Paul Haarhuis

Paul Haarhuis

Country (sports)	Netherlands
Residence	Monaco
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1989
Retired	2003
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Prize money	US$7,749,011
Singles
Career record	267–258
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	18 (6 November 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1994)
French Open	4R (1993)
Wimbledon	4R (1996)
US Open	QF (1991)
Doubles
Career record	607–238
Career titles	54
Highest ranking	1 (31 January 1994)
Last updated on: 31 May 2007.

Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis (born 19 February 1966) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. He is a former World No. 1 doubles player. He won six Grand Slam men's doubles titles, five with Jacco Eltingh and one with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.

Personal life

Haarhuis was born on 19 February 1966 in Eindhoven in the Netherlands. He played tennis for Florida State University.

Tennis career

In June 1995, he reached his highest singles ranking of World No. 18. He is best remembered for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Jacco Eltingh, winning five Grand Slam titles together. In his career he has won one singles title and 54 doubles titles.

He is, together with Sergi Bruguera, Richard Krajicek, Leander Paes, and Michael Stich, the only player of the same generation with a better head-to-head record against Pete Sampras: 3–1.

After retiring, he won the end of the year Blackrock Masters Tennis tournament in the Royal Albert Hall in 2005 and 2006, beating legends such as Goran Ivanisevic and John McEnroe. He completed a hat-trick of victories in the tournament in 2007, beating Frenchman Guy Forget.

Grand Slam record

• Australian Open
  • Doubles champion: 1994 (w/Jacco Eltingh)

• French Open
  • Doubles champion: 1995, 1998 (w/Eltingh), 2002 (w/Yevgeny Kafelnikov)
  • Doubles runner-up: 2000 (w/Sandon Stolle), 2003 (w/Kafelnikov)
  • Mixed runner-up: 1991 (w/Vis)

• Wimbledon
  • Doubles champion: 1998 (w/Eltingh)
  • Doubles runner-up: 1997 (w/Eltingh), 1999 (w/Jared Palmer), 2000 (w/Stolle)

• US Open
  • Singles quarterfinalist: 1991
  • Doubles champion: 1994 (w/Eltingh)
  • Doubles runner-up: 1996 (w/Eltingh)

ATP Tour World Championships

• Doubles champion: 1993, 1998 (w/Eltingh)

Grand Slam men's doubles finals

Wins (6)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
1994	Australian Open	Jacco Eltingh	Byron Black Jonathan Stark	6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1994	US Open	Jacco Eltingh	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–3, 7–6
1995	French Open	Jacco Eltingh	Nicklas Kulti Magnus Larsson	6–7, 6–4, 6–1
1998	French Open (2)	Jacco Eltingh	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1998	Wimbledon	Jacco Eltingh	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	2–6, 6–4, 7–6, 5–7, 10–8
2002	French Open (3)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–5, 6–4

Runner-ups (6)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
1996	US Open	Jacco Eltingh	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
1997	Wimbledon	Jacco Eltingh	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7–6, 7–6, 5–7, 6–3
1999	Wimbledon (2)	Jared Palmer	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6
2000	French Open (2)	Sandon Stolle	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7–6, 6–4
2000	Wimbledon (3)	Sandon Stolle	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–3, 6–4, 6–1
2003	French Open	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6, 6–3

Grand Slam mixed doubles final (1)

Runner-up (1)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
1991	French Open	Caroline Vis	Helena Suková Cyril Suk	3–6, 6–4, 6–1

Doubles finals (94)

Wins (54)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (6) Tennis Masters Cup (2) ATP Masters Series (10) ATP Tour (36)

