Christo van Rensburg

Christo van Rensburg
Country (sports)	/ South Africa
Residence	Austin, Texas, United States
Born	23 October 1962 (age 62); Uitenhage, South Africa
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1983
Retired	1997
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,907,831
Singles
Career record	166–160
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 19 (29 February 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1989)
Wimbledon	4R (1986, 1989)
US Open	4R (1990)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (1992)
Doubles
Career record	293–216
Career titles	20
Highest ranking	No. 5 (4 May 1987)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1985)
French Open	QF (1985)
Wimbledon	SF (1986)
US Open	SF (1989)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (1985)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1990, 1997)
French Open	2R (1996)
Wimbledon	SF (1991, 1996)
US Open	SF (1991, 1996)

Last updated November 18, 2024

Christo van Rensburg (born 23 October 1962) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.

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)

Legend
Grand 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 surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–3)
Indoors (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 1987	Orlando, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Jimmy Connors	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Loss	1–1	Nov 1988	Johannesburg, South Africa	Grand Prix	Hard	Jakob Hlasek	7–6^(7–1), 4–6, 1–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	1–2	Jun 1989	Queen's, United Kingdom	Grand Prix	Grass	Ivan Lendl	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	Nov 1989	Johannesburg, South Africa	Grand Prix	Hard	Paul Chamberlin	6–4, 7–6, 6–1
Loss	2–3	Apr 1990	Orlando, United States	World Series	Hard	Brad Gilbert	2–6, 1–6
Loss	2–4	Oct 1991	Tel Aviv, Israel	World Series	Hard	Leonardo Lavalle	2–6, 6–3, 3–6

Doubles: 32 (20 titles, 12 runners-up)

Legend
Grand 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 surface
Hard (9–6)
Clay (4–0)
Grass (3–1)
Carpet (4–5)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (16–8)
Indoors (4–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 1983	Cleveland, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Mike Myburg	Francisco González Matt Mitchell	7–6, 7–5
Win	2–0	Dec 1984	Sydney, Australia	Grand Prix	Grass	Paul Annacone	Tom Gullikson Scott McCain	7–6, 7–6
Win	3–0	Apr 1985	Delray Beach, United States	Grand Prix Masters	Hard	Paul Annacone	Sherwood Stewart Kim Warwick	7–5, 7–5, 6–4
Win	4–0	Apr 1985	Atlanta, United States	WCT	Carpet	Paul Annacone	Steve Denton Tomáš Šmíd	6–4, 6–3
Loss	4–1	May 1985	Las Vegas, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Paul Annacone	Pat Cash John Fitzgerald	6–7, 7–6, 6–7
Loss	4–2	Jul 1985	Newport, United States	Grand Prix	Grass	Paul Annacone	Peter Doohan Sammy Giammalva Jr.	1–6, 3–6
Loss	4–3	Sep 1985	Los Angeles, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Paul Annacone	Scott Davis Robert Van't Hof	3–6, 6–7
Win	5–3	Sep 1985	San Francisco, United States	Grand Prix	Carpet	Paul Annacone	Brad Gilbert Sandy Mayer	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	6–3	Oct 1985	Johannesburg, South Africa	Grand Prix	Hard	Colin Dowdeswell	Amos Mansdorf Shahar Perkiss	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Win	7–3	Dec 1985	Melbourne, Australia	Grand Slam	Grass	Paul Annacone	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	7–4	Jan 1985	London, United Kingdom	WCT	Carpet	Paul Annacone	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	4–6, 6–1, 6–7, 7–6, 4–6
Loss	7–5	Aug 1986	Stratton Mountain, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Paul Annacone	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	8–5	Nov 1986	Johannesburg, South Africa	Grand Prix	Hard	Mike De Palmer	Andrés Gómez Sherwood Stewart	3–6, 6–2, 7–6
Win	9–5	Mar 1987	Miami, United States	Grand Prix Masters	Hard	Paul Annacone	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–2, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	9–6	Mar 1987	Orlando, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Paul Annacone	Sherwood Stewart Kim Warwick	6–2, 6–7, 4–6
Win	10–6	Apr 1987	Chicago, United States	Grand Prix	Carpet	Paul Annacone	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	10–7	Oct 1988	Paris, France	Grand Prix Masters	Carpet	Jim Grabb	Paul Annacone John Fitzgerald	2–6, 2–6
Win	11–7	Feb 1989	Memphis, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Paul Annacone	Scott Davis Tim Wilkison	7–6, 6–7, 6–1
Win	12–7	Feb 1989	Philadelphia, United States	Grand Prix	Carpet	Paul Annacone	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–3, 7–5
Loss	12–8	Mar 1989	Scottsdale, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Paul Annacone	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	7–6, 3–6, 2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	12–9	Oct 1989	San Francisco, United States	Grand Prix	Carpet	Paul Annacone	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	4–6, 3–6
Win	13–9	Sep 1990	Basel, Switzerland	World Series	Hard	Stefan Kruger	Neil Broad Gary Muller	4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Win	14–9	Oct 1990	Tel Aviv, Israel	World Series	Hard	Nduka Odizor	Ronnie Båthman Rikard Bergh	6–3, 6–4
Loss	14–10	Apr 1991	Singapore, Singapore	World Series	Hard	Stefan Kruger	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	4–6, 7–5, 6–7
Loss	14–11	Oct 1992	Taipei, Taiwan	World Series	Carpet	Patrick Baur	John Fitzgerald Sandon Stolle	6–7, 2–6
Loss	14–12	Feb 1993	Marseille, France	World Series	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	Arnaud Boetsch Olivier Delaître	3–6, 6–7
Win	15–12	Apr 1993	Osaka, Japan	World Series	Hard	Mark Keil	Glenn Michibata David Pate	7–6, 6–3
Win	16–12	Jul 1993	Newport, United States	World Series	Grass	Javier Frana	Byron Black Jim Pugh	4–6, 6–1, 7–6
Win	17–12	Apr 1994	Birmingham, United States	World Series	Clay	Richey Reneberg	Brian MacPhie David Witt	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	18–12	Nov 1995	Buenos Aires, Argentina	World Series	Clay	Vincent Spadea	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–3, 6–3
Win	19–12	May 1996	Atlanta, United States	World Series	Clay	David Wheaton	Bill Behrens Matt Lucena	7–6, 6–2
Win	20–12	Jun 1996	Bologna, Italy	World Series	Clay	Brent Haygarth	Karim Alami Gábor Köves	6–1, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (5–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (5–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (4–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1-0	Apr 1989	Cape Town, South Africa	Challenger	Hard	Pieter Aldrich	6–3, 6–1
Win	2-0	Jul 1991	Newcastle, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Michiel Schapers	6–4, 6–0
Loss	2-1	Sep 1991	Singapore, Singapore	Challenger	Hard	Mark Woodforde	1–6, 4–6
Win	3-1	Oct 1991	Jerusalem, Israel	Challenger	Hard	Clinton Marsh	2–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	4-1	Dec 1991	Bossonnens, Switzerland	Challenger	Hard	Patrick Baur	6–4, 7–6
Win	5-1	Sep 1993	Singapore, Singapore	Challenger	Hard	Jonathan Canter	6–2, 5–7, 6–2

