Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Goran•Prpić |
Used name | Goran•Prpić |
Born | 4 May 1964 in Zagreb, Grad Zagreb (CRO) |
Measurements | 182 cm / 74 kg |
NOC | Croatia |
Medals | OG |
Gold | 0 |
Silver | 0 |
Bronze | 1 |
Total | 1 |
Goran Prpić was a Croatian tennis player who played professionally from 1984 to 1996. Prpić achieved a career-best singles ranking of #16 in the world in July 1991, and a doubles ranking of #75 in the world also in July 1991. He represented Yugoslavia and Croatia in the Davis Cup from 1983 to 1993.
Prpić won one singles and one doubles title on the ATP Tour during his career. His only singles title came at the 1990 Yugoslav Open with victory against Goran Ivanišević. Later the same year Prpić and Romania’s Mihnea-Ion Năstase won the Sanremo Open in Italy.
Prpić reached the semi-finals of the Davis Cup in 1988 and 1989. At Grand Slams he reached the quarter-finals in the singles at the 1991 Australian Open and the 1993 French Open. He competed in the singles and doubles at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics with him and Ivanišević winning the bronze medal in the latter.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1992 Summer Olympics | Tennis | CRO | Goran Prpić | |||
Singles, Men (Olympic) | =17 | |||||
Doubles, Men (Olympic) | Goran Ivanišević | =3 | Bronze |