Deon Joubert

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Deon Joubert
Full nameDeon Joubert
Country (sports)Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa
BornJune 1953
Orange Free State,
South Africa
PlaysLeft-handed
Singles
Career record38–73
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 56 (31 December 1978)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open 1R (1979)
Wimbledon 3R (1973)
US Open 1R (1977, 1978)
Doubles
Career record34–71
Career titles0
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 1R (1977, 1979)
Wimbledon 2R (1973)
US Open 2R (1978)

Deon Joubert (born June 1953 [note 1] ) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.

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Biography

Joubert represented South Africa in the 1973 Davis Cup, for a tie against Argentina which was held in Montevideo, Uruguay. He teamed up with Bernard Mitton in the doubles to beat Ricardo Cano and Guillermo Vilas in five sets. That win kept South Africa in the tie and Joubert was called up to play Vilas in the fourth rubber, but was comfortably beaten by the Argentine. [1]

A left-handed player, Joubert competed in the 1973 Wimbledon Championships as a lucky loser and managed to make it to the third round, with wins over Colin Dowdeswell and Jaime Pinto-Bravo. [2] In the third round he lost to Davis Cup teammate Bernard Mitton, also a lucky loser, in a five set match. [3]

In 1978 he won two American ATP Challenger tournaments, the first in Birmingham and the other in Virginia Beach. [4]

On the Grand Prix tennis circuit he had his best performance in 1979 when he was runner-up in a tournament in Johannesburg in 1979. [5] He lost the final to Argentina's José Luis Clerc. The following year he made the semi-finals of the Sarasota Open in Florida. [6]

Grand Prix career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Apr 1979 Johannesburg, South AfricaHard Flag of Argentina.svg José Luis Clerc 2–6, 1–6

Challenger titles

Singles: (2)

No.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.1978 Birmingham, U. S. Grass Flag of Mexico.svg Marcello Lara 6–4, 6–2
2.1978 Virginia Beach, U. S. Hard Flag of the United States.svg Mike Cahill 7–5, 6–1

See also

Notes

  1. ATP have his birthdate recorded as 10 June 1953. ITF have 19 June 1953 as his birthdate.

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