Donald Johnson

Donald Johnson

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Atlanta, Georgia
Born	(1968-09-09) September 9, 1968 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Turned pro	1992
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$2,294,944
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)

Donald James "Don" Johnson (born September 9, 1968) is a former professional tennis player from the United States 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.

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

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2001	Wimbledon	Grass	Jared Palmer	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Runner-up	2001	US Open	Hard	Jared Palmer	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–7(9–11), 6–2, 3–6

Mixed doubles: 2 (1–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1999	US Open	Hard	Kimberly Po	Ai Sugiyama Mahesh Bhupathi	4–6, 4–6
Winner	2000	Wimbledon	Grass	Kimberly Po	Kim Clijsters Lleyton Hewitt	6–4, 7–6(7–3)

Career finals

Doubles: 35 (23–12)

Wins (23)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	March 11, 1996	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Francisco Montana	Nicolás Pereira Emilio Sánchez	6–2, 6–4
Winner	2.	August 5, 1996	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Clay	Francisco Montana	Rikard Bergh Jack Waite	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	3.	April 28, 1997	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Francisco Montana	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 2–6, 7–6
Runner-up	1.	July 21, 1997	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Francisco Montana	Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	October 20, 1997	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Carpet	Francisco Montana	Jiří Novák David Rikl	2–6, 4–6
Winner	4.	February 9, 1998	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Francisco Montana	Mark Keil T. J. Middleton	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	February 16, 1998	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Francisco Montana	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	2–6, 5–7
Winner	5.	April 13, 1998	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Francisco Montana	David Roditi Fernon Wibier	6–1, 2–6, 6–1
Winner	6.	May 11, 1998	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Francisco Montana	David Adams Brett Steven	6–2, 7–5
Winner	7.	October 12, 1998	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Francisco Montana	Pablo Albano Daniel Orsanic	6–4, 7–6
Winner	8.	April 12, 1999	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Tomás Carbonell	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–3, 2–6, 6–1
Winner	9.	July 12, 1999	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Cyril Suk	Aleksandar Kitinov Eric Taino	7–5, 7–6
Winner	10.	February 28, 2000	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Byron Black	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	6–3, 7–5
Winner	11.	April 17, 2000	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Piet Norval	David Adams Joshua Eagle	6–4, 7–5
Winner	12.	June 26, 2000	Nottingham, England	Grass	Piet Norval	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	July 24, 2000	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Lucas Arnold Ker	Jiří Novák David Rikl	7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	October 23, 2000	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Piet Norval	Julien Boutter Fabrice Santoro	6–7, 6–4, 6–7
Winner	13.	October 30, 2000	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Piet Norval	Roger Federer Dominik Hrbatý	7–6, 4–6, 7–6
Runner-up	6.	November 6, 2000	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Piet Norval	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	14.	December 17, 2000	Doubles Championship, Bangalore	Hard	Piet Norval	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	7–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	15.	March 4, 2001	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	David Adams Martín García	6–3, 7–6
Winner	16.	March 12, 2001	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Jared Palmer	Marcelo Ríos Sjeng Schalken	7–6, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	April 16, 2001	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Nenad Zimonjić	Radek Štěpánek Michal Tabara	4–6, 1–6
Winner	17.	April 30, 2001	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Jared Palmer	Tommy Robredo Fernando Vicente	7–6, 6–4
Winner	18.	May 7, 2001	Majorca, Spain	Clay	Jared Palmer	Feliciano López Francisco Roig	7–5, 6–3
Winner	19.	June 25, 2001	Nottingham, England	Grass	Jared Palmer	Paul Hanley Andrew Kratzmann	6–4, 6–2
Winner	20.	July 9, 2001	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Jared Palmer	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	8.	August 6, 2001	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Jared Palmer	Jiří Novák David Rikl	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	September 10, 2001	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Jared Palmer	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–7, 6–2, 3–6
Winner	21.	October 29, 2001	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Jared Palmer	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	22.	January 7, 2002	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Jared Palmer	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–3, 7–6(5)
Winner	23.	January 14, 2002	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Jared Palmer	Joshua Eagle Sandon Stolle	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	April 1, 2002	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Jared Palmer	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Runner-up	11.	June 24, 2002	Nottingham, England	Grass	Jared Palmer	Mike Bryan Mark Knowles	6–0, 6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	12.	June 23, 2003	s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Leander Paes	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	5–7, 6–7

Doubles performance timeline

A = did not attend tournament

References

External links

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