Christo van Rensburg

Christo van Rensburg

Country	South Africa
Residence	Austin, Texas
Born	23 October 1962 (1962-10-23) (age 49) Uitenhage, South Africa
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Turned pro	1983
Retired	1997
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	$1,928,431
Singles
Career record	166-160
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	19
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	R4 (1989)
Wimbledon	R4 (1986, 1989)
US Open	R4 (1990)
Olympic Games	R1 (1992)
Doubles
Career record	297-216
Career titles	20
Highest ranking	5
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1985)
French Open	QF (1985)
Wimbledon	SF (1986)
US Open	SF (1989)
Tour Finals	SF (1986)

Christo van Rensburg (born 23 October 1962 in Uitenhage, South Africa) 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 top-level singles titles at Orlando in 1987, and at Johannesburg in 1989. Van Rensburg's career high rankings were World Number 19 in singles 1988 and World Number 5 in doubles, in 1987. His career prize-money totalled US$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, Sampras was number 12 seed), the other being 1996 Champion Richard Krajicek.

Doubles titles (20)

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)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1983	Cleveland, United States	Hard	Mike Myburg	Francisco González Matt Mitchell	7–6, 7–5
2.	1984	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Paul Annacone	Tom Gullikson Scott McCain	7–6, 7–5
3.	1985	Delray Beach, United States	Hard	Paul Annacone	Sherwood Stewart Kim Warwick	7–5, 7–5, 6–4
4.	1985	Atlanta, United States	Carpet	Paul Annacone	Steve Denton Tomáš Šmíd	6–4, 6–3
5.	1985	San Francisco, United States	Carpet	Paul Annacone	Brad Gilbert Sandy Mayer	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
6.	1985	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Colin Dowdeswell	Amos Mansdorf Shahar Perkiss	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
7.	1985	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Paul Annacone	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–4
8.	1986	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Mike De Palmer	Andrés Gómez Sherwood Stewart	3–6, 6–2, 7–6
9.	1987	Key Biscayne, United States	Hard	Paul Annacone	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–2, 6–4, 6–4
10.	1987	Chicago, United States	Carpet	Paul Annacone	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	6–3, 7–6
11.	1989	Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Paul Annacone	Scott Davis Tim Wilkison	7–6, 6–7, 6–1
12.	1989	Philadelphia, United States	Carpet	Paul Annacone	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–3, 7–5
13.	1990	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Stefan Kruger	Neil Broad Gary Muller	4–6, 7–6, 6–3
14.	1990	Tel-Aviv, Israel	Hard	Nduka Odizor	Ronnie Bathman Rikard Bergh	6–3, 6–4
15.	1993	Osaka, Japan	Hard	Mark Keil	Glenn Michibata David Pate	7–6, 6–3
16.	1993	Newport, United States	Grass	Javier Frana	Byron Black Jim Pugh	4–6, 6–1, 7–6
17.	1994	Birmingham, United States	Clay	Richey Reneberg	Brian MacPhie David Witt	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
18.	1995	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Vincent Spadea	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–3, 6–3
19.	1996	Atlanta, United States	Clay	David Wheaton	Bill Behrens Matt Lucena	7–6, 6–2
20.	1996	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Brent Haygarth	Karim Alami Gábor Köves	6–1, 6–4

Runner-ups (12)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1985	Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Paul Annacone	Pat Cash John Fitzgerald	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
2.	1985	Newport, United States	Grass	Paul Annacone	Peter Doohan Sammy Giammalva Jr.	6–1, 6–3
3.	1985	Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Paul Annacone	Scott Davis Robert Van't Hof	6–3, 7–6
4.	1986	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Paul Annacone	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–4, 1–6, 7–6, 6–7, 6–4
5.	1986	Stratton Mountain, United States	Hard	Paul Annacone	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
6.	1987	Orlando, United States	Hard	Paul Annacone	Sherwood Stewart Kim Warwick	2–6, 7–6, 6–4
7.	1988	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet	Jim Grabb	Paul Annacone John Fitzgerald	6–2, 6–2
8.	1989	Scottsdale, United States	Hard	Paul Annacone	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–7, 6–3, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
9.	1989	San Francisco, United States	Carpet	Paul Annacone	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6–4, 6–3
10.	1991	Singapore	Hard	Stefan Kruger	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6–4, 5–7, 7–6
11.	1992	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Patrick Baur	John Fitzgerald Sandon Stolle	7–6, 6–2
12.	1993	Marseille, France	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	Arnaud Boetsch Olivier Delaître	6–3, 7–6

External links

• Christo van Rensburg at the Association of Tennis Professionals

References

• ATP Player Activity

Persondata
Name	Van Rensburg, Christo
Alternative names
Short description	Tennis player
Date of birth	23 October 1962
Place of birth	South Africa
Date of death
Place of death