Pieter Aldrich’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Tennis player
Is Athlete
Tennis player
From South Africa
Type Sports
Gender male
Birth

7 September 1965, Johannesburg, South Africa

Age 55 years
Star sign Virgo
Residence Vereeniging, South Africa
Stats
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 80 kg

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.

Career titles

Doubles (9 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Outcome No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 1988 Charleston, U.S. Clay Danie Visser Jorge Lozano
Todd Witsken 		7–6, 6–3
Runner-up 1. 1988 Forest Hills, U.S. Clay Danie Visser Jorge Lozano
Todd Witsken 		3–6, 6–7
Runner-up 2. 1988 London Queen’s Club, England Grass Danie Visser Ken Flach
Robert Seguso 		2–6, 6–7
Runner-up 3. 1988 Stratton Mountain, U.S. Hard Danie Visser Jorge Lozano
Todd Witsken 		3–6, 6–7
Runner-up 4. 1989 Sydney Outdoor, Australia Hard Danie Visser Darren Cahill
Wally Masur 		4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 5. 1989 Stratton Mountain, U.S. Hard Danie Visser Mark Kratzmann
Wally Masur 		3–6, 6–4, 6–7
Winner 2. 1989 Indianapolis, U.S. Hard Danie Visser Peter Doohan
Laurie Warder 		7–6, 7–6
Runner-up 6. 1989 Cincinnati, U.S. Hard Danie Visser Ken Flach
Robert Seguso 		4–6, 4–6
Winner 3. 1989 San Francisco, U.S. Hard (i) Danie Visser Paul Annacone
Christo van Rensburg 		6–4, 6–3
Winner 4. 1989 Frankfurt, Germany Carpet (i) Danie Visser Kevin Curren
Eric Jelen 		7–6, 6–7, 6–3
Runner-up 7. 1990 Sydney Outdoor, Australia Hard Danie Visser Pat Cash
Mark Kratzmann 		4–6, 5–7
Winner 5. 1990 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard Danie Visser Grant Connell
Glenn Michibata 		6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 8. 1990 Wimbledon, London Grass Danie Visser Rick Leach
Jim Pugh 		6–7, 6–7, 6–7
Winner 6. 1990 Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany Clay Danie Visser Per Henricsson
Nicklas Utgren 		6–3, 6–4
Winner 7. 1990 US Open, New York Hard Danie Visser Paul Annacone
David Wheaton 		6–2, 7–6, 6–2
Winner 8. 1990 Berlin, Germany Carpet Danie Visser Kevin Curren
Patrick Galbraith 		7–6, 7–6
Runner-up 9. 1992 San Francisco, U.S. Hard (i) Danie Visser Jim Grabb
Richey Reneberg 		4–6, 5–7
Winner 9. 1992 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Danie Visser Wayne Ferreira
Piet Norval 		6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 10. 1992 Nice, France Clay Danie Visser Patrick Galbraith
Scott Melville 		1–6, 6–3, 4–6

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Career SR Career W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A NH A A 3R W 1R 3R 1 / 4 10–2
French Open A A A 1R A QF A 2R 0 / 3 4–3
Wimbledon A A 3R QF QF F A 1R 0 / 5 13–5
US Open A A 1R 1R 3R W A A 1 / 4 6–3
Grand Slam SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 2 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 3 2 / 16 N/A
Annual Win-Loss 0–0 0–0 2–2 3–3 6–2 19–2 0–1 3–3 N/A 33–13
Year-end ranking 793 406 141 16 12 1 278 73 N/A

A = did not attend tournament
NH = tournament not held

You May Also Like

Lou Gossett Jr’s net worth, biography, fact, career, awards and life story

Lou Gossett, Jr. net worth: Lou Gossett, Jr. is an American actor who has a net worth of $3 million dollars. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Lou Gossett, Jr., decided to audition for a high school play, after he injured himself playing sports. He turned down an athletic scholarship to NYU to focus on theater, but had to put his college plans on hold, after he was cast in the Broadway production of “Take a Giant Step”while completing his senior year of high school. After appearing in the Broadway cast of “A Raisin in the Sun”, he then transitioned to film work, when the play was adapted into a film in 1961. He has since enjoyed a long and distinguished film and television career, and has appeared in such projects as, “An Officer and a Gentleman”, “Iron Eagle”, “Firewalkers”, “Diggstown”, “A Good Man in Africa”, “Daddy’s Little Girls”, “The Mod Squad”, “Good Times”, “Roots”, “The Josephine Baker Story”, “Touched by An Angel”, and “ER”. He has won two Golden Globes, a Primetime Emmy, a Daytime Emmy, and an Oscar. In September 2018, Lou sold a 2800 square-foot house in Malibu for $3.25 million.
Read More