Richard Schmidt (tennis)

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Richard Schmidt
Full nameRichard Schmidt
Country (sports)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Born (1965-01-31) January 31, 1965 (age 58)
Harvey, Illinois
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$98,332
Singles
Career record1–12
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 240 (October 12, 1992)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (1988)
US Open 1R (1989)
Doubles
Career record9–18
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 156 (October 11, 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 3R (1988)

Richard Schmidt (born January 31, 1965) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

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Biography

Born in Chicago, Schmidt later moved to Madison, Wisconsin and was on the collegiate team at the University of Arkansas. [1] He twice earned All-American honors while partnering Tim Siegel in doubles. The pair were semi-finalists in the 1986 NCAA Championships. [2]

From the start of 1987 he began competing on the professional circuit. As a qualifier at the 1988 Australian Open he pushed eighth seed Slobodan Živojinović to four sets in the first round, losing two of those sets in tiebreaks. [3] At his only other appearance in the men's singles draw of a Grand Slam, the 1989 US Open, he squandered a two-set lead over Miguel Nido in the opening round, to lose in five. [4] He continued to appear in the qualifying rounds of Grand Slams, including at Wimbledon, but was unable to make it through again, although he did manage to get past Pat Rafter in the 1992 US Open qualifiers. On the ATP Tour his most noted performance came at the 1992 Cincinnati Open, a top-tier Championship Series (Masters) tournament, where he beat Jeff Tarango, before losing in the second round to world number one Jim Courier. [5]

As a doubles player his best performances include making the third round of the 1988 Australian Open, with Tim Siegel. At the 1989 Volvo International in Stratton Mountain, he and Derrick Rostagno had a win over a doubles team consisting of Jim Courier and Pete Sampras. [6] He won a total of four Challenger doubles titles.

Challenger titles

Doubles: (4)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1992 Halifax, CanadaHard Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Ellis Ferreira Flag of Sweden.svg Mårten Renström
Flag of Norway.svg Christian Ruud 		4–6, 6–1, 6–4
2.1993 Vancouver, CanadaHard Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Ellis Ferreira Flag of the United States.svg Richard Matuszewski
Flag of the United States.svg John Sullivan 		7–5, 4–6, 6–3
3.1993 Acapulco, MexicoClay Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Ellis Ferreira Flag of Argentina.svg Javier Frana
Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Garat 		7–6, 6–4
4.1993 São Paulo, BrazilClay Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Garat
Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Merinov 		6–4, 6–4

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