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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Newport, United StatesWorld SeriesGrass Darren Cahill7–6(12–10), 1–6, 6–1
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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Charleston, United StatesGrand PrixClay Danie Visser Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken7–6, 6–3Loss1–1Forest Hills, United StatesGrand PrixClay Danie Visser Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken3–6, 6–7Loss1–2Queen's, United KingdomGrand PrixGrass Danie Visser Ken Flach Robert Seguso2–6, 6–7Loss1–3Stratton Mountain, United StatesGrand PrixHard Danie Visser Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken3–6, 6–7Loss1–4Sydney, AustraliaGrand PrixHard Danie Visser Darren Cahill Wally Masur4–6, 3–6Loss1–5Stratton Mountain, United StatesGrand PrixHard Danie Visser Mark Kratzmann Wally Masur3–6, 6–4, 6–7Win2–5Indianapolis, United StatesGrand PrixHard Danie Visser Peter Doohan Laurie Warder7–6, 7–6Loss2–6Cincinnati, United StatesGrand PrixHard Danie Visser Ken Flach Robert Seguso4–6, 4–6Win3–6San Francisco, United StatesGrand PrixCarpet Danie Visser Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg6–4, 6–3Win4–6Frankfurt, GermanyGrand PrixCarpet Danie Visser Kevin Curren Eric Jelen7–6, 6–7, 6–3Loss4–7Sydney, AustraliaWorld SeriesHard Danie Visser Pat Cash Mark Kratzmann4–6, 5–7Win5–7Melbourne, AustraliaGrand SlamHard Danie Visser Grant Connell Glenn Michibata6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4Loss5–8Wimbledon, United KingdomGrand SlamGrass Danie Visser Rick Leach Jim Pugh6–7, 6–7, 6–7Win6–8Stuttgart, GermanyChampionship SeriesClay Danie Visser Per Henricsson Nicklas Utgren6–3, 6–4Win7–8Flushing Meadows, United StatesGrand SlamHard Danie Visser Paul Annacone David Wheaton6–2, 7–6, 6–2Win8–8Berlin, GermanyWorld SeriesCarpet Danie Visser Kevin Curren Patrick Galbraith7–6, 7–6Loss8–9San Francisco, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Danie Visser Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg4–6, 5–7Win9–9Johannesburg, South AfricaWorld SeriesHard Danie Visser Wayne Ferreira Piet Norval6–4, 6–4Loss9–10Nice, FranceWorld SeriesClay Danie Visser Patrick Galbraith Scott Melville1–6, 6–3, 4–6
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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Cape Town, South AfricaChallengerHard Christo Van Rensburg3–6, 1–6Win1–1Johannesburg, South AfricaChallengerGrass Wayne Ferreira6–3, 6–3
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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Johannesburg, South AfricaChallengerGrass Danie Visser David Adams Dean Botha7–6, 6–4Win2–0Indian Wells, United StatesChallengerHard Danie Visser Mike Briggs Trevor Kronemann7–6, 2–6, 7–5
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament198719881989199019911992SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA1R1RAQ3Q10 / 20–2French OpenAAAAAA0 / 00–0WimbledonQ22R2RQ2AA0 / 22–2US OpenA3R3RAAA0 / 24–2Win–loss0–03–33–30–00–00–00 / 66–6ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsA1RAAAA0 / 10–1MiamiA2R2R1RAA0 / 32–3CincinnatiA2R2RAAA0 / 22–2Win–loss0–02–32–20–10–00–00 / 64–6
Doubles Tournament198719881989199019911992199319941995SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA3RW1R3RAAA1 / 410–3French OpenA1RAQFA2RAAA0 / 34–3Wimbledon3RQFQFFA1RAAA0 / 513–5US Open1R1R2RWAAAAA1 / 47–3Win–loss2–23–36–320–20–13–30–00–00–02 / 1634–14Year-end ChampionshipsATP FinalsDNQRRDid not qualify0 / 11–2ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAASF2R1R1RAAQ10 / 43–4MiamiA2RSF2RQF2RAAA0 / 58–5Monte CarloAAAA2R2RAAA0 / 21–2HamburgAASFAA2RAAA0 / 23–2RomeAA1RAAAAAA0 / 10–1CincinnatiA1RFQFAAAAA0 / 35–3ParisAQFSF2RAAAAA0 / 33–3Win–loss0–02–315–61–42–33–40–00–00–00 / 2023–20
Mixed Doubles Tournament19881989199019911992SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAA1R0 / 10–1French OpenAA3RA2R0 / 23–2Wimbledon2R1RQFA1R0 / 44–4US OpenASFQFAA0 / 25–2Win–loss1–13–27–30–01–30 / 912–9
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