Pieter Aldrich

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	Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	Template:Flagicon Grant Connell Template:Flagicon Glenn Michibata	6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	1990	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach Template:Flagicon Jim Pugh	6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)
Win	1990	US Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	Template:Flagicon Paul Annacone Template:Flagicon 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|Template:Dts]]	Newport, United States	World Series	Grass	Template:Flagicon 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|Template:Dts]]	Charleston, United States	Grand Prix	Clay	Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	Template:Flagicon Jorge Lozano Template:Flagicon Todd Witsken	7–6, 6–3
Loss	1–1	[[1988 WCT Tournament of Champions – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Forest Hills, United States	Grand Prix	Clay	Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	Template:Flagicon Jorge Lozano Template:Flagicon Todd Witsken	3–6, 6–7
Loss	1–2	[[1988 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Queen's, United Kingdom	Grand Prix	Grass	Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	Template:Flagicon Ken Flach Template:Flagicon Robert Seguso	2–6, 6–7
Loss	1–3	[[1988 Volvo International – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Stratton Mountain, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	Template:Flagicon Jorge Lozano Template:Flagicon Todd Witsken	3–6, 6–7
Loss	1–4	[[1989 New South Wales Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]]	Sydney, Australia	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	Template:Flagicon Darren Cahill Template:Flagicon Wally Masur	4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–5	[[1989 Volvo International – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Stratton Mountain, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	Template:Flagicon Mark Kratzmann Template:Flagicon Wally Masur	3–6, 6–4, 6–7
Win	2–5	[[1989 GTE U.S. Men's Hard Court Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Indianapolis, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	Template:Flagicon Peter Doohan Template:Flagicon Laurie Warder	7–6, 7–6
Loss	2–6	[[1989 Cincinnati Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Cincinnati, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	Template:Flagicon Ken Flach Template:Flagicon Robert Seguso	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–6	[[1989 Volvo Tennis San Francisco – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	San Francisco, United States	Grand Prix	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	Template:Flagicon Paul Annacone Template:Flagicon Christo van Rensburg	6–4, 6–3
Win	4–6	[[Frankfurt Cup|Template:Dts]]	Frankfurt, Germany	Grand Prix	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren Template:Flagicon Eric Jelen	7–6, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	4–7	[[1990 Holden NSW Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]]	Sydney, Australia	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	Template:Flagicon Pat Cash Template:Flagicon Mark Kratzmann	4–6, 5–7
Win	5–7	[[1990 Australian Open - Men's Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Melbourne, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	Template:Flagicon Grant Connell Template:Flagicon Glenn Michibata	6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	5–8	[[1990 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach Template:Flagicon Jim Pugh	6–7, 6–7, 6–7
Win	6–8	[[1990 Mercedes Cup|Template:Dts]]	Stuttgart, Germany	Championship Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	Template:Flagicon Per Henricsson Template:Flagicon Nicklas Utgren	6–3, 6–4
Win	7–8	[[1990 US Open - Men's Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Flushing Meadows, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	Template:Flagicon Paul Annacone Template:Flagicon David Wheaton	6–2, 7–6, 6–2
Win	8–8	[[1990 European Indoor Championships|Template:Dts]]	Berlin, Germany	World Series	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren Template:Flagicon Patrick Galbraith	7–6, 7–6
Loss	8–9	[[1992 Volvo San Francisco – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	San Francisco, United States	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	Template:Flagicon Jim Grabb Template:Flagicon Richey Reneberg	4–6, 5–7
Win	9–9	[[1992 South African Open (tennis)|Template:Dts]]	Johannesburg, South Africa	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	Template:Flagicon Wayne Ferreira Template:Flagicon Piet Norval	6–4, 6–4
Loss	9–10	[[1992 Philips Open|Template:Dts]]	Nice, France	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	Template:Flagicon Patrick Galbraith Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Dts	Cape Town, South Africa	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Christo Van Rensburg	3–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	Template:Dts	Johannesburg, South Africa	Challenger	Grass	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Dts	Johannesburg, South Africa	Challenger	Grass	Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	Template:Flagicon David Adams Template:Flagicon Dean Botha	7–6, 6–4
Win	2–0	Template:Dts	Indian Wells, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	Template:Flagicon Mike Briggs Template:Flagicon Trevor Kronemann	7–6, 2–6, 7–5

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	A	Q3	Q1	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	Q2	2R	2R	Q2	A	A	0 / 2	2–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	3R	3R	A	A	A	0 / 2	4–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	3–3	3–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 6	6–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	2R	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 3	2–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	2R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 2	2–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	2–3	2–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 6	4–6	Template:Tennis win percentage

Doubles

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	3R	W	1R	3R	A	A	A	1 / 4	10–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	1R	A	QF	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 3	4–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	3R	QF	QF	F	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 5	13–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	1R	1R	2R	W	A	A	A	A	A	1 / 4	7–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	2–2	3–3	6–3	20–2	0–1	3–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	2 / 16	34–14	Template:Tennis win percentage
Year-end Championships
ATP Finals	DNQ			RR	Did not qualify					0 / 1	1–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	SF	2R	1R	1R	A	A	Q1	0 / 4	3–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	2R	SF	2R	QF	2R	A	A	A	0 / 5	8–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	A	A	SF	A	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 2	3–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	1R	F	QF	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	5–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Paris	A	QF	SF	2R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	3–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	2–3	15–6	1–4	2–3	3–4	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 20	23–20	Template:Tennis win percentage

Mixed Doubles

Tournament	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	3R	A	2R	0 / 2	3–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	2R	1R	QF	A	1R	0 / 4	4–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	SF	QF	A	A	0 / 2	5–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	1–1	3–2	7–3	0–0	1–3	0 / 9	12–9	Template:Tennis win percentage

External links

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