Paul Goldstein

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	San Francisco, California, United States
Born	(1976-08-04) August 4, 1976 (age 47) Washington, D.C., United States
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Turned pro	1998
Retired	2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,620,456
Singles
Career record	85–115
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 58 (24 April 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1999)
French Open	2R (2000)
Wimbledon	3R (1999, 2000)
US Open	2R (1998, 1999, 2004, 2006)
Doubles
Career record	56–88
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 40 (5 February 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2000, 2001, 2005, 2007)
French Open	2R (1999)
Wimbledon	2R (2000)
US Open	SF (2005)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open	1R (2001)
Medal record Men's tennis Representing the  United States Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg Singles Summer Universiade 1995 Fukuoka Doubles
Last updated on: July 1, 2022.

Paul Herbert Goldstein (born August 4, 1976) is a retired tennis player from the United States, who turned professional in 1998. He announced his retirement from professional tennis in February 2008, as he was starting working with a clean energy company.

As a junior, he won the USTA Boys' 16s National Championship in 1992, and the USTA Boys' 18s National Championships in both 1993 and 1994. He then played college tennis at Stanford University, from which he graduated after a career in which he was named an All-American each of the four years he played, and the team won the national championship each year. He won the gold medal in singles at the 1999 Pan American Games.

The right-hander reached career-high ATP Tour rankings of World No. 58 in singles in April 2006, and World No. 40 in doubles in February 2007. He is now head coach of the Stanford Men's tennis team.

Early life

Goldstein was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Rockville, Maryland, and is Jewish.^[1][2][3][4] He is the son of Clark Goldstein, a former national table tennis champion. He started playing when he was nine.

He won the USTA Boys' 16s National Championship in 1992, and the USTA Boys' 18s National Championships in both 1993 and 1994 (in 1994, defeating Jan-Michael Gambill).^[5] He also won the 1994 doubles championship with Scott Humphries.^[6]

He is a 1994 graduate of Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., where he was a four-time Washington Post First Team All Met selection (1991–1994).^[5][7][8]

College career

Goldstein played college tennis at Stanford University and graduated in 1998 with a degree in human biology.^[5] He was an All-American each year, and the team won the national championship each year.^[5] In his senior year he was Pac-10 Player of the Year in 1998, after a 33–2 season in which he was team captain.^[5] In 2023, Goldstein was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame.^[9]

Pan American Games

Goldstein won the gold medal in singles at the 1999 Pan American Games defeating Cecil Mamiit.

Pro career

He had 26 USTA titles through November 2005.Paul Goldstein: Circuit Player of the Week

In January 1999 at the Australian Open he shocked world # 8 Greg Rusedski, 6–4, 6–7(11,) 7–6(5), 6–2. In June at Wimbledon he upset both world # 33 Jan Siemerink, 6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 6–2, 6–1, and No. 17 Félix Mantilla, 6–2, 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–2. In August he upset world No. 8 Àlex Corretja of Spain 7–6(11), 7–6(5), in Washington, D.C..

In February 2000 he defeated world No. 17 Pat Rafter of Australia 4–6, 6–1, 6–2, in Delray Beach, Florida.

In the 2005 US Open, Goldstein and Jim Thomas upset defending champions and #1 seeds Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor in the first round, as well as Simon Aspelin and Todd Perry in the QFs, before losing to eventual champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan in the SFs. In the 2006 US Open, Goldstein and Thomas again defeated Knowles and Nestor (this time in the 3rd round).

Goldstein and Jim Thomas lost in the doubles finals of the 2006 SAP Open to 47-year-old John McEnroe and Jonas Björkman. They also were doubles finalists in two other ATP tournaments in 2006 (Indianapolis, won by Andy Roddick and Bobby Reynolds, and Tokyo, won by Ashley Fisher and Tripp Phillips).

In February 2006 he beat world No. 18 Robby Ginepri 6–7(4), 6–3, 6–1, in Las Vegas, and in July he defeated world No. 13 Lleyton Hewitt 6–4, 6–4 in Los Angeles. In the January Australian Open, he beat future champion Novak Djokovic in the first round 6–2, 1–6, 6–3, 6–2. Paul was easily defeated in the next round by Tommy Haas 0–6, 1–6, 2–6.

In January 2007 he defeated world No. 21 Dominik Hrbatý of Slovakia 6–2, 7–6(4), in Adelaide, Australia. The next month he defeated world No. 45 Julien Benneteau in Las Vegas, 6–1, 6–0. Despite losing in the first round of singles at the Tunica Resorts Challenger in May, he and Donald Young won the doubles final, defeating Pablo Cuevas and Horacio Zeballos 4–6, 6–1, 10–4.

Tennis exhibitions

Goldstein has participated in exhibition events for other tennis players and their charities, including Andy Roddick, Jim Thomas, and the Bryan brothers. On September 27, 2008, he participated in The Bryan Brothers' All-Star Tennis Smash in Thousand Oaks, California, initially playing doubles with Justin Gimblestob, and ending up playing singles with Andre Agassi (losing 7–5).