Titles by surface Hard (19) Clay (15) Grass (5) Carpet (15)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
1.	12 November 1990	Moscow, Russia (1)	Carpet	Hendrik Jan Davids	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–4, 7–6
2.	8 April 1991	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Mark Koevermans	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	6–3, 6–3
3.	17 June 1991	Rosmalen, Netherlands (1)	Grass	Hendrik Jan Davids	Richard Krajicek Jan Siemerink	6–3, 7–6
4.	28 October 1991	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Jacco Eltingh	Bret Garnett Todd Nelson	6–3, 7–5
5.	27 July 1992	Hilversum, Netherlands (1)	Clay	Mark Koevermans	Marten Renstrom Mikael Tillström	6–7, 6–1, 6–4
6.	31 August 1992	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Jacco Eltingh	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–3, 6–4
7.	11 January 1993	Kuala Lumpur-1, Malaysia	Hard	Jacco Eltingh	Henrik Holm Bent-Ove Pedersen	7–5, 6–3
8.	10 May 1993	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Mark Koevermans	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	6–4, 6–7, 7–6
9.	17 May 1993	Rome, Italy	Clay	Jacco Eltingh	Wayne Ferreira Mark Kratzmann	6–4, 7–6
10.	2 August 1993	Hilversum, Netherlands (2)	Clay	Jacco Eltingh	Hendrik Jan Davids Libor Pimek	4–6, 6–2, 7–5
11.	4 October 1993	Kuala Lumpur-2, Malaysia (1)	Hard (i)	Jacco Eltingh	Jonas Björkman Lars-Anders Wahlgren	7–5, 4–6, 7–6
12.	15 November 1993	Moscow, Russia (2)	Carpet	Jacco Eltingh	Jonas Björkman Jan Apell	6–1, retired
13.	28 November 1993	Doubles Championship, Johannesburg (1)	Hard (i)	Jacco Eltingh	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7–6(4), 7–6(5), 6–4
14.	31 January 1994	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Jacco Eltingh	Byron Black Jonathan Stark	6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
15.	21 February 1994	Philadelphia, U.S. (1)	Carpet	Jacco Eltingh	Jim Grabb Jared Palmer	6–3, 6–4
16.	21 March 1994	Key Biscayne, U.S.	Hard	Jacco Eltingh	Mark Knowles Jared Palmer	7–6, 7–6
17.	12 September 1994	US Open, New York City	Hard	Jacco Eltingh	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–3, 7–6
18.	3 October 1994	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2)	Carpet	Jacco Eltingh	Nicklas Kulti Lars-Anders Wahlgren	6–0, 7–5
19.	10 October 1994	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Jacco Eltingh	Byron Black Jonathan Stark	6–4, 7–6
20.	7 November 1994	Paris Indoor, France (1)	Carpet	Jacco Eltingh	Byron Black Jonathan Stark	3–6, 7–6, 7–5
21.	14 November 1994	Moscow, Russia (3)	Carpet	Jacco Eltingh	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	walkover
22.	1 May 1995	Monte Carlo, Monaco (1)	Clay	Jacco Eltingh	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	6–3, 6–4
23.	12 June 1995	French Open, Paris (1)	Clay	Jacco Eltingh	Nicklas Kulti Magnus Larsson	6–7, 6–4, 6–1
24.	26 June 1995	Halle, Germany	Grass	Jacco Eltingh	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Andrei Olhovskiy	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
25.	16 October 1995	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Jacco Eltingh	Jakob Hlasek Patrick McEnroe	7–6, 6–4
26.	30 October 1995	Essen, Germany	Carpet	Jacco Eltingh	Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek	7–5, 6–4
27.	13 November 1995	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Jacco Eltingh	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	3–6, 6–2, 7–6
28.	26 August 1996	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–6, 6–3
29.	21 October 1996	Toulouse, France (1)	Hard (i)	Jacco Eltingh	Olivier Delaître Guillaume Raoux	6–3, 7–5
30.	4 November 1996	Paris Indoor, France (2)	Carpet	Jacco Eltingh	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
31.	6 January 1997	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Jacco Eltingh	Patrik Fredriksson Magnus Norman	6–3, 6–2
32.	10 March 1997	Rotterdam, Netherlands (1)	Carpet	Jacco Eltingh	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot	7–6, 6–4
33.	23 June 1997	Rosmalen, Netherlands (2)	Grass	Jacco Eltingh	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	6–4, 7–5
34.	25 August 1997	Boston, U.S. (1)	Hard (i)	Jacco Eltingh	Dave Randall Jack Waite	6–4, 6–2
35.	6 October 1997	Toulouse, France (2)	Hard (i)	Jacco Eltingh	Jean-Philippe Fleurian Max Mirnyi	6–3, 7–6
36.	3 November 1997	Paris Indoor, France (3)	Carpet	Jacco Eltingh	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	6–2, 7–6
37.	2 March 1998	Philadelphia, U.S. (2)	Hard (i)	Jacco Eltingh	Richey Reneberg David Macpherson	7–6, 6–7, 6–2
38.	9 March 1998	Rotterdam, Netherlands (2)	Carpet	Jacco Eltingh	Neil Broad Piet Norval	7–6, 6–3
39.	20 April 1998	Barcelona, Spain (1)	Clay	Jacco Eltingh	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	7–5, 6–0
40.	27 April 1998	Monte Carlo, Monaco (2)	Clay	Jacco Eltingh	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 6–2
41.	8 June 1998	French Open, Paris (2)	Clay	Jacco Eltingh	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
42.	6 July 1998	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Jacco Eltingh	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	2–6, 6–4, 7–6, 5–7, 10–8
43.	9 August 1998	Amsterdam, Netherlands (3)	Clay	Jacco Eltingh	Dominik Hrbatý Karol Kučera	6–3, 6–2
44.	31 August 1998	Boston, U.S. (2)	Hard	Jacco Eltingh	Chris Haggard Jack Waite	6–3, 6–2
45.	22 November 1998	Doubles Championship, Hartford (2)	Carpet	Jacco Eltingh	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 6–2, 7–5
46.	19 April 1999	Barcelona, Spain (2)	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Massimo Bertolini Cristian Brandi	7–5, 6–3
47.	9 August 1999	Amsterdam, Netherlands (4)	Clay	Sjeng Schalken	Devin Bowen Eyal Ran	6–3, 6–2
48.	23 August 1999	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Jared Palmer	Olivier Delaître Leander Paes	6–3, 6–4
49.	23 October 2000	Shanghai, China	Hard	Sjeng Schalken	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
50.	13 November 2000	Lyon, France	Carpet	Sandon Stolle	Ivan Ljubičić Jack Waite	6–1, 6–7, 7–6
51.	5 February 2001	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Sjeng Schalken	Johan Landsberg Tom Vanhoudt	7–6(5), 7–6(4)
52.	25 June 2001	s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (3)	Grass	Sjeng Schalken	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	6–4, 6–4
53.	23 July 2001	Amsterdam, Netherlands (5)	Clay	Sjeng Schalken	Àlex Corretja Luis Lobo	6–4, 6–2
54.	10 June 2002	French Open, Paris (3)	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–5, 6–4

