David Adams (tennis)

David Dixie Adams (born 5 January 1970) is a former tennis player from South Africa. He turned professional in 1989. In his career, he won 19 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 33 times, including at the French Open in 1992. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 9 in February 1994.

David Adams

Country (sports)	South Africa
Born	(1970-01-05) 5 January 1970 (age 54) Durban, South Africa
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1989
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$2,534,247
Singles
Career record	9–21
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 131 (24 October 1994)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1996)
Doubles
Career record	246–258
Career titles	19
Highest ranking	No. 9 (21 February 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1994, 1999, 2001, 2002)
French Open	F (1992)
Wimbledon	SF (2000)
US Open	SF (1993)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	W (1999)
French Open	W (2000)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	4–2

Adams participated in six Davis Cup ties for South Africa between 1997 and 2003, posting a 4–2 record, all in doubles.

Adams won two Grand Slam titles in mixed doubles, both with fellow South African Mariaan de Swardt, taking the Australian Open title in 1999 and the French Open title in 2000.^[1][2]

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1999	Australian Open	Hard	Mariaan de Swardt	Max Mirnyi   Serena Williams	6–4, 4–6, 7–6^(7–5)
Win	2000	French Open	Clay	Mariaan de Swardt	Todd Woodbridge   Rennae Stubbs	6–3, 3–6, 6–3

Career finals

Doubles: 52 (19 titles, 33 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	May 1992	Munich, Germany	Clay	Menno Oosting	Carl Limberger   Tomáš Anzari	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss	1.	Jun 1992	French Open, Paris	Clay	Andrei Olhovskiy	Jakob Hlasek   Marc Rosset	6–7, 7–6, 5–7
Loss	2.	Nov 1992	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Andrei Olhovskiy	Marius Barnard   John-Laffnie de Jager	4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss	3.	Feb 1993	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Andrei Olhovskiy	Henrik Holm   Anders Järryd	4–6, 6–7
Win	2.	Mar 1993	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet (i)	Andrei Olhovskiy	Martin Damm   Daniel Vacek	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win	3.	Apr 1993	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Andrei Olhovskiy	Menno Oosting   Udo Riglewski	6–3, 7–5
Loss	4.	Jun 1993	Rosmalen, Netherlands	Grass	Andrei Olhovskiy	Patrick McEnroe   Jonathan Stark	6–7, 6–1, 4–6
Loss	5.	Sep 1993	Bordeaux, France	Hard	Andrei Olhovskiy	Pablo Albano   Javier Frana	6–7, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	6.	Oct 1993	Bolzano, Italy	Carpet (i)	Andrei Olhovskiy	Hendrik Jan Davids   Piet Norval	3–6, 2–6
Loss	7.	Jan 1994	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Byron Black	Andrew Kratzmann   Mark Kratzmann	4–6, 3–6
Win	4.	Feb 1994	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet (i)	Andrei Olhovskiy	Grant Connell   Patrick Galbraith	6–7, 6–4, 7–6
Win	5.	Mar 1994	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Menno Oosting	Cristian Brandi   Federico Mordegan	6–3, 6–4
Loss	8.	Apr 1994	Osaka, Japan	Hard	Andrei Olhovskiy	Martin Damm   Sandon Stolle	4–6, 4–6
Loss	9.	Aug 1994	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Andrei Olhovskiy	Daniel Orsanic   Jan Siemerink	4–6, 2–6
Win	6.	Aug 1994	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Andrei Olhovskiy	Sergio Casal   Emilio Sánchez	6–7, 6–3, 7–5
Loss	10.	Oct 1994	Beijing, China	Carpet (i)	Andrei Olhovskiy	Tommy Ho   Kent Kinnear	6–7, 3–6
Loss	11.	Nov 1994	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Andrei Olhovskiy	Jacco Eltingh   Paul Haarhuis	w/o
Win	7.	Jan 1995	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Andrei Olhovskiy	Ronald Agénor   Shuzo Matsuoka	7–5, 6–3
Win	8.	Feb 1995	Marseille, France	Carpet (i)	Andrei Olhovskiy	Jean-Philippe Fleurian   Rodolphe Gilbert	6–1, 6–4
Win	9.	Mar 1996	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Marius Barnard	Hendrik Jan Davids   Cyril Suk	6–3, 5–7, 7–6
Loss	12.	May 1996	Sankt Pölten, Austria	Clay	Menno Oosting	Ctislav Doseděl   Pavel Vízner	7–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	13.	Jul 1996	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Menno Oosting	Libor Pimek   Byron Talbot	6–7, 3–6
Loss	14.	Sep 1996	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Menno Oosting	David Ekerot   Jeff Tarango	6–7, 6–7
Loss	15.	Sep 1996	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Menno Oosting	Yevgeny Kafelnikov   Daniel Vacek	3–6, 4–6
Win	10.	Feb 1997	Antwerp, Belgium	Hard (i)	Olivier Delaître	Sandon Stolle   Cyril Suk	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss	16.	Mar 1997	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Andrei Olhovskiy	Pablo Albano   Peter Nyborg	4–6, 6–7
Loss	17.	Jun 1997	Halle, Germany	Grass	Marius Barnard	Karsten Braasch   Michael Stich	6–7, 3–6
Loss	18.	Nov 1997	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Fabrice Santoro	Martin Damm   Cyril Suk	4–6, 3–6
Loss	19.	May 1998	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Brett Steven	Donald Johnson   Francisco Montana	2–6, 5–7
Loss	20.	May 1998	Sankt Pölten, Austria	Clay	Wayne Black	Jim Grabb   David Macpherson	4–6, 4–6
Loss	21.	Oct 1998	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	John-Laffnie de Jager	Yevgeny Kafelnikov   Daniel Vacek	5–7, 3–6
Loss	22.	Oct 1998	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	Pavel Vízner	Nicolas Kiefer   David Prinosil	4–6, 3–6
Loss	23.	Feb 1999	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Pavel Vízner	Max Mirnyi   Andrei Olhovskiy	5–7, 6–7^(7–9)
Loss	24.	Feb 1999	Dubai, UAE	Hard	John-Laffnie de Jager	Wayne Black   Sandon Stolle	6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Win	11.	Feb 1999	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	John-Laffnie de Jager	Neil Broad   Peter Tramacchi	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	25.	May 1999	Rome, Italy	Clay	John-Laffnie de Jager	Ellis Ferreira   Rick Leach	7–6, 1–6, 2–6
Win	12.	Jul 1999	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Jeff Tarango	Nicklas Kulti   Mikael Tillström	7–6^(8–6), 6–4
Loss	26.	Aug 1999	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Hard	John-Laffnie de Jager	Justin Gimelstob   Sébastien Lareau	5–7, 7–6^(7–2), 3–6
Win	13.	Sep 1999	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Jeff Tarango	Michael Kohlmann   Nicklas Kulti	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	27.	Oct 1999	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	John-Laffnie de Jager	Olivier Delaître   Jeff Tarango	6–3, 6–7^(2–7), 4–6
Loss	28.	Oct 1999	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	John-Laffnie de Jager	Jonas Björkman   Byron Black	7–6^(8–6), 6–7^(2–7), 0–6
Win	14.	Feb 2000	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	John-Laffnie de Jager	Tim Henman   Yevgeny Kafelnikov	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
Win	15.	Feb 2000	London, England	Hard (i)	John-Laffnie de Jager	Jan-Michael Gambill   Scott Humphries	6–3, 6–7^(7–9), 7–6^(13–11)
Loss	29.	Apr 2000	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Joshua Eagle	Donald Johnson   Piet Norval	4–6, 5–7
Win	16.	May 2000	Munich, Germany	Clay	John-Laffnie de Jager	Max Mirnyi   Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 6–4
Loss	30.	Jan 2001	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Martín García	Marius Barnard   Jim Thomas	6–7^(10–12), 4–6
Loss	31.	Mar 2001	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Martín García	Donald Johnson   Gustavo Kuerten	3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	32.	Mar 2002	Delray Beach, U.S.	Hard	Ben Ellwood	Martin Damm   Cyril Suk	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), [5–10]
Loss	33.	Jul 2002	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Gastón Etlis	Joshua Eagle   David Rikl	3–6, 4–6
Win	17.	Sep 2002	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Robbie Koenig	Raemon Sluiter   Martin Verkerk	6–2, 7–5
Win	18.	Oct 2002	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Jared Palmer	Irakli Labadze   Marat Safin	7–6^(10–8), 6–3
Win	19.	Jan 2003	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Robbie Koenig	Tomáš Cibulec   Leoš Friedl	7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 6–3

