David Witt is an American former professional tennis player. He enjoyed a successful junior

Junior tennis

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 career, during which time he won the USTA Boys' 16s Clay, Hard and National Championships and was the top-ranked under-16 in the USTA in 1989. He was also a semi-finalist at the US Open Junior Boys Singles event in 1991.

His senior career on the main tour proved less fruitful, failing to break into the top 100 and winning no titles; the closest he came was in the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships

U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships

The U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship is an annual ATP Tour tennis tournament that started in 1910. It is the last remaining ATP Tour-level tournament in the United States to be played on clay courts....

 in Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama

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, where he and Brian MacPhie

Brian MacPhie

Brian MacPhie , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.MacPhie enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 7 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 22 in 2002.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...

 were runners-up in the doubles in 1994. He did win two challenger-level events in his career, at Guadalajara, Mexico in 1992, and at the Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger

Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger

The Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger is a tennis tournament held in Binghamton, New York, USA since 1994. The event is part of the ATP challenger series and is played on outdoor hard courts. Former Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson won the event in 2007.-Singles:-Doubles:-...

 at Binghamton, New York

Binghamton, New York

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 in 1997. He retired from professional tennis in 2005.

In 2002, while working as the resident pro at the Deerwood Country Club

Deerwood Country Club

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 in Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville, Florida

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, Witt was approached by the Williams sisters

Williams sisters

The Williams sisters are two professional American tennis players: Venus Williams born 1980, seven-time Grand Slam title winner , and Serena Williams born 1981, thirteen-time Grand Slam title winner , both of whom were coached from an early age by their father Richard Williams...

 to act as a hitting partner during their participation at the Bausch & Lomb Championships

Bausch & Lomb Championships

The MPS Group Championships was a women's tennis tournament held in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, United States. The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event was an International series tournament played on outdoor green clay courts from 1980 to 2010.-History:...

 at nearby Amelia Island

Amelia Island

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. It became an annual invitation until 2007, when they asked him to accompany them to Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina

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 for the Family Circle Cup

Family Circle Cup

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. Since then he has acted as a travelling hitting partner for both girls, and latterly for elder sister Venus

Venus Williams

Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate...

.

Doubles runner-ups (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1994	U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships The U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship is an annual ATP Tour tennis tournament that started in 1910. It is the last remaining ATP Tour-level tournament in the United States to be played on clay courts.... , Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...	Clay	Brian MacPhie Brian MacPhie Brian MacPhie , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.MacPhie enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 7 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 22 in 2002.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...	Richey Reneberg Richey Reneberg Richey Reneberg was an American professional male tennis player.He attended Southern Methodist University, where he was a three-time All-American and reached the 1986 National Collegiate Athletics Association finals....     Christo van Rensburg Christo Van Rensburg Christo van Rensburg is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.Van Rensburg turned professional in 1983...	6–2, 3–6, 2–6

External links

• David Witt at the Association of Tennis Professionals
  Association of Tennis Professionals
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