David Goffin, Belgian tennis player
David Goffin (French pronunciation: [david ɡɔfɛ̃]; born 7 December 1990) is a Belgian professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 7. He is currently the highest ranked Belgian male and the first to reach the ATP top 10. Goffin has won five ATP titles, and has reached nine other ATP finals, most notably at the 2017 ATP World Tour Finals.
Goffin's breakthrough occurred during his first appearance in the main draw of a grand slam, at the 2012 French Open as a lucky loser. He reached the fourth round where he lost to Roger Federer in four sets. Goffin has reached the quarterfinals of the 2016 French Open and the 2017 Australian Open, losing to rivals Dominic Thiem and Grigor Dimitrov respectively, and of 2019 Wimbledon, losing to Novak Djokovic. At the 2017 ATP World Tour Finals, Goffin defeated Dominic Thiem, world No. 1 Rafael Nadal and world No. 2 Roger Federer en route to the final where he lost to Grigor Dimitrov.
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