Johan Kriek

Johan Kriek

Country (sports)	South Africa United States
Residence	Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Born	(1958-04-05) April 5, 1958 Pongola, South Africa
Height
Turned pro	1978
Retired	1994
Plays	Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,383,794
Singles
Career record	374–222
Career titles	14
Highest ranking	No. 7 (September 10, 1984)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	W (1981, 1982)
French Open	SF (1986)
Wimbledon	QF (1981, 1982)
US Open	SF (1980)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	QF (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
WCT Finals	F (1981)
Doubles
Career record	206–173
Career titles	8
Highest ranking	No. 12 (August 15, 1988)

Johan Kriek (born April 5, 1958) is a South African-American professional male tennis player and founder of the Global Water Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to delivering clean water to the world's neediest communities. Kriek won two Australian Opens and reached the semifinals at the French Open and US Open, as well as the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. He won 14 professional singles and 8 doubles titles, reaching a career-high singles ranking of World No. 7. Kriek's most memorable wins include victories over Andre Agassi, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Guillermo Vilas, Stefan Edberg, Michael Chang, Vitas Gerulaitis and Björn Borg.

He attended Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Afrikaans High School for Boys, also known as Affies), a popular and renowned public school located in Pretoria.

Kriek became a naturalized American citizen in August 1982.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: (2 titles)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1981	Australian Open	Grass	Steve Denton	6–2, 7–6(7–1), 6–7(1–7), 6–4
Winner	1982	Australian Open (2)	Grass	Steve Denton	6–3, 6–3, 6–2

Career finals

Singles (14 titles, 13 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	1978	Hartford, U.S.	Carpet	John McEnroe	2–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	1979	Sarasota, U.S.	Carpet	Richard Meyer	7–6, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	1979	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Brian Gottfried	5–7, 1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	1980	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet	Stan Smith	6–2, 6–7, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	1980	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	3–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	1981	Monterrey WCT, Mexico	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	7–6, 3–6, 7–6
Runner-up	5.	1981	Dallas WCT, U.S. – WCT Finals	Carpet	John McEnroe	1–6, 2–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	1981	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Hank Pfister	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Winner	4.	1981	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Steve Denton	6–2, 7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Winner	5.	1982	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	John McEnroe	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	1982	Monterrey, Mexico	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	6.	1982	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	6–0, 4–6, 6–0, 6–4
Winner	7.	1982	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Steve Denton	6–3, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	1983	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Gene Mayer	6–7, 1–6
Winner	8.	1983	Tampa, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	6–2, 6–4
Winner	9.	1983	Bristol, England	Grass	Tom Gullikson	7–6, 7–5
Winner	10.	1983	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Colin Dowdeswell	6–4, 4–6, 1–6, 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	1984	Boca West, U.S.	Hard	Jimmy Connors	5–7, 4–6
Winner	11.	1984	Bristol, England	Grass	Brian Teacher	6–7, 7–6, 6–4
Winner	12.	1984	Livingston, U.S.	Hard	Michael Westphal	6–2, 6–4
Winner	13.	1985	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Jimmy Arias	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	9.	1985	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Boris Becker	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	10.	1985	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Stefan Edberg	4–6, 2–6
Winner	14.	1987	Livingston, U.S.	Hard	Christian Saceanu	7–6, 3–6, 6–2
Runner-up	11.	1988	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Tim Mayotte	7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	12.	1988	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Michael Chang	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	13.	1989	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Brad Gilbert	2–6, 2–6, ret.

Doubles (8 titles, 7 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	1980	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Fritz Buehning	Brian Gottfried Frew McMillan	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	1.	1980	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Tim Gullikson	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	1981	Monterrey WCT, Mexico	Carpet	Russell Simpson	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	6–7, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	1981	Bristol, England	Grass	John Austin	Billy Martin Russell Simpson	6–3, 3–6, 10–12
Winner	2.	1981	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Larry Stefanki	Brian Gottfried Robert Lutz	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Winner	3.	1982	Forest Hills WCT, U.S.	Clay	Tracy Delatte	Dick Stockton Erik Van Dillen	6–3, 7–6
Winner	4.	1982	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Hard	Fritz Buehning	Robert Lutz Raúl Ramírez	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	1983	Delray Beach WCT, U.S.	Clay	Anand Amritraj	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	1983	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Tracy Delatte	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	3–6, 5–7
Winner	5.	1983	Forest Hills WCT, U.S.	Clay	Tracy Delatte	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	7–6, 1–6, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	1983	Bristol, England	Grass	Tom Gullikson	John Alexander John Fitzgerald	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	1983	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Peter Fleming	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	6–7, 5–7
Winner	6.	1985	Chicago, U.S.	Carpet	Yannick Noah	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	3–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–4
Winner	7.	1988	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Kelly Evernden	Kevin Curren Danie Visser	7–6, 6–3
Winner	8.	1988	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	John Fitzgerald	Steve Denton David Pate	6–4, 6–4

Singles Performance timeline

Tournament	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	SR	W–L
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	W	W	QF	SF	QF	A	2R	2R	3R	A	A	A	A	A	2 / 8	25–6
French Open	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	4–3
Wimbledon	A	2R	3R	3R	QF	QF	3R	4R	3R	2R	4R	1R	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 13	24–13
US Open	A	QF	QF	SF	3R	3R	4R	3R	2R	3R	3R	3R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 12	29–12
Win–Loss	0–0	5–2	6–3	7–2	12–2	12–2	8–3	9–3	6–3	7–3	5–4	3–3	2–3	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2 / 36	82–34
Year End Ranking	278	27	35	18	13	12	15	13	14	23	48	39	52	413	274	1097	1178	861

External links

• Johan Kriek at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Global Water Foundation
• bio - file interview with John Kriek