Post-retirement

Goldstein officially retired in February 2008 and began working with a clean energy company in the San Francisco Bay area. In 2004 he married his college sweetheart and partner of nine years, Abbie; it was she who persuaded him to play on during the 2007 season. They live in Menlo Park, California, with their three children.^[5]

In 2014, Goldstein became head coach of the Stanford Men's Tennis Team.^[5]

Halls of Fame

Goldstein was inducted into the ITA Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame in 2013.^[5]

Goldstein was inducted into the North California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.^[2]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 5 (5 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2000	Brighton, United Kingdom	International Series	Hard	Jim Thomas	Michael Hill Jeff Tarango	3–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Feb 2003	San Jose, United States	International Series	Hard	Robert Kendrick	Lee Hyung-Taik Vladimir Voltchkov	5–7, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Feb 2006	San Jose, United States	International Series	Hard	Jim Thomas	Jonas Björkman John McEnroe	6–7(2–7), 6–4, [7–10]
Loss	0–4	Jul 2006	Indianapolis, United States	International Series	Hard	Jim Thomas	Bobby Reynolds Andy Roddick	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–5	Oct 2006	Tokyo, Japan	Championship Series	Hard	Jim Thomas	Ashley Fisher Tripp Phillips	2–6, 5–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 20 (13–7)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 1998	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Lee Hyung-Taik	6–1, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Oct 1998	San Diego, United States	Challenger	Hard	Ville Liukko	5–7, 6–7
Win	2–1	Jan 2000	Waikoloa, United States	Challenger	Hard	André Sá	7–5, 6–2
Win	3–1	Aug 2001	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jack Brasington	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	4–1	Nov 2001	USA F27, Malibu	Futures	Hard	Matías Boeker	6–3, 6–0
Loss	4–2	Aug 2002	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Scott Draper	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win	5–2	Nov 2002	Tyler, United States	Challenger	Hard	Mardy Fish	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–3
Loss	5–3	Apr 2003	USA F7, Pensacola	Futures	Hard	Nicolás Todero	6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win	6–3	Jun 2003	Tallahassee, United States	Challenger	Hard	Alex Kim	2–6, 6–2, 4–0 ret.
Loss	6–4	Nov 2003	Waco, United States	Challenger	Hard	Giovanni Lapentti	4–6, 3–6
Win	7–4	Nov 2003	Austin, United States	Challenger	Hard	Robert Kendrick	6–3, 6–3
Win	8–4	Nov 2003	Champaign-Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Brian Vahaly	6–3, 6–1
Win	9–4	Sep 2004	Covington, United States	Challenger	Hard	André Sá	6–2, 6–0
Win	10–4	Jan 2005	Waikoloa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Cecil Mamiit	6–2, 6–2
Loss	10–5	May 2005	Busan, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Danai Udomchoke	6–7(6–8), 2–6
Loss	10–6	Jun 2005	Yuba City, United States	Challenger	Hard	Cecil Mamiit	4–6, 4–6
Win	11–6	Nov 2005	Boston, United States	Challenger	Hard	Frank Dancevic	5–7, 7–5, 6–3
Win	12–6	Oct 2006	Sacramento, United States	Challenger	Hard	Rajeev Ram	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–5
Loss	12–7	Nov 2006	Busan, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Danai Udomchoke	2–6, 0–6
Win	13–7	May 2007	Forest Hills, United States	Challenger	Clay	Adrián García	walkover

Doubles: 20 (12–8)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 1997	Las Vegas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jim Thomas	David Di Lucia Michael Sell	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 1998	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jim Thomas	Ben Ellwood Lleyton Hewitt	7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Win	1–2	Oct 1998	San Diego, United States	Challenger	Hard	Adam Peterson	Michael Hill Scott Humphries	6–2, 7–5
Win	2–2	Feb 1999	Laguna Hills, United States	Challenger	Hard	Brian Macphie	Pablo Albano Daniel Orsanic	3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss	2–3	Sep 1999	Austin, United States	Challenger	Hard	Adam Peterson	Marcos Ondruska Wesley Whitehouse	5–7, 6–4, 2–6
Win	3–3	Dec 1999	Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jim Thomas	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7, 7–6, 7–6
Win	4–3	Jan 2001	Waikoloa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jim Thomas	Mike Bryan Paradorn Srichaphan	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	5–3	Apr 2001	Paget, Bermuda	Challenger	Clay	Andy Roddick	Thomas Shimada Grant Stafford	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	5–4	Apr 2002	Calabasas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Justin Gimelstob	Paul Rosner Glenn Weiner	2–6, 6–4, 6–7(4–7)
Win	6–4	Aug 2002	Binghamton, United States	Challenger	Hard	Scott Humphries	Amir Hadad Robert Kendrick	4–6, 7–6(7–1), 7–5
Loss	6–5	Apr 2003	USA F7, Pensacola	Futures	Hard	Kiantki Thomas	Huntley Montgomery Tripp Phillips	7–6(8–6), 4–6, 5–7
Loss	6–6	May 2003	Birmingham, United States	Challenger	Clay	Robert Kendrick	Josh Goffi Travis Parrott	4–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss	6–7	Jun 2003	Atlantic City, United States	Challenger	Hard	Brandon Coupe	Tripp Phillips Ryan Sachire	5–7, 3–6
Win	7–7	Sep 2003	San Antonio, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jeff Morrison	Tomáš Cakl Louis Vosloo	6–3, 6–2
Loss	7–8	Oct 2003	Fresno, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jeff Morrison	Travis Parrott Diego Ayala	5–7, 6–4, 3–6
Win	8–8	Sep 2004	Covington, United States	Challenger	Hard	K.J. Hippensteel	Hugo Armando Nicolás Lapentti	6–3, 6–3
Win	9–8	Oct 2004	College Station, United States	Challenger	Hard	Brian Vahaly	André Sá Bruno Soares	7–5, 2–6, 6–4
Win	10–8	May 2005	Busan, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Rajeev Ram	Justin Gimelstob Wesley Moodie	walkover
Win	11–8	Oct 2006	Sacramento, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jeff Morrison	Amer Delić Brian Wilson	6–1, 6–3
Win	12–8	May 2007	Tunica Resorts, United States	Challenger	Clay	Donald Young	Pablo Cuevas Horacio Zeballos	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1994	US Open	Hard	Scott Humphries	Ben Ellwood Nicolás Lapentti	0–6, 2–6

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles