John-Laffnie de Jager

Quick Facts

Full Name	John-Laffnie de Jager
Occupation	Tennis Player
Date Of Birth	Mar 17, 1973(1973-03-17)
Age	51
Birthplace	Johannesburg
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Gauteng
Horoscope	Pisces

John-Laffnie de Jager Biography

John-Laffnie de Jager is one of the most popular and richest Tennis Player who was born on March 17, 1973 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. John-Laffnie De Jager (born on 17th March 1973) is an South African former tour professional tennis player. A specialist in doubles, de Jager reached the semi-finals of three different grand slam competitions three times over three distinct seasons, partnering with three different South African players. de Jager is the current non-playing captain of the South Africa Davis Cup team.

He was a part of the two Grand Slam finals in Mixed Doubles. In 1995, he made it to the semifinals of the French Open with Jill Hetherington but they lost 6-7 , 6-7 in the final to Larisa Neiland, and Todd Woodbridge. In 1997, he joined forces with Larisa Neiland in the semifinals of the Australian Open, but they fell 3-6, 7-6, seven (7) in the final to Manon Bollegraf, and Rick Leach.

1994 witnessed de Jager reach four grand prix semi-finals, accompanied by three teammates (all Southern Africans) as well as a final, and the first major prize victory at Tel Aviv partnering still another fellow compatriot, Pietermaritzburg native Lan Bale. In addition to a handful of times particularly notable was a four-tournament run in which he was paired with Aussie doubles champion John Fitzgerald, de Jager and Bale continued to play together until 1995. They made it to the Stuttgart Indoor, Munich, and Italian Open grand prix, however, they failed to make it to the French which they lost at the beginning of the round. After a third round loss at Wimbledon and a first round defeat at Flushing Meadows the partnership ended in September. It was a positive change in the favor of de Jager as he won his next tournament in that of the Toulouse Grand Prix, partnering with Swede Jonas Bjorkman. He had another win in Lyon making it to the final with his star competitor Wayne Ferriera. In 1996, he was mostly playing in tandem with Gary Muller, de Jager played through the spring and summer season with 10 different partners without making it to a single final. The adversity grew worse during the beginning of 1997, when a series of first-round losses resulted in his doubles ranking dropping from No. 53 in September 1996 to No. 164 by August 1997. A new partnership was formed with another fellow compatriot and this occasion Robbie Koenig saw de Jager return to form, scoring an appearance in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open followed by winning a challenger event , and reaching the finals in another. With the Pretoria’s Chris Haggard, he won two more challengers well.

John-Laffnie de Jager Net Worth

John-Laffnie de Jager is one of the richest Tennis Player from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John-Laffnie de Jager 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

De Jager won back-to-back challenger events with doubles in September 1991, in conjunction with teammates from his country, in Madeira in Madeira with Byron Talbot and in Jerusalem with Christo van Rensburg. He played about a half- dozen times with Christo Van Rensburg in 1991-2 and a dozen times, however only with limited success, Johan de Beer. He was able to win two more contests in the year following in June with Zimbabwean Byron Black and in November, with Captonian Marius Barnard. 1993 was the year that saw de Jager reach his first of three grand Slam semis along with an additional South African, Marcos Ondruska. Together, they made it to the second round of the Roland Garros as well as the final round of Wimbledon. Then, in October de Jager reached his first Grand Prix event final, in Lyon with the other South African and Capetonian, Stefan Kruger.

The native of Ermelo, de Jager turned professional in 1992, the year he played only tour singles. He was the winner of two of the five matches in the circuit of challengers. He was able to qualify for in the major draw of Wimbledon in which he was beaten during the opening round against future winner Richard Krajicek, 7-5 6-1 7-5 6-1 6-2. He only played one singles event as an event as a challenger during the tournament in Dublin in October. After that, he began switching to doubles. His career-high singles rank was World No. 313, which he reached in October.

De Jager began 1998 partnering Koenig, reaching the semis of the Sydney Outdoor, the third round of the Australian Open, and the second round or better of every tournament but one through Roland Garros, where they reached the third round. Their success continued throughout the summer, culminating in but only de Jager’s second grand slam semis appearance, at the 1998 U.S. Open. During the autumn de Jager partnership altered between the one of him and Koenig and a newer one, with yet another South African, David Adams. De Jager played exclusively with Adams for 1999 and the tandem met with success in reaching the finals or better six times in International Series events. This led to their competing in the ATP Doubles Championship, where they lost in the round robin however. The duo had an even year 2000 nevertheless winning back- to-back in February, in Rotterdam and London, in Munich in May, and reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon. At the Sydney Olympics, they again finished as semi-finalists, for de Jager, for the third and final time. He achieved his career high ranking in doubles at the end of July, at World No. 11.

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John-Laffnie Ranked on the list of most popular Tennis Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. John-Laffnie de Jager celebrates birthday on March 17 of every year.