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Pieter Aldrich
South African tennis player
South African tennis player
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Pieter Aldrich |
| country | |
| residence | Vereeniging, South Africa |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| height | |
| turnedpro | 1987 |
| plays | Right-handed |
| careerprizemoney | $790,019 |
| singlesrecord | 36–40 |
| singlestitles | 1 |
| 1 Challenger, 0 Futures | |
| highestsinglesranking | No. 64 (21 November 1988) |
| AustralianOpenresult | 1R (1989, 1990) |
| Wimbledonresult | 2R (1988, 1989) |
| USOpenresult | 3R (1988, 1989) |
| doublesrecord | 148–83 |
| doublestitles | 9 |
| 2 Challenger, 0 Futures | |
| highestdoublesranking | No. 1 (23 July 1990) |
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult | W (1990) |
| FrenchOpenDoublesresult | QF (1990) |
| WimbledonDoublesresult | F (1990) |
| USOpenDoublesresult | W (1990) |
| OthertournamentsDoubles | yes |
| MastersCupDoublesresult | RR (1990) |
| AustralianOpenMixedresult | 1R (1992) |
| FrenchOpenMixedresult | 3R (1990) |
| WimbledonMixedresult | QF (1990) |
| USOpenMixedresult | SF (1989) |
1 Challenger, 0 Futures 2 Challenger, 0 Futures
Pieter ("Piet") Aldrich (born 7 September 1965) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won two Grand Slam men's doubles titles (Australian Open and US Open) and became the world No. 1 in doubles in 1990.
Career
Aldrich won the first of nine 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.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles (2 wins, 1 loss)
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1990 | Australian Open | Hard | RSA Danie Visser | CAN Grant Connell | |
| CAN Glenn Michibata | 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 | |||||
| Loss | 1990 | Wimbledon | Grass | RSA Danie Visser | USA Rick Leach | |
| USA Jim Pugh | 6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7) | |||||
| Win | 1990 | US Open | Hard | RSA Danie Visser | USA Paul Annacone | |
| USA David Wheaton | 6–2, 7–6(7–3), 6–2 |
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
| ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0) |
| ATP 500 Series (0–0) |
| ATP 250 Series (1–0) |
|
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (0–0) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (1–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
|
| Finals by setting |
|---|
| Outdoors (1–0) |
| Indoors (0–0) |
|}
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | [](hall-of-fame-open) | Newport, United States | World Series | Grass | AUS Darren Cahill | 7–6(12–10), 1–6, 6–1 |
Doubles: 19 (9 titles, 10 runner-ups)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam Tournaments (2–1) |
| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
| ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–1) |
| ATP 500 Series (1–0) |
| ATP 250 Series (6–8) |
|
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (5–6) |
| Clay (2–2) |
| Grass (0–2) |
| Carpet (2–0) |
|
| Finals by setting |
|---|
| Outdoors (6–9) |
| Indoors (3–1) |
|}
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | [](1988-u-s-men-s-clay-court-championships-doubles) | Charleston, United States | Grand Prix | Clay | RSA Danie Visser | MEX Jorge Lozano | |
| USA Todd Witsken | 7–6, 6–3 | |||||||
| Loss | 1–1 | [](1988-wct-tournament-of-champions-doubles) | Forest Hills, United States | Grand Prix | Clay | RSA Danie Visser | MEX Jorge Lozano | |
| USA Todd Witsken | 3–6, 6–7 | |||||||
| Loss | 1–2 | [](1988-stella-artois-championships-doubles) | Queen's, United Kingdom | Grand Prix | Grass | RSA Danie Visser | USA Ken Flach | |
| USA Robert Seguso | 2–6, 6–7 | |||||||
| Loss | 1–3 | [](1988-volvo-international-doubles) | Stratton Mountain, United States | Grand Prix | Hard | RSA Danie Visser | MEX Jorge Lozano | |
| USA Todd Witsken | 3–6, 6–7 | |||||||
| Loss | 1–4 | [](1989-new-south-wales-open-men-s-doubles) | Sydney, Australia | Grand Prix | Hard | RSA Danie Visser | AUS Darren Cahill | |
| AUS Wally Masur | 4–6, 3–6 | |||||||
| Loss | 1–5 | [](1989-volvo-international-doubles) | Stratton Mountain, United States | Grand Prix | Hard | RSA Danie Visser | AUS Mark Kratzmann | |
| AUS Wally Masur | 3–6, 6–4, 6–7 | |||||||
| Win | 2–5 | [](1989-gte-u-s-men-s-hard-court-championships-doubles) | Indianapolis, United States | Grand Prix | Hard | RSA Danie Visser | AUS Peter Doohan | |
| AUS Laurie Warder | 7–6, 7–6 | |||||||
| Loss | 2–6 | [](1989-cincinnati-open-doubles) | Cincinnati, United States | Grand Prix | Hard | RSA Danie Visser | USA Ken Flach | |
| USA Robert Seguso | 4–6, 4–6 | |||||||
| Win | 3–6 | [](1989-volvo-tennis-san-francisco-doubles) | San Francisco, United States | Grand Prix | Carpet | RSA Danie Visser | USA Paul Annacone | |
| RSA Christo van Rensburg | 6–4, 6–3 | |||||||
| Win | 4–6 | [](frankfurt-cup) | Frankfurt, Germany | Grand Prix | Carpet | RSA Danie Visser | AUS Kevin Curren | |
| GER Eric Jelen | 7–6, 6–7, 6–3 | |||||||
| Loss | 4–7 | [](1990-holden-nsw-open-men-s-doubles) | Sydney, Australia | World Series | Hard | RSA Danie Visser | AUS Pat Cash | |
| AUS Mark Kratzmann | 4–6, 5–7 | |||||||
| Win | 5–7 | [](1990-australian-open-men-s-doubles) | Melbourne, Australia | Grand Slam | Hard | RSA Danie Visser | CAN Grant Connell | |
