Danie Visser

Danie Visser (born 26 July 1961) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won three Grand Slam men's doubles titles (two Australian Open and one US Open). Visser reached the world No. 1 doubles ranking in January 1990.[1]

Danie Visser

Country (sports)
Residence	Palm Desert, California
Born	(1961-07-26) 26 July 1961 Rustenburg, South Africa
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1982
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$1,528,201
Singles
Career record	92–129
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 59 (24 September 1984)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (1988, 1989)
French Open	2R (1982, 1983, 1985)
Wimbledon	4R (1985)
US Open	3R (1983)
Doubles
Career record	376–292
Career titles	17
Highest ranking	No. 1 (29 January 1990)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1990, 1993)
French Open	QF (1990, 1991)
Wimbledon	F (1990)
US Open	W (1990)

Tennis career

Visser won the first of 17 career doubles titles in 1985 at Bristol. In 1990 he won the men's doubles titles at both the Australian Open and the US Open, partnering his fellow South African player Pieter Aldrich. The pair were also doubles runners-up at Wimbledon that year. Visser won the Australian Open doubles crown again in 1993, partnering Laurie Warder. Visser won the final doubles title of his career in 1994 at Manchester.

Visser's best singles ranking was world No. 59, which he attained in 1984.

He attended Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Afrikaans High School for Boys, also known as Affies), a popular and renowned public school located in Pretoria.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (3 wins, 1 loss)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1990	Australian Open	Hard	Pieter Aldrich	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	1990	Wimbledon	Grass	Pieter Aldrich	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–7^(5–7), 6–7^(4–7), 6–7^(5–7)
Win	1990	US Open	Hard	Pieter Aldrich	Paul Annacone David Wheaton	6–2, 7–6^(7–3), 6–2
Win	1993	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Laurie Warder	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–4, 6–3, 6–4

WCT/Grand Prix finals

Doubles (17 wins, 25 losses)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	1982	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Tian Viljoen	Chip Hooper Mel Purcell	4–6, 6–7
Loss	2.	1983	La Quinta, U.S.	Hard	Tian Viljoen	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	3–6, 3–6
Loss	3.	1983	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Tian Viljoen	Pablo Arraya José Luis Clerc	6–1, 4–6, 4–6
Win	1.	1985	Bristol, England	Grass	Eddie Edwards	John Alexander Russell Simpson	6–4, 7–6
Loss	4.	1985	Livingston, U.S.	Hard	Eddie Edwards	Mike De Palmer Peter Doohan	3–6, 4–6
Loss	5.	1986	Toronto Indoor, Canada	Carpet (i)	Christo Steyn	Wojtek Fibak Joakim Nyström	3–6, 6–7
Loss	6.	1986	Atlanta, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Christo Steyn	Andy Kohlberg Robert Van't Hof	2–6, 3–6
Win	2.	1986	Bristol, England	Grass	Christo Steyn	Mark Edmondson Wally Masur	6–7, 7–6, 12–10
Loss	7.	1986	Cincinnati Masters, U.S.	Hard	Christo Steyn	Mark Kratzmann Kim Warwick	3–6, 4–6
Loss	8.	1986	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Christo Steyn	John Letts Peter Lundgren	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	9.	1987	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Christo Steyn	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–3, 1–6, 6–7
Loss	10.	1988	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Kevin Curren	Kelly Evernden Johan Kriek	6–7, 3–6
Win	3.	1988	Charleston, U.S.	Clay	Pieter Aldrich	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	7–6, 6–3
Loss	11.	1988	Forest Hills, U.S.	Clay	Pieter Aldrich	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	3–6, 6–7
Loss	12.	1988	London Queen's Club, England	Grass	Pieter Aldrich	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	2–6, 6–7
Loss	13.	1988	Stratton Mountain, U.S.	Hard	Pieter Aldrich	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	3–6, 6–7
Loss	14.	1989	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Pieter Aldrich	Darren Cahill Wally Masur	4–6, 3–6
Loss	15.	1989	Stratton Mountain, U.S.	Hard	Pieter Aldrich	Mark Kratzmann Wally Masur	3–6, 6–4, 6–7
Win	4.	1989	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Pieter Aldrich	Peter Doohan Laurie Warder	7–6, 7–6
Loss	16.	1989	Cincinnati Masters, U.S.	Hard	Pieter Aldrich	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	4–6, 4–6
Win	5.	1989	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Pieter Aldrich	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	6–4, 6–3
Win	6.	1989	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet (i)	Pieter Aldrich	Kevin Curren Eric Jelen	7–6, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	17.	1990	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Pieter Aldrich	Pat Cash Mark Kratzmann	4–6, 5–7
Win	7.	1990	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Pieter Aldrich	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	18.	1990	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Pieter Aldrich	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–7, 6–7, 6–7
Win	8.	1990	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Pieter Aldrich	Per Henricsson Nicklas Utgren	6–3, 6–4
Win	9.	1990	US Open, New York	Hard	Pieter Aldrich	Paul Annacone David Wheaton	6–2, 7–6, 6–2
Win	10.	1990	Berlin, Germany	Carpet (i)	Pieter Aldrich	Kevin Curren Patrick Galbraith	7–6, 7–6
Loss	19.	1991	Munich, Germany	Clay	Anders Järryd	Patrick Galbraith Todd Witsken	5–7, 4–6
Loss	20.	1991	Hamburg Masters, Germany	Clay	Cássio Motta	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Win	11.	1991	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Gary Muller	Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek	7–6, 6–4
Loss	21.	1992	San Francisco, U.S.	Hard (i)	Pieter Aldrich	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	4–6, 5–7
Win	12.	1992	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Pieter Aldrich	Wayne Ferreira Piet Norval	6–4, 6–4
Loss	22.	1992	Nice, France	Clay	Pieter Aldrich	Patrick Galbraith Scott Melville	1–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	13.	1992	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Andre Agassi John McEnroe	6–4, 6–4
Loss	23.	1992	Paris Masters, France	Carpet (i)	Patrick Galbraith	John McEnroe Patrick McEnroe	4–6, 2–6
Win	14.	1993	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Laurie Warder	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
Win	15.	1993	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Laurie Warder	Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	16.	1993	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Gary Muller	John-Laffnie de Jager Stefan Kruger	6–3, 7–6
Loss	24.	1993	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Gary Muller	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	1–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	17.	1994	Manchester, England	Grass	Rick Leach	Scott Davis Trevor Kronemann	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Loss	25.	1995	Nottingham, England	Grass	Patrick Galbraith	Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen	3–6, 7–5, 4–6