Runner-ups (40)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (6) Tennis Masters Cup (1) ATP Masters Series (11) ATP Tour (22)

Runner-ups by surface Hard (13) Clay (13) Grass (6) Carpet (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in final	Score in final
1.	15 January 1990	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Gilad Bloom	Kelly Jones Robert Van't Hof	7–6, 6–0
2.	12 March 1990	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Mark Koevermans	Todd Woodbridge Simon Youl	6–3, 6–1
3.	30 July 1990	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Mark Koevermans	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	7–5, 7–5
4.	7 January 1991	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Mark Koevermans	Wayne Ferreira Stefan Kruger	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
5.	29 April 1991	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Mark Koevermans	Luke Jensen Laurie Warder	5–7, 7–6, 6–4
6.	2 March 1992	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Mark Koevermans	Marc-Kevin Goellner David Prinosil	6–2, 6–7, 7–6
7.	22 June 1992	Genova, Italy	Clay	Mark Koevermans	Shelby Cannon Greg Van Emburgh	6–1, 6–1
8.	18 January 1993	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Jacco Eltingh	Diego Garcia Guillaume Raoux	7–6, 6–7, 6–3
9.	15 February 1993	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Jacco Eltingh	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7–5, 6–2
10.	26 April 1993	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Mark Koevermans	Stefan Edberg Petr Korda	3–6, 6–2, 7–6
11.	25 October 1993	Beijing, China	Carpet	Jacco Eltingh	Paul Annacone Doug Flach	7–6, 6–3
12.	28 February 1994	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Jacco Eltingh	Jeremy Bates Jonas Björkman	6–4, 6–1
13.	25 July 1994	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Jacco Eltingh	Scott Melville Piet Norval	7–6, 7–5
14.	22 August 1994	New Haven, U.S.	Hard	Jacco Eltingh	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	6–4, 7–6
15.	29 August 1994	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Jacco Eltingh	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	6–4, 7–6
16.	27 February 1995	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Jacco Eltingh	Jim Grabb Jonathan Stark	7–6, 6–7, 6–3
17.	25 November 1995	Doubles Championship, Eindhoven	Carpet	Jacco Eltingh	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	7–6, 7–6, 3–6, 7–6
18.	8 January 1996	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Jacco Eltingh	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–6, 6–3
19.	9 September 1996	US Open, New York City	Hard	Jacco Eltingh	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
20.	28 October 1996	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard	Jacco Eltingh	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
21.	8 January 1997	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Jan Siemerink	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	6–4, 6–7, 6–3
22.	28 April 1997	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Jacco Eltingh	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	7–6, 2–6, 7–6
23.	7 July 1997	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Jacco Eltingh	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7–6, 7–6, 5–7, 6–3
24.	5 October 1998	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Jan Siemerink	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	6–2, 6–4
25.	9 November 1998	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet	Jacco Eltingh	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–4, 6–2
26.	18 January 1999	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor	6–3, 6–4
27.	10 May 1999	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Jared Palmer	Wayne Arthurs Andrew Kratzmann	2–6, 7–6, 6–2
28.	14 June 1999	Halle, Germany	Grass	Jared Palmer	Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter	6–3, 7–5
29.	5 July 1999	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Jared Palmer	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6
30.	8 November 1999	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet	Jared Palmer	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	7–6, 7–5
31.	20 March 2000	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Alex O'Brien Jared Palmer	6–4, 7–6
32.	24 April 2000	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Sandon Stolle	Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–3, 2–6, 6–1
33.	1 May 2000	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Sandon Stolle	Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	6–2, 6–7, 7–6
34.	12 June 2000	French Open, Paris	Clay	Sandon Stolle	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7–6, 6–4
35.	26 June 2000	s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Sandon Stolle	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	6–4, 6–7, 7–6
36.	10 July, 2000	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Sandon Stolle	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–3, 6–4, 6–1
37.	20 November 2000	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet	Daniel Nestor	Nicklas Kulti Max Mirnyi	6–4, 7–5
38.	22 April 2002	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–3, 3–6, [10-7]
39.	24 June 2002	s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Brian MacPhie	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
40.	9 June 2003	French Open, Paris	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6, 6–3

