Hispanopedia WikiPieter ("Piet") Norval (born 7 April 1970) is a former tennis player from South Africa, who turned professional in 1988. His most notable achievement was winning the mixed doubles at the French Open in 1999. The right-hander represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he partnered Wayne Ferreira. The pair won the silver medal, after losing the final to Boris Becker and Michael Stich from Germany. Norval reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 19 June 1989, when he became the no. 125 of the world.
Retirement
After retiring in 2001 from professional tennis, Norval set up and currently runs a tennis academy in Hartbeespoort.[1]
Major finals
Olympic finals
Doubles: 1 (1 silver medal)
Year-end championships finals
Doubles: 1 (1–0)
Career finals
Doubles: 35 (14–21)
Doubles performance timeline
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
References
- ↑"Piet "Pietie" Norval, Olimpic Doubles Silver Medalist". 16 March 2021.
External links
- Piet Norval at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Piet Norval at World Tennis
- Piet Norval at the Davis Cup (archived)
Categories:
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Afrikaner people
- South African male tennis players
- Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic tennis players for South Africa
- Olympic silver medalists for South Africa
- Olympic medalists in tennis
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- French Open champions
- Tennis players from Cape Town