Pieter Aldrich

{{short description|South African tennis player}}

{{Use South African English|date=November 2016}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

|name = Pieter Aldrich

|image =

|country = {{RSA}}

|residence = Vereeniging, South Africa

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1965|09|07}}

|birth_place = Johannesburg, South Africa

|height = {{height|m=1.80}}

|turnedpro = 1987

|plays = Right-handed

|careerprizemoney = $790,019

|singlesrecord = 36–40

|singlestitles = 1
1 Challenger, 0 Futures

|highestsinglesranking = No. 64 (21 November 1988)

|AustralianOpenresult = 1R (1989, 1990)

|Wimbledonresult = 2R (1988, 1989)

|USOpenresult = 3R (1988, 1989)

|doublesrecord = 148–83

|doublestitles = 9
2 Challenger, 0 Futures

|highestdoublesranking = No. 1 (23 July 1990)

|AustralianOpenDoublesresult = W (1990)

|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = QF (1990)

|WimbledonDoublesresult = F (1990)

|USOpenDoublesresult = W (1990)

|OthertournamentsDoubles = yes

|MastersCupDoublesresult = RR (1990)

|AustralianOpenMixedresult = 1R (1992)

|FrenchOpenMixedresult = 3R (1990)

|WimbledonMixedresult = QF (1990)

|USOpenMixedresult = SF (1989)

}}

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){{cite web |url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/pieter-aldrich/a066/titles-and-finals| title=Peter Aldrich | Titles and Finals | ATP World Tour | Tennis |website=ATP World Tour |access-date=19 December 2015}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://articles.philly.com/1988-07-08/sports/26236343_1_decomposed-body-guillermo-perez-roldan-pieter-aldrich |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919195701/http://articles.philly.com/1988-07-08/sports/26236343_1_decomposed-body-guillermo-perez-roldan-pieter-aldrich |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 September 2015 |title=Starr Finds Son's Decomposed Body |website=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=8 July 1988 |access-date=19 December 2015}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/archive/pdfs/players/7c29e190-9203-4d93-880c-034d8194287c_MD.pdf |title=Pieter Aldrich Gentlemen's Doubles Record |website=Official Website of Wimbledon |access-date=19 December 2015}}

1990 also saw Aldrich win his first (and only) top-level singles title at Newport, Rhode Island.{{cite web |url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/07/15/Aldrich-wins-Hall-of-Fame-tennis-tourney/3985648014400/ |title=Aldrich wins Hall of Fame tennis tourney |work=United Press International |date=15 July 1990 |access-date=19 December 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/16/sports/results-plus-790090.html |title=RESULTS PLUS |website=The New York Times |date=16 July 1990 |access-date=19 December 2015}} His career-high ranking in singles was world No. 64, which he achieved in 1988.{{cite web |url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/pieter-aldrich/a066/rankings-history |title=Peter Aldrich | Rankings History | ATP World Tour | Tennis |website=ATP World Tour|access-date=19 December 2015}}

Aldrich won the final doubles title of his career in 1992 in Johannesburg.{{cite web |url=http://www.stevegtennis.com/draw-results/atp/Johannesburg/1992/#to_d |title=ATP Johannesburg Draw (Men's) - 1992 |website=Steve G Tennis |access-date=19 December 2015}}

Grand Slam finals

=Doubles (2 wins, 1 loss)=

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!style="width:30px"|Year

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!style="width:130px"|Partner

!style="width:130px"|Opponents

!style="width:170px" class="unsortable"|Score

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

1990Australian OpenHard{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Danie Visser{{flagicon|CAN}} Grant Connell
{{flagicon|CAN}} Glenn Michibata
6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
style="background:#ccffcc;"

|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

1990WimbledonGrass{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Danie Visser{{flagicon|USA}} Rick Leach
{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Pugh
6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)
style="background:#ccccff;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

1990US OpenHard{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Danie Visser{{flagicon|USA}} Paul Annacone
{{flagicon|USA}} David Wheaton
6–2, 7–6(7–3), 6–2

ATP career finals

=Singles: 1 (1 title)=

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|Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)

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|ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)

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|ATP 500 Series (0–0)

ATP 250 Series (1–0)

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!Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

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|1–0

|Hall of Fame Open

|Newport, United States

|World Series

|Grass

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Darren Cahill

|7–6(12–10), 1–6, 6–1

=Doubles: 19 (9 titles, 10 runner-ups)=

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|

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!Legend

style="background:#f3e6d7;"

|Grand Slam Tournaments (2–1)

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|ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)

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|ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–1)

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|ATP 500 Series (1–0)

ATP 250 Series (6–8)

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!class="unsortable"|W–L

!Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!style="width:150px"|Partner

