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Pieter Aldrich

Pieter Aldrich
Country (sports)  South Africa
Residence Vereeniging, South Africa
Born (1965-09-07) 7 September 1965 (age 51)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro 1987
Plays Right-handed
Prize money $790,019
Singles
Career record 36-40
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 64 (21 November 1988)
Doubles
Career record 148-83
Career titles 9
Highest ranking No. 1 (23 July 1990)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open W (1990)
French Open QF (1990)
Wimbledon F (1990)
US Open W (1990)

Pieter ("Piet") Aldrich (born 7 September 1965) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won 2 Grand Slam men's doubles titles (1 Australian Open and 1 US Open). Aldrich reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1990.

Aldrich won the first of 9 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 U.S. 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.

A = did not attend tournament
NH = tournament not held


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