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Biography of Danie Visser - Tennis
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Danie Visser (b. July 26 1961, in Rustenburg, South Africa) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won 3 Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam men's doubles titles (2 Australian Open and 1 U.S. Open (tennis)|US Open). Visser reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1990. Visser won the first of 17 career doubles titles in 1985 at Bristol. In 1990 he won the men's doubles titles at both the Australian Open and the US Open, partnering his fellow South African player Pieter Aldrich. The pair were also doubles runners-up at Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon that year. Visser won the Australian Open doubles crown again in 1993, partnering Laurie Warder. Visser won the final doubles title of his career in 1994 at Manchester. Visser's best singles ranking was World No. 59, which he attained in 1984. == External links == * http://www.atptennis.com/en/players/playerprofiles /default2.asp?playernumber=V032 Official ATP profile