Doubles: 8 (6–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (6–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1991	Newcastle, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	John-Laffnie De Jager	Nicholas Fulwood Peter Nyborg	6–7, 1–6
Win	1–1	Oct 1992	Jerusalem, Israel	Challenger	Hard	John-Laffnie De Jager	Nduka Odizor Bryan Shelton	6–2, 6–4
Win	2–1	Jul 1992	Newcastle, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Javier Frana	Kent Kinnear Peter Nyborg	7–6, 7–6
Win	3–1	Nov 1992	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Grant Stafford	Michael Mortensen Christian Saceanu	6–1, 6–3
Win	4–1	Sep 1993	Singapore, Singapore	Challenger	Hard	Jeremy Bates	Sander Groen Grant Stafford	6–3, 6–4
Loss	4–2	Sep 1995	Aruba, Aruba	Challenger	Hard	Jose-Antonio Conde	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Win	5–2	Mar 1996	Agadir, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Jared Palmer	Patrik Fredriksson Magnus Norman	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	6–2	May 1997	Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Jared Palmer	Joan Balcells Devin Bowen	4–6, 6–3, 7–5

Performance timelines

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	2R	A	A	3R	3R	4R	2R	2R	1R	A	1R	A	0 / 8	9–8	53%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	Q2	Q2	3R	Q3	4R	3R	1R	4R	2R	3R	2R	3R	A	A	0 / 9	16–9	64%
US Open	A	A	A	1R	3R	A	A	2R	4R	1R	1R	A	Q2	A	0 / 6	6–6	50%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	5–2	4–2	2–2	7–3	5–3	3–3	1–3	2–1	0–1	0–0	0 / 23	31–23	57%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	NH		A	Not Held			A	Not Held			1R	Not Held			0 / 1	0–1	0%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	2R	A	2R	Q1	A	Q1	0 / 5	5–5	50%
Miami	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	3R	3R	A	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 9	4–9	31%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 4	3–4	43%
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–2	2–4	1–2	3–3	2–4	0–0	1–6	0–1	0–1	0–0	0 / 24	12–24	33%

Doubles

Tournament	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	QF	W	A	SF	3R	3R	2R	1R	2R	A	3R	2R	1R	1R	1 / 12	20–11	65%
French Open	A	A	1R	QF	A	2R	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	2R	2R	0 / 7	6–7	46%
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	Q2	QF	SF	QF	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	A	1R	1R	0 / 13	13–13	50%
US Open	A	1R	2R	3R	3R	A	A	SF	QF	2R	A	3R	A	1R	2R	A	0 / 10	16–10	62%
Win–loss	0–0	0–2	4–4	13–3	6–2	7–3	3–2	6–3	4–3	1–3	2–3	2–2	3–3	1–2	2–4	1–3	1 / 42	55–41	57%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	SF	1R	QF	2R	A	1R	A	A	1R	A	1R	0 / 7	4–7	36%
Miami	A	A	A	W	1R	W	SF	3R	2R	A	1R	A	1R	1R	A	1R	2 / 10	18–8	69%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	SF	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	2–1	67%
Rome	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	QF	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	0 / 3	3–3	50%
Canada	A	A	A	QF	A	QF	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	3–2	60%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	SF	F	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	5–4	56%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	8–3	0–1	13–4	7–3	7–5	1–5	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2 / 32	37–30	55%

Mixed doubles

Tournament	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0%
French Open	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	0 / 4	1–4	20%
Wimbledon	2R	1R	2R	3R	2R	1R	A	2R	SF	A	2R	3R	A	SF	1R	0 / 12	17–12	59%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	SF	A	A	A	A	SF	A	0 / 3	6–3	67%
Win–loss	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–4	7–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	8–3	0–2	0 / 21	24–21	53%

External links

Christo van Rensburg at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Christo van Rensburg at the International Tennis Federation
Christo van Rensburg at the Davis Cup

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