Johan de Beer

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

Johan de Beer

Full name	Johan de Beer
Country (sports)	South Africa
Born	(1972-06-01) 1 June 1972 (age 52) Pretoria, Transvaal Province
Retired	1994
Prize money	$53,581
Singles
Career record	0–2
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 397 (15 November 1993)
Doubles
Career record	11–17
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 92 (21 February 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1994)
US Open	1R (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	Marcos Ondruska	Lan Bale Byron Black	6–7, 2–6

Challenger titles

Doubles: (4)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1993	Cincinnati, US	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Wayne Arthurs Leander Paes	7–6, 6–4
2.	1993	Bronx, US	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Wayne Arthurs Grant Doyle	7–6, 7–6
3.	1993	Porto, Portugal	Clay	Brent Haygarth	Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan	6–2, 2–6, 7–6
4.	1994	Cherbourg, France	Carpet	Neil Broad	Donald Johnson 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.

External links

• Johan de Beer at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Johan de Beer at the International Tennis Federation