Jérôme Golmard

Jérôme Golmard (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁom ɡɔlmaʁ]; 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
Died	31 July 2017(2017-07-31) (aged 43)
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1993
Retired	2006
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,215,784
Singles
Career record	144–143 (ATP Tour, Grand Slams and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 22 (26 April 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1998, 2002)
French Open	2R (1997)
Wimbledon	3R (1998, 2000)
US Open	3R (2000)
Doubles
Career record	19–32 (ATP Tour, Grand Slams and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 143 (12 October 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003)
US Open	1R (1998)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	QF (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

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

ATP career finals

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

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)

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

Singles: 12 (7–5)

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)

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

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

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%