999	Urbana	Hard court	Jim Thomas	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6: 7 5 , 7: 6 5 , 7: 6 5
4th	January 28, 2001	Waikoloa	Hard court	Jim Thomas	Mike Bryan Paradorn Srichaphan	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
5.	April 22, 2001	Bermuda	sand	Andy Roddick	Thomas Shimada Grant Stafford	6: 3, 6: 4
6th	August 11, 2002	Binghamton	Hard court	Scott Humphries	Amir Hadad Robert Kendrick	4: 6, 7: 6 1 , 7: 5
7th	September 28, 2003	San Antonio	Hard court	Jeff Morrison	Tomáš Cakl Louis Vosloo	6: 3, 6: 2
8th.	September 26, 2004	Covington	Hard court	KJ Hippensteel	Hugo Armando Nicolás Lapentti	6: 3, 6: 3
9.	October 3, 2004	College station	Hard court (i)	Brian Vahaly	André Sá Bruno Soares	7: 5, 2: 6, 6: 4
10.	May 28, 2005	Busan	Hard court	Rajeev Ram	Justin Gimelstob Wesley Moodie	without a fight
11.	October 15, 2006	Sacramento	Hard court	Jeff Morrison	Amer Delic Brian Wilson	6: 1, 6: 3
12.	May 12, 2007	Tunica resorts	Sand (i)	Donald Young	Pablo Cuevas Horacio Zeballos	4: 6, 6: 1, [10: 4]

Web links

Commons : Paul Goldstein  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Paul Goldstein (English)
• ITF profile of Paul Goldstein (English)
• Biography on jewsinsports.org (English)