Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis (born 19 February 1966) is a Dutch former professional

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player. He is a former world No. 1 doubles player, having reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in November 1995. He won six Grand Slam men's doubles titles, five with

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and one with

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Personal life

Haarhuis was born on 19 February 1966 in

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and

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. He supports

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Tennis career

He is best known for his success in doubles with fellow countryman

, winning five Grand Slam titles together, although some would say he is best known for his 4 set loss to Jimmy Connors in the 1991 U.S. Open Quarterfinals. In his career, he won one singles title and 54 doubles titles. He is, together with Sergi Bruguera,

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, Leander Paes, and Michael Stich, one of the players of the same generation with a positive head-to-head record against

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: 3–1. His best Grand Slam singles performance was reaching the quarterfinals of the 1991 US Open, where he defeated

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, top seed

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and

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, before losing to

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. After retiring, he won the end-of-year

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tournament in the

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in 2005 and 2006, beating legends such as

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and

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. He completed a hat-trick of victories in the tournament in 2007, beating Frenchman Guy Forget.

Coaching

In 2014 Haarhuis succeeded

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as captain of the Netherlands Fed Cup team.

ATP Tour World Championships

*''Doubles champion: 1993, 1998 (w/Eltingh)''

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 13 (6 titles, 7 runners-up)

Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)

Career finals

Doubles: 94 (54 titles, 40 runner-ups)

Singles: 8 (1 title, 7 runner-ups)

Performance timelines

Doubles

Singles

Senior Tour titles

*2007 – defeated Jim Courier 6–1, 6–4 in The Legends Rock Dubai

References

External links

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