Born: September 9, 1968
Age: 55
Donald Johnson
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Biography
Donald James "Don" Johnson (born September 9, 1968) is a former professional tennis player from the United States who reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 2002. Although born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 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 turning 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.
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Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1-1)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
| Winner | 2001 | Wimbledon | Grass | Jared Palmer | Jiří Novák David Rikl |
6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(8-6) |
| Runner-up | 2001 | US Open | Hard | Jared Palmer | Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett |
6-7(9-11), 6-2, 3-6 |
Mixed doubles: 2 (1-1)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 1999 | US Open | Hard | Kimberly Po | Ai Sugiyama Mahesh Bhupathi |
4-6, 4-6 |
| Winner | 2000 | Wimbledon | Grass | Kimberly Po | Kim Clijsters Lleyton Hewitt |
6-4, 7-6(7-3) |
Career finals
Doubles: 35 (23-12)
- Wins (23)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
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| Winner | 1. | March 11, 1996 | Mexico City, Mexico | Clay | Francisco Montana | Nicolás Pereira Emilio Sánchez |
6-2, 6-4 |
| Winner | 2. | August 5, 1996 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Clay | Francisco Montana | Rikard Bergh Jack Waite |
6-4, 3-6, 6-2 |
| Winner | 3. | April 28, 1997 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | Francisco Montana | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis |
7-6, 2-6, 7-6 |
| Runner-up | 1. | July 21, 1997 | Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany | Clay | Francisco Montana | Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni |
4-6, 4-6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | October 20, 1997 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Carpet | Francisco Montana | Jiří Novák David Rikl |
2-6, 4-6 |
| Winner | 4. | February 9, 1998 | Marseille, France | Hard (i) | Francisco Montana | Mark Keil T. J. Middleton |
6-4, 3-6, 6-3 |
| Runner-up | 3. | February 16, 1998 | Dubai, UAE | Hard | Francisco Montana | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes |
2-6, 5-7 |
| Winner | 5. | April 13, 1998 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | Francisco Montana | David Roditi Fernon Wibier |
6-1, 2-6, 6-1 |
| Winner | 6. | May 11, 1998 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | Francisco Montana | David Adams Brett Steven |
6-2, 7-5 |
| Winner | 7. | October 12, 1998 | Palermo, Italy | Clay | Francisco Montana | Pablo Albano Daniel Orsanic |
6-4, 7-6 |
| Winner | 8. | April 12, 1999 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | Tomás Carbonell | Jiří Novák David Rikl |
6-3, 2-6, 6-1 |
| Winner | 9. | July 12, 1999 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Cyril Suk | Aleksandar Kitinov Eric Taino |
7-5, 7-6 |
| Winner | 10. | February 28, 2000 | Mexico City, Mexico | Clay | Byron Black | Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez |
6-3, 7-5 |
| Winner | 11. | April 17, 2000 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | Piet Norval | David Adams Joshua Eagle |
6-4, 7-5 |
| Winner | 12. | June 26, 2000 | Nottingham, England | Grass | Piet Norval | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach |
1-6, 6-4, 6-3 |
| Runner-up | 4. | July 24, 2000 | Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany | Clay | Lucas Arnold Ker | Jiří Novák David Rikl |
7-5, 2-6, 3-6 |
| Runner-up | 5. | October 23, 2000 | Toulouse, France | Hard (i) | Piet Norval | Julien Boutter Fabrice Santoro |
6-7, 6-4, 6-7 |
| Winner | 13. | October 30, 2000 | Basel, Switzerland | Carpet | Piet Norval | Roger Federer Dominik Hrbatý |
7-6, 4-6, 7-6 |
| Runner-up | 6. | November 6, 2000 | Stuttgart Indoor, Germany | Hard (i) | Piet Norval | Jiří Novák David Rikl |
6-3, 3-6, 4-6 |
| Winner | 14. | December 17, 2000 | Doubles Championship, Bangalore | Hard | Piet Norval | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes |
7-6, 6-3, 6-4 |
| Winner | 15. | March 4, 2001 | Acapulco, Mexico | Clay | Gustavo Kuerten | David Adams Martín García |
6-3, 7-6 |
| Winner | 16. | March 12, 2001 | Scottsdale, U.S. | Hard | Jared Palmer | Marcelo Ríos Sjeng Schalken |
