Piet Norval

Pieter ("Piet") Norval (born 7 April 1970) is a former tennis player from South Africa, who turned professional in 1988. His most notable achievement was winning the mixed doubles at the French Open in 1999. The right-hander represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he partnered Wayne Ferreira. The pair won the silver medal, after losing the final to Boris Becker and Michael Stich from Germany. Norval reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 19 June 1989, when he became the no. 125 of the world.

Retirement After retiring in 2001 from professional tennis, Norval set up and currently runs a tennis academy in Hartbeespoort.

Major finals

Olympic finals

Doubles: 1 (1 silver medal) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreSilver 1992 Barcelona Olympics Clay Boris Becker Michael Stich 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 3–6

Year-end championships finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 2000 Bangalore Hard Donald Johnson Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes 7–6(10–8), 6–3, 6–4

Career finals

Doubles: 35 (14–21)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Year-end championships (1) ATP Masters Series (2) ATP Championship Series (1) ATP Tour (10) Titles by surface Hard (4) Clay (5) Grass (2) Carpet (3)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. Mar 1991 Key Biscayne, USA Hard Wayne Ferreira Ken Flach Robert Seguso 5–7, 7–6, 6–2Loss 1. Apr 1992 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Wayne Ferreira Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser 4–6, 4–6Loss 2. Aug 1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona, Spain Clay Wayne Ferreira Boris Becker Michael Stich 6–7, 6–4, 6–7, 3–6Win 2. Mar 1993 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Mike Bauer Ģirts Dzelde Goran Prpić 7–5, 7–6Loss 3. Jul 1993 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Hendrik Jan Davids Cédric Pioline Marc Rosset 3–6, 6–3, 6–7Loss 4. Jul 1993 Stuttgart, Germany Clay Gary Muller Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk 6–7, 3–6Win 3. Oct 1993 Bolzano, Italy Carpet Hendrik Jan Davids David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy 6–3, 6–2Loss 5. Feb 1994 Milan, Italy Carpet Hendrik Jan Davids Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk 6–4, 6–7, 6–7Loss 6. Apr 1994 Nice, France Clay Hendrik Jan Davids Javier Sánchez Mark Woodforde 5–7, 3–6Win 4. May 1994 Hamburg, Germany Clay Scott Melville Henrik Holm Anders Järryd 6–3, 6–4Win 5. Jul 1994 Stuttgart, Germany Clay Scott Melville Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis 7–6, 7–5Loss 7. Oct 1994 Ostrava, Czech Republic Carpet Gary Muller Martin Damm Karel Nováček 4–6, 6–1, 3–6Loss 8. Mar 1995 Indian Wells, USA Hard Gary Muller Tommy Ho Brett Steven 4–6, 6–7Loss 9. Oct 1995 Palermo, Italy Clay Hendrik Jan Davids Àlex Corretja Fabrice Santoro 7–6, 4–6, 3–6Loss 10. Apr 1996 Barcelona, Spain Clay Neil Broad Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez 1–6, 3–6Loss 11. Jun 1996 Nottingham, UK Grass Neil Broad Mark Petchey Danny Sapsford 7–6, 6–7, 4–6Win 6. Jul 1996 Newport, USA Grass Marius Barnard Paul Kilderry Michael Tebbutt 6–7, 6–4, 6–4Win 7. Aug 1996 Los Angeles, USA Hard Marius Barnard Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti 7–5, 6–2Loss 12. Oct 1996 Lyon, France Carpet Neil Broad Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg 2–6, 1–6Loss 13. May 1997 Hamburg, Germany Clay Neil Broad Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez 3–6, 6–7Loss 14. Mar 1998 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet Neil Broad Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis 6–7, 3–6Loss 15. Jul 1998 Båstad, Sweden Clay Lan Bale Magnus Gustafsson Magnus Larsson 4–6, 2–6Win 8. Aug 1998 Umag, Croatia Clay Neil Broad Jiří Novák David Rikl 6–1, 3–6, 6–3Loss 16. Oct 1998 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) Kevin Ullyett Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro 3–6, 6–7Loss 17. Jan 1999 Doha, Qatar Hard Kevin Ullyett Alex O'Brien Jared Palmer 3–6, 4–6Loss 18. Oct 1999 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) Kevin Ullyett David Prinosil Sandon Stolle 3–6, 4–6Win 9. Oct 1999 Lyon, France Carpet Kevin Ullyett Wayne Ferreira Sandon Stolle 4–6, 7–6, 7–6Win 10. Nov 1999 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Kevin Ullyett Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries 7–5, 6–3Loss 19. Mar 2000 Santiago, Chile Clay Lan Bale Gustavo Kuerten Antonio Prieto 2–6, 4–6Win 11. Apr 2000 Estoril, Portugal Clay Donald Johnson David Adams Joshua Eagle 6–4, 7–5Win 12. Jun 2000 Nottingham, UK Grass Donald Johnson Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach 1–6, 6–4, 6–3Loss 20. Oct 2000 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Donald Johnson Julien Boutter Fabrice Santoro 6–7, 6–4, 6–7Win 13. Oct 2000 Basel, Switzerland Carpet Donald Johnson Roger Federer Dominik Hrbatý 7–6, 4–6, 7–6Loss 21. Nov 2000 Stuttgart, Germany Hard (i) Donald Johnson Jiří Novák David Rikl 6–3, 3–6, 4–6Win 14. Dec 2000 Year-end championships, Bangalore, India Hard Donald Johnson Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes 7–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles performance timeline