David Adams (tennis player)

David Adams
Nation:	South Africa
Birthday:	5th January 1970
Size:	188 cm
1st professional season:	1989
Resignation:	2003
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 2,534,247
singles
Career record:	9:21
Highest ranking:	131 (October 24 1994)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	449: 392
Career title:	19th
Highest ranking:	9 (February 21 1994)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

David Adams (born January 5, 1970 in Durban ) is a former South African tennis player .

Career

The doubles specialist began his professional career in 1989 and was able to win a total of 19 titles in doubles competitions until his retirement in 2003. He was in a final 33 more times, including the 1992 French Open final ; it was his greatest success in a Grand Slam tournament .

The Davis Cup player achieved the highest world rankings in singles in October 1994 with 131st place and in doubles in February of the same year with 9th place.

Tournament victories

Legend

Grand Slam

Tennis Masters Cup

ATP Masters Series

ATP International Series Gold

ATP International Series

Double

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 3, 1992	Munich (1)	sand	Menno Oosting	Carl Limberger Tomáš Anzari	3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 3
2.	March 7, 1993	Copenhagen	Carpet (i)	Andrei Olchowski	Martin Damm Daniel Vacek	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
3.	April 4, 1993	Estoril	sand	Andrei Olchowski	Menno Oosting Udo Riglewski	6: 3, 7: 5
4th	February 20, 1994	Stuttgart	Carpet (i)	Andrei Olchowski	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	6: 7, 6: 4, 7: 6
5.	March 20, 1994	Casablanca	sand	Menno Oosting	Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan	6: 3, 6: 4
6th	August 7, 1994	Kitzbühel	sand	Andrei Olchowski	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6: 7, 6: 3, 7: 5
7th	January 15, 1995	Jakarta	Hard court	Andrei Olchowski	Ronald Agénor Shūzō Matsuoka	7: 5, 6: 3
8th.	February 12, 1995	Marseille	Carpet (i)	Andrei Olchowski	Jean-Philippe Fleurian Rodolphe Gilbert	6: 1, 6: 4
9.	March 10, 1996	Rotterdam (1)	Carpet (i)	Marius Barnard	Hendrik Jan Davids Cyril Suk	6: 3, 5: 7, 7: 6
10.	February 23, 1997	Antwerp	Hard court (i)	Olivier Delaître	Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk	3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 1
11.	February 21, 1999	Rotterdam (2)	Carpet (i)	John-Laffnie de Jager	Neil Broad Peter Tramacchi	6: 7, 6: 3, 6: 4
12.	July 11, 1999	Båstad	sand	Jeff Tarango	Nickla's cult Mikael Tillström	7: 6, 6: 4
13.	September 19, 1999	Bournemouth	sand	Jeff Tarango	Michael Kohlmann Nicklas Kulti	6: 3, 6: 7, 7: 6
14th	February 20, 2000	Rotterdam (2)	Hard court (i)	John-Laffnie de Jager	Tim Henman Yevgeny Kafelnikov	5: 7, 6: 2, 6: 3
15th	February 27, 2000	London	Hard court (i)	John-Laffnie de Jager	Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries	6: 3, 6: 7, 7: 6
16.	May 7, 2000	Munich (2)	sand	John-Laffnie de Jager	Max Mirny Nenad Zimonjić	6: 4, 6: 4
17th	September 15, 2002	Tashkent	Hard court	Robbie Koenig	Raemon Sluiter Martin Verkerk	6: 2, 7: 5
18th	October 27, 2002	St. Petersburg	Hard court (i)	Jared Palmer	Irakli Labadze Marat Safin	7: 6, 6: 3
19th	January 12, 2003	Auckland	Hard court	Robbie Koenig	Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl	7: 6, 3: 6, 6: 3

Mixed

No.	date	competition	Topping	Partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	February 1, 1999	Australian Open	Hard court	Mariaan de Swardt	Max Mirny Serena Williams	6: 4, 4: 6, 7: 6
2.	June 11, 2000	French Open	sand	Mariaan de Swardt	Todd Woodbridge Rennae Stubbs	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3

Web links

• ATP profile by David Adams (English)
• ITF profile for David Adams (English)
• Davis Cup stats by David Adams (English)