Pieter Aldrich


Pieter 'Aldrich' is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won two Grand Slam men's doubles titles 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 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.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0[Hall of Fame Open|]Newport, United StatesWorld SeriesGrass

Doubles: 19 (9 titles, 10 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0[1988 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles|]Charleston, United StatesGrand PrixClay|1928

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Cape Town, [South Africa|Cape Town], South AfricaChallengerHard|1928dts|Jul 1989

Doubles: 2 (2–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Johannesburg, South AfricaChallengerGrass|1928