Johan de Beer

Johan "Joey" de Beer (born 1 June 1972) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.

Johan de Beer
Full nameJohan de Beer
Country (sports) South Africa
Born (1972-06-01) 1 June 1972
Pretoria, Transvaal Province
Retired1994
Prize money$53,581
Singles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 397 (15 November 1993)
Doubles
Career record11–17
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 92 (21 February 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1994)
US Open1R (1993)

Biography

De Beer, a doubles specialist from Pretoria, was coached by Kobus Botha. He won a total of four Challenger doubles titles during his career.

In 1993 he reached the doubles final of the South African Open, an ATP Tour tournament in Durban, with Marcos Ondruska.[1]

He appeared twice in the main draw of a Grand Slam event. He partnered Cristian Brandi at the 1993 US Open, for a first round exit, to 16th seeds Hendrik-Jan Davids and Piet Norval.[2] At the 1994 Australian Open he made the second round with John-Laffnie de Jager. In the opening round, de Beer again faced the 16th seeds, but he and de Jager were victorious in straight sets, over Wayne Ferreira and Javier Sánchez.[3] They lost an all South African second round match to Ellis Ferreira and Christo van Rensburg.[4]

Early in the 1994 season he broke into the world's 100 ranked doubles players. It was also his final year on the circuit, he retired from tennis to complete a Physiotherapy degree at the University of Pretoria.

He was at one time coach of Wayne Ferreira and a trainer for Tim Henman.[5]

Currently he works for the Lawn Tennis Association in England as a coach and physiotherapist. He was Andy Murray's physiotherapist when he won the Wimbledon title in 2013.[6]

ATP Tour career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 1993 Durban, South Africa Hard South Africa Marcos Ondruska South Africa Lan Bale
Zimbabwe Byron Black		 6–7, 2–6

Challenger titles

Doubles: (4)
No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1993 Cincinnati, US Hard Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett Australia Wayne Arthurs
India Leander Paes		 7–6, 6–4
2. 1993 Bronx, US Hard Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett Australia Wayne Arthurs
Australia Grant Doyle		 7–6, 7–6
3. 1993 Porto, Portugal Clay South Africa Brent Haygarth Italy Cristian Brandi
Italy Federico Mordegan		 6–2, 2–6, 7–6
4. 1994 Cherbourg, France Carpet United Kingdom Neil Broad United States Donald Johnson
United States Kent Kinnear		 7–6, 2–6, 6–3

References
  1. "ITF Tennis – Pro Circuit – Durban – 29 March – 05 April 1993". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 25 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  2. "New York (AP)". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1 September 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  3. "Tennis". The Canberra Times. 21 January 1994. p. 20. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  4. "Tennis". The Canberra Times. 22 January 1994. p. 50. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  5. "Ferreira upsets Sampras in 2nd round". The Item. 8 March 2002. p. 4B. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  6. Gibson, Owen (8 July 2013). "Lendl and Judy the star players in Team Murray's triumph". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
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