Bret Garnett

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Bret Garnett
Country (sports)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Born (1967-07-02) 2 July 1967 (age 57)
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Turned pro1988
PlaysRight-handed
College University of Southwestern Louisiana
Prize money $336,551
Singles
Career record8–19
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 203 (24 April 1989)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (1989, 1992)
Wimbledon 1R (1989)
US Open 1R (1993)
Doubles
Career record72–120
Career titles1
3 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 49 (22 March 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open QF (1993)
French Open 3R (1992)
Wimbledon 3R (1990, 1991, 1993)
US Open 3R (1990)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open 3R (1991)
Wimbledon 2R (1991, 1993, 1994)
Last updated on: 2 April 2022.

Bret Garnett (born July 2, 1967), is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

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Garnett enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 1 doubles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 49 in 1993.

Garnett's highest singles ranking was World No. 203 which he reached April, 1989.

Garnett played college tennis at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, where he was later inducted into their Athletics Hall of Fame. A native of Columbia, South Carolina, he and his wife Cheryl resided in Camden, South Carolina during his tour days. [1]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (1–0)
ATP World Series (0–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–3)
Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 May 1991 Charlotte, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Flag of the United States.svg Greg Van Emburgh Flag of the United States.svg Rick Leach
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Pugh
3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss0–2 Oct 1991 Guaruja, BrazilWorld SeriesHard Flag of the United States.svg Todd Nelson Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Eltingh
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul Haarhuis
3–6, 5–7
Loss0–3 May 1992 Charlotte, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Flag of the United States.svg Jared Palmer Flag of the United States.svg Steve DeVries
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Macpherson
4–6, 6–7
Win1–3 Jul 1992 Washington, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Flag of the United States.svg Jared Palmer Flag of the United States.svg Ken Flach
Flag of the United States.svg Todd Witsken
6–2, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 5 (3–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Nov 1989 Bossonnens, SwitzerlandChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Kent Kinnear Flag of the United States.svg Brett Dickinson
Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Shelton
7–6, 6–3
Loss1–1Oct 1990 Ponte Vedra, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of South Africa.svg Royce Deppe Flag of the United States.svg Doug Flach
Flag of the United States.svg Ken Flach
3–6, 6–2, 4–6
Win2–1Apr 1992 Birmingham, United StatesChallengerClay Flag of Sweden.svg Tobias Svantesson Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Apell
Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Nyborg
6–4, 7–6
Loss2–2Feb 1995 Lippstadt, GermanyChallengerCarpet Flag of the United States.svg T.J. Middleton Flag of the United States.svg Bill Behrens
Flag of Germany.svg Mathias Huning
4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Win3–2Feb 1995 Hambühren, GermanyChallengerCarpet Flag of the United States.svg T.J. Middleton Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brent Larkham
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Wilkinson
6–2, 3–0 ret.

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 3R A Q1 3R 1R Q2 0 / 34–357%
French Open AAAAAA0 / 00–0  
Wimbledon 1R AA Q2 AA0 / 10–10%
US Open AAA Q2 1R A0 / 10–10%
Win–loss2–20–00–02–10–20–00 / 54–544%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Monte Carlo AAAA Q1 A0 / 00–0  
Hamburg AAAA Q1 A0 / 00–0  
Rome AAAA Q1 A0 / 00–0  
Canada 1R AAA Q1 Q3 0 / 10–10%
Cincinnati AAA Q2 A Q1 0 / 00–0  
Win–loss0–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 10–10%

Doubles

Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R A 1R 1R QF 1R 0 / 53–538%
French Open AA 1R 3R 1R 1R 0 / 42–433%
Wimbledon Q3 3R 3R 1R 3R 1R 0 / 56–555%
US Open A 3R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 52–529%
Win–loss0–14–22–42–45–40–40 / 1913–1941%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells AAAA QF A0 / 12–167%
Miami AA 1R 1R 1R 2R 0 / 41–420%
Monte Carlo AAAA 1R A0 / 10–10%
Hamburg AAAA 2R A0 / 11–150%
Rome AAAA QF A0 / 12–167%
Canada 1R A 1R 1R 1R 2R 0 / 51–517%
Cincinnati AAA 1R 1R Q1 0 / 20–20%
Win–loss0–10–00–20–35–72–20 / 157–1532%

Mixed doubles

Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAAA0 / 00–0  
French Open A 3R A 1R A0 / 21–233%
Wimbledon 1R 2R 1R 2R 2R 0 / 53–538%
US Open AAAAA0 / 00–0  
Win–loss0–12–20–11–21–10 / 74–736%

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