Johan "Joey" de Beer (born 1 June 1972) is a former professional

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player from South Africa.

Biography

De Beer, a doubles specialist from

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, 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

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. He appeared twice in the main draw of a

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event. He partnered

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at the 1993 US Open, for a first round exit, to 16th seeds Hendrik-Jan Davids and

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. At the

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he made the second round with

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. In the opening round, de Beer again faced the 16th seeds, but he and de Jager were victorious in straight sets, over

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and Javier Sánchez. They lost an all South African second round match to

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and

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. 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

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. He was at one time coach of

and a trainer for

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. Currently he works for the

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in England as a coach and physiotherapist. He was

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's physiotherapist when he won the Wimbledon title in 2013.

ATP Tour career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Challenger titles

Doubles: (4)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:de Beer, Johan 1972 births Living people South African male tennis players South African physiotherapists Tennis players from Pretoria University of Pretoria alumni South African tennis coaches South African expatriate sportspeople in England