Pieter Aldrich

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Pieter Aldrich (b. September 7, 1965, in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won 2 Grand Slam men's doubles titles (1 Australian Open and 1 US Open). Aldrich reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1990.

Contents 1 Career 2 Titles (10) 2.1 Doubles titles (9) 2.2 Runner-ups (10) 2.3 Singles (1) 3 External links

[edit] Career

Aldrich won the first of 9 career doubles titles in 1988 at Charleston, South Carolina.

In 1990 Aldrich won the men's doubles titles at both the Australian Open and the US Open, partnering his fellow South African player Danie Visser. The pair were also doubles runners-up at Wimbledon that year.

1990 also saw Aldrich win his first (and only) top-level singles title at Newport, Rhode Island. His career-high ranking in singles was World No. 64, which he achieved in 1988.

Aldrich won the final doubles title of his career in 1992 in Johannesburg.

[edit] Titles (10)

[edit] Doubles titles (9)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1988	Charleston, U.S.	Clay	Danie Visser	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	7–6, 6–3
2.	1989	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Danie Visser	Peter Doohan Laurie Warder	7–6, 7–6
3.	1989	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Danie Visser	Paul Annacone Christo Van Rensburg	6–4, 6–3
4.	1989	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet	Danie Visser	Kevin Curren Eric Jelen	7–6, 6–7, 6–3
5.	1990	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Danie Visser	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
6.	1990	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Danie Visser	Per Henricsson Nicklas Utgren	6–3, 6–4
7.	1990	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Danie Visser	Paul Annacone David Wheaton	6–2, 7–6, 6–2
8.	1990	Berlin, Germany	Carpet	Danie Visser	Kevin Curren Patrick Galbraith	7–6, 7–6
9.	1992	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Danie Visser	Wayne Ferreira Piet Norval	6–4, 6–4

[edit] Runner-ups (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1988	Forest Hills, U.S.	Clay	Danie Visser	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	6–3, 7–6
2.	1988	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Danie Visser	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–2, 7–6
3.	1988	Stratton Mountain, U.S.	Hard	Danie Visser	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	6–3, 7–6
4.	1989	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Danie Visser	Darren Cahill Wally Masur	6–4, 6–3
5.	1989	Stratton Mountain, U.S.	Hard	Danie Visser	Mark Kratzmann Wally Masur	6–3, 4–6, 7–6
6.	1989	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Danie Visser	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 6–4
7.	1990	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Danie Visser	Pat Cash Mark Kratzmann	6–4, 7–5
8.	1990	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Danie Visser	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	7–6, 7–6, 7–6
9.	1992	San Francisco, U.S.	Hard (i)	Danie Visser	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	6–4, 7–5
10.	1992	Nice, France	Clay	Danie Visser	Patrick Galbraith Scott Melville	6–1, 3–6, 6–4

[edit] Singles (1)

• 1990 (1) Newport

[edit] External links

• Official ATP profile for Aldrich