Pieter Aldrich

 ( South African Male Tennis Players ) 

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.

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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.

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Grand Slam finals

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Doubles (2 wins, 1 loss)

6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4

6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)

6–2, 7–6(7–3), 6–2

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ATP career finals

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Singles: 1 (1 title)

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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)

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Hard (0–0)

Clay (0–0)

Grass (1–0)

Carpet (0–0)

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Outdoors (1–0)

Indoors (0–0)

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Win	1–0		Newport, United States	World Series	Grass	Darren Cahill	7–6(12–10), 1–6, 6–1

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Doubles: 19 (9 titles, 10 runner-ups)

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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)

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Hard (5–6)

Clay (2–2)

Grass (0–2)

Carpet (2–0)

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Outdoors (6–9)

Indoors (3–1)

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Win	1–0		Charleston, United States	Grand Prix	Clay	Danie Visser	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	7–6, 6–3
Loss	1–1		Forest Hills, United States	Grand Prix	Clay	Danie Visser	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	3–6, 6–7
Loss	1–2		Queen's, United Kingdom	Grand Prix	Grass	Danie Visser	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	2–6, 6–7
Loss	1–3		Stratton Mountain, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Danie Visser	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	3–6, 6–7
Loss	1–4		Sydney, Australia	Grand Prix	Hard	Danie Visser	Darren Cahill Wally Masur	4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–5		Stratton Mountain, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Danie Visser	Mark Kratzmann Wally Masur	3–6, 6–4, 6–7
Win	2–5		Indianapolis, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Danie Visser	Peter Doohan Laurie Warder	7–6, 7–6
Loss	2–6		Cincinnati, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Danie Visser	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–6		San Francisco, United States	Grand Prix	Carpet	Danie Visser	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	6–4, 6–3
Win	4–6	Frankfurt Cup	Frankfurt Cup, Germany	Grand Prix	Carpet	Danie Visser	Kevin Curren Eric Jelen	7–6, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	4–7		Sydney, Australia	World Series	Hard	Danie Visser	Pat Cash Mark Kratzmann	4–6, 5–7
Win	5–7		Australian Open, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Danie Visser	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	5–8		Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Danie Visser	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–7, 6–7, 6–7
Win	6–8		Stuttgart Open, Germany	Championship Series	Clay	Danie Visser	Per Henricsson Nicklas Utgren	6–3, 6–4
Win	7–8		Flushing Meadows, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Danie Visser	Paul Annacone David Wheaton	6–2, 7–6, 6–2
Win	8–8		Berlin, Germany	World Series	Carpet	Danie Visser	Kevin Curren Patrick Galbraith	7–6, 7–6
Loss	8–9		San Francisco, United States	World Series	Hard	Danie Visser	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	4–6, 5–7
Win	9–9		Johannesburg, South Africa	World Series	Hard	Danie Visser	Wayne Ferreira Piet Norval	6–4, 6–4
Loss	9–10		Nice, France	World Series	Clay	Danie Visser	Patrick Galbraith Scott Melville	1–6, 6–3, 4–6

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ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 2 (1–1)

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ATP Challenger (1–1)

ITF Futures (0–0)

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Hard (0–1)

Clay (0–0)

Grass (1–0)

Carpet (0–0)

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Loss	0–1		Cape Town, South Africa	Challenger	Hard	Christo Van Rensburg	3–6, 1–6
Win	1–1		Johannesburg, South Africa	Challenger	Grass	Wayne Ferreira	6–3, 6–3

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Doubles: 2 (2–0)

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ATP Challenger (2–0)

ITF Futures (0–0)

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Hard (1–0)

Clay (0–0)

Grass (1–0)

Carpet (0–0)

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Win	1–0		Johannesburg, South Africa	Challenger	Grass	Danie Visser	David Adams Dean Botha	7–6, 6–4
Win	2–0		Indian Wells, United States	Challenger	Hard	Danie Visser	Mike Briggs Trevor Kronemann	7–6, 2–6, 7–5

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Performance timelines

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Singles

Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	A	Q3	Q1 !0 / 2 !0–2 !
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A !0 / 0 !0–0 !
Wimbledon	Q2	2R	2R	Q2	A	A !0 / 2 !2–2 !
US Open	A	3R	3R	A	A	A !0 / 2 !4–2 !
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	1R	A	A	A	A !0 / 1 !0–1 !
Miami Masters	A	2R	2R	1R	A	A !0 / 3 !2–3 !
Cincinnati	A	2R	2R	A	A	A !0 / 2 !2–2 !

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Doubles

Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	3R	W	1R	3R	A	A	A !1 / 4 !10–3 !
French Open	A	1R	A	QF	A	2R	A	A	A !0 / 3 !4–3 !
Wimbledon	3R	QF	QF	F	A	1R	A	A	A !0 / 5 !13–5 !
US Open	1R	1R	2R	W	A	A	A	A	A !1 / 4 !7–3 !
Year-end Championships
ATP Finals	DNQ			RR	Did not qualify !0 / 1 !1–2 !
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	SF	2R	1R	1R	A	A	Q1 !0 / 4 !3–4 !
Miami Masters	A	2R	SF	2R	QF	2R	A	A	A !0 / 5 !8–5 !
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	A	A !0 / 2 !1–2 !
Hamburg	A	A	SF	A	A	2R	A	A	A !0 / 2 !3–2 !
Rome	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A !0 / 1 !0–1 !
Cincinnati	A	1R	F	QF	A	A	A	A	A !0 / 3 !5–3 !
Paris Masters	A	QF	SF	2R	A	A	A	A	A !0 / 3 !3–3 !

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Mixed Doubles

Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R !0 / 1 !0–1 !
French Open	A	A	3R	A	2R !0 / 2 !3–2 !
Wimbledon	2R	1R	QF	A	1R !0 / 4 !4–4 !
US Open	A	SF	QF	A	A !0 / 2 !5–2 !

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