Dean Goldfine is a tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 coach and former professional tennis player from the United States.

Coaching career

Goldfine was professional tennis player Todd Martin

Todd Martin

----Todd Christopher Martin is a former professional tennis player from the United States.-Playing career:...

's coach from 1996 to 2002. Under his tutelage, Martin achieved a career-high rank of #4 in the ATP singles ranking, reached the US Open

U.S. Open (tennis)

The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881...

 final, and qualified for the ATP year-end championship in 1999.

Goldfine has also coached Xavier Malisse

Xavier Malisse

Xavier Malisse is a Belgian tennis player. Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, he is the only men's player from his country to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP tour. He is sponsored by Prince and Lotto. His nickname is "The X-Man"....

 and Aaron Krickstein

Aaron Krickstein

Aaron Krickstein , nicknamed "Marathon Man", is a former American professional tennis player, who competed on the ATP Tour from 1983 to 1996. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, he currently competes on the Outback Champions Series Over-30 tour.Krickstein reached his career high ATP ranking of World No....

 on the ATP Tour, and Mary Joe Fernandez

Mary Joe Fernández

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 on the WTA Tour. He coached Mardy Fish

Mardy Fish

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 part-time in 2004.

In 2003, the USTA named Goldfine as one of its USA Tennis High Performance Coaches. At the 2004 Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

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 in Athens

Athens

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, he was sent as team coach for the USA tennis team alongside Patrick McEnroe

Patrick McEnroe

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. Goldfine was also involved in USA Davis Cup

Davis Cup

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 coaching activities as an assistant coach.

In the 2004 tennis off-season after the U.S.'s Davis Cup final against Spain, USA Davis Cup stalwart Andy Roddick

Andy Roddick

Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....

 hired Goldfine to replace Brad Gilbert

Brad Gilbert

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 as his full-time coach. Under Goldfine's coaching, Roddick won five titles (each on a different surface) and reached the 2005 Australian Open semifinal and 2005 Wimbledon final. In February 2006, Goldfine and Roddick decided to part ways amicably.

Playing career

Goldfine played varsity

Varsity team

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 tennis at Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University

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 from 1983 to 1987. In 1989, he reached a career-high ATP Tour singles ranking of 628.

Personal

In 2000, Goldfine launched the Pat Goldfine Tennis Pro-Am, a charity fundraiser for cancer research, in memory of his mother who died of breast and lung cancer.

Goldfine resides in Aventura, Florida

Aventura, Florida

Aventura is a planned, suburban city located in northeastern Miami-Dade County, Florida. The city name is from the Spanish word for "adventure", and was named "Aventura" after one of the developers of the original group of condominiums in the area remarked to the others, "What an adventure this is...

, son Max and daughter Emma.