Denys Maasdorp (born 17 June 1963) is a former professional
tennis
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player from South Africa.
Biography
Maasdorp, a right-handed player from
Grahamstown
Makhanda, also known as Grahamstown, is a town of about 140,000 people in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated about northeast of Port Elizabeth and southwest of East London, Eastern Cape, East London. Makhanda is the lar ...
, played on the professional tour in the 1980s. Peaking at 180 in the world in singles, his best performance on the Grand Prix tour was a second round appearance at the
1987 Geneva Open. At the
1987 Wimbledon Championships
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he competed in the main draw of the mixed doubles, partnering
Tina Mochizuki
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. He won a
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doubles tournament in the Austrian city of Graz in 1988.
After leaving the tour he continued to play league tennis in Germany for many years. He now coaches in the United States.
Challenger titles
Doubles: (1)
References
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1963 births
Living people
South African male tennis players
Sportspeople from Makhanda, Eastern Cape
South African expatriates in the United States
Sportspeople from the Eastern Cape