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) 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.
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.
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.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles (2 wins, 1 loss)
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!Year
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!Surface
!style="width:130px"|Partner
!style="width:130px"|Opponents
!style="width:170px" class="unsortable"|Score
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1990 || style="background:#ffffcc;"|Australian Open || Hard || Danie Visser || Grant Connell<br/> Glenn Michibata || 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
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|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1990 || style="background:#ccffcc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || Danie Visser || Rick Leach<br/> Jim Pugh || 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>, 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1990 || style="background:#ccccff;"|US Open || Hard || Danie Visser || Paul Annacone<br/> David Wheaton || 6–2, 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>, 6–2
|}
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
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|-style="background:#e9e9e9;"
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|-style="background:#d4f1c5;"
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|ATP 250 Series (1–0)
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|Outdoors (1–0)
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!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Opponent
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>1–0</small>
|Hall of Fame Open|
|Newport, United States
|World Series
|Grass
| Darren Cahill
|7–6<sup>(12–10)</sup>, 1–6, 6–1
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Doubles: 19 (9 titles, 10 runner-ups)
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|-style="background:#f3e6d7;"
|Grand Slam Tournaments (2–1)
|-style="background:#ffc;"
|ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
|-style="background:#e9e9e9;"
|ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–1)
|-style="background:#d4f1c5;"
|ATP 500 Series (1–0)
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|ATP 250 Series (6–8)
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|Outdoors (6–9)
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|Indoors (3–1)
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!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!style="width:150px"|Partner
!style="width:150px"|Opponents
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>1–0</small>
|1988 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles|
|Charleston, United States
|Grand Prix
|Clay
| Danie Visser
| Jorge Lozano <br> Todd Witsken
|7–6, 6–3
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>1–1</small>
|1988 WCT Tournament of Champions – Doubles|
|Forest Hills, United States
|Grand Prix
|Clay
| Danie Visser
| Jorge Lozano <br> Todd Witsken
|3–6, 6–7
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>1–2</small>
|1988 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles|
|Queen's, United Kingdom
|Grand Prix
|Grass
| Danie Visser
| Ken Flach <br> Robert Seguso
|2–6, 6–7
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>1–3</small>
|1988 Volvo International – Doubles|
|Stratton Mountain, United States
|Grand Prix
|Hard
| Danie Visser
| Jorge Lozano <br> Todd Witsken
|3–6, 6–7
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>1–4</small>
|1989 New South Wales Open – Men's doubles|
|Sydney, Australia
|Grand Prix
|Hard
| Danie Visser
| Darren Cahill <br> Wally Masur
|4–6, 3–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>1–5</small>
|1989 Volvo International – Doubles|
|Stratton Mountain, United States
|Grand Prix
|Hard
| Danie Visser
| Mark Kratzmann <br> Wally Masur
|3–6, 6–4, 6–7
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>2–5</small>
|1989 GTE U.S. Men's Hard Court Championships – Doubles|
|Indianapolis, United States
|Grand Prix
|Hard
| Danie Visser
| Peter Doohan <br> Laurie Warder
|7–6, 7–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>2–6</small>
|1989 Cincinnati Open – Doubles|
|style="background:#e9e9e9;"|Cincinnati, United States
|style="background:#e9e9e9;"|Grand Prix
|Hard
| Danie Visser
| Ken Flach <br> Robert Seguso
|4–6, 4–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>3–6</small>
|1989 Volvo Tennis San Francisco – Doubles|
|San Francisco, United States
|Grand Prix
|Carpet
| Danie Visser
| Paul Annacone <br> Christo van Rensburg
|6–4, 6–3
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>4–6</small>
|Frankfurt Cup|
|Frankfurt, Germany
|Grand Prix
|Carpet
| Danie Visser
| Kevin Curren <br> Eric Jelen
|7–6, 6–7, 6–3
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>4–7</small>
|1990 Holden NSW Open – Men's doubles|
|Sydney, Australia
|World Series
|Hard
| Danie Visser
| Pat Cash <br> Mark Kratzmann
|4–6, 5–7
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>5–7</small>
|1990 Australian Open - Men's Doubles|
|style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Melbourne, Australia
|style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Grand Slam
|Hard
| Danie Visser
| Grant Connell <br> Glenn Michibata
|6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>5–8</small>
|1990 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Doubles|
|style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Wimbledon, United Kingdom
|style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Grand Slam
|Grass
| Danie Visser
| Rick Leach <br> Jim Pugh
|6–7, 6–7, 6–7
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>6–8</small>
|1990 Mercedes Cup|
