South African tennis player
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 )[1] and became the world No. 1 in doubles in 1990.
Aldrich won the first of nine career doubles titles in 1988 at Charleston, South Carolina.[2]
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.[3]
1990 also saw Aldrich win his first (and only) top-level singles title at Newport, Rhode Island.[4] [5] His career-high ranking in singles was world No. 64, which he achieved in 1988.[6]
Aldrich won the final doubles title of his career in 1992 in Johannesburg.[7]
Grand Slam finals [ edit ] Doubles (2 wins, 1 loss) [ edit ] ATP career finals [ edit ] Singles: 1 (1 title) [ edit ] 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 Jul 1990 Newport , United States World Series Grass Darren Cahill 7–6(12–10) , 1–6, 6–1
Doubles: 19 (9 titles, 10 runner-ups) [ edit ] 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 May 1988 Charleston , United States Grand Prix Clay Danie Visser Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken 7–6, 6–3 Loss 1–1 May 1988 Forest Hills , United States Grand Prix Clay Danie Visser Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken 3–6, 6–7 Loss 1–2 Jun 1988 Queen's , United Kingdom Grand Prix Grass Danie Visser Ken Flach Robert Seguso 2–6, 6–7 Loss 1–3 Aug 1988 Stratton Mountain , United States Grand Prix Hard Danie Visser Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken 3–6, 6–7 Loss 1–4 Jan 1989 Sydney , Australia Grand Prix Hard Danie Visser Darren Cahill Wally Masur 4–6, 3–6 Loss 1–5 Aug 1989 Stratton Mountain , United States Grand Prix Hard Danie Visser Mark Kratzmann Wally Masur 3–6, 6–4, 6–7 Win 2–5 Aug 1989 Indianapolis , United States Grand Prix Hard Danie Visser Peter Doohan Laurie Warder 7–6, 7–6 Loss 2–6 Aug 1989 Cincinnati , United States Grand Prix Hard Danie Visser Ken Flach Robert Seguso 4–6, 4–6 Win 3–6 Oct 1989 San Francisco , United States Grand Prix Carpet Danie Visser Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg 6–4, 6–3 Win 4–6 Nov 1989 Frankfurt , Germany Grand Prix Carpet Danie Visser Kevin Curren Eric Jelen 7–6, 6–7, 6–3 Loss 4–7 Jan 1990 Sydney , Australia World Series Hard Danie Visser Pat Cash Mark Kratzmann 4–6, 5–7 Win 5–7 Jan 1990 Melbourne , Australia Grand Slam Hard Danie Visser Grant Connell Glenn Michibata 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 Loss 5–8 Jul 1990 Wimbledon , United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass Danie Visser Rick Leach Jim Pugh 6–7, 6–7, 6–7 Win 6–8 Jul 1990 Stuttgart , Germany Championship Series Clay Danie Visser Per Henricsson Nicklas Utgren 6–3, 6–4 Win 7–8 Sep 1990 Flushing Meadows , United States Grand Slam Hard Danie Visser Paul Annacone David Wheaton 6–2, 7–6, 6–2 Win 8–8 Oct 1990 Berlin , Germany World Series Carpet Danie Visser Kevin Curren Patrick Galbraith 7–6, 7–6 Loss 8–9 Feb 1992 San Francisco , United States World Series Hard Danie Visser Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg 4–6, 5–7 Win 9–9 Apr 1992 Johannesburg , South Africa World Series Hard Danie Visser Wayne Ferreira Piet Norval 6–4, 6–4 Loss 9–10 Apr 1992 Nice , France World Series Clay Danie Visser Patrick Galbraith Scott Melville 1–6, 6–3, 4–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ] Singles: 2 (1–1) [ edit ] Legend ATP Challenger (1–1) ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–0)
Doubles: 2 (2–0) [ edit ] Legend ATP Challenger (2–0) ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–0)
Performance timelines [ edit ] Key W F SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Singles [ edit ] Doubles [ edit ] Mixed Doubles [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
Current ATP world No. 1 in bold, as of week of 27 May 2024[update] ATP rankings was introduced on 1 March 1976 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–50 51–55 56–60 61–65 (year first held/year last held – number of weeks (w)) weeks record underlined.