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	Career SR
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	2R	3R	1R	3R	W	SF	3R	SF	A	QF	A	A	A	A	1 / 9
French Open	1R	SF	QF	1R	3R	QF	W	2R	SF	W	2R	F	A	W	F	3 / 14
Wimbledon	A	1R	3R	QF	A	QF	QF	1R	F	W	F	F	A	3R	3R	1 / 12
US Open	1R	1R	2R	QF	2R	W	3R	F	2R	A	1R	QF	SF	3R	A	1 / 13
SR	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	2 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	2 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 1	1 / 3	0 / 2	6 / 48
Year End Championships
Doubles Championships	A	A	A	A	W	SF	F	RR	SF	W	RR	RR	A	NH	A	2 / 8
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	1R	A	QF	F	2R	A	A	0 / 5
Key Biscayne	A	A	3R	1R	QF	W	QF	A	2R	A	2R	QF	2R	A	A	1 / 9
Monte Carlo	A	SF	F	2R	F	2R	W	QF	F	W	1R	F	2R	F	QF	2 / 14
Rome	A	2R	1R	2R	W	2R	1R	2R	2R	A	A	QF	A	A	A	1 / 9
Hamburg	A	1R	A	1R	W	SF	SF	2R	QF	A	F	A	A	A	A	1 / 8
Montreal / Toronto	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1 / 1
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1
Madrid (Stuttgart)	A	A	A	2R	A	A	W	F	SF	QF	2R	2R	2R	A	A	1 / 8
Paris	A	A	A	1R	SF	W	QF	W	W	F	F	F	2R	A	A	3 / 10
Masters Series SR	0 / 0	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 6	2 / 5	2 / 5	2 / 6	2 / 7	1 / 7	1 / 4	0 / 6	0 / 6	0 / 5	0 / 1	0 / 1	10 / 65
Year End Ranking	87	34	17	34	4	1	3	6	3	2	5	4	39	22	46	N/A

A = did not attend tournament.
NH = tournament not held.

Singles finals (8)

Win (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
1.	16 January 1995	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Radomir Vasek	7–5, 7–5

Runner-ups (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
1.	6 April 1992	Singapore	Hard	Simon Youl	6–4, 6–1
2.	10 January 1994	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Stefan Edberg	6–3, 6–2
3.	21 February 1994	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Michael Chang	6–3, 6–2
4.	20 February 1995	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Todd Martin	7–6, 6–4
5.	6 March 1995	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Richard Krajicek	7–6, 6–4
6.	18 March 1996	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Michael Chang	7–5, 6–1, 6–1
7.	31 August 1998	Boston, U.S.	Hard	Michael Chang	6–3, 6–4

Senior Tour titles

• 2007 - defeated Jim Courier 6–1, 6–4 in The Legends Rock Dubai

References

ATP Official Profile

External links

• Paul Haarhuis at the Association of Tennis Professionals