Jérôme Golmard

Jérôme Golmard
	Golmard in 2012
Country (sports)	France
Born	9 September 1973; Dijon, France
Died	31 July 2017 (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)

Jérôme Golmard (9 September 1973 – 31 July 2017)[1] was a French tennis player.

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]

Career finals

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	Feb 1999	Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai	Hard	Nicolas Kiefer	6–4, 6–2
Win	2.	Jan 2000	Chennai Open, Chennai	Hard	Markus Hantschk	6–3, 6–7^(6–8), 6–3
Loss	1.	Jul 2001	Croatia Open, Umag	Clay	Carlos Moyá	4–6, 6–3, 6–7^(2–7)
Loss	2.	Jan 2002	Auckland Open, Auckland	Hard	Greg Rusedski	7–6^(7–0), 4–6, 5–7

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Jul 2000	Swiss Open, Gstaad	Clay	Michael Kohlmann	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–3, 3–6, 4–6

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

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