Travis Parrott

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Travis Parrott
Country (sports)Flag of the United States.svg United States
Residence Portland, Oregon
Born (1980-08-16) August 16, 1980 (age 43)
Portland, Oregon
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2003
Retired2012
PlaysRight-handed
Prize moneyUS$ 527,632
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 704 (June 9, 2003)
Doubles
Career record94–109
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 25 (June 15, 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 3R (2005, 2006)
French Open 3R (2006)
Wimbledon 3R (2004, 2008)
US Open QF (2004)
Mixed doubles
Career record7–7
Career titles1
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2010)
Wimbledon 3R (2005)
US Open W (2009)

Travis Parrott (born August 16, 1980) [1] is an American former professional ATP tennis doubles player. He is primarily a doubles specialist. Travis is the son of Brian Parrott, a pro tennis organizer who helped bring a pair of Davis Cup events to Portland in the 1980s. [2]

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Grand Slam results

Parrott competed in the doubles at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, where he won his first round match with his partner Filip Polášek against sixth seeded Czech duo Pavel Vízner and Martin Damm. He and Polasek and defeated South African Rik de Voest and Polish player Łukasz Kubot. In the third round, they were defeated by Leander Paes and Lukáš Dlouhý.

Parrott also participated in the 2008 French Open with Polasek, losing in the first round. He was a surprise winner of the mixed doubles 2009 US Open with Carly Gullickson as wildcards. This was the first time they'd ever played together, and Gullickson had originally planned to team with Rajeev Ram.

Doubles finals

Wins (3)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP International Series Gold (0)
ATP Tour (3)
No.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.July 28, 2003 Los Angeles, United StatesHard Flag of the United States.svg Jan-Michael Gambill Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joshua Eagle
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sjeng Schalken
6–4, 3–6, 7–5
2.July 23, 2007 Indianapolis, U.S.Hard Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Martín del Potro Flag of Russia.svg Teymuraz Gabashvili
Flag of Croatia.svg Ivo Karlović
3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
3.October 20, 2008 Saint Petersburg, RussiaCarpet (i) Flag of Slovakia.svg Filip Polášek Flag of India.svg Rohan Bopanna
Flag of Belarus.svg Max Mirnyi
3–6, 7–64, [10–8]

Runners-up (6)

No.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.August 16, 2004 Washington, D.C., United StatesHard Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Tursunov Flag of South Africa.svg Chris Haggard
Flag of South Africa.svg Robbie Koenig
7–63, 6–1
2.July 4, 2005 Newport, U.S.Grass Flag of the United States.svg Graydon Oliver Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Kerr
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thomas
7–65, 7–65
3.April 14, 2008 Valencia, SpainClay Flag of Slovakia.svg Filip Polášek Flag of Argentina.svg Máximo González
Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Mónaco
7–5, 7–5
4.August 4, 2008 Los Angeles, U.S.Hard Flag of Serbia.svg Dušan Vemić Flag of India.svg Rohan Bopanna
Flag of the United States.svg Eric Butorac
7–65, 7–65
5.February 22, 2009 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.Hard Flag of Slovakia.svg Filip Polášek Flag of the United States.svg Mardy Fish
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles
7–67, 6–1
6.June 19, 2009 Eastbourne, United KingdomGrass Flag of Slovakia.svg Filip Polášek Flag of Poland.svg Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Flag of Poland.svg Marcin Matkowski
6–4, 6–4

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles (1 title)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win 2009 US OpenHard Flag of the United States.svg Carly Gullickson Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black
Flag of India.svg Leander Paes
6–2, 6–4

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References

  1. Travis Parrott Archived June 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Parrot Returns with Big Plans". Portland Tribune. February 5, 2005. Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved September 9, 2009.