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Pieter Aldrich (1965)
Tennis is an outdoor sport which can be played between two players or four players. Players utilize a stringed racquet to hit a rubber ball, hollow inside covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. In some places tennis is referred to as lawn tennis. This game started in England and was the most popular amongst the upper class of society. Presently tennis is an Olympic sport, as well as, it is played in various tournaments including the four Grand Slams in many countries, by people of all ages and classes.
There are three different court surfaces it is played on namely, clay court, grass court and hard court. Depending on the surface, each one provides a different movement of speed and bounce for the ball, which in turn affects the level of play of individual players.
Pieter Aldrich was born on 7 September 1965 in Johannesburg, South Africa and is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won 2 Grand Slam men's doubles titles including 1 Australian Open and 1 United States Open. Aldrich reached the world number 1 doubles ranking in 1990. Aldrich won the first of 9 career doubles titles in 1988 at Charleston, South Carolina.
In 1990 Aldrich won the men's doubles titles at both the Australian Open and the US Open, partnering his fellow South African player Danie Visser. The pair was also doubles runners-up at Wimbledon that year. In 1990, Aldrich won his first and only top-level singles title at Newport, Rhode Island. His career-high ranking in singles was world number 64, which he achieved in 1988. Aldrich won the final doubles title of his career in 1992 in Johannesburg. Aldrich won the first of 9 career doubles titles in 1988 at Charleston, South Carolina.
His superior approach and dedication to the game made him stand out from the crowd and he had a willingness to play anywhere even while suffering from an injury.
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