Peter Rennert

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Peter Rennert
Country (sports)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Residence Great Neck, New York
Born (1958-12-26) December 26, 1958 (age 64)
Great Neck, New York
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Turned pro1980
Retired1987
PlaysLeft-handed
Singles
Career record48–60
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 40 (28 July 1980)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open QF (1979, 1980)
Wimbledon 3R (1982)
US Open 2R (1980)
Doubles
Career record98–90
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 9 (23 May 1983)
Medal record
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1977 Tel Aviv Men's doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1977 Tel Aviv Mixed doubles

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.

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Biography

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

Doubles (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jul 1980 Newport, U.S.Grass Flag of the United States.svg Fritz Buehning Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Andrew Pattison
Flag of the United States.svg Butch Walts
6–7, 4–6
Loss0–2Mar 1981 Milan, ItalyCarpet Flag of the United States.svg John McEnroe Flag of the United States.svg Brian Gottfried
Flag of Mexico.svg Raúl Ramírez
6–7, 3–6
Win1–2Jun 1982 London/Queen's Club, U.K.Grass Flag of the United States.svg John McEnroe Flag of the United States.svg Victor Amaya
Flag of the United States.svg Hank Pfister
7–6, 7–5
Win2–2Oct 1982 Sydney Indoor, AustraliaHard (i) Flag of the United States.svg John McEnroe Flag of the United States.svg Steve Denton
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Edmondson
6–3, 7–6
Loss2–3Oct 1982 Tokyo Indoor, JapanCarpet Flag of the United States.svg John McEnroe Flag of the United States.svg Tim Gullikson
Flag of the United States.svg Tom Gullikson
4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss2–4Oct 1983 Sydney Indoor, AustraliaHard (i) Flag of the United States.svg John McEnroe Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Edmondson
Flag of the United States.svg Sherwood Stewart
2–6, 4–6

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References

  1. "Peter Rennert | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. "12 March 1982". Jewish Post.
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