!style="width:150px"|Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–0

|1988 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles

|Charleston, United States

|Grand Prix

|Clay

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Danie Visser

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Jorge Lozano
{{flagicon|USA}} Todd Witsken

|7–6, 6–3

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|1–1

|1988 WCT Tournament of Champions – Doubles

|Forest Hills, United States

|Grand Prix

|Clay

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Danie Visser

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Jorge Lozano
{{flagicon|USA}} Todd Witsken

|3–6, 6–7

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|1–2

|1988 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles

|Queen's, United Kingdom

|Grand Prix

|Grass

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Danie Visser

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ken Flach
{{flagicon|USA}} Robert Seguso

|2–6, 6–7

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|1–3

|1988 Volvo International – Doubles

|Stratton Mountain, United States

|Grand Prix

|Hard

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Danie Visser

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Jorge Lozano
{{flagicon|USA}} Todd Witsken

|3–6, 6–7

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|1–4

|1989 New South Wales Open – Men's doubles

|Sydney, Australia

|Grand Prix

|Hard

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Danie Visser

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Darren Cahill
{{flagicon|AUS}} Wally Masur

|4–6, 3–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|1–5

|1989 Volvo International – Doubles

|Stratton Mountain, United States

|Grand Prix

|Hard

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Danie Visser

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Kratzmann
{{flagicon|AUS}} Wally Masur

|3–6, 6–4, 6–7

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|2–5

|1989 GTE U.S. Men's Hard Court Championships – Doubles

|Indianapolis, United States

|Grand Prix

|Hard

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Danie Visser

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Doohan
{{flagicon|AUS}} Laurie Warder

|7–6, 7–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|2–6

|1989 Cincinnati Open – Doubles

|style="background:#e9e9e9;"|Cincinnati, United States

|style="background:#e9e9e9;"|Grand Prix

|Hard

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Danie Visser

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ken Flach
{{flagicon|USA}} Robert Seguso

|4–6, 4–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|3–6

|1989 Volvo Tennis San Francisco – Doubles

|San Francisco, United States

|Grand Prix

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Danie Visser

|{{flagicon|USA}} Paul Annacone
{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Christo van Rensburg

|6–4, 6–3

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|4–6

|Frankfurt Cup

|Frankfurt, Germany

|Grand Prix

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Danie Visser

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Kevin Curren
{{flagicon|GER}} Eric Jelen

|7–6, 6–7, 6–3

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|4–7

|1990 Holden NSW Open – Men's doubles

|Sydney, Australia

|World Series

|Hard

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Danie Visser

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Pat Cash
{{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Kratzmann

|4–6, 5–7

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|5–7

|1990 Australian Open - Men's Doubles

|style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Melbourne, Australia

|style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Grand Slam

|Hard

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Danie Visser

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Grant Connell
{{flagicon|CAN}} Glenn Michibata

|6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|5–8

|1990 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Doubles

|style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Wimbledon, United Kingdom

|style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Grand Slam

|Grass

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Danie Visser

|{{flagicon|USA}} Rick Leach
{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Pugh

|6–7, 6–7, 6–7

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|6–8

|1990 Mercedes Cup

|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|Stuttgart, Germany

|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|Championship Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Danie Visser

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Per Henricsson
{{flagicon|SWE}} Nicklas Utgren

|6–3, 6–4

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|7–8

|1990 US Open - Men's Doubles

|style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Flushing Meadows, United States

|style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Grand Slam

|Hard

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Danie Visser

|{{flagicon|USA}} Paul Annacone
{{flagicon|USA}} David Wheaton

|6–2, 7–6, 6–2

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|8–8

|1990 European Indoor Championships

|Berlin, Germany

|World Series

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Danie Visser

|{{flagicon|USA}} Kevin Curren
{{flagicon|USA}} Patrick Galbraith

|7–6, 7–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|8–9

|1992 Volvo San Francisco – Doubles

|San Francisco, United States

|World Series

|Hard

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Danie Visser

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Grabb
{{flagicon|USA}} Richey Reneberg

|4–6, 5–7

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|9–9

|1992 South African Open (tennis)

|Johannesburg, South Africa

|World Series

|Hard

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Danie Visser

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Wayne Ferreira
{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Piet Norval

|6–4, 6–4

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|9–10

|1992 Philips Open

|Nice, France

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Danie Visser

|{{flagicon|USA}} Patrick Galbraith
{{flagicon|USA}} Scott Melville

|1–6, 6–3, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

=Singles: 2 (1–1)=

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bgcolor=cffcff

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!Finals by surface

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Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–1

|{{dts|Apr 1989}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Cape Town, South Africa

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Christo Van Rensburg

|3–6, 1–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–1

|{{dts|Jul 1989}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Johannesburg, South Africa

