DONALD JOHNSON

'Donald James "Don" Johnson' (born September 9 1968, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is a former professional tennis player from the United States who reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 2002. Although born in Bethlehm, PA he was raised and learned the sport of tennis in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania[1]. During his career, he won the Wimbledon men's doubles title in 2001 (partnering Jared Palmer), and the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 2000 (partnering Kimberly Po). He also won the doubles title at the Tennis Masters Cup in 2000 (partnering Piet Norval). He won a total of 23 top-level doubles titles.
Prior to turining professional, Johnson played collegiate tennis for the University of North Carolina from 1987-1991. As a youngster, he earned the Sportsmanship Award at the USTA National Junior Championships in 1986.

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Men's doubles wins

Men's doubles runner-ups

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Men's doubles wins

'Legend' Grand Slam (1) Tennis Masters Cup (1) ATP Masters Series (2) ATP Tour (19)

'Wins by Surface' Hard (13) Clay (6) Grass (3) Carpet (1)

'No.	'Date	'Tournament	'Surface	'Partnering	'Opponent in the final'	'Score
1.	11 March, 1996	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Francisco Montana	Nicolas Pereira Emilio Sanchez	6-2, 6-4
2.	5 August, 1996	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Clay	Francisco Montana	Rikard Bergh Jack Waite
3.	28 April, 1997	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Francisco Montana	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6-4, 6-4
4.	9 February, 1998	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Francisco Montana	Mark Keil T.J. Middleton	6-4, 3-6, 6-3
5.	13 April, 1998	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Francisco Montana	David Roditi Fernon Wibier	6-1, 2-6, 6-1
6.	11 May, 1998	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Francisco Montana	David Adams Brett Steven	6-4, 6-4
7.	12 October, 1998	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Francisco Montana	Pablo Albano Daniel Orsanic	6-4, 7-6
8.	12 April, 1999	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Tomas Carbonell	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6-3, 2-6, 6-1
9.	12 July, 1999	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Cyril Suk	Aleksandar Kitinov Eric Taino	7-5, 7-6
10.	28 February, 2000	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Byron Black	Gaston Etlis Martin Rodriguez	6-3, 7-5
11.	17 April, 2000	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Piet Norval	David Adams Joshua Eagle	6-4, 7-5
12.	26 June, 2000	Nottingham, England	Grass	Piet Norval	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	1-6, 6-4, 6-3
13.	30 October, 2000	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Piet Norval	Roger Federer Dominik Hrbaty	7-6, 4-6, 7-6
14.	17 December, 2000	Doubles Championship, Bangalore	Hard	Piet Norval	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	7-6, 6-3, 6-4
15.	4 March, 2001	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	David Adams Martin Garcia	6-3, 7-6
16.	12 March, 2001	Scottsdale, USA	Hard	Jared Palmer	Marcelo Rios Sjeng Schalken	7-6, 6-2
17.	30 April, 2001	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Jared Palmer	Tommy Robredo Fernando Vicente	2-6, 6-3, 7-6
18.	7 May, 2001	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Jared Palmer	Feliciano Lopez Francisco Roig	7-5, 6-3
19.	25 June, 2001	Nottingham, England	Grass	Jared Palmer	Paul Hanley Andrew Kratzmann	6-4, 6-2
20.	9 July, 2001	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Jared Palmer	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6
21.	29 October, 2001	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Jared Palmer	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6-3, 4-6, 6-3
22.	7 January, 2002	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Jared Palmer	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6-3, 7-6(5)
23.	14 January, 2002	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Jared Palmer	Joshua Eagle Sandon Stolle	6-4, 6-4

Men's doubles runner-ups

'Legend' Grand Slam (1) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (3) ATP Tour (8)

'Runner-ups by Surface' Hard (6) Clay (3) Grass (2) Carpet (1)

'No.	'Date	'Tournament	'Surface	'Partnering	'Opponent in the final'	'Score
1.	21 July, 1997	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Francisco Montana	Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni	6-3, 6-7, 6-1
2.	20 October, 1997	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Carpet	Francisco Montana	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6-2, 6-4
3.	16 February, 1998	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Francisco Montana	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6-2, 7-5
4.	24 July, 2000	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Lucas Arnold Ker	Jiří Novák David Rikl	5-7, 6-2, 6-3
5.	23 October, 2000	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Piet Norval	Julien Boutter Fabrice Santoro	7-6, 4-6, 7-6
6.	6 November, 2000	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Piet Norval	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6-2, 6-2
7.	16 April, 2001	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Nenad Zimonjić	Radek Stepanek Michal Tabara	6-4, 6-1
8.	6 August, 2001	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Jared Palmer	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6-4, 3-6, 6-3
9.	10 September, 2001	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Jared Palmer	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	7-6, 2-6, 6-3
10.	1 April, 2002	Miami, England	Hard	Jared Palmer	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	4-6, 7-6, 6-2
11.	24 June, 2002	Nottingham, England	Grass	Jared Palmer	Mike Bryan Mark Knowles	0-6, 7-6, 6-4
12.	23 June, 2003	s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Leander Paes	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	7-5, 7-6

External links

★ Official ATP profile