Georges Goven

Country (sports)	France
Residence	Paris, France
Born	(1948-04-26) 26 April 1948 (age 75) Lyon, France
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1968 (amateur from 1965)
Retired	1984
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	162–209
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 13 (30 November 1970)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1965, 1973)
French Open	SF (1970)
Wimbledon	3R (1966, 1972)
US Open	3R (1975)
Doubles
Career record	83–129
Career titles	1
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1973)
French Open	SF (1970)
Wimbledon	2R (1969, 1971, 1972)
US Open	2R (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973)

Georges Goven (born 26 April 1948) is a retired tennis player from France.

Tennis career

Juniors

As a junior, he won the Australian Championships Boys' Singles title in 1964.

Amateur / Pro tour

Goven reached the semifinals in both singles and doubles (partnering François Jauffret) at the 1970 French Open.

He notably defeated Ilie Năstase (then world No. 7) in Paris in September 1977 with the help of the Spaghetti racket, and Vitas Gerulaitis (then world No. 5) in Florence in May 1983.^[1]

After retirement

Goven has coached such players as Nicolas Escudé, Nathalie Dechy and Tatiana Golovin. He was the Davis Cup team captain from 1993 to 1994. Currently, he is the captain of the France Fed Cup team since 2005 (replacing his compatriot and former player Guy Forget) and coaches Kristina Mladenovic.

Career finals

Doubles (1 title, 6 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 1971	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Pierre Barthès	Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac	6–2, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Feb 1972	Des Moines, US	Carpet (i)	Thomaz Koch	Jim Osborne Jim McManus	2–6, 3–6
Loss	1–2	Apr 1972	Johannesburg, South Africa	Clay	Ray Moore	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	2–6, 2–6, 4–6
Loss	1–3	Dec 1972	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Wanaro N'Godrella	Ross Case Geoff Masters	2–6, 7–6, 2–6, 6–7
Loss	1–4	Apr 1973	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Patrick Proisy	Juan Gisbert Ilie Năstase	2–6, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	1–5	Jan 1974	Philadelphia WCT, US	Carpet (i)	Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau	Pat Cramer Mike Estep	1–6, 1–6
Loss	1–6	Aug 1974	Bretton Woods, US	Clay	François Jauffret	Jeff Borowiak Rod Laver	3–6, 2–6