Robert Smeets

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Robert Smeets
Country (sports)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Brisbane, Queensland
Ipswich, Queensland
Born (1985-11-10) 10 November 1985 (age 39)
Sliedrecht, Netherlands
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Retired2011
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $355,595
Singles
Career record1–8 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 146 (15 September 2008)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (2007)
French Open 1R (2008)
Wimbledon Q2 (2008)
US Open 1R (2008)
Doubles
Career record9–11 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 109 (27 November 2006)

Robert Smeets (born 10 November 1985) is an Australian retired professional tennis player. Though born in the Netherlands, Smeets moved to Australia aged 12 and took residency.

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Personal life

Smeets has two sisters, called Karin and Cheyenne. His mother is Jeannette and father, Joe. He lives in Brisbane.

Tennis career

Smeets plays predominantly on the ATP Challenger Series and ITF Men's Circuit. However, he has enjoyed some success on the ATP Tour: at the 2008 Next Generation Adelaide International, he and Chris Guccione, as wildcards, reached the final of the doubles competition. On their way to the final they defeated number 2 seeds Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich.

Smeets has also reached the second round of his home Grand Slam, the Australian Open, in 2007, by defeating Lukáš Lacko. Smeets reached the third round of the doubles competition, partnering Paul Baccanello in 2006.

In 2008 Smeets was granted a wildcard into the 2008 French Open main draw. He drew Tomáš Berdych, winning one game.

ATP Tour finals

Doubles runners-up (1)

No.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponents in the finalScore
1.6 January 2008 Adelaide, AustraliaHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Guccione Flag of Argentina.svg Martín García
Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Melo
6–3, 3–6, [10–7]

Singles titles (10)

Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)
ATP World Tour 500 (0)
ATP World Tour 250 (0)
ATP Challenger Tour (2)
ITF Futures (9)
No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore
1.2 May 2005 Seogwipo Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Auckland 7–5, 6–3
2.30 May 2005 Wuhan Hard Flag of Israel.svg Ishay Hadash 7–6, 6–3
3.19 September 2005 Rockhampton Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Bourgeois 7–6, 2–6, 6–4
4.10 October 2005 Queensland Hard Flag of New Zealand.svg Mark Nielsen 7–5, 6–3
5.12 February 2007 Wollongong Hard Flag of Slovenia.svg Grega Žemlja 7–5, 6–1
6.7 May 2007 Kuwait Hard Flag of Kuwait.svg Mohammed Ghareeb 6–3, 6–2
7.4 June 2007 Puerto Cruz Carpet Flag of Spain.svg Guillermo Alcaide 6–4, 6–4
8.6 August 2007 Wrexham Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Feeney 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
9.17 September 2007 Lubbock Hard Flag of Serbia.svg Dušan Vemić 6–3, 7–6(9–7)
10. 30 June 2008 Dublin Hard Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Nielsen 7–6(7–5), 6–2
11.22 March 2009 Poitiers Hard Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Meffert 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

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