Goran Prpić (born 4 May 1964) is a Croatian tennis coach and former professional tennis player, who played for SFR Yugoslavia and Croatia. Biography Prpić was born in Zagreb, at the time in SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia. He turned professional in 1984. His career was nearly ended by a serious knee injury in February 1986. After a surgery, Prpić spent two years recovering before returning to the Tour. For the rest of his playing career, he wore a custom-made knee brace. During his career, he won one top-level singles title (at Umag in 1990) and one doubles title (San Remo in 1990). His joint best performance at a Grand Slam tournament was at the 1991 Australian Open, where he reached the quarter-finals. He also reached the quarter-finals of the 1993 French Open. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 16 in 1991. In 1990, Prpić was a member of the team from Yugoslavia which won the World Team Cup. In 1991, he teamed-up with Monica Seles to help Yugoslavia win the Hopman Cup. A year later in 1992, Prpić teamed-up with Goran Ivanišević to win the men's doubles Bronze Medal at the Olympic Games in Barcelona for the newly independent nation of Croatia. Prpić retired from the professional tour in 1996. In 2000, he became the coach of the Croatian women's national tennis team, and in 2006, he also took over coaching of the men's national tennis team. He resigned from both positions in November 2011. ATP Career Finals Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 3 (2–1) Doubles: 4 (2–2) Performance timelines Singles Doubles References External links 1964 births Living people Croatian male tennis players Croatian tennis coaches Franjo Bučar Award winners Hopman Cup competitors Olympic bronze medalists for Croatia Olympic medalists in tennis Olympic tennis players of Croatia Tennis players from Zagreb Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Yugoslav male tennis players Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics