Danie Visser

Danie Visser

Country (sports)
Residence	Palm Desert, California, United States
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	$1,526,314
Singles
Career record	91–129
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 0 Futures
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	377–293
Career titles	17 2 Challenger, 0 Futures
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)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	RR (1990)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1993)
French Open	F (1990, 1993)
Wimbledon	SF (1987)
US Open	QF (1991)

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.

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

ATP career finals

Doubles: 42 (17 titles, 25 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (3–1) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters 1000 Series (1–5) ATP 500 Series (1–0) ATP 250 Series (12–19)

Finals by surface Hard (6–10) Clay (4–6) Grass (3–3) Carpet (4–6)

Finals by setting Outdoors (14–19) Indoors (3–6)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 1982	Munich, Germany	Grand Prix	Clay	Tian Viljoen	Chip Hooper Mel Purcell	4–6, 6–7
Loss	0–2	Feb 1983	La Quinta, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Tian Viljoen	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Sep 1983	Palermo, Italy	Grand Prix	Clay	Tian Viljoen	Pablo Arraya José Luis Clerc	6–1, 4–6, 4–6
Win	1–3	Jun 1985	Bristol, United Kingdom	Grand Prix	Grass	Eddie Edwards	John Alexander Russell Simpson	6–4, 7–6
Loss	1–4	Jul 1985	Livingston, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Eddie Edwards	Mike De Palmer Peter Doohan	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–5	Feb 1986	Toronto, Canada	Grand Prix	Carpet	Christo Steyn	Wojtek Fibak Joakim Nyström	3–6, 6–7
Loss	1–6	Apr 1986	Atlanta, United States	Grand Prix	Carpet	Christo Steyn	Andy Kohlberg Robert Van't Hof	2–6, 3–6
Win	2–6	Jun 1986	Bristol, United Kingdom	Grand Prix	Grass	Christo Steyn	Mark Edmondson Wally Masur	6–7, 7–6, [12–10]
Loss	2–7	Aug 1986	Cincinnati, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Christo Steyn	Mark Kratzmann Kim Warwick	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–8	Oct 1986	Tel Aviv, Israel	Grand Prix	Hard	Christo Steyn	John Letts Peter Lundgren	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	2–9	Feb 1987	Philadelphia, United States	Grand Prix	Carpet	Christo Steyn	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–3, 1–6, 6–7
Loss	2–10	Feb 1988	Philadelphia, United States	Grand Prix	Carpet	Kevin Curren	Kelly Evernden Johan Kriek	6–7, 3–6
Win	3–10	May 1988	Charleston, United States	Grand Prix	Clay	Pieter Aldrich	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	7–6, 6–3
Loss	3–11	May 1988	Forest Hills, United States	Grand Prix	Clay	Pieter Aldrich	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	3–6, 6–7
Loss	3–12	Jun 1988	Queen's, United Kingdom	Grand Prix	Grass	Pieter Aldrich	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	2–6, 6–7
Loss	3–13	Aug 1988	Stratton Mountain, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Pieter Aldrich	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	3–6, 6–7
Loss	3–14	Jan 1989	Sydney, Australia	Grand Prix	Hard	Pieter Aldrich	Darren Cahill Wally Masur	4–6, 3–6
Loss	3–15	Aug 1989	Stratton Mountain, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Pieter Aldrich	Mark Kratzmann Wally Masur	3–6, 6–4, 6–7
Win	4–15	Aug 1989	Indianapolis, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Pieter Aldrich	Peter Doohan Laurie Warder	7–6, 7–6
Loss	4–16	Aug 1989	Cincinnati, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Pieter Aldrich	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	4–6, 4–6
Win	5–16	Oct 1989	San Francisco, United States	Grand Prix	Carpet	Pieter Aldrich	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	6–4, 6–3
Win	6–16	Nov 1989	Frankfurt, Germany	Grand Prix	Carpet	Pieter Aldrich	Kevin Curren Eric Jelen	7–6, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	6–17	Jan 1990	Sydney, Australia	World Series	Hard	Pieter Aldrich	Pat Cash Mark Kratzmann	4–6, 5–7
Win	7–17	Jan 1990	Melbourne, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Pieter Aldrich	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	7–18	Jul 1990	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Pieter Aldrich	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–7, 6–7, 6–7
Win	8–18	Jul 1990	Stuttgart, Germany	Championship Series	Clay	Pieter Aldrich	Per Henricsson Nicklas Utgren	6–3, 6–4
Win	9–18	Sep 1990	Flushing Meadows, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Pieter Aldrich	Paul Annacone David Wheaton	6–2, 7–6, 6–2
Win	10–18	Oct 1990	Berlin, Germany	World Series	Carpet	Pieter Aldrich	Kevin Curren Patrick Galbraith	7–6, 7–6
Loss	10–19	May 1991	Munich, Germany	World Series	Clay	Anders Järryd	Patrick Galbraith Todd Witsken	5–7, 4–6
Loss	10–20	May 1991	Hamburg, Germany	Masters Series	Clay	Cássio Motta	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Win	11–20	Jul 1991	Gstaad, Switzerland	World Series	Clay	Gary Muller	Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek	7–6, 6–4
Loss	11–21	Feb 1992	San Francisco, United States	World Series	Hard	Pieter Aldrich	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	4–6, 5–7
Win	12–21	Apr 1992	Johannesburg, South Africa	World Series	Hard	Pieter Aldrich	Wayne Ferreira Piet Norval	6–4, 6–4
Loss	12–22	Apr 1992	Nice, France	World Series	Clay	Pieter Aldrich	Patrick Galbraith Scott Melville	1–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	13–22	Jul 1992	Toronto, Canada	Masters Series	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Andre Agassi John McEnroe	6–4, 6–4
Loss	13–23	Nov 1992	Paris, France	Masters Series	Carpet	Patrick Galbraith	John McEnroe Patrick McEnroe	4–6, 2–6
Win	14–23	Jan 1993	Melbourne, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Laurie Warder	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
Win	15–23	May 1993	Bologna, Italy	World Series	Clay	Laurie Warder	Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	16–23	Oct 1993	Lyon, France	World Series	Carpet	Gary Muller	John-Laffnie de Jager Stefan Kruger	6–3, 7–6
Loss	16–24	Nov 1993	Stockholm, Sweden	Masters Series	Carpet	Gary Muller	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	1–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	17–24	Jun 1994	Manchester, United Kingdom	World Series	Grass	Rick Leach	Scott Davis Trevor Kronemann	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Loss	17–25	Jun 1995	Nottingham, United Kingdom	World Series	Grass	Patrick Galbraith	Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen	3–6, 7–5, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

