Piet Norval
South African tennis player
Pieter ("Piet") Norval (born 7 April 1970) is a former tennis player from South Africa , who turned professional in 1988. His most notable achievement was winning the mixed doubles at the French Open in 1999. The right-hander represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona , where he partnered Wayne Ferreira . The pair won the silver medal, after losing the final to Boris Becker and Michael Stich from Germany. Norval reached his highest singles ATP -ranking on 19 June 1989, when he became the no. 125 of the world.
Retirement
After retiring in 2001 from professional tennis, Norval set up and currently runs a tennis academy in Hartbeespoort .[ 1]
Major finals
Olympic finals
Doubles: 1 (1 silver medal)
Year-end championships finals
Doubles: 1 (1–0)
Career finals
Doubles: 35 (14–21)
Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Year-end championships (1)
ATP Masters Series (2)
ATP Championship Series (1)
ATP Tour (10)
Titles by surface
Hard (4)
Clay (5)
Grass (2)
Carpet (3)
Result
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1.
Mar 1991
Key Biscayne , USA
Hard
Wayne Ferreira
Ken Flach Robert Seguso
5–7, 7–6, 6–2
Loss
1.
Apr 1992
Johannesburg , South Africa
Hard
Wayne Ferreira
Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser
4–6, 4–6
Loss
2.
Aug 1992
Summer Olympics , Barcelona , Spain
Clay
Wayne Ferreira
Boris Becker Michael Stich
6–7, 6–4, 6–7, 3–6
Win
2.
Mar 1993
Casablanca , Morocco
Clay
Mike Bauer
Ģirts Dzelde Goran Prpić
7–5, 7–6
Loss
3.
Jul 1993
Gstaad , Switzerland
Clay
Hendrik Jan Davids
Cédric Pioline Marc Rosset
3–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss
4.
Jul 1993
Stuttgart , Germany
Clay
Gary Muller
Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk
6–7, 3–6
Win
3.
Oct 1993
Bolzano , Italy
Carpet
Hendrik Jan Davids
David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy
6–3, 6–2
Loss
5.
Feb 1994
Milan , Italy
Carpet
Hendrik Jan Davids
Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk
6–4, 6–7, 6–7
Loss
6.
Apr 1994
Nice , France
Clay
Hendrik Jan Davids
Javier Sánchez Mark Woodforde
5–7, 3–6
Win
4.
May 1994
Hamburg , Germany
Clay
Scott Melville
Henrik Holm Anders Järryd
6–3, 6–4
Win
5.
Jul 1994
Stuttgart , Germany
Clay
Scott Melville
Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
7–6, 7–5
Loss
7.
Oct 1994
Ostrava , Czech Republic
Carpet
Gary Muller
Martin Damm Karel Nováček
4–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss
8.
Mar 1995
Indian Wells , USA
Hard
Gary Muller
Tommy Ho Brett Steven
4–6, 6–7
Loss
9.
Oct 1995
Palermo , Italy
Clay
Hendrik Jan Davids
Àlex Corretja Fabrice Santoro
7–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss
10.
Apr 1996
Barcelona , Spain
Clay
Neil Broad
Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez
1–6, 3–6
Loss
11.
Jun 1996
Nottingham , UK
Grass
Neil Broad
Mark Petchey Danny Sapsford
7–6, 6–7, 4–6
Win
6.
Jul 1996
Newport , USA
Grass
Marius Barnard
Paul Kilderry Michael Tebbutt
6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win
7.
Aug 1996
Los Angeles , USA
Hard
Marius Barnard
Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti
7–5, 6–2
Loss
12.
Oct 1996
Lyon , France
Carpet
Neil Broad
Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg
2–6, 1–6
Loss
13.
May 1997
Hamburg , Germany
Clay
Neil Broad
Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez
3–6, 6–7
Loss
14.
Mar 1998
Rotterdam , Netherlands
Carpet
Neil Broad
Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
6–7, 3–6
Loss
15.
Jul 1998
Båstad , Sweden
Clay
Lan Bale
Magnus Gustafsson Magnus Larsson
4–6, 2–6
Win
8.
Aug 1998
Umag , Croatia
Clay
Neil Broad
Jiří Novák David Rikl
6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Loss
16.
Oct 1998
Basel , Switzerland
Hard (i)
Kevin Ullyett
Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro
3–6, 6–7
Loss
17.