Doubles performance timeline

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.

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	Career SR	Career win–loss
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	1R	2R	3R	2R	3R	3R	2R	0 / 13	14–13
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	F	2R	SF	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 12	12–12
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	SF	3R	2R	2R	0 / 13	12–12
US Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	SF	QF	1R	3R	QF	3R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 13	15–13
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 51	N/A
Annual win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	6–4	6–3	9–4	1–4	3–4	3–4	3–4	5–4	5–4	4–4	4–4	2–4	N/A	53–50
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	NME			A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	QF	1R	1R	1R	0 / 6	3–6
Miami	NME			A	A	A	3R	A	3R	A	A	QF	2R	3R	3R	2R	1R	0 / 8	8–8
Monte Carlo	NME			A	A	A	SF	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	QF	1R	1R	0 / 9	6–9
Rome	NME			A	A	QF	1R	1R	A	1R	QF	1R	F	1R	1R	1R	2R	0 / 11	9–11
Hamburg	NME			A	A	2R	2R	QF	A	1R	2R	F	2R	1R	2R	QF	1R	0 / 11	11–11
Canada	NME			A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	SF	QF	SF	1R	A	0 / 8	9–8
Cincinnati	NME			A	A	2R	1R	A	1R	A	1R	1R	QF	1R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 10	4–10
Madrid (Stuttgart)	NME			A	A	1R	2R	2R	A	1R	2R	1R	F	2R	2R	QF	A	0 / 10	7–10
Paris	NME			A	A	1R	QF	QF	QF	QF	2R	1R	2R	QF	2R	2R	A	0 / 11	12–11
Masters Series SR	N/A			0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 5	0 / 7	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 6	0 / 7	0 / 9	0 / 9	0 / 9	0 / 9	0 / 9	0 / 6	0 / 84	N/A
Annual win–loss	N/A			0–0	0–0	4–5	5–7	2–4	4–4	2–6	5–7	9–9	14–9	7–9	9–9	7–9	1–6	N/A	69–84
Year-end ranking	824	434	289	180	101	26	20	13	71	35	25	37	12	19	33	27	91	N/A

References

1. "Kafelnikov captures Open title". BBC News. 31 January 1999.
2. Djata, Sundiata (2008). Blacks at the Net : Black Achievement in the History of Tennis (1 ed.). Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-0815608981.

External links

• David Adams at the Association of Tennis Professionals  
• David Adams at the International Tennis Federation  
• David Adams at the Davis Cup