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Piet Norval

RSA Age 56 185 cm / 6'1" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1987–1998

Piet Norval represented South Africa on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 125. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 4–11 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

125 (Jun 19, 1989)

Elo peak

1541 (15th percentile)

Singles record

4–11 (26.7%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,832,303

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Piet Norval's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Martin Sinner #81	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 12, 1998*	R32	Dubai Tennis Championships	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Hard
David Skoch #171	4-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 12, 1996*	R32	Bournemouth	World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay
Michael Joyce	6-1 4-6 6-7(7)	L	—	Match data	Aug 14, 1996*	R64	New Haven	Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500	Hard
David Nainkin #175	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 11, 1996*	R32	Newport	World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Grass
Daniel Vacek #64	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 16, 1995*	R64	New Haven	ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500	Hard

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Piet Norval's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Martin Sinner	1	1	Feb 12, 1998	H2H
David Skoch	1	1	Sep 12, 1996	H2H
Michael Joyce	1	1	Aug 14, 1996	—
David Nainkin	1	1	Jul 11, 1996	H2H
Daniel Vacek	1	1	Aug 16, 1995	H2H

Career Results

Piet Norval career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1987	17	1	1	2	50.0%	870	356
1988	18	2	1	3	66.7%	358	194
1989	19	0	3	3	0.0%	194	273
1990	20	1	1	2	50.0%	280	427
1995	25	0	1	1	0.0%	865	911
1996	26	0	3	3	0.0%	911	597
1998	28	0	1	1	0.0%	764	787
Career		4	11	15	26.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Piet Norval career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1987	17	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1988	18	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%
1989	19	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1990	20	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1995	25	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1996	26	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1998	28	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	4	8	12	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	11	15	26.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Piet Norval career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1987	17	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1988	18	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	2	0	2	100.0%	2	1	3	66.7%
1989	19	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1990	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
1995	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1996	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1998	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	3	4	7	42.9%	4	10	14	28.6%

Opponent ranking data available for 14/15 (93.3%) of Piet Norval's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Piet Norval performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
1995	25	1/1	3.0	7.0	46.9%	80.0%	35.3%	66.7%	50.0%	56.3%	33.3%
1996	26	2/3	4.0	5.5	51.0%	72.0%	42.5%	52.7%	16.7%	58.3%	26.9%
1998	28	1/1	9.0	5.0	55.6%	71.4%	39.3%	50.0%	33.3%	57.1%	28.6%
Career		4/15	5.0	5.8	51.1%	73.9%	39.9%	55.5%	29.2%	57.5%	28.9%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 4/15 (26.7%) of Piet Norval's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Piet Norval advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1987	17	1509	103.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	+0.25	—	0–1	—	+0.17
1988	18	1537	108.8	—	—	—	—	+34	—	—	50.0%	+0.13	2–0	2–3 (40%)	—	+0.27
1989	19	1481	97.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.67	0–1	0–1	—	+0.33
1990	20	1491	102.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	-0.50	—	1–0	—	+0.16
1995	25	1484	102.5	-2.66	+3.03	0.762	44.6%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	-0.12
1996	26	1446	99.7	-1.28	-4.95	0.645	44.1%	—	—	—	14.3%	-1.28	0–1	0–1	—	+0.32
1998	28	1437	100.9	-2.26	-3.33	0.667	43.7%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	+0.06
Career		1541	105.7	-1.87	-2.55	0.681	44.1%	+34	—	—	33.3%	-0.69	2–2 (50%)	3–6 (33%)	99.1	+7.93

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Piet Norval Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	W	W-L Win %
1989	19	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)

ATP 500

Piet Norval ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	NEW	W-L Win %
1995	25	R64	0–1 (0%)
1996	26	R64	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)

ATP 250

Piet Norval ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	DUB	NWP	WAS	BOU	SOU	TEL	TOU	W-L Win %
1987	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	1–1 (50%)
1988	18	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1989	19	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1990	20	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	1–1 (50%)
1996	26	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1998	28	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	4–7 (36%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

125

Career-high date

Jun 19, 1989

First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Piet Norval ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1985	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	794
1986	16	789	783	782	773	759	761	799	839	853	856	855	870
1987	17	870	875	866	888	890	715	722	741	746	451	417	356
1988	18	361	369	369	340	340	361	227	236	204	235	166	194
1989	19	191	187	190	204	129	128	183	183	214	191	290	273
1990	20	279	281	269	264	334	366	375	364	371	354	400	427
1991	21	427	434	489	595	352	361	368	359	373	431	437	442
1992	22	441	435	439	439	468	473	482	482	481	463	467	355
1993	23	356	362	361	375	533	551	559	567	570	590	591	593
1995	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	874	893	896	918	911
1996	26	910	909	910	907	896	883	706	700	603	603	594	597
1997	27	538	539	545	539	555	557	621	646	763	769	756	764
1998	28	993	685	697	695	688	685	675	794	777	781	789	787
1999	29	782	784	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Piet Norval's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Zeeshan Ali	IND	#126	1,525	11	3	8	27.3%	$45,664	1988–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Jozsef Krocsko	HUN	#129	1,519	14	4	10	28.6%	$146,884	1993–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Vaclav Roubicek	CZE	#135	1,532	15	4	11	26.7%	$121,317	1987–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Kenny Thorne	USA	#121	1,618	52	14	38	26.9%	$492,045	1989–1996	Rivalries	Match log
David Adams	RSA	#131	1,558	30	9	21	30.0%	$2,534,247	1991–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Gabriel Silberstein	CHI	#131	1,512	11	3	8	27.3%	$116,651	1994–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Dirk Dier	GER	#118	1,514	24	6	18	25.0%	$388,546	1988–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Martin Stringari	ARG	#125	1,538	18	6	12	33.3%	$172,652	1988–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Andrew Richardson	GBR	#133	1,556	18	5	13	27.8%	$246,675	1992–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Milen Velev	BUL	#121	1,525	10	2	8	20.0%	$94,296	1991–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Daniele Musa	ITA	#133	1,502	13	3	10	23.1%	$183,355	1994–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Massimo Valeri	ITA	#137	1,500	12	3	9	25.0%	$164,828	1992–1998	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Piet Norval?: Piet Norval is 56 years old, born on April 7, 1970.
Which country does Piet Norval represent?: Piet Norval represents South Africa in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Piet Norval?: Piet Norval is 185 cm / 6'1".
Is Piet Norval left-handed or right-handed?: Piet Norval plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Piet Norval won?: Piet Norval has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Piet Norval won?: TennisDB does not group any of Piet Norval's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Piet Norval's highest ATP ranking?: Piet Norval's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 125, first achieved on June 19, 1989.
What is Piet Norval's career win-loss record?: Piet Norval has a career ATP singles record of 4 wins and 11 losses (26.7%).
How much career prize money has Piet Norval earned?: Piet Norval has earned at least $1,832,303 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Piet Norval's career appear in TennisDB?: Piet Norval appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1987 through 1998.
Who has Piet Norval faced most often?: Piet Norval's most frequent opponent is Martin Sinner, with a head-to-head record of 0–1 across 1 meeting.