Travis Rettenmaier

Travis Rettenmaier
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Los Angeles, United States
Born	6 August 1983 (age 40); Tarzana, California, United States
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2012
Plays	Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money	$243,091
Singles
Career record	2–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 ; 0 Challenger, 2 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 273 (27 February 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2006)
US Open	Q2 (2005)
Doubles
Career record	16-28 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1 ; 19 Challenger, 8 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 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.

Last updated July 21, 2024

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.

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2010	Belgrade, Serbia	250 Series	Clay	Santiago González	Tomasz Bednarek Mateusz Kowalczyk	7–6^(8–6), 6–1
Loss	1–1	Jul 2010	Newport, United States	250 Series	Grass	Santiago González	Carsten Ball 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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2002	USA F5, Harlingen	Futures	Hard	Michael Tebbutt	7–5, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Jan 2005	Great Britain F1, Leeds	Futures	Hard	Andrew Banks	6–7^(5–7), 6–1, 4–6
Loss	1–2	Jul 2007	Manchester, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Harel Levy	2–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	Apr 2008	USA F7, Mobile	Futures	Hard	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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Dec 2001	USA F28, Laguna Niguel	Futures	Hard	Diego Ayala	John Doran Nick Rainey	6–0, 7–5
Win	2–0	Jan 2002	USA F2, Delray Beach	Futures	Hard	Graydon Oliver	Karol Beck Ladislav Švarc	6–2, 6–4
Win	3–0	Jan 2002	USA F3, Miami	Futures	Hard	Graydon Oliver	Pedro Braga Alessandro Guevara	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 6–4
Win	4–0	Mar 2002	USA F5, Harlingen	Futures	Hard	Graydon Oliver	Esteban Carril Trace Fielding	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
Loss	4–1	Mar 2003	USA F5, Harlingen	Futures	Hard	Bruno Echagaray	Raven Klaasen Huntley Montgomery	walkover
Win	5–1	Jun 2003	USA F13, Yuba City	Futures	Hard	Rylan Rizza	Marcus Fluitt Lesley Joseph	6–7^(3–7), 6–4, 6–2
Loss	5–2	Sep 2003	USA F26, Costa Mesa	Futures	Hard	Robert Yim	Nenad Toroman Mirko Pehar	6–7^(6–8), 6–2, 3–6
Loss	5–3	Sep 2003	USA F27, Ojai	Futures	Hard	Robert Yim	Julien Cassaigne Bruno Soares	4–6, 3–6
Loss	5–4	Jun 2004	Forest Hills, United States	Challenger	Grass	Michael Tebbutt	Brandon Coupe Justin Gimelstob	4–6, 4–6
Loss	5–5	Oct 2004	France F17, Nevers	Futures	Hard	Eric Butorac	Bertrand Contzler Slimane Saoudi	4–6, 5–7
Win	6–5	Jan 2005	Great Britain F1, Leeds	Futures	Hard	Eric Butorac	Frederik Nielsen Rasmus Nørby	7–6^(9–7), 6–4
Win	7–5	Jul 2005	Tarzana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	Nathan Healey Robert Smeets	6–7^(3–7), 7–6^(9–7), 6–3
Loss	7–6	Aug 2005	Binghamton, United States	Challenger	Hard	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	Tripp Phillips Huntley Montgomery	3–6, 2–6
Win	8–6	May 2006	USA F10, Orange Park	Futures	Clay	Robert Yim	Matej Bocko Daniel Wendler	6–4, 6–2
Win	9–6	Mar 2008	Canada F2, Montreal	Futures	Hard	Rylan Rizza	Milan Pokrajac Milos Raonic	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	9–7	Mar 2008	Canada F3, Sherbrooke	Futures	Hard	Rylan Rizza	Daniel Chu Adil Shamasdin	6–7^(2–7), 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	9–8	Apr 2008	USA F7, Mobile	Futures	Hard	Rylan Rizza	Alexander Sadecky Izak van der Merwe	7–6^(7–5), 4–6, [7–10]
Win	10–8	Jun 2008	Carson, United States	Challenger	Hard	Carsten Ball	Ryler Deheart Daniel King-Turner	6–4, 6–2
Win	11–8	Aug 2008	Binghamton, United States	Challenger	Hard	Carsten Ball	Brian Battistone Dann Battistone	6–3, 6–4
Win	12–8	Nov 2008	Nashville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Carsten Ball	Harsh Mankad Ashutosh Singh	6–4, 7–5
Win	13–8	Mar 2009	Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Ken Skupski	Sergey Bubka Alexander Kudryavtsev	6–3, 6–4
Win	14–8	Mar 2009	Jersey, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Eric Butorac	Ken Skupski Colin Fleming	6–4, 6–3
Win	15–8	Apr 2009	Monxa, Italy	Challenger	Clay	James Auckland	Dušan Karol Jaroslav Pospíšil	7–5, 6–7^(6–8), [10–4]
Win	16–8	May 2009	Savannah, United States	Challenger	Clay	Carsten Ball	Harsh Mankad Kaes Van't Hof	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
Loss	16–9	May 2009	Carson, United States	Challenger	Hard	Carsten Ball	Harsh Mankad Frederik Nielsen	4–6, 4–6
Win	17–9	Jun 2009	Yuba City, United States	Challenger	Hard	Carsten Ball	Nathan Healey Adam Feeney	6–3, 6–4
Win	18–9	Jul 2009	Winnetka, United States	Challenger	Hard	Carsten Ball	Brett Joelson Ryan Sweeting	6–1, 6–2
Win	19–9	Aug 2009	Cordenons, Italy	Challenger	Clay	James Cerretani	Peter Luczak Alessandro Motti	4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Win	20–9	Oct 2009	Quito, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Santiago González	Michael Quintero Aguilar Fernando Vicente	1–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Loss	20–10	Oct 2009	Sacramento, United States	Challenger	Hard	Santiago González	Lester Cook David Martin	6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Win	21–10	Jun 2010	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Santiago González	Sadik Kadir Purav Raja	6–2, 6–4
Loss	21–11	Jun 2010	Lugano, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Santiago González	Fred Gil Christophe Rochus	5–7, 6–7^(3–7)
Win	22–11	Oct 2010	Tiburon, United States	Challenger	Hard	Robert Kendrick	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Ryler Deheart	6–1, 6–4
Win	23–11	Oct 2010	Calabasas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Ryan Harrison	Rik de Voest Bobby Reynolds	6–3, 6–3
Win	24–11	Jan 2011	Honolulu, United States	Challenger	Hard	Ryan Harrison	Robert Kendrick Alex Kuznetsov	walkover
Win	25–11	Apr 2011	Napoli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Simon Stadler	Travis Parrott Andreas Siljeström	6–4, 6–4
Loss	25–12	May 2011	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Santiago González	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	6–2, 3–6, [9–11]
Win	26–12	Sep 2011	İzmir, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Simon Stadler	Flavio Cipolla Thomas Fabbiano	6–0, 6–2
Win	27–12	Jan 2012	Honolulu, United States	Challenger	Hard	Amer Delić	Nicholas Monroe Jack Sock	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)

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