Paul Haarhuis

Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis (; born 19 February 1966) is a Dutch tennis coach and a former professional player. He is a former world No. 1 doubles player, having reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in November 1995. He has won 54 doubles titles, including six Grand Slam titles, five with Jacco Eltingh, and one with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.

Personal life Haarhuis was born on 19 February 1966 in Eindhoven in the Netherlands. He played tennis for Armstrong State College and Florida State University. He supports PSV Eindhoven.

Professional career He is best known for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Jacco Eltingh, winning five Grand Slam titles together, although some would say he is best known for his 4 set loss to Jimmy Connors in the 1991 U.S. Open quarterfinals. He is, together with Sergi Bruguera, Richard Krajicek, Leander Paes, and Michael Stich, one of the players of the same generation with a positive head-to-head record against Pete Sampras: 3–1.

His best Grand Slam singles performance was reaching the quarterfinals of the 1991 US Open, where he defeated Eric Jelen, Andrei Chesnokov, top seed Boris Becker and Carl-Uwe Steeb, before losing to Jimmy Connors.

After retiring, he won the end-of-year Blackrock Masters Tennis tournament in the Royal Albert Hall in 2005 and 2006, beating legends such as Goran Ivanišević and John McEnroe. He completed a hat-trick of victories in the tournament in 2007, beating Frenchman Guy Forget.

Coaching career In 2014 Haarhuis succeeded Manon Bollegraf as captain of the Netherlands Fed Cup team until 2021. He is currently coaching the Netherlands Davis Cup team.

ATP Tour World Championships Doubles champion: 1993, 1998 (w/Eltingh)

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 13 (6 titles, 7 runners-up)

Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1991 French Open Clay Caroline Vis Helena Suková Cyril Suk 6–3, 4–6, 1–6

Career finals Doubles: 94 (54 titles, 40 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (6–6)Tennis Masters Cup (2–1)ATP Masters Series (10–11)ATP Championship Series (7–5)ATP Tour (29–17) Titles by surfaceHard (19–13)Clay (15–13)Grass (5–6)Carpet (15–8)

Singles: 8 (1 title, 7 runner-ups) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. Apr 1992 Singapore Hard Simon Youl 4–6, 1–6Loss 2. Jan 1994 Doha, Qatar Hard Stefan Edberg 3–6, 2–6Loss 3. Feb 1994 Philadelphia, U.S. Carpet Michael Chang 3–6, 2–6Win 1. Jan 1995 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Radomír Vašek 7–5, 7–5Loss 4. Feb 1995 Memphis, U.S. Hard (i) Todd Martin 6–7(4–7), 4–6Loss 5. Mar 1995 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet Richard Krajicek 6–7(5–7), 4–6Loss 6. Mar 1996 Indian Wells, U.S. Hard Michael Chang 5–7, 1–6, 1–6Loss 7. Aug 1998 Boston, U.S. Hard Michael Chang 3–6, 4–6

Performance timelines

Doubles

Singles

Senior Tour titles 2007 – defeated Jim Courier 6–1, 6–4 in The Legends Rock Dubai