Georges Goven (born 26 April 1948) is a retired

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player from France.

Tennis career

Juniors

As a junior, he won the

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Boys' Singles title in

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Amateur / Pro tour

Goven reached the semifinals in both singles and doubles (partnering François Jauffret) at the

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. He notably defeated

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(then world No. 7) in Paris in September 1977 with the help of the Spaghetti racket, and

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(then world No. 5) in Florence in May 1983.The famous Vilsbiburger Tennis Racquet, invented by Werner Fischer (GER)
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After retirement

Goven has coached such players as

Nicolas Escudé Nicolas Jean-Christophe Escudé (born 3 April 1976) is a former professional tennis player from France, who turned professional in 1995. He won four singles titles and two doubles titles during his career. Escudé is best remembered for the vi ...

Nathalie Dechy Nathalie Dechy (born 21 February 1979) is a former professional tennis player from France. Dechy is a three-time doubles Grand Slam champion, winning the 2006 US Open women's doubles title with Vera Zvonareva, the 2007 French Open mixed doubl ...

and Tatiana Golovin. He was the Davis Cup team captain from 1993 to 1994. Currently, he is the captain of the

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since 2005 (replacing his compatriot and former player Guy Forget) and coaches

Kristina Mladenovic Kristina "Kiki" Mladenovic (; sr, Кристина "Кики" Младеновић, Kristina "Kiki" Mladenović, ; born 14 May 1993) is a French professional tennis player and a former world No. 1 in doubles. She is a nine-time Grand Slam c ...

Career finals

Doubles (1 title, 6 runner-ups)

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Goven, Georges 1948 births Living people Australian Championships (tennis) junior champions French male tennis players French tennis coaches Tennis players from Lyon Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles