David Adams (tennis)

David Adams (born 5 January 1970, in Durban, South Africa) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He turned pro in 1989. During his career he won 19 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 33 times, including at the French Open in 1992. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 9 in 1994.

Adams participated in six Davis Cup ties for South Africa between 1997 and 2003, posting a 4–2 record, all in doubles.

Adams won two Grand Slam Tiles in Mixed Doubles, both with fellow South African Mariann de Swart, taking the Australian Open Mixed Doubles in 1999 and then the French Open Mixed Doubles in 2000.

Doubles titles (19)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	1992	Munich, Germany	Clay	Menno Oosting	Carl Limberger Tomáš Anzari	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	1992	French Open, Paris	Clay	Andrei Olhovskiy	Jakob Hlasek Marc Rosset	6–7, 7–6, 5–7
Runner-up	2.	1992	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Andrei Olhovskiy	Marius Barnard John-Laffnie de Jager	4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Runner-up	3.	1993	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Andrei Olhovskiy	Henrik Holm Anders Järryd	4–6, 6–7
Winner	2.	1993	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet	Andrei Olhovskiy	Martin Damm Daniel Vacek	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	3.	1993	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Andrei Olhovskiy	Menno Oosting Udo Riglewski	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	1993	Rosmalen, Netherlands	Grass	Andrei Olhovskiy	Patrick McEnroe Jonathan Stark	6–7, 6–1, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	1993	Bordeaux, France	Hard	Andrei Olhovskiy	Pablo Albano Javier Frana	6–7, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	1993	Bolzano, Italy	Carpet	Andrei Olhovskiy	Hendrik Jan Davids Piet Norval	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	1994	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Byron Black	Andrew Kratzmann Mark Kratzmann	4–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	1994	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Andrei Olhovskiy	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	6–7, 6–4, 7–6
Winner	5.	1994	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Menno Oosting	Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	1994	Osaka, Japan	Hard	Andrei Olhovskiy	Martin Damm Sandon Stolle	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	1994	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Andrei Olhovskiy	Daniel Orsanic Jan Siemerink	4–6, 2–6
Winner	6.	1994	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Andrei Olhovskiy	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–7, 6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	10.	1994	Beijing, China	Carpet	Andrei Olhovskiy	Tommy Ho Kent Kinnear	6–7, 3–6
Runner-up	11.	1994	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Andrei Olhovskiy	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	W/O
Winner	7.	1995	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Andrei Olhovskiy	Ronald Agénor Shuzo Matsuoka	7–5, 6–3
Winner	8.	1995	Marseille, France	Carpet	Andrei Olhovskiy	Jean-Philippe Fleurian Rodolphe Gilbert	6–1, 6–4
Winner	9.	1996	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Marius Barnard	Hendrik Jan Davids Cyril Suk	6–3, 5–7, 7–6
Runner-up	12.	1996	Sankt Pölten, Austria	Clay	Menno Oosting	Ctislav Doseděl Pavel Vízner	7–6, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	13.	1996	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Menno Oosting	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot	6–7, 3–6
Runner-up	14.	1996	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Menno Oosting	David Ekerot Jeff Tarango	6–7, 6–7
Runner-up	15.	1996	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Menno Oosting	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	3–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	1997	Antwerp, Belgium	Hard (i)	Olivier Delaître	Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	16.	1997	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Andrei Olhovskiy	Pablo Albano Peter Nyborg	4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	17.	1997	Halle, Germany	Grass	Marius Barnard	Karsten Braasch Michael Stich	6–7, 3–6
Runner-up	18.	1997	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Fabrice Santoro	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	19.	1998	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Brett Steven	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	20.	1998	Sankt Pölten, Austria	Clay	Wayne Black	Jim Grabb David Macpherson	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	21.	1998	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	John-Laffnie de Jager	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	22.	1998	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Carpet	Pavel Vízner	Nicolas Kiefer David Prinosil	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	23.	1999	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Pavel Vízner	Max Mirnyi Andrei Olhovskiy	5–7, 6–7(7–9)
Runner-up	24.	1999	Dubai, UAE	Hard	John-Laffnie de Jager	Wayne Black Sandon Stolle	6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Winner	11.	1999	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	John-Laffnie de Jager	Neil Broad Peter Tramacchi	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	25.	1999	Rome, Italy	Clay	John-Laffnie de Jager	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	7–6, 1–6, 2–6
Winner	12.	1999	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Jeff Tarango	Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	7–6(8–6), 6–4
Runner-up	26.	1999	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Hard	John-Laffnie de Jager	Justin Gimelstob Sébastien Lareau	5–7, 7–6(7–2), 3–6
Winner	13.	1999	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Jeff Tarango	Michael Kohlmann Nicklas Kulti	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up	27.	1999	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	John-Laffnie de Jager	Olivier Delaître Jeff Tarango	6–3, 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Runner-up	28.	1999	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	John-Laffnie de Jager	Jonas Björkman Byron Black	7–6(8–6), 6–7(2–7), 0–6
Winner	14.	2000	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	John-Laffnie de Jager	Tim Henman Yevgeny Kafelnikov	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
Winner	15.	2000	London, England	Hard (i)	John-Laffnie de Jager	Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries	6–3, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(13–11)
Runner-up	29.	2000	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Joshua Eagle	Donald Johnson Piet Norval	4–6, 5–7
Winner	16.	2000	Munich, Germany	Clay	John-Laffnie de Jager	Max Mirnyi Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	30.	2001	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Martín García	Marius Barnard Jim Thomas	6–7(10–12), 4–6
Runner-up	31.	2001	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Martín García	Donald Johnson Gustavo Kuerten	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up	32.	2002	Delray Beach, U.S.	Hard	Ben Ellwood	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	4–6, 7–6(7–5), [5–10]
Runner-up	33.	2002	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Gastón Etlis	Joshua Eagle David Rikl	3–6, 4–6
Winner	17.	2002	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Robbie Koenig	Raemon Sluiter Martin Verkerk	6–2, 7–5
Winner	18.	2002	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Jared Palmer	Irakli Labadze Marat Safin	7–6(10–8), 6–3
Winner	19.	2003	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Robbie Koenig	Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–3

