Piet Norval

Pieter ("Piet") Norval (born 7 April 1970) is a former tennis player from South Africa, who turned professional in 1988. 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.

Piet Norval
Country (sports) South Africa
ResidenceCape Town, South Africa
Born (1970-04-07) 7 April 1970
Cape Town, South Africa
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1988
Retired2001
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$1,832,303
Singles
Career record4–12
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 125 (19 June 1989)
Doubles
Career record329–300
Career titles14
Highest rankingNo. 16 (16 January 1995)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1997)
French OpenQF (1993)
WimbledonSF (1991)
US OpenQF (1998)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French OpenW (1999)

Major finals

Doubles: 1 (1 silver medal)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Silver 1992 Barcelona Olympics Clay Wayne Ferreira Boris Becker
Michael Stich
6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 3–6

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2000 Bangalore Hard Donald Johnson Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes
7–6(10–8), 6–3, 6–4

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

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament1986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001Career SRCareer Win-Loss
Grand Slams
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

A = did not attend tournament
NH = tournament not held


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