Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis (; born 19 February 1966) is a Dutch tennis coach and a former professional player. He is a former world No. 1 doubles player, having reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in November 1995. He has won 54 doubles titles, including six Grand Slam titles, five with Jacco Eltingh, and one with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.
Personal life Haarhuis was born on 19 February 1966 in Eindhoven in the Netherlands. He played tennis for Armstrong State College and Florida State University. He supports PSV Eindhoven.
Professional career He is best known for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Jacco Eltingh, winning five Grand Slam titles together, although some would say he is best known for his 4 set loss to Jimmy Connors in the 1991 U.S. Open quarterfinals. He is, together with Sergi Bruguera, Richard Krajicek, Leander Paes, and Michael Stich, one of the players of the same generation with a positive head-to-head record against Pete Sampras: 3–1.ATP Tour.com – Players – Head-to-Head
His best Grand Slam singles performance was reaching the quarterfinals of the 1991 US Open, where he defeated Eric Jelen, Andrei Chesnokov, top seed Boris Becker and Carl-Uwe Steeb, before losing to Jimmy Connors.
After retiring, he won the end-of-year Blackrock Masters Tennis tournament in the Royal Albert Hall in 2005 and 2006, beating legends such as Goran Ivanišević and John McEnroe. He completed a hat-trick of victories in the tournament in 2007, beating Frenchman Guy Forget.
Coaching career In 2014 Haarhuis succeeded Manon Bollegraf as captain of the Netherlands Fed Cup team until 2021. He is currently coaching the Netherlands Davis Cup team.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 13 (6 titles / 7 runners-up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1994 Australian Open Hard Jacco Eltingh Byron Black Jonathan Stark 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–3Win 1994 US Open Hard Jacco Eltingh Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde 6–3, 7–6(7–1)Win 1995 French Open Clay Jacco Eltingh Nicklas Kulti Magnus Larsson 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–1Loss 1996 US Open Hard Jacco Eltingh Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7)Loss 1997 Wimbledon Grass Jacco Eltingh Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde 6–7(4–7), 6–7(7–9), 7–5, 3–6Win 1998 French Open (2) Clay Jacco Eltingh Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor 6–3, 3–6, 6–3Win 1998 Wimbledon Grass Jacco Eltingh Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 10–8Loss 1999 Wimbledon (2) Grass Jared Palmer Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes 7–6(12–10), 3–6, 4–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss 2000 French Open (2) Clay Sandon Stolle Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde 6–7(7–9), 4–6Loss 2000 Wimbledon (3) Grass Sandon Stolle Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde 3–6, 4–6, 1–6Win 2002 French Open (3) Clay Yevgeny Kafelnikov Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor 7–5, 6–4Loss 2003 French Open Clay Yevgeny Kafelnikov Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)
ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1991 French Open Clay Caroline Vis Helena Suková Cyril Suk 6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Career finals
Singles: 8 (1 title / 7 runner-ups) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Apr 1992 Singapore Hard Simon Youl 4–6, 1–6Loss 0–2 Jan 1994 Doha, Qatar Hard Stefan Edberg 3–6, 2–6Loss 0–3 Feb 1994Philadelphia, U.S. Carpet Michael Chang 3–6, 2–6Win 1–3 Jan 1995 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Radomír Vašek 7–5, 7–5Loss 1–4 Feb 1995Memphis, U.S. Hard (i) Todd Martin 6–7(4–7), 4–6Loss 1–5 Mar 1995 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet Richard Krajicek 6–7(5–7), 4–6Loss 1–6 Mar 1996Indian Wells, U.S. Hard Michael Chang 5–7, 1–6, 1–6Loss 1–8 Aug 1998 Boston, U.S. Hard Michael Chang 3–6, 4–6
Doubles: 94 (54 titles / 40 runner-ups)
Finals by categoryGrand Slam tournaments (6–6)Tennis Masters Cup (2–1)ATP Masters Series (10–11)ATP Championship Series (7–5)ATP Tour (29–17) Finals by surfaceHard (19–13)Clay (15–13)Grass (5–6)Carpet (15–8)