Christo van Rensburg (born 23 October 1962) is a former professional

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from South Africa. Van Rensburg turned professional in 1983. He won his first doubles title on

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later that year at

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. Van Rensburg won 20 top-level doubles titles during his career, including one

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men's doubles title at the Australian Open in 1985, partnering

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. He also won two ATP singles titles at

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in 1987, and at

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in 1989. Van Rensburg's career-high rankings were world No. 19 in singles (achieved in 1988) and world No. 5 in doubles (achieved in 1987). He retired from the professional tour in 1995. Van Rensburg is one of only two men to beat Pete Sampras in straight sets at Wimbledon (doing so in 1990, where Sampras was the No. 12 seed), the other being 1996 champion Richard Krajicek.

ATP career finals

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Doubles: 32 (20 titles, 12 runners-up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (5–1)

Doubles: 8 (6–2)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Mixed doubles

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Rensburg, Christo 1962 births Living people People from Uitenhage South African people of Dutch descent Afrikaner people Hopman Cup competitors Olympic tennis players of South Africa South African male tennis players Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles Australian Open (tennis) champions Sportspeople from the Eastern Cape