Pietie Norval was born on this day

Pieter ‘Pietie’ Norval was born on 7 April 1970 in Belleville.[i] He began playing tennis at the age of 7 years old, and turned professional at 18.[ii] Norval is a right-handed tennis player.[iii] On 29 January 1989, Norval competed at the Australian Open in Round 1 against Australia’s Jason Robert Stoltenberg.[iv] He competed at Wimbledon, on 9 July 1989, against Australian Carl Limberger in Round 1.[v] Pietie Norval and his tennis partner, Pietie Norval won the silver medal in the men’s tennis doubles at the Barcelona Olympic Games of 1992.[vi] In 1995, he achieved his career high in doubles by placing 16th on world rankings with Wayne Ferreira.[vii]

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[i] Pietie Norval, http://www.tennisarchives.com/player.php?playerid=4235 ↵

[ii] Pieter Norval, http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10001000 ↵

[iii] Pieter Norval – profile / player stats, http://www.tennislive.net/atp/pieter-norval/ ↵

[iv] Pietie Norval, http://www.tennisarchives.com/player.php?playerid=4235 ↵

[v] Pietie Norval, http://www.tennisarchives.com/player.php?playerid=4235 ↵

[vi] David van Lill, Van Lill’s South African Sports Trivia (Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2005), p. 141. ↵

[vii] Pietie Norval, http://www.tennisarchives.com/player.php?playerid=4235 ↵