He had 26 USTA titles through November 2005.Paul Goldstein: Circuit Player of the Week In January 1999 at the Australian Open he defeated world No. 8
Greg Rusedski. In June at Wimbledon he upset both world No. 33
Jan Siemerink, and No. 17
Félix Mantilla. In August he upset world No. 8
Àlex Corretja of Spain in Washington, D.C. He won the
gold medal in singles at the
1999 Pan American Games defeating
Cecil Mamiit. In February 2000 he defeated world No. 17
Pat Rafter of Australia in
Delray Beach, Florida. In the 2005 US Open, Goldstein and
Jim Thomas upset defending champions and No. 1 seeds
Mark Knowles and
Daniel Nestor in the first round, as well as
Simon Aspelin and
Todd Perry in the QFs, before losing to eventual champions
Bob Bryan and
Mike Bryan in the SFs. In the 2006 US Open, Goldstein and Thomas again defeated Knowles and Nestor (this time in the 3rd round). Goldstein and
Jim Thomas lost in the doubles finals of the 2006
SAP Open to 47-year-old
John McEnroe and
Jonas Björkman. They also were doubles finalists in two other ATP tournaments in 2006 (
Indianapolis, won by
Andy Roddick and
Bobby Reynolds, and Tokyo, won by
Ashley Fisher and
Tripp Phillips). In February 2006 he beat world No. 18
Robby Ginepri in three sets, in
Las Vegas, and in July he defeated world No. 13
Lleyton Hewitt in two sets in Los Angeles. In the January
Australian Open, he beat future champion
Novak Djokovic in the first round. Paul was easily defeated in the next round by Tommy Haas. In January 2007 he defeated world No. 21
Dominik Hrbatý of
Slovakia, in
Adelaide, Australia. The next month he defeated world No. 45
Julien Benneteau in Las Vegas, 6–1, 6–0. Despite losing in the first round of singles at the Tunica Resorts Challenger in May, he and
Donald Young won the doubles final, defeating
Pablo Cuevas and
Horacio Zeballos in three sets. ==Tennis exhibitions==