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John-Laffnie de Jager (born 17 March 1973) is a South African former tour professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, de Jager reached the semi-finals for three different grand slam tournaments three times in three different years partnering three different fellow South African players. de Jager is the current non-playing captain of the South Africa Davis Cup team.

John-Laffnie de Jager
Country (sports) South Africa
ResidenceErmelo, Transvaal, South Africa
Born (1973-03-17) 17 March 1973 (age 49)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro1992
Retired2003
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$1,357,700
Singles
Career record0–3
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 313 (12 October 1992)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (1993)
Wimbledon1R (1992)
US OpenQ2 (1992)
Doubles
Career record246–258
Career titles7
7 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 11 (31 July 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (1993)
French Open2R (1993, 1998)
WimbledonSF (2000)
US OpenSF (1998, 2001)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsRR (1999)
Olympic GamesSF - 4th (2000)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenF (1997)
French OpenF (1995)
WimbledonQF (1997, 2000)
US OpenSF (1994)
Last updated on: 24 November 2021.

Career


A native of Ermelo, de Jager turned professional in 1992 during which year he played his only tour singles. He won two of five matches he played on the challenger circuit and reached through qualifying the main draw at Wimbledon, where he lost in the first round to future champion Richard Krajicek, 7–5 6–1 6–2. He played but one other event in singles, a challenger in Dublin in October, before focusing his tennis exclusively on doubles. His career high singles ranking stood at World No. 313, reached in October.

De Jager won back-to-back challenger events in doubles in September 1991, partnering compatriots, in Madeira partnering Byron Talbot and in Jerusalem with Christo van Rensburg. He played some half dozen times with Van Rensburg in 1991-2 and some dozen times, but with limited success, with Johan de Beer. He won two more challenger events the following year, in June partnering Zimbabwean Byron Black and in November with Capetonian Marius Barnard. 1993 saw de Jager reach his first of three grand slam semis, in partnership with yet another South African, Marcos Ondruska. Together they reached the second round at the Roland Garros and the third round at Wimbledon. In October, de Jager reached his first Grand Prix event final, in Lyon partnering still another South African and Capetonian, Stefan Kruger.

1994 saw de Jager reach four grand prix semi-finals, with three different partners (all southern Africans), another final and capture his first grand prix win, in Tel Aviv partnering still another compatriot, Pietermaritzburg native Lan Bale. Aside from a few occasions, most notable of which was a four tournament stint where he partnered Aussie doubles master John Fitzgerald, de Jager and Bale remained a team into 1995. Together they reached the Stuttgart Indoor, Munich, and Italian Open grand prix, but faltered at the French where they went out in the first round. After a third round exit at Wimbledon, and first round exit at Flushing Meadows, the partnership was dissolved in September. The change worked immediately for de Jager as he won his very next tournament, the Toulouse Grand Prix, partnering Swede Jonas Björkman. He again had success in Lyon, reaching the final with star compatriot Wayne Ferriera. Beginning 1996 playing mostly with Gary Muller, de Jager played the late spring and summer with some 10 different partners and without reaching a single event final. His misfortune got worse in the first of half of 1997, where a string of first round loses saw his doubles ranking fall from No. 53 in September 1996 to No. 164 by August 1997. A new partnership with yet another compatriot, this time Robbie Koenig saw de Jager recover his form, with a quarterfinal result at the U.S. Open followed by winning a challenger event and reaching the finals of another. Then with Pretoria's Chris Haggard, he won the following two challengers as well.

De Jager began 1998 partnering Koenig, reaching the semis of the Sydney Outdoor, the third round of the Australian Open, and the second round or better of every tournament but one through Roland Garros, where they reached the third round. Their success continued throughout the summer, culminating in but only de Jager's second grand slam semis appearance, at the 1998 U.S. Open. During the autumn de Jager partnership altered between the one of him and Koenig and a newer one, with yet another South African, David Adams. De Jager played exclusively with Adams for 1999 and the tandem met with success in reaching the finals or better six times in International Series events. This led to their competing in the ATP Doubles Championship, where they lost in the round robin however. The duo had an even year 2000 nevertheless winning back-to-back in February, in Rotterdam and London, in Munich in May, and reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon. At the Sydney Olympics, they again finished as semi-finalists, for de Jager, for the third and final time. He achieved his career high ranking in doubles at the end of July, at World No. 11.

