David Goffin

Nickname is "La Goff"...Plays with double-handed backhand...Started playing tennis aged six...Taught to play tennis by his father, Michel, who is a tennis coach at the Barchon Club in Liege...Mother's name is Francoise; has one brother, Simon...Favourite surface is hard courts...Hobbies include golf...Became the first lucky loser to reach the fourth round of a major championship since fellow Belgian Dick Norman at Wimbledon in 1995 when he reached last 16 on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2012 Roland Garros...Favourite quote is "impossible is nothing"...Roger Federer was his idol growing up - "When I was young I had a lot of pictures in my bedroom of him"...Trains at the Belgian Tennis Federation in Mons.

Goffin DEUCE Feature (Aug. 2012)

2012 -- The young Belgian had a breakthrough season to finish in Top 50 for 1st time and as his country’s top player...His best ATP World Tour results were QF in opening week in Chennai (l. to No. 9 Tipsarevic in 3 sets), Winston-Salem (l. to eventual champ No. 10 Isner) and Valencia (d. Isner, l. to Melzer)...In Grand Slam play, made his debut at Roland Garros as a lucky loser and posted wins over veterans Stepanek and Clement, both in 5 sets, and Kubot before losing to No. 3 Federer in 4 sets. Afterwards broke Top 100, leaping from No. 109 to No. 64...Became 1st lucky loser to reach 4th round of a major championship since fellow Belgian Dick Norman at Wimbledon in 1995...Received a wild card into Wimbledon and defeated No. 28 Tomic and Levine in 4 sets before falling in 3R to No. 12 Fish in straight sets. Made Olympics debut in London and lost in 1R to No. 10 Monaco...Helped Belgium into ’13 Davis Cup World Group winning both
of his matches vs. Sweden in playoff tie...In Challenger play, compiled a 14-6 record and won 2 titles, in
Guadeloupe in April (d. Zverev) and in Orleans (d. countryman Bemelmans) in late September. Afterwards broke Top 50 on Oct. 1...Compiled records of 10-7 on hard, 5-3 on clay and 2-4 on grass. Went 0-6 vs. Top 10 opponents and highest-ranked win came over No. 11 Isner at 2R Valencia. Earned a career-high $367,523...

2011 -- Earned 1st ATP match win as a qualifier in Chennai (d. Devvarman, l. to Wawrinka). Reached 4 Challenger QF, including a SF in Mons...Was 13-2 in Futures, including titles in back-to-back weeks late in the season...

2010 -- Reached 1st Challenger final at Ljubljana..Won 3 titles in 6 Futures finals...

2009 -- Posted career-best Challenger result with SF in Todi as a qualifier. Reached 6 Futures SF, including 1 final...

2008 -- Compiled a 24-10 record in Futures, with 1 title, 1 final and 3 SF...

2013

Beat Kohlschreiber in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami 2R, before falling in 3R (l. to Almagro)…