Jan 1999
Doha , Qatar
Hard
Kevin Ullyett
Alex O'Brien Jared Palmer
3–6, 4–6
Loss
18.
Oct 1999
Vienna , Austria
Hard (i)
Kevin Ullyett
David Prinosil Sandon Stolle
3–6, 4–6
Win
9.
Oct 1999
Lyon , France
Carpet
Kevin Ullyett
Wayne Ferreira Sandon Stolle
4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Win
10.
Nov 1999
Stockholm , Sweden
Hard (i)
Kevin Ullyett
Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries
7–5, 6–3
Loss
19.
Mar 2000
Santiago , Chile
Clay
Lan Bale
Gustavo Kuerten Antonio Prieto
2–6, 4–6
Win
11.
Apr 2000
Estoril , Portugal
Clay
Donald Johnson
David Adams Joshua Eagle
6–4, 7–5
Win
12.
Jun 2000
Nottingham , UK
Grass
Donald Johnson
Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach
1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss
20.
Oct 2000
Toulouse , France
Hard (i)
Donald Johnson
Julien Boutter Fabrice Santoro
6–7, 6–4, 6–7
Win
13.
Oct 2000
Basel , Switzerland
Carpet
Donald Johnson
Roger Federer Dominik Hrbatý
7–6, 4–6, 7–6
Loss
21.
Nov 2000
Stuttgart , Germany
Hard (i)
Donald Johnson
Jiří Novák David Rikl
6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win
14.
Dec 2000
Year-end championships , Bangalore , India
Hard
Donald Johnson
Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
7–6, 6–3, 6–4
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.
Tournament
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Career SR
Career win–loss
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open
NH
A
A
A
A
A
2R
3R
3R
1R
2R
QF
1R
1R
2R
1R
0 / 10
9–10
French Open
A
A
A
A
A
1R
3R
QF
1R
1R
1R
2R
1R
3R
3R
A
0 / 10
9–10
Wimbledon
A
A
A
A
3R
SF
1R
3R
1R
3R
1R
QF
3R
3R
2R
A
0 / 11
18–11
US Open
A
A
A
A
3R
2R
3R
2R
1R
1R
1R
1R
QF
1R
1R
A
0 / 11
9–10
Grand Slam SR
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 2
0 / 3
0 / 4
0 / 4
0 / 4
0 / 4
0 / 4
0 / 4
0 / 4
0 / 4
0 / 4
0 / 1
0 / 42
N/A
Annual win–loss
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
4–2
5–2
5–4
8–4
1–4
2–4
1–4
7–4
5–4
4–4
3–4
0–1
N/A
45–41
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells
These Were Not ATP Masters Series Before 1990
A
1R
QF
A
A
F
A
2R
1R
A
1R
A
0 / 6
7–6
Miami
A
W
SF
A
A
2R
A
SF
SF
2R
3R
A
1 / 7
16–6
Monte Carlo
A
A
A
1R
2R
2R
2R
QF
1R
2R
1R
A
0 / 8
6–8
Rome
A
A
A
1R
QF
1R
1R
1R
1R
1R
2R
A
0 / 8
3–8
Hamburg
A
A
A
1R
W
1R
2R
F
QF
2R
2R
A
1 / 8
14–7
Montreal/Toronto
A
A
A
A
A
A
2R
1R
A
2R
SF
A
0 / 4
5–4
Cincinnati
A
QF
1R
1R
1R
2R
2R
2R
1R
1R
1R
A
0 / 10
5–10
Stuttgart (Stockholm)
A
2R
2R
QF
2R
1R
1R
1R
1R
1R
F
A
0 / 10
7–10
Paris
A
1R
QF
1R
2R
1R
A
SF
QF
1R
1R
A
0 / 9
8–9
Masters Series SR
N/A
0 / 0
1 / 5
0 / 5
0 / 6
1 / 6
0 / 8
0 / 6
0 / 9
0 / 8
0 / 8
0 / 9
0 / 0
2 / 70
N/A
Annual win–loss
N/A
0–0
8–4
8–5
2–6
9–5
6–8
4–6
14–9
7–8
3–8
10–9
0–0
N/A
71–68
Year-end ranking
870
336
334
503
89
19
39
36
18
43
37
28
29
25
23
1292
N/A
References
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