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Johan de Beer
South African tennis player

Johan de Beer

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

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.

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. 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. They lost an all South African second round match to Ellis Ferreira and Christo van Rensburg.

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.

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.

ATP Tour career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

OutcomeNo.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.1993Durban, South AfricaHardSouth Africa Marcos OndruskaSouth Africa Lan Bale
Zimbabwe Byron Black
6–7, 2–6

Challenger titles

Doubles: (4)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1993Cincinnati, U.S.HardZimbabwe Kevin UllyettAustralia Wayne Arthurs
India Leander Paes
7–6, 6–4
2.1993Bronx, U.S.HardZimbabwe Kevin UllyettAustralia Wayne Arthurs
Australia Grant Doyle
7–6, 7–6
3.1993Porto, PortugalClaySouth Africa Brent HaygarthItaly Cristian Brandi
Italy Federico Mordegan
6–2, 2–6, 7–6
4.1994Cherbourg, FranceCarpetUnited Kingdom Neil BroadUnited States Donald Johnson
United States Kent Kinnear
7–6, 2–6, 6–3

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