Donald Johnson

For other people called Don or Donald Johnson, see Don Johnson (disambiguation).

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Donald James "Don" Johnson (born September 9, 1968, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is a former professional tennis player from the United States who reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 2002. Although born in Bethlehem, PA he was raised and learned the sport of tennis in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania[1]. Johnson attended Fairview High School in Erie, Pennsylvania and won the PIAA State Singles Championship in 1984. During his career, he won the Wimbledon men's doubles title in 2001 (partnering Jared Palmer), and the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 2000 (partnering Kimberly Po). He also won the doubles title at the Tennis Masters Cup in 2000 (partnering Piet Norval). He won a total of 23 top-level doubles titles.

Prior to turning professional, Johnson played collegiate tennis for the University of North Carolina from 1987-1991. As a youngster, he earned the Sportsmanship Award at the USTA National Junior Championships in 1986.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1-0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2001	Wimbledon	Grass	Jared Palmer	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(6)

Mixed doubles: 2 (1-1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1999	US Open	Hard	Kimberly Po	Ai Sugiyama Mahesh Bhupathi	6–4, 6–4
Winner	2000	Wimbledon	Grass	Kimberly Po	Kim Clijsters Lleyton Hewitt	6–4, 7–6(3)

Career finals

Doubles: 35 (23-12)

Wins (23)

Legend Grand Slam (1) Tennis Masters Cup (1) ATP Masters Series (2) ATP International Series Gold (2) ATP Tour (17)

Wins by Surface Hard (13) Clay (6) Grass (3) Carpet (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	March 11, 1996	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Francisco Montana	Nicolás Pereira Emilio Sánchez	6–2, 6–4
2.	August 5, 1996	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Clay	Francisco Montana	Rikard Bergh Jack Waite	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
3.	April 28, 1997	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Francisco Montana	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–4, 6–4
4.	February 9, 1998	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Francisco Montana	Mark Keil T.J. Middleton	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
5.	April 13, 1998	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Francisco Montana	David Roditi Fernon Wibier	6–1, 2–6, 6–1
6.	May 11, 1998	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Francisco Montana	David Adams Brett Steven	6–4, 6–4
7.	October 12, 1998	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Francisco Montana	Pablo Albano Daniel Orsanic	6–4, 7–6
8.	April 12, 1999	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Tomás Carbonell	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–3, 2–6, 6–1
9.	July 12, 1999	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Cyril Suk	Aleksandar Kitinov Eric Taino	7–5, 7–6
10.	February 28, 2000	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Byron Black	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	6–3, 7–5
11.	April 17, 2000	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Piet Norval	David Adams Joshua Eagle	6–4, 7–5
12.	June 26, 2000	Nottingham, England	Grass	Piet Norval	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	1–6, 6–4, 6–3
13.	October 30, 2000	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Piet Norval	Roger Federer Dominik Hrbatý	7–6, 4–6, 7–6
14.	December 17, 2000	Doubles Championship, Bangalore	Hard	Piet Norval	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	7–6, 6–3, 6–4
15.	March 4, 2001	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	David Adams Martín García	6–3, 7–6
16.	March 12, 2001	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Jared Palmer	Marcelo Ríos Sjeng Schalken	7–6, 6–2
17.	April 30, 2001	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Jared Palmer	Tommy Robredo Fernando Vicente	2–6, 6–3, 7–6
18.	May 7, 2001	Majorca, Spain	Clay	Jared Palmer	Feliciano López Francisco Roig	7–5, 6–3
19.	June 25, 2001	Nottingham, England	Grass	Jared Palmer	Paul Hanley Andrew Kratzmann	6–4, 6–2
20.	July 9, 2001	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Jared Palmer	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6
21.	October 29, 2001	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Jared Palmer	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
22.	January 7, 2002	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Jared Palmer	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–3, 7–6(5)
23.	January 14, 2002	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Jared Palmer	Joshua Eagle Sandon Stolle	6–4, 6–4

Runner-ups (12)

Legend Grand Slam (1) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (3) ATP International Series Gold (1) ATP Tour (7)

Runner-ups by Surface Hard (6) Clay (3) Grass (2) Carpet (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	July 21, 1997	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Francisco Montana	Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni	6–3, 6–7, 6–1
2.	October 20, 1997	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Carpet	Francisco Montana	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–2, 6–4
3.	February 16, 1998	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Francisco Montana	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–2, 7–5
4.	July 24, 2000	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Lucas Arnold Ker	Jiří Novák David Rikl	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
5.	October 23, 2000	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Piet Norval	Julien Boutter Fabrice Santoro	7–6, 4–6, 7–6
6.	November 6, 2000	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Piet Norval	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–2, 6–2
7.	April 16, 2001	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Nenad Zimonjić	Radek Štěpánek Michal Tabara	6–4, 6–1
8.	August 6, 2001	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Jared Palmer	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
9.	September 10, 2001	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Jared Palmer	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	7–6, 2–6, 6–3
10.	April 1, 2002	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Jared Palmer	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
11.	June 24, 2002	Nottingham, England	Grass	Jared Palmer	Mike Bryan Mark Knowles	0–6, 7–6, 6–4
12.	June 23, 2003	s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Leander Paes	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	7–5, 7–6

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	3R	1R	3R	3R	1R	A	1R	SF	QF	A	0 / 9	14–9
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	QF	1R	QF	1R	2R	1R	2R	2R	A	0 / 10	11–10
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	QF	3R	2R	2R	W	SF	3R	A	1 / 10	18–9
U.S. Open	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	2R	1R	3R	1R	3R	1R	F	QF	3R	1R	0 / 12	17–12
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 1	1 / 41	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–4	5–4	3–4	7–4	7–4	3–4	2–3	10–3	12–4	8–4	0–1	N/A	60–40
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	NME	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	SF	2R	A	0 / 7	3–7
Miami	NME	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	QF	F	2R	A	0 / 10	12–10
Monte Carlo	NME	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	W	2R	SF	QF	QF	SF	SF	A	1 / 8	17–7
Rome	NME	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	SF	2R	QF	QF	1R	A	0 / 7	7–7
Hamburg	NME	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	W	2R	2R	A	2R	2R	A	1 / 6	8–5
Canada	NME	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	QF	2R	QF	1R	SF	F	QF	1R	A	0 / 10	13–10
Cincinnati	NME	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	2R	QF	2R	A	0 / 8	6–8
Stuttgart (Stockholm)	NME	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	F	2R	A	A	A	0 / 5	5–5
Paris	NME	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	QF	A	A	A	0 / 3	2–3
Masters Series SR	N/A	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 1	0 / 3	1 / 9	1 / 9	0 / 8	0 / 8	0 / 8	0 / 7	0 / 7	0 / 0	2 / 64	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	N/A	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	3–3	9–8	8–8	9–8	12–8	11–8	14–7	5–7	0–0	N/A	73–62
Year End Ranking	834	–	522	157	100	106	100	42	26	24	36	18	3	10	35	1211	N/A

A = did not attend tournament

External links

• Official ATP profile

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Name	Johnson, Donald
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Date of birth	September 9, 1968
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