South African-American tennis player

Johan Christiaan Kriek (born April 5, 1958) is a retired South African-American tennis player and founder of the Global Water Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to delivering clean water to the world's neediest communities. He won two Australian Open *les and reached the semifinals at the French Open and US Open, as well as the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. Kriek won 14 professional singles and eight doubles *les, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 7.

He attended Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Afrikaans High School for Boys, also known as Affies), a public school located in Pretoria.

Kriek became a naturalized American citizen in August 1982. He currently resides in Palm Beach Gardens, FL with his wife, Daga and their children Karolina and Kristian.

Contents

• 1 Grand Slam finals
  • 1.1 Singles: (2 *les)
• 2 Career finals
  • 2.1 Singles (14 *les, 13 runner-ups)
  • 2.2 Doubles (8 *les, 7 runner-ups)
• 3 Grand Slam singles performance timeline
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Grand Slam finals

Singles: (2 *les)

Career finals

Singles (14 *les, 13 runner-ups)

Doubles (8 *les, 7 runner-ups)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

References

External links

• Johan Kriek at the *ociation of Tennis Professionals
• Johan Kriek at the International Tennis Federation
• Global Water Foundation
• bio - file interview with John Kriek