Danie Visser (born 26 July 1961) is a former professional

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player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won three

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men's doubles titles (two

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and one US Open). Visser reached the world No. 1 doubles ranking in January 1990.

Tennis career

Visser won the first of 17 career doubles titles in 1985 at

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. In 1990 he won the men's doubles titles at both the Australian Open and the US Open, partnering his fellow South African player

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. The pair were also doubles runners-up at

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that year. Visser won the Australian Open doubles crown again in 1993, partnering

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. Visser won the final doubles title of his career in 1994 at

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. Visser's best singles ranking was world No. 59, which he attained in 1984. He attended

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(Afrikaans High School for Boys, also known as Affies), a popular and renowned public school located in Pretoria.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (3 wins, 1 loss)

ATP career finals

Doubles: 42 (17 titles, 25 runner-ups)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Mixed Doubles

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Visser, Danie 1961 births Living people Afrikaner people South African people of Dutch descent People from Rustenburg South African male tennis players Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles Australian Open (tennis) champions US Open (tennis) champions ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players