Goldfine was professional tennis player
Todd Martin'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 final, and qualified for the ATP year-end championship in
1999.
Goldfine has also coached
Xavier Malisse and
Aaron Krickstein on the ATP Tour, and
Mary Joe Fernandez on the
WTA Tour. He coached
Mardy Fish part-time in
2004.
In
2003, the
USTA named Goldfine as one of its USA Tennis High Performance Coaches. At the
2004 Olympics in
Athens, he was sent as team coach for the USA tennis team alongside
Patrick McEnroe. Goldfine was also involved in USA
Davis Cup 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 hired Goldfine to replace
Brad Gilbert 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.