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.
ATP career finals
Singles: 6 (2 titles / 4 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (2–4)Finals by surfaceHard (2–3)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–3)Indoors (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Orlando, United StatesGrand PrixHard Jimmy Connors6–3, 3–6, 6–1Loss1–1Johannesburg, South AfricaGrand PrixHard Jakob Hlasek7–6(7–1), 4–6, 1–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss1–2Queen's, United KingdomGrand PrixGrass Ivan Lendl6–4, 3–6, 4–6Win2–2Johannesburg, South AfricaGrand PrixHard Paul Chamberlin6–4, 7–6, 6–1Loss2–3Orlando, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Brad Gilbert2–6, 1–6Loss2–4Tel Aviv, IsraelWorld SeriesHard Leonardo Lavalle2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Doubles: 32 (20 titles / 12 runners-up)
LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (1–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–1)ATP Masters Series (2–1)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (17–10)Finals by surfaceHard (9–6)Clay (4–0)Grass (3–1)Carpet (4–5)Finals by settingOutdoors (16–8)Indoors (4–4)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Cleveland, United StatesGrand PrixHard Mike Myburg Francisco González Matt Mitchell7–6, 7–5Win2–0Sydney, AustraliaGrand PrixGrass Paul Annacone Tom Gullikson Scott McCain7–6, 7–6Win3–0Delray Beach, United StatesGrand Prix MastersHard Paul Annacone Sherwood Stewart Kim Warwick7–5, 7–5, 6–4Win4–0Atlanta, United StatesWCTCarpet Paul Annacone Steve Denton Tomáš Šmíd6–4, 6–3Loss4–1Las Vegas, United StatesGrand PrixHard Paul Annacone Pat Cash John Fitzgerald6–7, 7–6, 6–7Loss4–2Newport, United StatesGrand PrixGrass Paul Annacone Peter Doohan Sammy Giammalva Jr.1–6, 3–6Loss4–3Los Angeles, United StatesGrand PrixHard Paul Annacone Scott Davis Robert Van't Hof3–6, 6–7Win5–3San Francisco, United StatesGrand PrixCarpet Paul Annacone Brad Gilbert Sandy Mayer3–6, 6–3, 6–4Win6–3Johannesburg, South AfricaGrand PrixHard Colin Dowdeswell Amos Mansdorf Shahar Perkiss3–6, 7–6, 6–4Win7–3Melbourne, AustraliaGrand SlamGrass Paul Annacone Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–4Loss7–4London, United KingdomWCTCarpet Paul Annacone Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy4–6, 6–1, 6–7, 7–6, 4–6Loss7–5Stratton Mountain, United StatesGrand PrixHard Paul Annacone Peter Fleming John McEnroe3–6, 6–3, 3–6Win8–5Johannesburg, South AfricaGrand PrixHard Mike De Palmer Andrés Gómez Sherwood Stewart 3–6, 6–2, 7–6Win9–5Miami, United StatesGrand Prix MastersHard Paul Annacone Ken Flach Robert Seguso6–2, 6–4, 6–4Loss9–6Orlando, United StatesGrand PrixHard Paul Annacone Sherwood Stewart Kim Warwick6–2, 6–7, 4–6Win10–6Chicago, United StatesGrand PrixCarpet Paul Annacone Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly6–3, 7–6(7–4)Loss10–7Paris, FranceGrand Prix MastersCarpet Jim Grabb Paul Annacone John Fitzgerald2–6, 2–6Win11–7Memphis, United StatesGrand PrixHard Paul Annacone Scott Davis Tim Wilkison7–6, 6–7, 6–1Win12–7Philadelphia, United StatesGrand PrixCarpet Paul Annacone Rick Leach Jim Pugh6–3, 7–5Loss12–8Scottsdale, United StatesGrand PrixHard Paul Annacone Rick Leach Jim Pugh7–6, 3–6, 2–6, 6–2, 4–6Loss12–9San Francisco, United StatesGrand PrixCarpet Paul Annacone Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser4–6, 3–6Win13–9Basel, SwitzerlandWorld SeriesHard Stefan Kruger Neil Broad Gary Muller4–6, 7–6, 6–3Win14–9Tel Aviv, IsraelWorld SeriesHard Nduka Odizor Ronnie Båthman Rikard Bergh6–3, 6–4Loss14–10Singapore, SingaporeWorld SeriesHard Stefan Kruger Grant Connell Glenn Michibata4–6, 7–5, 6–7Loss14–11Taipei, TaiwanWorld SeriesCarpet Patrick Baur John Fitzgerald Sandon Stolle6–7, 2–6Loss14–12Marseille, FranceWorld SeriesCarpet Ivan Lendl Arnaud Boetsch Olivier Delaître3–6, 6–7Win15–12Osaka, JapanWorld SeriesHard Mark Keil Glenn Michibata David Pate7–6, 6–3Win16–12Newport, United StatesWorld SeriesGrass Javier Frana Byron Black Jim Pugh4–6, 6–1, 7–6Win17–12Birmingham, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Richey Reneberg Brian MacPhie David Witt2–6, 6–3, 6–2Win18–12Buenos Aires, ArgentinaWorld SeriesClay Vincent Spadea Jiří Novák David Rikl6–3, 6–3Win19–12Atlanta, United StatesWorld SeriesClay David Wheaton Bill Behrens Matt Lucena7–6, 6–2Win20–12Bologna, ItalyWorld SeriesClay Brent Haygarth Karim Alami Gábor Köves6–1, 6–4
