Travis Rettenmaier

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Travis Rettenmaier
Country (sports)Flag of the United States.svg United States
ResidenceLos Angeles, United States
Born (1983-08-06) 6 August 1983 (age 41)
Tarzana, California, United States
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2002
Retired2012
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money$243,091
Singles
Career record2–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 2 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 273 (27 February 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q1 (2006)
US Open Q2 (2005)
Doubles
Career record16-28 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles1
19 Challenger, 8 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 57 (12 July 2010)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2010)
French Open 3R (2010)
Wimbledon 2R (2010)
US Open 1R (2005, 2008, 2009, 2010)
Last updated on: 11 July 2021.

Travis Rettenmaier (born August 6, 1983) is an American former professional tennis player and pickleball player. Rettenmaier's highest singles ranking was World No. 273 achieved on February 27, 2006. In doubles, his ranking was World No. 57, which he achieved on July 12, 2010. He was mainly active as a doubles player.

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Rettenmaier in 2022 became the first owner/player of a Major League Pickleball team. As a co-owner of the Florida Smash (www.floridasmash.com) Rettenmaier made the finals of the first event at Dreamland in Dripping Springs, Texas. Rettenmaier played alongside JW Johnson, Lee Whitwell and Maggy Remynse.

Rettenmaier is now a full time professional pickleball player with an intense interest in the growth and business of pickleball.

Career

Rettenmaier, coached by former touring pro Scott McCain, turned professional in 2002 and retired in 2012.

At 6-foot 2-inches, Rettenmaier was a right-hander. He was 2–2 on the ATP Tour in singles matches, and 16–28 in doubles.

Personal life

Travis is the son of Tom and Karen Rettenmaier, and has one sister named Bettina. He started tennis when he was one, and enjoys hard and grass courts best. Aside from tennis, Rettenmaier enjoys basketball, golf, and ping-pong.

He entered UCLA at age 16 and competed for two years for the UCLA Bruins before turning pro.

Rettenmaier now resides in Saint Petersburg, Florida with his daughter Rowyn.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–1)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (1–1)
Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 May 2010 Belgrade, Serbia250 SeriesClay Flag of Mexico.svg Santiago González Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Bednarek
Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Kowalczyk
7–6(8–6), 6–1
Loss1–1 Jul 2010 Newport, United States250 SeriesGrass Flag of Mexico.svg Santiago González Flag of Australia (converted).svg Carsten Ball
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Guccione
3–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 4 (2–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Mar 2002USA F5, Harlingen FuturesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Tebbutt 7–5, 6–4
Loss1–1Jan 2005Great Britain F1, Leeds FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Banks6–7(5–7), 6–1, 4–6
Loss1–2Jul 2007 Manchester, United KingdomChallengerGrass Flag of Israel.svg Harel Levy 2–6, 4–6
Win2–2Apr 2008USA F7, Mobile FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Ryler Deheart 6–1, 7–6(7–0)

Doubles: 39 (27–12)

