Danie Visser Explained

Danie Visser
Residence:	Palm Desert, California, United States
Birth Date:	1961 7, df=yes
Birth Place:	Rustenburg, South Africa
Turnedpro:	1982
Plays:	Left-handed
Careerprizemoney:	$1,526,314
Singlesrecord:	91–129
Singlestitles:	0 0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 59 (24 September 1984)
Australianopenresult:	3R (1988, 1989)
Frenchopenresult:	2R (1982, 1983, 1985)
Wimbledonresult:	4R (1985)
Usopenresult:	3R (1983)
Doublesrecord:	377–293
Doublestitles:	17 2 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 1 (29 January 1990)
Australianopendoublesresult:	W (1990, 1993)
Frenchopendoublesresult:	QF (1990, 1991)
Wimbledondoublesresult:	F (1990)
Usopendoublesresult:	W (1990)
Othertournamentsdoubles:	yes
Masterscupdoublesresult:	RR (1990)
Australianopenmixedresult:	2R (1993)
Frenchopenmixedresult:	F (1990, 1993)
Wimbledonmixedresult:	SF (1987)
Usopenmixedresult:	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.^[1]

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

Performance timelines

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
French Open	A	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	3–5
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	1R	3R	4R	2R	2R	Q1	1R	2R	Q1	A	0 / 8	8–8
US Open	A	1R	3R	2R	2R	2R	1R	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 7	6–7
style=text-align:left	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
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 4	2–4
Miami	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	3R	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 5	4–5
Canada	A	2R	A	A	2R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	Q3	0 / 3	3–3
Cincinnati	A	2R	A	1R	2R	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	A	0 / 5	4–5
Paris	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
style=text-align:left	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

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	bgcolor=lime	W	1R	3R	bgcolor=lime	W	1R	2R	A	A	2 / 10	18–8
French Open	1R	3R	2R	1R	2R	1R	A	1R	A	QF	QF	2R	1R	1R	2R	A	A	0 / 13	12–13
Wimbledon	1R	3R	2R	2R	1R	3R	1R	QF	QF	bgcolor=thistle	F	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 15	21–15
US Open	A	3R	1R	1R	1R	3R	1R	1R	2R	bgcolor=lime	W	1R	3R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	1 / 14	14–13
style=text-align:left	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
Year-end Championships
ATP Finals	Did not qualify	style=background:#afeeee	RR	Did not qualify	0 / 1	1–2
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	bgcolor=yellow	SF	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	Q2	Q1	0 / 8	5–8
Miami	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	3R	2R	bgcolor=yellow	SF	2R	QF	2R	2R	QF	1R	A	A	0 / 11	12–11
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	QF	A	A	A	0 / 3	3–3
Hamburg	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	bgcolor=yellow	SF	A	bgcolor=thistle	F	2R	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 5	7–5
Rome	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	2R	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 6	1–6
Canada	A	1R	bgcolor=yellow	SF	A	QF	2R	A	A	A	A	A	bgcolor=lime	W	2R	A	A	A	A	1 / 6	11–5
Cincinnati	A	1R	1R	2R	A	bgcolor=thistle	F	A	1R	bgcolor=thistle	F	QF	2R	QF	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 11	13–11
Paris	A	bgcolor=yellow	SF	A	A	A	QF	A	QF	bgcolor=yellow	SF	2R	1R	bgcolor=thistle	F	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 9	10–9
style=text-align:left	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

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
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	bgcolor=thistle	F	3R	2R	bgcolor=thistle	F	1R	2R	0 / 6	11–6
Wimbledon	1R	2R	A	A	A	A	bgcolor=yellow	SF	3R	3R	QF	2R	2R	A	2R	2R	0 / 10	16–10
US Open	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	QF	1R	2R	1R	A	0 / 9	5–9
style=text-align:left	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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Danie Visser Overview ATP Tour Tennis. ATP Tour. 2020-04-24.