Christo van Rensburg

Christo van Rensburg

Country (sports)	South Africa  South Africa
Residence	Austin, TX, United States
Born	23 October 1962 Uitenhage, South Africa
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1983
Retired	1997
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,928,431
Singles
Career record	166–160
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 19 (29 February 1988)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (1989)
Wimbledon	4R (1986, 1989)
US Open	4R (1990)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (1992)
Doubles
Career record	297–216
Career titles	20
Highest ranking	No. 5 (4 May 1987)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1985)
French Open	QF (1985)
Wimbledon	SF (1986)
US Open	SF (1989)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (1986)

Christo van Rensburg (born 23 October 1962) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.

Van Rensburg turned professional in 1983. He won his first tour doubles title later that year at Cleveland.

Van Rensburg won 20 top-level doubles titles during his career, including one Grand Slam men's doubles title at the Australian Open in 1985, partnering Paul Annacone. He also won two ATP singles titles at Orlando in 1987, and at Johannesburg in 1989. Van Rensburg's career-high rankings were World No. 19 in singles (achieved in 1988) and World No. 5 in doubles (achieved in 1987). His career prize money totalled $1,928,431. He retired from the professional tour in 1995.

Van Rensburg is one of only two men to beat Pete Sampras in straight sets at Wimbledon (doing so in 1990, where Sampras was the No. 12 seed), the other being 1996 Champion Richard Krajicek.

Singles finals (6)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP Tour (2–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	22 March 1987	Orlando	Hard	Jimmy Connors	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	14 November 1988	Johannesburg	Hard (i)	Jakob Hlasek	7–6, 4–6, 1–6, 6–7
Runner-up	2.	18 June 1989	London (Queen's Club)	Grass	Ivan Lendl	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	19 November 1989	Johannesburg	Hard (i)	Paul Chamberlin	6–4, 7–6, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	8 April 1990	Orlando	Hard	Brad Gilbert	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	13 October 1991	Tel Aviv	Hard	Leonardo Lavalle	2–6, 6–3, 3–6

Doubles finals (32)

Legend Grand Slam (1) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tour (19)

Titles by Surface Hard (9) Clay (4) Grass (3) Carpet (4)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	1983	Cleveland, United States	Hard	Mike Myburg	Francisco González Matt Mitchell	7–6, 7–5
Winner	2.	1984	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Paul Annacone	Tom Gullikson Scott McCain	7–6, 7–5
Winner	3.	1985	Delray Beach, United States	Hard	Paul Annacone	Sherwood Stewart Kim Warwick	7–5, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	4.	1985	Atlanta, United States	Carpet	Paul Annacone	Steve Denton Tomáš Šmíd	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	1985	Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Paul Annacone	Pat Cash John Fitzgerald	6–7, 7–6, 6–7
Runner-up	2.	1985	Newport, United States	Grass	Paul Annacone	Peter Doohan Sammy Giammalva Jr.	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	1985	Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Paul Annacone	Scott Davis Robert Van't Hof	3–6, 6–7
Winner	5.	1985	San Francisco, United States	Carpet	Paul Annacone	Brad Gilbert Sandy Mayer	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	6.	1985	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Colin Dowdeswell	Amos Mansdorf Shahar Perkiss	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Winner	7.	1985	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Paul Annacone	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	1986	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Paul Annacone	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	4–6, 6–1, 6–7, 7–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	1986	Stratton Mountain, United States	Hard	Paul Annacone	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	8.	1986	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Mike De Palmer	Andrés Gómez Sherwood Stewart	3–6, 6–2, 7–6
Winner	9.	1987	Key Biscayne, United States	Hard	Paul Annacone	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–2, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	1987	Orlando, United States	Hard	Paul Annacone	Sherwood Stewart Kim Warwick	6–2, 6–7, 4–6
Winner	10.	1987	Chicago, United States	Carpet	Paul Annacone	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	7.	1988	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet	Jim Grabb	Paul Annacone John Fitzgerald	2–6, 2–6
Winner	11.	1989	Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Paul Annacone	Scott Davis Tim Wilkison	7–6, 6–7, 6–1
Winner	12.	1989	Philadelphia, United States	Carpet	Paul Annacone	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	8.	1989	Scottsdale, United States	Hard	Paul Annacone	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	7–6, 3–6, 2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	1989	San Francisco, United States	Carpet	Paul Annacone	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	4–6, 3–6
Winner	13.	1990	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Stefan Kruger	Neil Broad Gary Muller	4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Winner	14.	1990	Tel-Aviv, Israel	Hard	Nduka Odizor	Ronnie Båthman Rikard Bergh	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	1991	Singapore	Hard	Stefan Kruger	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	4–6, 7–5, 6–7
Runner-up	11.	1992	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Patrick Baur	John Fitzgerald Sandon Stolle	6–7, 2–6
Runner-up	12.	1993	Marseille, France	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	Arnaud Boetsch Olivier Delaître	3–6, 6–7
Winner	15.	1993	Osaka, Japan	Hard	Mark Keil	Glenn Michibata David Pate	7–6, 6–3
Winner	16.	1993	Newport, United States	Grass	Javier Frana	Byron Black Jim Pugh	4–6, 6–1, 7–6
Winner	17.	1994	Birmingham, United States	Clay	Richey Reneberg	Brian MacPhie David Witt	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	18.	1995	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Vincent Spadea	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–3, 6–3
Winner	19.	1996	Atlanta, United States	Clay	David Wheaton	Bill Behrens Matt Lucena	7–6, 6–2
Winner	20.	1996	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Brent Haygarth	Karim Alami Gábor Köves	6–1, 6–4

External links

• Christo van Rensburg at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Christo van Rensburg at the International Tennis Federation
• Christo van Rensburg at the Davis Cup