7-6, 6-2 |
| Runner-up | 7. | April 16, 2001 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | Nenad Zimonjić | Radek Štěpánek Michal Tabara |
4-6, 1-6 |
| Winner | 17. | April 30, 2001 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Jared Palmer | Tommy Robredo Fernando Vicente |
7-6, 6-4 |
| Winner | 18. | May 7, 2001 | Majorca, Spain | Clay | Jared Palmer | Feliciano López Francisco Roig |
7-5, 6-3 |
| Winner | 19. | June 25, 2001 | Nottingham, England | Grass | Jared Palmer | Paul Hanley Andrew Kratzmann |
6-4, 6-2 |
| Winner | 20. | July 9, 2001 | Wimbledon, London | Grass | Jared Palmer | Jiří Novák David Rikl |
6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 |
| Runner-up | 8. | August 6, 2001 | Montreal, Canada | Hard | Jared Palmer | Jiří Novák David Rikl |
4-6, 6-3, 3-6 |
| Runner-up | 9. | September 10, 2001 | U.S. Open, New York | Hard | Jared Palmer | Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett |
6-7, 6-2, 3-6 |
| Winner | 21. | October 29, 2001 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | Jared Palmer | Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge |
6-3, 4-6, 6-3 |
| Winner | 22. | January 7, 2002 | Doha, Qatar | Hard | Jared Palmer | Jiří Novák David Rikl |
6-3, 7-6(5) |
| Winner | 23. | January 14, 2002 | Sydney, Australia | Hard | Jared Palmer | Joshua Eagle Sandon Stolle |
6-4, 6-4 |
| Runner-up | 10. | April 1, 2002 | Miami, U.S. | Hard | Jared Palmer | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor |
3-6, 6-3, 1-6 |
| Runner-up | 11. | June 24, 2002 | Nottingham, England | Grass | Jared Palmer | Mike Bryan Mark Knowles |
6-0, 6-7, 4-6 |
| Runner-up | 12. | June 23, 2003 | s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass | Leander Paes | Martin Damm Cyril Suk |
5-7, 6-7 |
Doubles performance timeline
| Tournament | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | Career SR | Career win-loss |
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| Grand Slams | ||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | SF | QF | A | 0 / 9 | 14-9 |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 3R | QF | 1R | QF | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | 0 / 10 | 11-10 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | QF | 3R | 2R | 2R | W | SF | 3R | A | 1 / 10 | 18-9 |
| U.S. Open | A | A | A | A | 3R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 1R | F | QF | 3R | 1R | 0 / 12 | 17-12 |
| Grand Slam SR | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 41 | N/A |
| Annual win-loss | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 5-4 | 3-4 | 7-4 | 7-4 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 10-3 | 12-4 | 8-4 | 0-1 | N/A | 60-40 |
| ATP Masters Series | ||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | NME | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | SF | 2R | A | 0 / 7 | 3-7 |
| Miami | NME | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | QF | F | 2R | A | 0 / 10 | 12-10 |
| Monte Carlo | NME | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | W | 2R | SF | QF | QF | SF | SF | A | 1 / 8 | 17-7 |
| Rome | NME | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | SF | 2R | QF | QF | 1R | A | 0 / 7 | 7-7 |
| Hamburg | NME | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | W | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | A | 1 / 6 | 8-5 |
| Canada | NME | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | QF | 2R | QF | 1R | SF | F | QF | 1R | A | 0 / 10 | 13-10 |
| Cincinnati | NME | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | QF | 2R | A | 0 / 8 | 6-8 |
| Stuttgart (Stockholm) | NME | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | F | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 5-5 |
| Paris | NME | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | QF | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 2-3 |
| Masters Series SR | N/A | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 9 | 1 / 9 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 0 | 2 / 64 | N/A |
| Annual win-loss | N/A | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 9-8 | 8-8 | 9-8 | 12-8 | 11-8 | 14-7 | 5-7 | 0-0 | N/A | 73-62 |
| Year end ranking | 834 | - | 522 | 157 | 100 | 106 | 100 | 42 | 26 | 24 | 36 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 1211 | N/A | |
A = did not attend tournament
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