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 6 (5–1) LegendATP Challenger (5–1)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (4–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (1–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1-0Cape Town, South AfricaChallengerHard Pieter Aldrich6–3, 6–1Win2-0Newcastle, United KingdomChallengerGrass Michiel Schapers6–4, 6–0Loss2-1Singapore, SingaporeChallengerHard Mark Woodforde1–6, 4–6Win3-1Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard Clinton Marsh2–6, 6–2, 6–3Win4-1Bossonnens, SwitzerlandChallengerHard Patrick Baur6–4, 7–6Win5-1Singapore, SingaporeChallengerHard Jonathan Canter6–2, 5–7, 6–2
Doubles: 8 (6–2) LegendATP Challenger (6–2)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (2–0)Grass (1–1)Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Newcastle, United KingdomChallengerGrass John-Laffnie De Jager Nicholas Fulwood Peter Nyborg6–7, 1–6Win1–1Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard John-Laffnie De Jager Nduka Odizor Bryan Shelton6–2, 6–4Win2–1Newcastle, United KingdomChallengerGrass Javier Frana Kent Kinnear Peter Nyborg7–6, 7–6Win3–1Aachen, GermanyChallengerCarpet Grant Stafford Michael Mortensen Christian Saceanu6–1, 6–3Win4–1Singapore, SingaporeChallengerHard Jeremy Bates Sander Groen Grant Stafford6–3, 6–4Loss4–2Aruba, ArubaChallengerHard Jose-Antonio Conde Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes4–6, 6–4, 6–7Win5–2Agadir, MoroccoChallengerClay Jared Palmer Patrik Fredriksson Magnus Norman3–6, 6–3, 6–2Win6–2Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerClay Jared Palmer Joan Balcells Devin Bowen4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament19821983198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA2RAA3R3R4R2R2R1RA1RA0 / 89–8French OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0WimbledonQ2Q23RQ34R3R1R4R2R3R2R3RAA0 / 916–9US OpenAAA1R3RAA2R4R1R1RAQ2A0 / 66–6Win–loss0–00–02–20–15–24–22–27–35–33–31–32–10–10–00 / 2331–23Olympic GamesSummer OlympicsNHANot HeldANot Held1RNot Held0 / 10–1ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAAA2R2R2R2RA2RQ1AQ10 / 55–5MiamiAAA1R2R1R1R3R3RA1R1R1RA0 / 94–9Monte CarloAAAAAAAA1RAAAAA0 / 10–1HamburgAAAAAAAAAA1RAAA0 / 10–1RomeAAAAAAAAAA1RAAA0 / 10–1CanadaAAAAAAAAAA1RAAA0 / 10–1CincinnatiAAAA3R2RAA1RA1RAAA0 / 43–4ParisAAAAA1RA1RAAAAAA0 / 20–2Win–loss0–00–00–00–13–22–41–23–32–40–01–60–10–10–00 / 2412–24
Doubles Tournament1982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAQFWASF3R3R2R1R2RA3R2R1R1R1 / 1220–11French OpenAA1RQFA2RAAAA1RA1RA2R2R0 / 76–7WimbledonQ11RQ2QFSFQF2R1R1R1R2R1R2RA1R1R0 / 1313–13US OpenA1R2R3R3RAASFQF2RA3RA1R2RA0 / 1016–10Win–loss0–00–24–413–36–27–33–26–34–31–32–32–23–31–22–41–31 / 4255–41ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAAASF1RQF2RA1RAA1RA1R0 / 74–7MiamiAAAW1RWSF3R2RA1RA1R1RA1R2 / 1018–8Monte CarloAAAAASFAA1RA1RAAAAA0 / 32–3HamburgAAAAAAASFAAAAAAAA0 / 12–1RomeAAA1RAAAQFAAAAAA2RA0 / 33–3CanadaAAAQFAQFAAAAAAAAAA0 / 23–2CincinnatiAAA1RAAAA1RAQ1AAAAA0 / 20–2ParisAAAAASFF1R1RAAAAAAA0 / 45–4Win–loss0–00–00–08–30–113–47–37–51–50–00–30–00–10–21–10–22 / 3237–30
Mixed doubles Tournament198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAAA1RAAAAAA1R0 / 20–2French OpenA1R1RAAAA1RAAAAA2RA0 / 41–4Wimbledon2R1R2R3R2R1RA2RSFA2R3RASF1R0 / 1217–12US OpenAAAAAAA1RSFAAAASFA0 / 36–3Win–loss1–10–21–20–01–12–20–01–47–20–01–12–10–08–30–20 / 2124–21
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