Christo van Rensburg

Christo van Rensburg

Country (sports)	/ South Africa
Residence	Austin, Texas
Born	(1962-10-23) 23 October 1962 (age 59) 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 doubles title on ATP Tour 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). 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.

Career finals[]

Singles: 6 (2–4)[]

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	Mar 1987	Orlando, US	Hard	Jimmy Connors	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Loss	1.	Nov 1988	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard (i)	Jakob Hlasek	7–6(7–1), 4–6, 1–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	2.	Jun 1989	London/Queen's Club, UK	Grass	Ivan Lendl	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	2.	Nov 1989	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard (i)	Paul Chamberlin	6–4, 7–6, 6–3
Loss	3.	Apr 1990	Orlando, US	Hard	Brad Gilbert	2–6, 1–6
Loss	4.	Oct 1991	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Leonardo Lavalle	2–6, 6–3, 3–6

Doubles: 32 (20–12)[]

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