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Donald Johnson

Donald James "Don" Johnson (born September 9 1968, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is a former professional tennis player from the United States who reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 2002. Although born in Bethlehm, PA he was raised and learned the sport of tennis in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania 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 turining 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.

Men's doubles wins (23)

Legend
Grand Slam (1)
Tennis Masters Cup (1)
ATP Masters Series (2)
ATP Tour (19)
Wins by Surface
Hard (13)
Clay (6)
Grass (3)
Carpet (1)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score
1. 11 March, 1996 Mexico City, Mexico Clay Francisco Montana Nicolás Pereira
Emilio Sánchez
6–2, 6–4
2. 5 August, 1996 Amsterdam, Netherlands Clay Francisco Montana Rikard Bergh
Jack Waite
6–4, 3–6, 6–2
3. 28 April, 1997 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Francisco Montana Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis
6–4, 6–4
4. 9 February, 1998 Marseille, France Hard (i) Francisco Montana Mark Keil
T.J. Middleton
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
5. 13 April, 1998 Estoril, Portugal Clay Francisco Montana David Roditi
Fernon Wibier
6–1, 2–6, 6–1
6. 11 May, 1998 Hamburg, Germany Clay Francisco Montana David Adams
Brett Steven
6–4, 6–4
7. 12 October, 1998 Palermo, Italy Clay Francisco Montana Pablo Albano
Daniel Orsanic
6–4, 7–6
8. 12 April, 1999 Estoril, Portugal Clay Tomás Carbonell Jiří Novák
David Rikl
6–3, 2–6, 6–1
9. 12 July, 1999 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Cyril Suk Aleksandar Kitinov
Eric Taino
7–5, 7–6
10. 28 February, 2000 Mexico City, Mexico Clay Byron Black Gastón Etlis
Martín Rodríguez
6–3, 7–5
11. 17 April, 2000 Estoril, Portugal Clay Piet Norval David Adams
Joshua Eagle
6–4, 7–5
12. 26 June, 2000 Nottingham, England Grass Piet Norval Ellis Ferreira
Rick Leach
1–6, 6–4, 6–3
13. 30 October, 2000 Basel, Switzerland Carpet Piet Norval Roger Federer
Dominik Hrbatý
7–6, 4–6, 7–6
14. 17 December, 2000 Doubles Championship, Bangalore Hard Piet Norval Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes
7–6, 6–3, 6–4
15. 4 March, 2001 Acapulco, Mexico Clay Gustavo Kuerten David Adams
Martín García
6–3, 7–6
16. 12 March, 2001 Scottsdale, U.S. Hard Jared Palmer Marcelo Ríos
Sjeng Schalken
7–6, 6–2
17. 30 April, 2001 Barcelona, Spain Clay Jared Palmer Tommy Robredo
Fernando Vicente
2–6, 6–3, 7–6
18. 7 May, 2001 Majorca, Spain Clay Jared Palmer Feliciano López
Francisco Roig
7–5, 6–3
19. 25 June, 2001 Nottingham, England Grass Jared Palmer Paul Hanley
Andrew Kratzmann
6–4, 6–2
20. 9 July, 2001 Wimbledon, London Grass Jared Palmer Jiří Novák
David Rikl
6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6
21. 29 October, 2001 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Jared Palmer Jonas Björkman
Todd Woodbridge
6–3, 4–6, 6–3
22. 7 January, 2002 Doha, Qatar Hard Jared Palmer Jiří Novák
David Rikl
6–3, 7–6(5)
23. 14 January, 2002 Sydney, Australia Hard Jared Palmer Joshua Eagle
Sandon Stolle
6–4, 6–4

Men's doubles runner-ups (12)

Legend
Grand Slam (1)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (3)
ATP Tour (8)
Runner-ups by Surface
Hard (6)
Clay (3)
Grass (2)
Carpet (1)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score
1. 21 July, 1997 Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany Clay Francisco Montana Gustavo Kuerten
Fernando Meligeni
6–3, 6–7, 6–1
2. 20 October, 1997 Ostrava, Czech Republic Carpet Francisco Montana Jiří Novák
David Rikl
6–2, 6–4
3. 16 February, 1998 Dubai, UAE Hard Francisco Montana Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes
6–2, 7–5
4. 24 July, 2000 Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany Clay Lucas Arnold Ker Jiří Novák
David Rikl
5–7, 6–2, 6–3
5. 23 October, 2000 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Piet Norval Julien Boutter
Fabrice Santoro
7–6, 4–6, 7–6
6. 6 November, 2000 Stuttgart Indoor, Germany Hard (i) Piet Norval Jiří Novák
David Rikl
6–2, 6–2
7. 16 April, 2001 Estoril, Portugal Clay Nenad Zimonjić Radek Štěpánek
Michal Tabara
6–4, 6–1
8. 6 August, 2001 Montreal, Canada Hard Jared Palmer Jiří Novák
David Rikl
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
9. 10 September, 2001 U.S. Open, New York Hard Jared Palmer Wayne Black
Kevin Ullyett
7–6, 2–6, 6–3
10. 1 April, 2002 Miami, U.S. Hard Jared Palmer Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor
4–6, 7–6, 6–2
11. 24 June, 2002 Nottingham, England Grass Jared Palmer Mike Bryan
Mark Knowles
0–6, 7–6, 6–4
12. 23 June, 2003 s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Leander Paes Martin Damm
Cyril Suk
7–5, 7–6

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