Johan Kriek

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Template other Johan Christiaan Kriek (born April 5, 1958) is a South African–American former professional tennis player. As a tennis player, he won two Australian Open titles and reached the semifinals at the French Open and US Open, as well as the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon Championships. Kriek won 14 professional singles and eight doubles titles, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 7 in September 1984.

He attended Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Afrikaans High School for Boys, also known as Affies), a public school located in Pretoria.

Kriek became a naturalized American citizen in August 1982. He currently resides in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida with his wife, Daga and their children Karolina and Kristian.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: (2 titles)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1981	Australian Open	Grass	Template:Flagicon Steve Denton	6–2, 7–6(7–1), 6–7(1–7), 6–4
Win	1982	Australian Open (2)	Grass	Template:Flagicon Steve Denton	6–3, 6–3, 6–2

Career finals

Singles (14 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	1978	Hartford, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	2–6, 4–6
Win	1.	1979	Sarasota, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Rick Meyer	7–6, 6–2
Loss	2.	1979	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried	5–7, 1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	3.	1980	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	6–2, 6–7, 2–6
Loss	4.	1980	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Bob Lutz	3–6, 1–6
Win	2.	1981	Monterrey WCT, Mexico	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Vitas Gerulaitis	7–6, 3–6, 7–6
Loss	5.	1981	WCT Finals, Dallas	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	1–6, 2–6, 4–6
Win	3.	1981	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Template:Flagicon Hank Pfister	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win	4.	1981	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Template:Flagicon Steve Denton	6–2, 7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Win	5.	1982	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	6.	1982	Monterrey, Mexico	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	6.	1982	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Roscoe Tanner	6–0, 4–6, 6–0, 6–4
Win	7.	1982	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Template:Flagicon Steve Denton	6–3, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	7.	1983	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Gene Mayer	6–7, 1–6
Win	8.	1983	Tampa, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Bob Lutz	6–2, 6–4
Win	9.	1983	Bristol, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon Tom Gullikson	7–6, 7–5
Win	10.	1983	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Template:Flagicon Colin Dowdeswell	6–4, 4–6, 1–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss	8.	1984	Boca West, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	5–7, 4–6
Win	11.	1984	Bristol, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	6–7, 7–6, 6–4
Win	12.	1984	Livingston, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Michael Westphal	6–2, 6–4
Win	13.	1985	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Arias	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	9.	1985	London Queen's Club, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon Boris Becker	2–6, 3–6
Loss	10.	1985	San Francisco, U.S.	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Stefan Edberg	4–6, 2–6
Win	14.	1987	Livingston, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Christian Saceanu	7–6, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	11.	1988	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tim Mayotte	7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	12.	1988	San Francisco, U.S.	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Michael Chang	2–6, 3–6
Loss	13.	1989	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Brad Gilbert	2–6, 2–6, ret.

Doubles (8 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	1980	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Fritz Buehning	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss	1.	1980	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Tim Gullikson	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Loss	2.	1981	Monterrey WCT, Mexico	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Russell Simpson	Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren Template:Flagicon Steve Denton	6–7, 2–6
Loss	3.	1981	Bristol, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon John Austin	Template:Flagicon Billy Martin Template:Flagicon Russell Simpson	6–3, 3–6, 10–12
Win	2.	1981	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Larry Stefanki	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Bob Lutz	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	3.	1982	Forest Hills WCT, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tracy Delatte	Template:Flagicon Dick Stockton Template:Flagicon Erik van Dillen	6–3, 7–6
Win	4.	1982	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Fritz Buehning	Template:Flagicon Bob Lutz Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
Loss	4.	1983	Delray Beach WCT, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Anand Amritraj	Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	6–7, 4–6
Loss	5.	1983	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tracy Delatte	Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren Template:Flagicon Steve Denton	3–6, 5–7
Win	5.	1983	Forest Hills WCT, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tracy Delatte	Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren Template:Flagicon Steve Denton	7–6, 1–6, 6–1
Loss	6.	1983	Bristol, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon Tom Gullikson	Template:Flagicon John Alexander Template:Flagicon John Fitzgerald	5–7, 4–6
Loss	7.	1983	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming	Template:Flagicon Anders Järryd Template:Flagicon Hans Simonsson	6–7, 5–7
Win	6.	1985	Chicago, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah	Template:Flagicon Ken Flach Template:Flagicon Robert Seguso	3–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–4
Win	7.	1988	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Kelly Evernden	Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	7–6, 6–3
Win	8.	1988	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Template:Flagicon John Fitzgerald	Template:Flagicon Steve Denton Template:Flagicon David Pate	6–4, 6–4

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

	South Africa					United States
Tournament	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A/A	A	A	A	W	W	QF	SF	QF	NH	2R	2R	3R	A	A	A	A	A	2 / 8	25–6
French Open	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	4–3
Wimbledon	A	2R	3R	3R	QF	QF	3R	4R	3R	2R	4R	1R	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 13	24–13
US Open	A	QF	QF	SF	3R	3R	4R	3R	2R	3R	3R	3R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 12	29–12
Win–loss	0–0	5–2	6–3	7–2	12–2	12–2	8–3	9–3	6–3	7–3	5–4	3–3	2–3	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2 / 36	82–34
Year-end ranking	278	27	35	18	13	12	15	13	14	23	48	39	52	413	274	1097	1178	861

External links

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• bio - file interview with John Kriek