He reached two Grand Slam finals in Mixed Doubles. In 1995 he reached the final of the French Open with Jill Hetherington but they lost 6–7 6–7 to Larisa Neiland and Todd Woodbridge. In 1997 he partnered Larisa Neiland to reach the final of the Australian Open, but they lost 3–6, 7–6, 5–7 to Manon Bollegraf and Rick Leach.


Junior Grand Slam finals



Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)


Result Year Tournament Surface Partnet Opponents Score
Loss1989WimbledonGrass Wayne Ferreira Jared Palmer
Jonathan Stark
6–7(4–7), 6–7(2–7)
Loss1991WimbledonGrass Andrei Medvedev Karim Alami
Greg Rusedski
6–1, 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win1991US OpenHard Karim Alami Michael Joyce
Vince Spadea
6–4, 6–7, 6–1

Major finals



Grand Slam finals



Mixed doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Parnter Opponents Score
Loss 1995 French Open Clay Jill Hetherington Larisa Savchenko Neiland
Todd Woodbridge
6–7(8–10), 6–7(4–7)
Loss 1997 Australian Open Hard Larisa Savchenko Neiland Manon Bollegraf
Rick Leach
3–6, 7–6(7–5), 5–7

Olympic finals



Doubles: 1

Outcome Year Championship Partner Opponents Score
4th place 2000 Sydney David Adams Àlex Corretja
Albert Costa
6–2, 4–6, 3–6

ATP career finals



Doubles: 19 (7 titles, 12 runner-ups)


Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–2)
ATP Championship Series (3–2)
ATP World Series (4–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–6)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (2–4)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–6)
Indoors (5–6)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 1992 Moscow, Russia World Series Carpet Marius Barnard David Adams
Andrei Olhovskiy
6–4, 3–6, 7–6
Loss 1–1 Oct 1993 Lyon, France World Series Carpet Stefan Kruger Gary Muller
Danie Visser
3–6, 6–7
Loss 1–2 Oct 1994 Basel, Switzerland World Series Hard Lan Bale Jared Palmer
Patrick McEnroe
3–6, 6–7
Win 2–2 Oct 1994 Tel Aviv, Israel World Series Hard Lan Bale Jan Apell
Jonas Bjorkman
6–7, 6–2, 7–6
Win 3–2 Oct 1995 Toulouse, France World Series Hard Jonas Bjorkman Dave Randall
Greg Van Emburgh
7–6, 7–6
Loss 3–3 Oct 1995 Lyon, France World Series Carpet Wayne Ferreira Jakob Hlasek
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
3–6, 3–6
Loss 3–4 Jun 1998 Halle, Germany World Series Grass Marc-Kevin Goellner Ellis Ferreira
Rick Leach
6–4, 4–6, 6–7
Loss 3–5 Oct 1998 Vienna, Austria Championship Series Carpet David Adams Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Daniel Vacek
5–7, 3–6
Loss 3–6 Feb 1999 Dubai, United Arab Emirates World Series Hard David Adams Wayne Black
Sandon Stolle
6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Win 4–6 Feb 1999 Rotterdam, Netherlands Championship Series Carpet David Adams Neil Broad
Peter Tramacchi
6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 4–7 May 1999 Rome, Italy Masters Series Clay David Adams Ellis Ferreira
Rick Leach
7–6, 1–6, 2–6
Loss 4–8 Aug 1999 Washington, United States Championship Series Hard David Adams Justin Gimelstob
Sebastien Lareau
5–7, 7–6, 3–6
Loss 4–9 Oct 1999 Toulouse, France World Series Carpet David Adams Olivier Delaitre
Jeff Tarango
6–3, 6–7, 4–6
Loss 4–10 Oct 1999 Stuttgart, Germany Masters Series Hard David Adams Byron Black
Jonas Bjorkman
7–6, 6–7, 0–6
Win 5–10 Feb 2000 Rotterdam, Netherlands Championship Series Hard David Adams Tim Henman
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
5–7, 6–2, 6–3
Win 6–10 Feb 2000 London, United Kingdom Championship Series Hard David Adams Jan-Michael Gambill
Scott Humphries
6–3, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(13–11)
Win 7–10 May 2000 Munich, Germany International Series Clay David Adams Max Mirnyi
Nenad Zimonjic
6–4, 6–4
Loss 7–11 Sep 2001 Shanghai, China International Series Hard Robbie Koenig Byron Black
Thomas Shimada
2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss 7–12 Mar 2002 San Jose, United States International Series Hard Robbie Koenig Wayne Black
Kevin Ullyett
3–6, 6–4, [5–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals



