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South African tennis player
Pieter ("Piet") Norval (born 7 April 1970) is a former
tennis player from
South Africa , who turned professional in 1988. His most notable achievement was winning the mixed doubles at the French Open in 1999. 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.
Retirement
After retiring in 2001 from professional tennis, Norval set up and currently runs a tennis academy in
Hartbeespoort .
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Major finals
Olympic finals
Doubles: 1 (1 silver medal)
Year-end championships finals
Doubles: 1 (1–0)
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
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Career SR
Career win–loss
Grand Slam tournaments
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
References
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