Peter Rennert (born December 26, 1958) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He achieved career-high rankings of World No. 40 in singles (in 1980), and World No. 8 in doubles (in 1983). At the 1977 Maccabiah Games in Israel, he and partner Joel Ross won the men's doubles gold medal, and he and Stacy Margolin won the gold medal in mixed doubles.

Peter Rennert
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceGreat Neck, New York
Born (1958-12-26) December 26, 1958 (age 65)
Great Neck, New York
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Turned pro1980
Retired1987
PlaysLeft-handed
Singles
Career record48–60
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 40 (28 July 1980)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (1979, 1980)
Wimbledon3R (1982)
US Open2R (1980)
Doubles
Career record98–90
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 9 (23 May 1983)
Medal record
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place 1977 Tel Aviv Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 1977 Tel Aviv Mixed doubles

Biography

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Rennert was born in Great Neck, New York, and is Jewish.[1][2] He attended and played tennis for Great Neck North High School, and in 1976 won the singles title at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association's tennis championships.[3]

He attended Stanford University, where he received a B.S. in Psychology and was an All-American.[4] At Stanford, he was an NCAA singles finalist in 1980.[4] He won three National Division 1 team titles and won College Player of the Year.

At the 1977 Maccabiah Games in Israel, he and partner Joel Ross won the men's doubles gold medal.[5] He and Stacy Margolin won the gold medal in mixed doubles, defeating South Africa's Ilana Kloss and Graham Silverman.[5]

Rennert enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won two doubles titles. As a player, he trained with Harry Hopman and Wimbledon champion Tony Palafox. His best result as a singles player in a major was making it to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open twice.

Rennert now runs an awareness based Tennis curriculum business called Telos Tennis.

Career finals

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Doubles (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1980 Newport, U.S. Grass   Fritz Buehning   Andrew Pattison
  Butch Walts
6–7, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Mar 1981 Milan, Italy Carpet   John McEnroe   Brian Gottfried
  Raúl Ramírez
6–7, 3–6
Win 1–2 Jun 1982 London/Queen's Club, U.K. Grass   John McEnroe   Victor Amaya
  Hank Pfister
7–6, 7–5
Win 2–2 Oct 1982 Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard (i)   John McEnroe   Steve Denton
  Mark Edmondson
6–3, 7–6
Loss 2–3 Oct 1982 Tokyo Indoor, Japan Carpet   John McEnroe   Tim Gullikson
  Tom Gullikson
4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss 2–4 Oct 1983 Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard (i)   John McEnroe   Mark Edmondson
  Sherwood Stewart
2–6, 4–6

References

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  1. ^ "Peter Rennert | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "12 March 1982". Jewish Post.
  3. ^ Times, Bernard Kirsch Special to The New York (June 13, 1976). "French Driver Dies in Crash At 5-Hour Mark at Le Mans". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  4. ^ a b "Peter Rennert | Bio | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  5. ^ a b "Israel Basketball Team Loses out to Underdog U.S. Squad at 10th Maccabiah". March 20, 2015.
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