Donald Johnson

For other people called Don or Donald Johnson, see Don Johnson (disambiguation).

Donald James Johnson (born September 9, 1968) is an American former professional tennis player who reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 2002. Although born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, he was raised and learned the sport of tennis in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania.^[1] Johnson attended Fairview High School in Erie, Pennsylvania, and won the PIAA State Singles Championship in 1984. During his career, he won the Wimbledon men's doubles title in 2001 (partnering Jared Palmer), and the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 2000 (partnering Kimberly Po). He also won the doubles title at the Tennis Masters Cup in 2000 (partnering Piet Norval). He won a total of 23 top-level doubles titles.

Donald Johnson

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Atlanta, Georgia
Born	(1968-09-09) September 9, 1968 (age 56) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Turned pro	1992
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$2,294,044
Singles
Career record	7–16
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 194 (April 22, 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	2R (1995)
Doubles
Career record	318–238
Career titles	23
Highest ranking	No. 1 (January 28, 2002)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2002)
French Open	QF (1996, 1998)
Wimbledon	W (2001)
US Open	F (2001)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2003)
French Open	QF (1998, 2000)
Wimbledon	W (2000)
US Open	F (1999)

Prior to turning professional, Johnson played collegiate tennis for the University of North Carolina from 1987 to 1991. As a youngster, he earned the Sportsmanship Award at the USTA National Junior Championships in 1986.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1–1)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2001	Wimbledon	Grass	Jared Palmer	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Loss	2001	US Open	Hard	Jared Palmer	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–7(9–11), 6–2, 3–6

Mixed doubles: 2 (1–1)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1999	US Open	Hard	Kimberly Po	Ai Sugiyama Mahesh Bhupathi	4–6, 4–6
Win	2000	Wimbledon	Grass	Kimberly Po	Kim Clijsters Lleyton Hewitt	6–4, 7–6(7–3)

Career finals

Doubles: 35 (23–12)

Legend Grand Slam (1) Tennis Masters Cup (1) ATP Masters Series (2) ATP International Series Gold (3) ATP Tour (16)

Wins by surface Hard (13) Clay (6) Grass (3) Carpet (1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	Mar 1996	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Francisco Montana	Nicolás Pereira Emilio Sánchez	6–2, 6–4
Win	2.	Aug 1996	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Clay	Francisco Montana	Rikard Bergh Jack Waite	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Win	3.	Apr 1997	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Francisco Montana	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 2–6, 7–6
Loss	1.	Jul 1997	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Francisco Montana	Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	Oct 1997	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Carpet	Francisco Montana	Jiří Novák David Rikl	2–6, 4–6
Win	4.	Feb 1998	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Francisco Montana	Mark Keil T. J. Middleton	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	3.	Feb 1998	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Francisco Montana	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	2–6, 5–7
Win	5.	Apr 1998	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Francisco Montana	David Roditi Fernon Wibier	6–1, 2–6, 6–1
Win	6.	May 1998	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Francisco Montana	David Adams Brett Steven	6–2, 7–5
Win	7.	Oct 1998	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Francisco Montana	Pablo Albano Daniel Orsanic	6–4, 7–6
Win	8.	Apr 1999	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Tomás Carbonell	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–3, 2–6, 6–1
Win	9.	Jul 1999	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Cyril Suk	Aleksandar Kitinov Eric Taino	7–5, 7–6
Win	10.	Feb 2000	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Byron Black	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	6–3, 7–5
Win	11.	Apr 2000	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Piet Norval	David Adams Joshua Eagle	6–4, 7–5
Win	12.	Jun 2000	Nottingham, England	Grass	Piet Norval	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	4.	Jul 2000	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Lucas Arnold Ker	Jiří Novák David Rikl	7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	Oct 2000	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Piet Norval	Julien Boutter Fabrice Santoro	6–7, 6–4, 6–7
Win	13.	Oct 2000	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Piet Norval	Roger Federer Dominik Hrbatý	7–6, 4–6, 7–6
Loss	6.	Nov 2000	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Piet Norval	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win	14.	Dec 2000	Doubles Championship, Bangalore	Hard	Piet Norval	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	7–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	15.	Mar 2001	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	David Adams Martín García	6–3, 7–6
Win	16.	Mar 2001	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Jared Palmer	Marcelo Ríos Sjeng Schalken	7–6, 6–2
Loss	7.	Apr 2001	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Nenad Zimonjić	Radek Štěpánek Michal Tabara	4–6, 1–6
Win	17.	Apr 2001	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Jared Palmer	Tommy Robredo Fernando Vicente	7–6, 6–4
Win	18.	May 2001	Majorca, Spain	Clay	Jared Palmer	Feliciano López Francisco Roig	7–5, 6–3
Win	19.	Jun 2001	Nottingham, England	Grass	Jared Palmer	Paul Hanley Andrew Kratzmann	6–4, 6–2
Win	20.	Jul 2001	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Jared Palmer	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss	8.	Aug 2001	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Jared Palmer	Jiří Novák David Rikl	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	9.	Sep 2001	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Jared Palmer	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–7, 6–2, 3–6
Win	21.	Oct 2001	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Jared Palmer	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Win	22.	Jan 2002	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Jared Palmer	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–3, 7–6(5)
Win	23.	Jan 2002	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Jared Palmer	Joshua Eagle Sandon Stolle	6–4, 6–4
Loss	10.	Apr 2002	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Jared Palmer	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss	11.	Jun 2002	Nottingham, England	Grass	Jared Palmer	Mike Bryan Mark Knowles	6–0, 6–7, 4–6
Loss	12.	Jun 2003	s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Leander Paes	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	5–7, 6–7

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	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	3R	1R	3R	3R	1R	A	1R	SF	QF	A	0 / 9	14–9
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	QF	1R	QF	1R	2R	1R	2R	2R	A	0 / 10	11–10
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	QF	3R	2R	2R	W	SF	3R	A	1 / 10	18–9
U.S. Open	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	2R	1R	3R	1R	3R	1R	F	QF	3R	1R	0 / 12	17–12
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 1	1 / 41	N/A
Annual win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–4	5–4	3–4	7–4	7–4	3–4	2–3	10–3	12–4	8–4	0–1	N/A	60–40
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	NME	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	SF	2R	A	0 / 7	3–7
Miami	NME	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	QF	F	2R	A	0 / 10	12–10
Monte Carlo	NME	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	W	2R	SF	QF	QF	SF	SF	A	1 / 8	17–7
Rome	NME	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	SF	2R	QF	QF	1R	A	0 / 7	7–7
Hamburg	NME	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	W	2R	2R	A	2R	2R	A	1 / 6	8–5
Canada	NME	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	QF	2R	QF	1R	SF	F	QF	1R	A	0 / 10	13–10
Cincinnati	NME	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	2R	QF	2R	A	0 / 8	6–8
Stuttgart (Stockholm)	NME	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	F	2R	A	A	A	0 / 5	5–5
Paris	NME	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	QF	A	A	A	0 / 3	2–3
Masters Series SR	N/A	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 1	0 / 3	1 / 9	1 / 9	0 / 8	0 / 8	0 / 8	0 / 7	0 / 7	0 / 0	2 / 64	N/A
Annual win–loss	N/A	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	3–3	9–8	8–8	9–8	12–8	11–8	14–7	5–7	0–0	N/A	73–62
Year-end ranking	834	–	522	157	100	106	100	42	26	24	36	18	3	10	35	1211	N/A

References

1. "WPIAL 100 years: These are the athletes who have helped define it".

External links

• Donald Johnson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Donald Johnson at the International Tennis Federation
• Donald Johnson at the Davis Cup