Goran Prpić Games in Barcelona for the newly independent nation of Croatia. Prpić retired from the professional tour in 1996. In 2000 he became the coach the Croatian women's national tennis team, and in 2006 he also took over coaching of the men's national tennis team. He resigned from both positions in November 2011. Goran Prpić Goran Prpić (born 4 May 1964) is a former professional tennis player from Croatia who also played for SFR Yugoslavia prior to 1991. He is currently a tennis coach. Prpić was born in Zagreb, at the time in SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia. He turned professional in
Best Male Tennis Player ESPY Award Best Male Tennis Player ESPY Award The Best Male Tennis Player ESPY Award has been presented annually since 1993 to the professional male tennis player adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year. Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively "experts"; and ESPN personalities, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements