Piet Norval

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Piet Norval

Olympic medal record
Men's Tennis
Silver 1992 Barcelona Doubles

Pieter ("Piet") Norval (born 7 April 1970 in Bellville, Cape Town) 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: 6–7, 6–4, 6–7, and 3–6. Norval reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 19 June 1989, when he became the number 125 of the world.

Contents

Major finals

Olympic finals

Doubles: 1 (1 silver medal)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Silver 1992 Barcelona Olympics Clay South Africa Wayne Ferreira Germany Boris Becker
Germany Michael Stich		 7–6(5), 4–6, 7–6(5), 6–3

Year-End Championships finals

Doubles: 1 (1-0)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Winner 2000 Bangalore Hard United States Donald Johnson India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes		 7–6(8), 6–3, 6–4

Career finals

Doubles: 35 (14-21)

Wins (14)
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)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in the final Score in the final
1. 25 March 1991 Key Biscayne, USA Hard South Africa Wayne Ferreira United States Ken Flach
United States Robert Seguso		 5–7, 7–6, 6–2
2. 22 March 1993 Casablanca, Morocco Clay United States Mike Bauer Latvia Ģirts Dzelde
Croatia Goran Prpić		 7–5, 7–6
3. 18 October 1993 Bolzano, Italy Carpet Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids South Africa David Adams
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy		 6–3, 6–2
4. 9 May 1994 Hamburg, Germany Clay United States Scott Melville Sweden Henrik Holm
Sweden Anders Järryd		 6–3, 6–4
5. 25 July 1994 Stuttgart, Germany Clay United States Scott Melville Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis		 7–6, 7–5
6. 15 July 1996 Newport, USA Grass South Africa Marius Barnard Australia Paul Kilderry
Australia Michael Tebbutt		 6–7, 6–4, 6–4
7. 5 August 1996 Los Angeles, USA Hard South Africa Marius Barnard Sweden Jonas Björkman
Sweden Nicklas Kulti		 7–5, 6–2
8. 3 August 1998 Umag, Croatia Clay United Kingdom Neil Broad Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic David Rikl		 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
9. 25 October 1999 Lyon, France Carpet Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett South Africa Wayne Ferreira
Australia Sandon Stolle		 4–6, 7–6, 7–6
10. 15 November 1999 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett United States Jan-Michael Gambill
United States Scott Humphries		 7–5, 6–3
11. 17 April 2000 Estoril, Portugal Clay United States Donald Johnson South Africa David Adams
Australia Joshua Eagle		 6–4, 7–5
12. 26 June 2000 Nottingham, UK Grass United States Donald Johnson South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Rick Leach		 1–6, 6–4, 6–3
13. 30 October 2000 Basel, Switzerland Carpet United States Donald Johnson Switzerland Roger Federer
Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý		 7–6, 4–6, 7–6
14. 17 December 2000 Year-End Championships, Bangalore, India Hard United States Donald Johnson India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes		 7–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-ups (21)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in the final Score in the final
1. 6 April 1992 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard South Africa Wayne Ferreira South Africa Pieter Aldrich
South Africa Danie Visser		 6–4, 6–4
2. 3 August 1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona, Spain Clay South Africa Wayne Ferreira Germany Boris Becker
Germany Michael Stich		 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3
3. 12 July 1993 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids France Cédric Pioline
Switzerland Marc Rosset		 6–3, 3–6, 7–6
4. 26 July 1993 Stuttgart, Germany Clay South Africa Gary Muller Netherlands Tom Nijssen
Czech Republic Cyril Suk		 7–6, 6–3
5. 14 February 1994 Milan, Italy Carpet Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids Netherlands Tom Nijssen
Czech Republic Cyril Suk		 4–6, 7–6, 7–6
6. 18 April 1994 Nice, France Clay Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids Spain Javier Sánchez
Australia Mark Woodforde		 7–5, 6–3
7. 17 October 1994 Ostrava, Czech Republic Carpet South Africa Gary Muller Czech Republic Martin Damm
Czech Republic Karel Nováček		 6–4, 1–6, 6–3
8. 13 March 1995 Indian Wells, USA Hard South Africa Gary Muller United States Tommy Ho
New Zealand Brett Steven		 6–4, 7–6
9. 2 October 1995 Palermo, Italy Clay Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids Spain Àlex Corretja
France Fabrice Santoro		 6–7, 6–4, 6–3
10. 22 April 1996 Barcelona, Spain Clay United Kingdom Neil Broad Argentina Luis Lobo
Spain Javier Sánchez		 6–1, 6–3
11. 24 June 1996 Nottingham, UK Grass United Kingdom Neil Broad United Kingdom Mark Petchey
United Kingdom Danny Sapsford		 6–7, 7–6, 6–4
12. 7 October 1996 Lyon, France Carpet United Kingdom Neil Broad United States Jim Grabb
United States Richey Reneberg		 6–2, 6–1
13. 12 May 1997 Hamburg, Germany Clay United Kingdom Neil Broad Argentina Luis Lobo
Spain Javier Sánchez		 6–3, 7–6
14. 9 March 1998 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet United Kingdom Neil Broad Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis		 7–6, 6–3
15. 13 July 1998 Båstad, Sweden Clay South Africa Lan Bale Sweden Magnus Gustafsson
Sweden Magnus Larsson		 6–4, 6–2
16. 12 October 1998 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett France Olivier Delaître
France Fabrice Santoro		 6–3, 7–6
17. 11 January 1999 Doha, Qatar Hard Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett United States Alex O'Brien
United States Jared Palmer		 6–3, 6–4
18. 18 October 1999 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett Germany David Prinosil
Australia Sandon Stolle		 6–3, 6–4
19. 6 March 2000 Santiago, Chile Clay South Africa Lan Bale Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
Brazil Antonio Prieto		 6–2, 6–4
20. 23 October 2000 Toulouse, France Hard (i) United States Donald Johnson France Julien Boutter
France Fabrice Santoro		 7–6, 4–6, 7–6
21. 6 November 2000 Stuttgart, Germany Hard (i) United States Donald Johnson Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic David Rikl		 3–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Career SR Career 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
U.S. 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

Year-end championships winners doubles

(1970) Stan Smith / Arthur Ashe • (1975) Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes • (1976) Fred McNair / Sherwood Stewart • (1977) Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan • (1978) Peter Fleming / John McEnroe • (1979) Peter Fleming / John McEnroe • (1980) Peter Fleming / John McEnroe • (1981) Peter Fleming / John McEnroe • (1982) Peter Fleming / John McEnroe • (1983) Peter Fleming / John McEnroe • (1984) Peter Fleming / John McEnroe • (1985) Stefan Edberg / Anders Järryd • (1986) Stefan Edberg / Anders Järryd • (1987) Miloslav Mečíř / Tomáš Šmíd • (1988) Rick Leach / Jim Pugh • (1989) Jim Grabb / Patrick McEnroe • (1990) Guy Forget / Jakob Hlasek • (1991) John Fitzgerald / Anders Järryd • (1992) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (1993) Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis • (1994) Jan Apell / Jonas Björkman • (1995) Grant Connell / Patrick Galbraith • (1996) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (1997) Rick Leach / Jonathan Stark • (1998) Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis • (1999) Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien • (2000) Donald Johnson / Piet Norval • (2001) Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach • (2003) Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan • (2004) Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan • (2005) Michaël Llodra / Fabrice Santoro • (2006) Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi • (2007) Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor • (2008) Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić • (2009) Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan • (2010) Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić


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