Goodall started playing tennis in
Zambia,
Central Africa, when he was nine years old. Upon returning to the United Kingdom three years later he was chosen to represent Great Britain (under-12 level) and continued to do so throughout his junior career up to, and including, under-21 level. He won several National Championships across all junior levels in both singles and doubles, and was a
silver medalist in doubles at the under-14 European Championships. He also went on to compete in all of the junior Grand Slam events on several occasions in both singles and doubles. ==Tour career==