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Grass

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Wayne Ferreira

|6–3, 6–3

=Doubles: 2 (2–0)=

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!Legend

bgcolor=moccasin

|ATP Challenger (2–0)

bgcolor=cffcff

|ITF Futures (0–0)

|

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!Finals by surface

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Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)

|}

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–0

|{{dts|Jul 1989}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Johannesburg, South Africa

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Grass

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Danie Visser

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} David Adams
{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Dean Botha

|7–6, 6–4

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|2–0

|{{dts|Mar 1992}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Indian Wells, United States

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Danie Visser

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Briggs
{{flagicon|USA}} Trevor Kronemann

|7–6, 2–6, 7–5

Performance timelines

{{Performance key|short=yes|active=no}}

=Singles=

class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97%

!Tournament!!1987!!1988!!1989!!1990!!1991!!1992!!SR!!W–L!!Win %

colspan=23 align=left|Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q3

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

!0 / 2

!0–2

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=2|integer=yes}}

align=left|French Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 0

!0–0

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align=left|Wimbledon

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|A

|A

!0 / 2

!2–2

!{{tennis win percentage|won=2|lost=2|integer=yes}}

align=left|US Open

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 2

!4–2

!{{tennis win percentage|won=4|lost=2|integer=yes}}

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–0

!3–3

!3–3

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0 / 6

!6–6

!{{tennis win percentage|won=6|lost=6|integer=yes}}

colspan=23 align=left|ATP Masters Series
align=left|Indian Wells

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 1

!0–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}

align=left|Miami

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

!0 / 3

!2–3

!{{tennis win percentage|won=2|lost=3|integer=yes}}

align=left|Cincinnati

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 2

!2–2

!{{tennis win percentage|won=2|lost=2|integer=yes}}

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–0

!2–3

!2–2

!0–1

!0–0

!0–0

!0 / 6

!4–6

!{{tennis win percentage|won=4|lost=6|integer=yes}}

=Doubles=

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!Tournament!!1987!!1988!!1989!!1990!!1991!!1992!!1993!!1994!!1995!!SR!!W–L!!Win %

colspan=23 align=left|Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=lime|W

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|A

|A

|A

!1 / 4

!10–3

!{{tennis win percentage|won=10|lost=3|integer=yes}}

align=left|French Open

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 3

!4–3

!{{tennis win percentage|won=4|lost=3|integer=yes}}

align=left|Wimbledon

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=thistle|F

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 5

!13–5

!{{tennis win percentage|won=13|lost=5|integer=yes}}

align=left|US Open

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=lime|W

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

!1 / 4

!7–3

!{{tennis win percentage|won=7|lost=3|integer=yes}}

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!2–2

!3–3

!6–3

!20–2

!0–1

!3–3

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!2 / 16

!34–14

!{{tennis win percentage|won=34|lost=14|integer=yes}}

colspan=22 align=left|Year-end Championships
align=left|ATP Finals

|colspan=3 style=color:#cccccc|DNQ

|style=background:#afeeee|RR

|colspan=5 style=color:#cccccc|Did not qualify

!0 / 1

!1–2

!{{tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=2|integer=yes}}

colspan=23 align=left|ATP Masters Series
align=left|Indian Wells

|A

|A

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

!0 / 4

!3–4

!{{tennis win percentage|won=3|lost=4|integer=yes}}

align=left|Miami

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 5

!8–5

!{{tennis win percentage|won=8|lost=5|integer=yes}}

align=left|Monte Carlo

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 2

!1–2

!{{tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=2|integer=yes}}

align=left|Hamburg

|A

|A

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 2

!3–2

!{{tennis win percentage|won=3|lost=2|integer=yes}}

align=left|Rome

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 1

!0–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}

align=left|Cincinnati

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=thistle|F

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 3

!5–3

!{{tennis win percentage|won=5|lost=3|integer=yes}}

align=left|Paris

|A

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 3

!3–3

!{{tennis win percentage|won=3|lost=3|integer=yes}}

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–0

!2–3

!15–6

!1–4

!2–3

!3–4

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0 / 20

!23–20

!{{tennis win percentage|won=23|lost=20|integer=yes}}

=Mixed Doubles=

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!Tournament!!1988!!1989!!1990!!1991!!1992!!SR!!W–L!!Win %

colspan=23 align=left|Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

!0 / 1

!0–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}

align=left|French Open

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

!0 / 2

!3–2

!{{tennis win percentage|won=3|lost=2|integer=yes}}

align=left|Wimbledon

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

!0 / 4

!4–4

!{{tennis win percentage|won=4|lost=4|integer=yes}}

align=left|US Open

|A

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|A

|A

!0 / 2

!5–2

!{{tennis win percentage|won=5|lost=2|integer=yes}}

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!1–1

!3–2

!7–3

!0–0

!1–3

!0 / 9

!12–9

!{{tennis win percentage|won=12|lost=9|integer=yes}}

References

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