| CAN Glenn Michibata | 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 | |||||||
| Loss | 5–8 | [](1990-wimbledon-championships-men-s-doubles) | Wimbledon, United Kingdom | Grand Slam | Grass | RSA Danie Visser | USA Rick Leach | |
| USA Jim Pugh | 6–7, 6–7, 6–7 | |||||||
| Win | 6–8 | [](1990-mercedes-cup) | Stuttgart, Germany | Championship Series | Clay | RSA Danie Visser | SWE Per Henricsson | |
| SWE Nicklas Utgren | 6–3, 6–4 | |||||||
| Win | 7–8 | [](1990-us-open-men-s-doubles) | Flushing Meadows, United States | Grand Slam | Hard | RSA Danie Visser | USA Paul Annacone | |
| USA David Wheaton | 6–2, 7–6, 6–2 | |||||||
| Win | 8–8 | [](1990-european-indoor-championships) | Berlin, Germany | World Series | Carpet | RSA Danie Visser | USA Kevin Curren | |
| USA Patrick Galbraith | 7–6, 7–6 | |||||||
| Loss | 8–9 | [](1992-volvo-san-francisco-doubles) | San Francisco, United States | World Series | Hard | RSA Danie Visser | USA Jim Grabb | |
| USA Richey Reneberg | 4–6, 5–7 | |||||||
| Win | 9–9 | [](1992-south-african-open-tennis) | Johannesburg, South Africa | World Series | Hard | RSA Danie Visser | RSA Wayne Ferreira | |
| RSA Piet Norval | 6–4, 6–4 | |||||||
| Loss | 9–10 | [](1992-philips-open) | Nice, France | World Series | Clay | RSA Danie Visser | USA Patrick Galbraith | |
| USA Scott Melville | 1–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 2 (1–1)
| Legend |
|---|
| ATP Challenger (1–1) |
| ITF Futures (0–0) |
|
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (0–1) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (1–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
|}
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Cape Town, South Africa | Challenger | Hard | RSA Christo Van Rensburg | 3–6, 1–6 | |
| Win | 1–1 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Challenger | Grass | RSA Wayne Ferreira | 6–3, 6–3 |
Doubles: 2 (2–0)
| Legend |
|---|
| ATP Challenger (2–0) |
| ITF Futures (0–0) |
|
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (1–0) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (1–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
|}
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Challenger | Grass | RSA Danie Visser | RSA David Adams | ||
| RSA Dean Botha | 7–6, 6–4 | |||||||
| Win | 2–0 | Indian Wells, United States | Challenger | Hard | RSA Danie Visser | USA Mike Briggs | ||
| USA Trevor Kronemann | 7–6, 2–6, 7–5 |
Performance timelines
Singles
| Tournament | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | SR | W–L | Win % | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | Win–loss | 0–0 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 6 | 6–6 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | Win–loss | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 6 | 4–6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 1R | 1R | A | Q3 | Q1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | Q2 | 2R | 2R | Q2 | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | A | 3R | 3R | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ATP Masters Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | A | 2R | 2R | A | A | A |
Doubles
| Tournament | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | SR | W–L | Win % | 1 / 4 | 10–3 | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | 0 / 5 | 13–5 | 1 / 4 | 7–3 | Win–loss | 2–2 | 3–3 | 6–3 | 20–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2 / 16 | 34–14 | 0 / 1 | 1–2 | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 0 / 5 | 8–5 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0 / 3 | 5–3 | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | Win–loss | 0–0 | 2–3 | 15–6 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 20 | 23–20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 3R | **W** | 1R | 3R | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | A | 1R | A | QF | A | 2R | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 3R | QF | QF | F | A | 1R | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | 1R | 1R | 2R | **W** | A | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ATP Finals | DNQ | RR | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ATP Masters Series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | SF | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | Q1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami | A | 2R | SF | 2R | QF | 2R | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hamburg | A | A | SF | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rome | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | A | 1R | F | QF | A | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paris | A | QF | SF | 2R | A | A | A | A | A |
Mixed Doubles
References
References
- "Peter Aldrich | Titles and Finals | ATP World Tour | Tennis".
- (8 July 1988). "Starr Finds Son's Decomposed Body".
- "Pieter Aldrich Gentlemen's Doubles Record".
- (15 July 1990). "Aldrich wins Hall of Fame tennis tourney". United Press International.
- (16 July 1990). "RESULTS PLUS".
- "Peter Aldrich | Rankings History | ATP World Tour | Tennis".
- "ATP Johannesburg Draw (Men's) - 1992".
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