Danie Visser


Danie Visser is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won three Grand Slam men's doubles titles. Visser reached the world No. 1 doubles ranking in January 1990.

Tennis career

Visser won the first of 17 career doubles titles in 1985 at Bristol. In 1990 he won the men's doubles titles at both the Australian Open and the US Open, partnering his fellow South African player Pieter Aldrich. The pair were also doubles runners-up at Wimbledon that year. Visser won the Australian Open doubles crown again in 1993, partnering Laurie Warder. Visser won the final doubles title of his career in 1994 at Manchester.
Visser's best singles ranking was world No. 59, which he attained in 1984.
He attended Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool, a popular and renowned public school located in Pretoria.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (3 wins, 1 loss)

WCT/Grand Prix finals

Doubles (17 wins, 25 losses)

Doubles performance timeline

A = did not attend tournament
NH = tournament not held