Paul Goldstein (tennis)
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| Country (sports) |
 United States
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| Residence | San Francisco, California | ||||||||||||||||||
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August 4, 1976 Washington, D.C. |
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Prize money | $1,620,456 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Career record | 85–115 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 58 (24 April 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Australian Open | 3R (1999) | ||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | 2R (2000) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 3R (1999, 2000) | ||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | 2R (1998, 1999, 2004, 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 56–88 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 40 (5 February 2007) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Paul Herbert Goldstein (born August 4, 1976) is a retired tennis player from the United States, who turned professional in 1998. He announced his retirement from professional tennis in February 2008, as he will start working with a clean energy company.
The right-hander reached career-high ATP Tour rankings of World No. 58 in singles in April 2006 and World No. 40 in doubles in February 2007.
Goldstein is the son of Clark Goldstein, a former national table tennis champion. He started playing when he was nine.
He won the USTA Boys' 18s in both 1993 and 1994 (in 1994, defeating Jan-Michael Gambill). He also won the 1994 doubles championship with Scott Humphries.
He is a graduate of Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., where he was a four-time Washington Post First Team All Met selection ('91–'94).[2][3]
Goldstein played college tennis at Stanford University and graduated in 1998 with a degree in human biology.
Goldstein won a gold medal in singles at the 1999 Pan American Games.
He had 26 USTA titles through November 2005.[4]
In January 1999 at the Australian Open he shocked world # 8 Greg Rusedski, 6–4, 6–7(11,) 7–6(5), 6–2. In June at Wimbledon he upset both world # 33 Jan Siemerink, 6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 6–2, 6–1, and # 17 Félix Mantilla, 6–2, 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–2. In August he upset world # 8 Àlex Corretja of Spain 7–6(11), 7–6(5), in Washington, D.C..
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