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American tennis player
Peter Rennert
Country (sports)
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United States
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Residence
| Great Neck
, New York
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Born
| (
1958-12-26
)
December 26, 1958
(age 65)
Great Neck, New York
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Height
| 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
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Turned pro
| 1980
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Retired
| 1987
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Plays
| Left-handed
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Career record
| 48?60
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Career titles
| 0
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Highest ranking
| No. 40 (28 July 1980)
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Australian Open
| QF (
1979
,
1980
)
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Wimbledon
| 3R (
1982
)
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US Open
| 2R (
1980
)
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Career record
| 98?90
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Career titles
| 2
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Highest ranking
| No. 9 (23 May 1983)
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Peter Rennert
(born December 26, 1958) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He achieved career-high rankings of World No. 40 in singles (in 1980), and World No. 8 in doubles (in 1983). At the
1977 Maccabiah Games
in Israel, he and partner
Joel Ross
won the men's doubles gold medal, and he and
Stacy Margolin
won the gold medal in mixed doubles.
Biography
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Rennert was born in
Great Neck, New York
, and is Jewish.
[1]
[2]
He attended and played tennis for
Great Neck North High School
, and in 1976 won the singles title at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association's tennis championships.
[3]
He attended
Stanford University
, where he received a B.S. in Psychology and was an
All-American
.
[4]
At Stanford, he was an
NCAA
singles finalist in 1980.
[4]
He won three National Division 1 team titles and won College Player of the Year.
At the
1977 Maccabiah Games
in Israel, he and partner
Joel Ross
won the men's doubles gold medal.
[5]
He and
Stacy Margolin
won the gold medal in mixed doubles, defeating South Africa's
Ilana Kloss
and Graham Silverman.
[5]
Rennert enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won two doubles titles. As a player, he trained with
Harry Hopman
and
Wimbledon
champion
Tony Palafox
. His best result as a singles player in a
major
was making it to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open twice.
Rennert now runs an awareness based Tennis curriculum business called
Telos Tennis
.
Career finals
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Doubles (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)
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Result
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W?L
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Date
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Tournament
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Surface
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Partner
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Opponents
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Score
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Loss
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0?1
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Jul 1980
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Newport
, U.S.
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Grass
|
Fritz Buehning
|
Andrew Pattison
Butch Walts
|
6?7, 4?6
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Loss
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0?2
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Mar 1981
|
Milan
, Italy
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Carpet
|
John McEnroe
|
Brian Gottfried
Raul Ramirez
|
6?7, 3?6
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Win
|
1?2
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Jun 1982
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London/Queen's Club
, U.K.
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Grass
|
John McEnroe
|
Victor Amaya
Hank Pfister
|
7?6, 7?5
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Win
|
2?2
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Oct 1982
|
Sydney Indoor
, Australia
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Hard (i)
|
John McEnroe
|
Steve Denton
Mark Edmondson
|
6?3, 7?6
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Loss
|
2?3
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Oct 1982
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Tokyo Indoor
, Japan
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Carpet
|
John McEnroe
|
Tim Gullikson
Tom Gullikson
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4?6, 6?3, 6?7
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Loss
|
2?4
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Oct 1983
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Sydney Indoor
, Australia
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Hard (i)
|
John McEnroe
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Mark Edmondson
Sherwood Stewart
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2?6, 4?6
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