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	1R	2R	3R	2R	3R	3R	2R	0 / 13	14–13
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	F	2R	SF	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 12	12–12
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	SF	3R	2R	2R	0 / 13	12–12
U.S. Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	SF	QF	1R	3R	QF	3R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 13	15–13
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 51	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	6–4	6–3	9–4	1–4	3–4	3–4	3–4	5–4	5–4	4–4	4–4	2–4	N/A	53–50
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	NME			A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	QF	1R	1R	1R	0 / 6	3–6
Miami	NME			A	A	A	3R	A	3R	A	A	QF	2R	3R	3R	2R	1R	0 / 8	8–8
Monte Carlo	NME			A	A	A	SF	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	QF	1R	1R	0 / 9	6–9
Rome	NME			A	A	QF	1R	1R	A	1R	QF	1R	F	1R	1R	1R	2R	0 / 11	9–11
Hamburg	NME			A	A	2R	2R	QF	A	1R	2R	F	2R	1R	2R	QF	1R	0 / 11	11–11
Canada	NME			A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	SF	QF	SF	1R	A	0 / 8	9–8
Cincinnati	NME			A	A	2R	1R	A	1R	A	1R	1R	QF	1R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 10	4–10
Madrid (Stuttgart)	NME			A	A	1R	2R	2R	A	1R	2R	1R	F	2R	2R	QF	A	0 / 10	7–10
Paris	NME			A	A	1R	QF	QF	QF	QF	2R	1R	2R	QF	2R	2R	A	0 / 11	12–11
Masters Series SR	N/A			0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 5	0 / 7	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 6	0 / 7	0 / 9	0 / 9	0 / 9	0 / 9	0 / 9	0 / 6	0 / 84	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	N/A			0–0	0–0	4–5	5–7	2–4	4–4	2–6	5–7	9–9	14–9	7–9	9–9	7–9	1–6	N/A	69–84
Year End Ranking	824	434	289	180	101	26	20	13	71	35	25	37	12	19	33	27	91	N/A

A = did not attend tournament

References

• David Adams at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• David Adams at the Davis Cup