Pieter ("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.

Piet Norval

Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	Cape Town, South Africa
Born	(1970-04-07) 7 April 1970 (age 52) Cape Town, South Africa
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1988
Retired	2001
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$1,832,303
Singles
Career record	4–12
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 125 (19 June 1989)
Doubles
Career record	329–300
Career titles	14
Highest ranking	No. 16 (16 January 1995)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1997)
French Open	QF (1993)
Wimbledon	SF (1991)
US Open	QF (1998)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	W (1999)
Medal record Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Doubles

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)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Silver	1992	Barcelona Olympics	Clay	Wayne Ferreira (RSA)	Boris Becker Michael Stich	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 3–6

Year-end championships finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2000	Bangalore	Hard	Donald Johnson	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	7–6(10–8), 6–3, 6–4

Career finals

Doubles: 35 (14–21)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	Mar 1991	Key Biscayne, USA	Hard	Wayne Ferreira	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	5–7, 7–6, 6–2
Loss	1.	Apr 1992	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Wayne Ferreira	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	Aug 1992	Summer Olympics, Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Wayne Ferreira	Boris Becker Michael Stich	6–7, 6–4, 6–7, 3–6
Win	2.	Mar 1993	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Mike Bauer	Ģirts Dzelde Goran Prpić	7–5, 7–6
Loss	3.	Jul 1993	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Hendrik Jan Davids	Cédric Pioline Marc Rosset	3–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss	4.	Jul 1993	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Gary Muller	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	6–7, 3–6
Win	3.	Oct 1993	Bolzano, Italy	Carpet	Hendrik Jan Davids	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	6–3, 6–2
Loss	5.	Feb 1994	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Hendrik Jan Davids	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	6–4, 6–7, 6–7
Loss	6.	Apr 1994	Nice, France	Clay	Hendrik Jan Davids	Javier Sánchez Mark Woodforde	5–7, 3–6
Win	4.	May 1994	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Scott Melville	Henrik Holm Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–4
Win	5.	Jul 1994	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Scott Melville	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 7–5
Loss	7.	Oct 1994	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Carpet	Gary Muller	Martin Damm Karel Nováček	4–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss	8.	Mar 1995	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Gary Muller	Tommy Ho Brett Steven	4–6, 6–7
Loss	9.	Oct 1995	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Hendrik Jan Davids	Àlex Corretja Fabrice Santoro	7–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	10.	Apr 1996	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Neil Broad	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	1–6, 3–6
Loss	11.	Jun 1996	Nottingham, UK	Grass	Neil Broad	Mark Petchey Danny Sapsford	7–6, 6–7, 4–6
Win	6.	Jul 1996	Newport, USA	Grass	Marius Barnard	Paul Kilderry Michael Tebbutt	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win	7.	Aug 1996	Los Angeles, USA	Hard	Marius Barnard	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	7–5, 6–2
Loss	12.	Oct 1996	Lyon, France	Carpet	Neil Broad	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	2–6, 1–6
Loss	13.	May 1997	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Neil Broad	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	3–6, 6–7
Loss	14.	Mar 1998	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Neil Broad	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–7, 3–6
Loss	15.	Jul 1998	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Lan Bale	Magnus Gustafsson Magnus Larsson	4–6, 2–6
Win	8.	Aug 1998	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Neil Broad	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	16.	Oct 1998	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Kevin Ullyett	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	3–6, 6–7
Loss	17.	Jan 1999	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Alex O'Brien Jared Palmer	3–6, 4–6
Loss	18.	Oct 1999	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Kevin Ullyett	David Prinosil Sandon Stolle	3–6, 4–6
Win	9.	Oct 1999	Lyon, France	Carpet	Kevin Ullyett	Wayne Ferreira Sandon Stolle	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Win	10.	Nov 1999	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Kevin Ullyett	Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries	7–5, 6–3
Loss	19.	Mar 2000	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Lan Bale	Gustavo Kuerten Antonio Prieto	2–6, 4–6
Win	11.	Apr 2000	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Donald Johnson	David Adams Joshua Eagle	6–4, 7–5
Win	12.	Jun 2000	Nottingham, UK	Grass	Donald Johnson	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	20.	Oct 2000	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Donald Johnson	Julien Boutter Fabrice Santoro	6–7, 6–4, 6–7
Win	13.	Oct 2000	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Donald Johnson	Roger Federer Dominik Hrbatý	7–6, 4–6, 7–6
Loss	21.	Nov 2000	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard (i)	Donald Johnson	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win	14.	Dec 2000	Year-end championships, Bangalore, India	Hard	Donald Johnson	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	7–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles performance timeline

References

External links

• Piet Norval at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Piet Norval at the International Tennis Federation
• Piet Norval at the Davis Cup

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