David Goffin’s breakthrough came as a fortunate loser in his maiden Grand Slam main draw participation, at the 2012 French Open.
He advanced to the fourth round when he was defeated in four sets by Roger Federer. Goffin has reached the quarterfinals of the 2016 French Open and the 2017 Australian Open, where he lost to rivals Dominic Thiem and Grigor Dimitrov, respectively, as well as the 2019 Wimbledon when he lost to Novak Djokovic. At the 2017 ATP World Tour Finals, Goffin defeated Dominic Thiem, Rafael Nadal, and Roger Federer en route to the final, where he was defeated by Grigor Dimitrov.
What happened to David Goffin?
Then Goffin was unfortunate enough to test positive for COVID-19, forcing him to miss the balance of the season (albeit a short one, because of the pandemic). The Belgian’s 2021 season was cut short as he suffered a knee injury near the US Open.
He is the highest-ranked Belgian guy and the first to reach the ATP top 10. [6] Goffin has six ATP championships and has reached nine ATP finals, including the 2017 ATP World Tour Finals.