Legend ATP Challenger (2–1) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 1989	Johannesburg, South Africa	Challenger	Grass	Pieter Aldrich	David Adams Dean Botha	7–6, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Dec 1991	Johannesburg, South Africa	Challenger	Hard	Stefan Kruger	Kevin Curren Royce Deppe	5–7, 2–6
Win	2–1	Mar 1992	Indian Wells, United States	Challenger	Hard	Pieter Aldrich	Mike Briggs Trevor Kronemann	7–6, 2–6, 7–5

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	3R	3R	A	Q1	Q2	0 / 4	6–4	60%
French Open	A	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	3–5	38%
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	1R	3R	4R	2R	2R	Q1	1R	2R	Q1	A	0 / 8	8–8	50%
US Open	A	1R	3R	2R	2R	2R	1R	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 7	6–7	46%
Win–loss	0–0	1–3	3–3	3–3	6–4	2–3	2–3	2–1	3–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 24	23–24	49%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 4	2–4	33%
Miami	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	3R	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 5	4–5	44%
Canada	A	2R	A	A	2R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	Q3	0 / 3	3–3	50%
Cincinnati	A	2R	A	1R	2R	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	A	0 / 5	4–5	44%
Paris	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	2–3	0–0	0–1	2–3	3–2	3–2	0–2	2–3	0–1	1–1	0–0	0 / 18	13–18	42%

Doubles

Tournament	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	A	3R	1R	3R	W	1R	3R	W	1R	2R	A	A	2 / 10	18–8	69%
French Open	1R	3R	2R	1R	2R	1R	A	1R	A	QF	QF	2R	1R	1R	2R	A	A	0 / 13	12–13	48%
Wimbledon	1R	3R	2R	2R	1R	3R	1R	QF	QF	F	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 15	21–15	58%
US Open	A	3R	1R	1R	1R	3R	1R	1R	2R	W	1R	3R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	1 / 14	14–13	52%
Win–loss	0–2	6–3	2–3	1–3	1–4	4–3	1–3	3–4	6–3	20–2	4–4	5–4	8–4	2–4	2–4	0–0	0–0	3 / 53	65–50	57%
Year-end Championships
ATP Finals	Did not qualify									RR	Did not qualify							0 / 1	1–2	33%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	SF	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	Q2	Q1	0 / 8	5–8	38%
Miami	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	3R	2R	SF	2R	QF	2R	2R	QF	1R	A	A	0 / 11	12–11	52%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	QF	A	A	A	0 / 3	3–3	50%
Hamburg	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	SF	A	F	2R	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 5	7–5	58%
Rome	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	2R	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 6	1–6	14%
Canada	A	1R	SF	A	QF	2R	A	A	A	A	A	W	2R	A	A	A	A	1 / 6	11–5	69%
Cincinnati	A	1R	1R	2R	A	F	A	1R	F	QF	2R	QF	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 11	13–11	54%
Paris	A	SF	A	A	A	QF	A	QF	SF	2R	1R	F	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 9	10–9	53%
Win–loss	0–0	2–3	3–3	1–3	2–2	6–4	3–2	2–3	15–6	1–4	7–7	14–6	1–6	5–7	0–3	0–0	0–0	1 / 59	62–58	59%

Mixed Doubles

Tournament	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	A	0 / 3	1–3	25%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	F	3R	2R	F	1R	2R	0 / 6	11–6	65%
Wimbledon	1R	2R	A	A	A	A	SF	3R	3R	QF	2R	2R	A	2R	2R	0 / 10	16–10	62%
US Open	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	QF	1R	2R	1R	A	0 / 9	5–9	36%
Win–loss	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–1	3–2	3–2	8–3	4–3	1–4	6–3	1–4	2–2	0 / 28	33–28	54%

External links

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