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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