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.

Contents
Men's doubles wins
Men's doubles runner-ups
External links

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

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