Johan Kriek

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**Johan Kriek**

Country	South Africa United States
Residence	Naples, FL, USA
Date of birth	April 5, 1958 (1958-04-05) (age 50)
Place of birth	Pongola, South Africa
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	76.2 kg (168 lb/12.00 st)
Turned pro	1978
Retired	1994
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	$2,383,794
Singles
Career record:	373-220
Career titles:	14
Highest ranking:	No. 7 (September 10, 1984)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	W (1981-82)
French Open	SF (1986)
Wimbledon	QF (1981-82)
US Open	SF (1980)
Doubles
Career record:	206-173
Career titles:	8
Highest ranking:	No. 12 (August 15, 1988)
Infobox last updated on: April 5, 2008.

Johan Kriek (born April 5, 1958) is a South African / American professional male tennis player and founder of the Global Water Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to delivering clean water to the world's neediest communities.

Kriek was born in Pongola, South Africa but moved to Naples, Florida after turning pro in 1978. His biggest victories came at the Australian Open where he won the title twice (in 1981 and 1982). In his career he has won fourteen singles titles and eight in doubles.

Kriek became an American citizen in August, 1982.

1 Grand Slam singles finals
- 1.1 Wins (2)
2 Singles titles (14)
- 2.1 Runner-ups (13)
3 Doubles titles (8)
- 3.1 Runner-ups (7)
4 External links

[edit] Grand Slam singles finals

[edit] Wins (2)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1981	Australian Open	Steve Denton	6–2, 7–6, 6–7, 6–4
1982	Australian Open (2)	Steve Denton	6–3, 6–3, 6–2

[edit] Singles titles (14)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1979	Sarasota, U.S.	Carpet	Richard Meyer	7–6, 6–2
2.	1981	Monterrey WCT, Mexico	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	7–6, 3–6, 7–6
3.	1981	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Hank Pfister	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
4.	1981	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Steve Denton	6–2, 7–6, 6–7, 6–4
5.	1982	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	John McEnroe	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
6.	1982	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	6–0, 4–6, 6–0, 6–4
7.	1982	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Steve Denton	6–3, 6–3, 6–2
8.	1983	Tampa, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	6–2, 6–4
9.	1983	Bristol, England	Grass	Tom Gullikson	7–6, 7–5
10.	1983	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Colin Dowdeswell	6–4, 4–6, 1–6, 7–5, 6–3
11.	1984	Bristol, England	Grass	Brian Teacher	6–7, 7–6, 6–4
12.	1984	Livingston, U.S.	Hard	Michael Westphal	6–2, 6–4
13.	1985	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Jimmy Arias	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
14.	1987	Livingston, U.S.	Hard	Christian Saceanu	7–6, 3–6, 6–2

[edit] Runner-ups (13)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1978	Hartford, U.S.	Carpet	John McEnroe	6–2, 6–4
2.	1979	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Brian Gottfried	7–5, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
3.	1980	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet	Stan Smith	2–6, 7–6, 6–2
4.	1980	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	6–3, 6–1
5.	1981	Dallas WCT, U.S.	Carpet	John McEnroe	6–1, 6–2, 6–4
6.	1982	Monterrey, Mexico	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
7.	1983	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Gene Mayer	7–6, 6–1
8.	1984	Boca West, U.S.	Hard	Jimmy Connors	7–5, 6–4
9.	1985	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Boris Becker	6–2, 6–3
10.	1985	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Stefan Edberg	6–4, 6–2
11.	1988	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Tim Mayotte	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
12.	1988	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Michael Chang	6–2, 6–3
13.	1989	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Brad Gilbert	6–2, 6–2, ret.

[edit] Doubles titles (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1980	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Fritz Buehning	Brian Gottfried Frew McMillan	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
2.	1981	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Larry Stefanki	Brian Gottfried Robert Lutz	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
3.	1982	Forest Hills WCT, U.S.	Clay	Tracy Delatte	Dick Stockton Erik Van Dillen	6–3, 7–6
4.	1982	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Hard	Fritz Buehning	Robert Lutz Raúl Ramírez	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
5.	1983	Forest Hills WCT, U.S.	Clay	Tracy Delatte	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	7–6, 1–6, 6–1
6.	1985	Chicago, U.S.	Carpet	Yannick Noah	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	3–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–4
7.	1988	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Kelly Evernden	Kevin Curren Danie Visser	6–4, 6–3
8.	1988	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	John Fitzgerald	Steve Denton David Pate	6–4, 6–4

[edit] Runner-ups (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1980	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Tim Gullikson	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
2.	1981	Monterrey WCT, Mexico	Carpet	Russell Simpson	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	7–6, 6–2
3.	1981	Bristol, England	Grass	John Austin	Billy Martin Russell Simpson	3–6, 6–3, 12-10
4.	1983	Delray Beach WCT, U.S.	Clay	Anand Amritraj	Pavel Slozil Tomáš Šmíd	7–6, 6–4
5.	1983	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Tracy Delatte	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	6–3, 7–5
6.	1983	Bristol, England	Grass	Tom Gullikson	John Alexander John Fitzgerald	7–5, 6–4
7.	1983	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Peter Fleming	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	7–6, 7–5