|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|Stuttgart, Germany
|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|Championship Series
|Clay
| Danie Visser
| Per Henricsson <br> Nicklas Utgren
|6–3, 6–4
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>7–8</small>
|1990 US Open - Men's Doubles|
|style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Flushing Meadows, United States
|style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Grand Slam
|Hard
| Danie Visser
| Paul Annacone <br> David Wheaton
|6–2, 7–6, 6–2
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>8–8</small>
|1990 European Indoor Championships|
|Berlin, Germany
|World Series
|Carpet
| Danie Visser
| Kevin Curren <br> Patrick Galbraith
|7–6, 7–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>8–9</small>
|1992 Volvo San Francisco – Doubles|
|San Francisco, United States
|World Series
|Hard
| Danie Visser
| Jim Grabb <br> Richey Reneberg
|4–6, 5–7
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>9–9</small>
|1992 South African Open (tennis)|
|Johannesburg, South Africa
|World Series
|Hard
| Danie Visser
| Wayne Ferreira <br> Piet Norval
|6–4, 6–4
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>9–10</small>
|1992 Philips Open|
|Nice, France
|World Series
|Clay
| Danie Visser
| Patrick Galbraith <br> Scott Melville
|1–6, 6–3, 4–6
|}
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 2 (1–1)
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!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Opponent
!class="unsortable"|Score
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|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>0–1</small>
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|style="background:moccasin;"|Cape Town, South Africa
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
| Christo Van Rensburg
|3–6, 1–6
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|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>1–1</small>
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|style="background:moccasin;"|Johannesburg, South Africa
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Grass
| Wayne Ferreira
|6–3, 6–3
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Doubles: 2 (2–0)
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!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!class="unsortable"|Score
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|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>1–0</small>
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|style="background:moccasin;"|Johannesburg, South Africa
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Grass
| Danie Visser
| David Adams <br> Dean Botha
|7–6, 6–4
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>2–0</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Indian Wells, United States
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
| Danie Visser
| Mike Briggs <br> Trevor Kronemann
|7–6, 2–6, 7–5
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Performance timelines
Singles
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!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
!
|-
|align=left|French Open
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 0
!0–0
!
|-
|align=left|Wimbledon
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2
|A
|A
!0 / 2
!2–2
!
|-
|align=left|US Open
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 2
!4–2
!
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–loss
!0–0
!3–3
!3–3
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!0 / 6
!6–6
!
|-
|colspan=23 align=left|ATP Masters Series
|-
|align=left|Indian Wells
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|A
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 1
!0–1
!
|-
|align=left|Miami
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|A
|A
!0 / 3
!2–3
!
|-
|align=left|Cincinnati
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 2
!2–2
!
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–loss
!0–0
!2–3
!2–2
!0–1
!0–0
!0–0
!0 / 6
!4–6
!
|}
Doubles
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97%
!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
!
|-
|align=left|French Open
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|A
|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 3
!4–3
!
|-
|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
!
|-
|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
!
|-
!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
!
|-
|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
!
|-
|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
!
|-
|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
!
|-
|align=left|Monte Carlo
|A
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 2
!1–2
!
|-
|align=left|Hamburg
|A
|A
|bgcolor=yellow|SF
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 2
!3–2
!
|-
|align=left|Rome
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 1
!0–1
!
|-
|align=left|Cincinnati
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=thistle|F
|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 3
!5–3
!
|-
|align=left|Paris
|A
|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
|bgcolor=yellow|SF
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 3
!3–3
!
|-
!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
!
|}
Mixed Doubles
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97%
!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
!
|-
|align=left|French Open
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
!0 / 2
!3–2
!
|-
|align=left|Wimbledon
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
!0 / 4
!4–4
!
|-
|align=left|US Open
|A
|bgcolor=yellow|SF
|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
|A
|A
!0 / 2
!5–2
!
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–loss
!1–1
!3–2
!7–3
!0–0
!1–3
!0 / 9
!12–9
!
|}