Legend
ATP Challenger (19–6)
ITF Futures (8–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (19–9)
Clay (7–2)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Dec 2001USA F28, Laguna Niguel FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Diego Ayala Flag of Ireland.svg John Doran
Flag of the United States.svg Nick Rainey
6–0, 7–5
Win2–0Jan 2002USA F2, Delray Beach FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Graydon Oliver Flag of Slovakia.svg Karol Beck
Flag of Slovakia.svg Ladislav Švarc
6–2, 6–4
Win3–0Jan 2002USA F3, Miami FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Graydon Oliver Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Braga
Flag of Brazil.svg Alessandro Guevara
6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4
Win4–0Mar 2002USA F5, Harlingen FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Graydon Oliver Flag of Spain.svg Esteban Carril
Flag of the United States.svg Trace Fielding
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss4–1Mar 2003USA F5, Harlingen FuturesHard Flag of Mexico.svg Bruno Echagaray Flag of South Africa.svg Raven Klaasen
Flag of the United States.svg Huntley Montgomery
walkover
Win5–1Jun 2003USA F13, Yuba City FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Rylan Rizza Flag of the United States.svg Marcus Fluitt
Flag of the United States.svg Lesley Joseph
6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–2
Loss5–2Sep 2003USA F26, Costa Mesa FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Robert Yim Flag of South Africa.svg Nenad Toroman
Flag of the United States.svg Mirko Pehar
6–7(6–8), 6–2, 3–6
Loss5–3Sep 2003USA F27, Ojai FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Robert Yim Flag of France.svg Julien Cassaigne
Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Soares
4–6, 3–6
Loss5–4Jun 2004 Forest Hills, United StatesChallengerGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Tebbutt Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Coupe
Flag of the United States.svg Justin Gimelstob
4–6, 4–6
Loss5–5Oct 2004France F17, Nevers FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Eric Butorac Flag of France.svg Bertrand Contzler
Flag of Algeria.svg Slimane Saoudi
4–6, 5–7
Win6–5Jan 2005Great Britain F1, Leeds FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Eric Butorac Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Nielsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Nørby
7–6(9–7), 6–4
Win7–5Jul 2005 Tarzana, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Alex Bogomolov Jr. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan Healey
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robert Smeets
6–7(3–7), 7–6(9–7), 6–3
Loss7–6Aug 2005 Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Alex Bogomolov Jr. Flag of the United States.svg Tripp Phillips
Flag of the United States.svg Huntley Montgomery
3–6, 2–6
Win8–6May 2006USA F10, Orange Park FuturesClay Flag of the United States.svg Robert Yim Flag of Slovakia.svg Matej Bocko
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Wendler
6–4, 6–2
Win9–6Mar 2008Canada F2, Montreal FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Rylan Rizza Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milan Pokrajac
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milos Raonic
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
Loss9–7Mar 2008Canada F3, Sherbrooke FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Rylan Rizza Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Chu
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Adil Shamasdin
6–7(2–7), 6–3, [7–10]
Loss9–8Apr 2008USA F7, Mobile FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Rylan Rizza Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alexander Sadecky
Flag of South Africa.svg Izak van der Merwe
7–6(7–5), 4–6, [7–10]
Win10–8Jun 2008 Carson, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Carsten Ball Flag of the United States.svg Ryler Deheart
Flag of New Zealand.svg Daniel King-Turner
6–4, 6–2
Win11–8Aug 2008 Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Carsten Ball Flag of the United States.svg Brian Battistone
Flag of the United States.svg Dann Battistone
6–3, 6–4
Win12–8Nov 2008 Nashville, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Carsten Ball Flag of India.svg Harsh Mankad
Flag of India.svg Ashutosh Singh
6–4, 7–5
Win13–8Mar 2009 Wolfsburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ken Skupski Flag of Ukraine.svg Sergey Bubka
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Kudryavtsev
6–3, 6–4
Win14–8Mar 2009 Jersey, United KingdomChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Eric Butorac Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ken Skupski
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin Fleming
6–4, 6–3
Win15–8Apr 2009 Monxa, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Auckland Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dušan Karol
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Pospíšil
7–5, 6–7(6–8), [10–4]
Win16–8May 2009 Savannah, United StatesChallengerClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Carsten Ball Flag of India.svg Harsh Mankad
Flag of the United States.svg Kaes Van't Hof
7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss16–9May 2009 Carson, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Carsten Ball Flag of India.svg Harsh Mankad
Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Nielsen
4–6, 4–6
Win17–9Jun 2009 Yuba City, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Carsten Ball Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan Healey
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Feeney
6–3, 6–4
Win18–9Jul 2009 Winnetka, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Carsten Ball Flag of the United States.svg Brett Joelson
Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Sweeting
6–1, 6–2
Win19–9Aug 2009 Cordenons, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of the United States.svg James Cerretani Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Luczak
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Motti
4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Win20–9Oct 2009 Quito, EcuadorChallengerClay Flag of Mexico.svg Santiago González Flag of Colombia.svg Michael Quintero Aguilar
Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Vicente
1–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Loss20–10Oct 2009 Sacramento, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Mexico.svg Santiago González Flag of the United States.svg Lester Cook
Flag of the United States.svg David Martin
6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Win21–10Jun 2010 Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Mexico.svg Santiago González Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sadik Kadir
Flag of India.svg Purav Raja
6–2, 6–4
Loss21–11Jun 2010 Lugano, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Flag of Mexico.svg Santiago González Flag of Portugal.svg Fred Gil
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Christophe Rochus
5–7, 6–7(3–7)
Win22–11Oct 2010 Tiburon, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Robert Kendrick Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
Flag of the United States.svg Ryler Deheart
6–1, 6–4
Win23–11Oct 2010 Calabasas, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Harrison Flag of South Africa.svg Rik de Voest
Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Reynolds
6–3, 6–3
Win24–11Jan 2011 Honolulu, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Harrison Flag of the United States.svg Robert Kendrick
Flag of the United States.svg Alex Kuznetsov
walkover
Win25–11Apr 2011 Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Germany.svg Simon Stadler Flag of the United States.svg Travis Parrott
Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Siljeström
6–4, 6–4
Loss25–12May 2011 Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Mexico.svg Santiago González Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Sebastián Cabal
Flag of Colombia.svg Robert Farah
6–2, 3–6, [9–11]
Win26–12Sep 2011 İzmir, TurkeyChallengerHard Flag of Germany.svg Simon Stadler Flag of Italy.svg Flavio Cipolla
Flag of Italy.svg Thomas Fabbiano
6–0, 6–2
Win27–12Jan 2012 Honolulu, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Amer Delić Flag of the United States.svg Nicholas Monroe
Flag of the United States.svg Jack Sock
6–4, 7–6(7–3)