Doubles: 9 (7–2)


Legend
ATP Challenger (7–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1991 Newcastle, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Christo van Rensburg Nicholas Fulwood
Peter Nyborg
6–7, 1–6
Win 1–1 Sep 1991 Madeira, Portugal Challenger Hard Byron Talbot Byron Black
T. J. Middleton
2–6, 7–6, 6–4
Win 2–1 Oct 1991 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard Christo van Rensburg Nduka Odizor
Bryan Shelton
6–2, 6–4
Win 3–1 Jun 1992 Turin, Italy Challenger Clay Byron Black T. J. Middleton
Ted Scherman
6–4, 6–2
Win 4–1 Oct 1997 Sedona, United States Challenger Hard Robbie Koenig Adam Peterson
Eric Taino
6–2, 6–2
Loss 4–2 Oct 1997 Brest, France Challenger Hard Robbie Koenig Dave Randall
Jack Waite
6–3, 6–7, 4–6
Win 5–2 Nov 1997 Aachen, Germany Challenger Hard Chris Haggard Dave Randall
Jack Waite
3–6, 6–1, 7–6
Win 6–2 Nov 1997 Neumünster, Germany Challenger Carpet Chris Haggard Lars Burgsmuller
Markus Hantschk
6–3, 6–1
Win 7–2 Aug 2001 Lexington, United States Challenger Hard Robbie Koenig Paul Kilderry
Jack Waite
7–6(7–1), 7–5

Performance timelines


Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(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.

Doubles


Tournament199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A SF 2R 1R 2R 1R 3R 3R 2R A 1R 2R 0 / 10 12–10 55%
French Open A 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R A 1R A 0 / 9 2–9 18%
Wimbledon 2R 3R 1R 3R 1R 2R 3R 3R SF 2R 2R 1R 0 / 12 16–12 57%
US Open 1R 1R 3R 1R 2R QF SF 2R 1R QF A 1R 0 / 11 14–11 56%
Win–loss 1–2 7–4 3–4 2–4 2–4 4–4 9–4 5–4 5–4 4–2 1–3 1–3 0 / 42 44–42 51%
National Representation
Summer Olympic Games A Not Held A Not Held 4th Not Held 0 / 1 3–2 60%
Year-end Championships
ATP World Tour Finals Did Not Qualify RR DNQ 0 / 1 0–3 0%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A SF 2R QF A 1R 1R QF 1R 1R A 0 / 8 8–8 50%
Miami A A 2R 3R 1R 2R 1R 2R 3R QF 2R A 0 / 9 7–9 44%
Monte Carlo A A SF QF 1R A A 1R 2R 1R 1R A 0 / 7 6–7 46%
Rome A 1R SF SF 1R Q1 1R F 1R A 1R A 0 / 8 10–8 56%
Hamburg A A 2R 1R QF A 2R 2R 1R A A A 0 / 6 5–6 45%
Canada A 1R A A A A 1R SF QF A A A 0 / 4 5–4 56%
Cincinnati A 2R 1R 2R A A 2R QF 1R A A A 0 / 6 5–6 45%
Stuttgart A A A A QF A 1R F 2R A A A 0 / 4 5–4 56%
Paris A Q3 1R 2R A A 1R 2R QF A A A 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Win–loss 0–0 1–3 11–7 9–7 6–6 1–1 2–8 14–9 7–9 2–3 1–4 0–0 0 / 57 54–57 49%

Mixed doubles


Tournament19931994199519961997199819992000200120022003SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 2R SF F A 1R 2R A A A 0 / 6 9–6 60%
French Open 1R 1R F 3R A QF 3R SF A A A 0 / 7 12–7 63%
Wimbledon 2R 1R 2R 1R QF 1R 2R QF 2R 1R 2R 0 / 11 11–11 50%
US Open A SF 1R 2R A 2R QF A A A A 0 / 5 7–5 58%
Win–loss 1–2 3–4 7–4 5–4 7–2 3–3 4–4 7–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 0 / 29 39–29 57%



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John-Laffnie de Jager (Johannesburgo, Sudáfrica, 17 de marzo de 1973) es un extenista sudafricano. Se especializó en la modalidad de dobles, en la que conquistó siete títulos de ATP y alcanzó el undécimo puesto del ranking mundial.



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