Name Paul Haarhuis Turned pro 1989 Role Tennis player | Prize money $7,751,962 Height 1.87 m Retired 2003 Career titles 1 Weight 80 kg | |
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Tennis doubles chat to world no 1 paul haarhuis
Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis (born 19 February 1966) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. He is a former World No. 1 doubles player and reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 18 in November 1995. He won six Grand Slam men's doubles titles, five with Jacco Eltingh and one with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.
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- Tennis doubles chat to world no 1 paul haarhuis
- Exclusive interview with tennis champions paul haarhuis
- Personal life
- Tennis career
- Coaching
- ATP Tour World Championships
- Doubles performance timeline
- Senior Tour titles
- References
Exclusive interview with tennis champions paul haarhuis
Personal life
Haarhuis was born on 19 February 1966 in Eindhoven in the Netherlands. He played tennis for Armstrong State College and Florida State University. He supports PSV Eindhoven.
Tennis career
He is best known for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Jacco Eltingh, winning five Grand Slam titles together. In his career he has won one singles title and 54 doubles titles.
He is, together with Sergi Bruguera, Richard Krajicek, Leander Paes, and Michael Stich, the only player of the same generation with a positive head-to-head record against Pete Sampras: 3–1.
His best Grand Slam singles performance was reaching the quarter finals of the 1991 US Open, where he defeated Eric Jelen, Andrei Chesnokov, number one seed Boris Becker and Carl-Uwe Steeb, before losing to Jimmy Connors.
After retiring, he won the end of the year Blackrock Masters Tennis tournament in the Royal Albert Hall in 2005 and 2006, beating legends such as Goran Ivanišević and John McEnroe. He completed a hat-trick of victories in the tournament in 2007, beating Frenchman Guy Forget.
Coaching
In 2014 Haarhuis succeeded Manon Bollegraf as captain of the Netherlands Fed Cup team.
ATP Tour World Championships
Doubles performance timeline
A = did not attend tournament.
NH = tournament not held.
NME = not Masters Event.