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	Career SR	Career W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	NH	3R	1R	3R	W	1R	3R	W	1R	2R	A	2 / 10	18–7
French Open	1R	3R	2R	1R	2R	1R	A	1R	A	QF	QF	2R	1R	1R	2R	A	0 / 13	12–13
Wimbledon	1R	3R	2R	2R	1R	3R	1R	QF	QF	F	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	A	0 / 15	21–15
US Open	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	3R	1R	1R	2R	W	1R	3R	1R	2R	1R	A	1 / 14	13–13
Grand Slam SR	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 3	2 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 0	3 / 52	N/A
Win-Loss	0–2	6–3	2–3	1–3	1–4	4–3	1–3	3–4	6–2	19–2	4–4	5–4	8–3	2–4	2–4	0–0	N/A	64–48
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	These Tournaments Were Not Masters Series Events Before 1990									2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	0 / 6	1–6
Miami										2R	QF	2R	2R	QF	1R	A	0 / 6	5–6
Monte Carlo										A	2R	2R	A	QF	A	A	0 / 3	3–3
Rome										A	1R	A	2R	1R	1R	A	0 / 4	1–4
Hamburg										A	F	2R	A	1R	A	A	0 / 3	5–3
Canada										A	A	W	2R	A	A	A	1 / 2	5–1
Cincinnati										QF	2R	QF	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 5	4–5
Stuttgart (Stockholm)										A	QF	2R	F	2R	A	A	0 / 4	7–4
Paris										2R	1R	F	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 5	4–5
Masters Series SR	N/A									0 / 4	0 / 8	1 / 8	0 / 7	0 / 8	0 / 3	0 / 0	1 / 38	N/A
Win-Loss	N/A									1–4	9–8	14–7	5–7	6–8	0–3	0–0	N/A	35–37
Year-end ranking	N/A			96	90	30	68	14	10	1	33	20	21	85	176	1259	N/A

A = did not attend tournament
NH = tournament not held

References

1. "Danie Visser | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

External links

• Danie Visser at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Danie Visser at the International Tennis Federation
• Danie Visser at the Davis Cup