Jérôme Golmard (9 September 1973 – 31 July 2017)[1] was a French tennis player.

Jérôme Golmard
Golmard in 2012
Country (sports) France
Born(1973-09-09)9 September 1973
Dijon, France
Died31 July 2017(2017-07-31) (aged 43)
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1993
Retired2006
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,215,784
Singles
Career record144–143 (ATP Tour, Grand Slams and in Davis Cup)
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 22 (26 April 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1998, 2002)
French Open2R (1997)
Wimbledon3R (1998, 2000)
US Open3R (2000)
Doubles
Career record19–32 (ATP Tour, Grand Slams and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 143 (12 October 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003)
US Open1R (1998)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenQF (2001)
Last updated on: 27 April 2022.

The left-hander reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 22 in April 1999, winning 2 singles titles and reaching the semifinals of Monte Carlo in 1999. Golmard finished his career with over $2.2 million in prize money. Among the many notable players he beat on the ATP Tour are former World No. 1s Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Gustavo Kuerten, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Marcelo Ríos and Carlos Moyá, as well as Grand Slam champions Richard Krajicek, Goran Ivanišević, Albert Costa, Gastón Gaudio, Thomas Johansson and Michael Chang.

He announced in 2014 that he was diagnosed with motor neuron disease, which causes muscle paralysis, and died of the disease on 31 July 2017.[2]

After tennis

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Golmard was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2014 and died on 31 July 2017, at the age of 43.[3]

ATP career finals

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Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–2)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 1999 Dubai, Qatar International Series Hard   Nicolas Kiefer 6–4, 6–2
Win 2–0 Jan 2000 Chennai, India International Series Hard   Markus Hantschk 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 2–1 Jul 2001 Zagreb, Croatia International Series Clay   Carlos Moyá 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 2–2 Jan 2002 Auckland, New Zealand International Series Hard   Greg Rusedski 7–6(7–0), 4–6, 5–7

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2000 Gstaad, Switzerland International Series Clay   Michael Kohlmann   Jiří Novák
  David Rikl
6–3, 3–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 12 (7–5)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (7–5)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1-0 Jun 1994 Campinas, Brazil Challenger Clay   Fernando Meligeni 6–4, 7–5
Win 2-0 Jun 1995 Medellín, Colombia Challenger Clay   Gustavo Kuerten 6–3, 7–6
Win 3-0 Jun 1995 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay   Gabriel Silberstein 2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 3-1 Jul 1995 Quito, Ecuador Challenger Clay   Luis Morejon 4–6, 6–5 ret.
Loss 3-2 Oct 1995 Brest, France Challenger Hard   Andrei Chesnokov 4–6, 3–6
Win 4-2 Aug 1996 Segovia, Spain Challenger Hard   Emilio Sánchez 6–4, 6–3
Win 5-2 Mar 1998 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard   Gianluca Pozzi 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 6-2 Nov 1998 Brest, France Challenger Hard   Jean-Baptiste Perlant 6–4, 6–4
Loss 6-3 May 2000 Budapest, Hungary Challenger Clay   Edwin Kempes 4–6, ret.
Loss 6-4 Jun 2000 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Andreas Vinciguerra walkover
Loss 6-5 Nov 2002 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Hard   Mario Ančić 1–6, 1–6
Win 7-5 Apr 2003 Calabasas, United States Challenger Hard   Lars Burgsmüller 6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 4 (1–3)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (1–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0-1 Oct 1997 Seoul, South Kores Challenger Clay   Régis Lavergne   Edwin Kempes
  Gouichi Motomura
5–7, 5–7
Win 1-1 Nov 1997 Andorra la Vella, Andorra Challenger Hard   Nicolas Escudé   Tom Kempers
  Menno Oosting
6–4, 6–4
Loss 1-2 Nov 1997 Reunion Island, Réunion Challenger Hard   Álex Calatrava   Clinton Ferreira
  Jan Siemerink
2–6, 3–6
Loss 1-3 Jan 2005 Nouméa, New Caledonia Challenger Hard   Harel Levy   Stephen Huss
  Wesley Moodie
3–6, 0–6

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R A Q1 3R 2R 1R A 3R 1R 2R Q1 0 / 7 7–7 50%
French Open Q3 1R 1R 2R 1R A 1R 1R A 1R A Q1 0 / 7 1–7 13%
Wimbledon A A 1R 2R 3R A 3R A 1R A Q2 Q2 0 / 5 5–5 50%
US Open Q2 2R A 2R 2R A 3R 2R 1R A 2R A 0 / 7 7–7 50%
Win–loss 0–0 2–3 0–2 3–3 5–4 1–1 4–4 1–2 2–3 0–2 2–2 0–0 0 / 26 20–26 43%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A 1R A Q1 Q1 A 1R A A A Q1 A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Miami A Q3 A 2R 1R QF 2R 3R A A Q1 A 0 / 5 7–5 58%
Monte Carlo Q1 Q1 A A A SF 2R 3R A A A A 0 / 3 7–3 70%
Hamburg A Q2 A Q1 A A 2R A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Rome A Q2 A 1R 2R 1R 1R A A A A A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Canada A A A 1R A A QF 3R A A A A 0 / 3 5–3 63%
Cincinnati A 1R A 1R 3R A 1R 1R A A A A 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Stuttgart A A A A A A 1R A Not Held 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Paris Q2 1R Q1 A 3R A 1R A A A A A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Win–loss 0–0 0–3 0–0 1–4 5–4 7–3 6–9 6–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 27 25–27 48%

References

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  1. ^ "Carnet Noir – Jérôme Golmard est décédé à l\'âge de 43 ans". www.tennisactu.net.
  2. ^ "Jerome Golmard: 1973-2017". ATP Tour. Association of Tennis Professionals. 1 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Former No. 22, two-time ATP title winner Jérôme Golmard dies at 43". Tennis Magazine. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
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