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) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1990 Australian Open Hard Danie Visser Grant Connell Glenn Michibata 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4Loss 1990 Wimbledon Grass Danie Visser Rick Leach Jim Pugh 6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)Win 1990 US Open Hard Danie Visser Paul Annacone David Wheaton 6–2, 7–6(7–3), 6–2

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (1–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–0)Indoors (0–0)

Doubles: 19 (9 titles, 10 runner-ups) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (5–6)Clay (2–2)Grass (0–2)Carpet (2–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (6–9)Indoors (3–1)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (1–1) LegendATP Challenger (1–1)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (1–0)Carpet (0–0)

Doubles: 2 (2–0) LegendATP Challenger (2–0)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (1–0)Carpet (0–0)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Mixed Doubles