Travis Rettenmaier
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Travis Rettenmaier is a professional American tennis
Tennis
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 player.

Career

Rettenmaier's highest singles ranking to date has been World Number 273 on February 27, 2006. In doubles, his ranking has been as high as World Number 57, which he achieved on July 12, 2010. At 6-foot 2-inches, Travis is a right-hander. He is 2–2 on the ATP
Association of Tennis Professionals
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 Tour in singles matches, and 14–20 in doubles. Rettenmaier, who is coached by former touring pro Scott McCain, turned professional in 2002. He is mainly active as a doubles player.

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
Tennis court
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 and grass
Tennis court
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 courts best. Aside from tennis, Rettenmaier enjoys basketball
Basketball
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, golf
Golf
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, and ping-pong. Entered UCLA at age 16 and competed for two years for the UCLA Bruins before turning pro.

Singles (2 Wins)

No. Date Tournament Surface Level Opponent in the final Score
1. February 25, 2002   Houston, Texas
Texas
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, USA
Hard Futures   Michael Tebbutt
Michael Tebbutt
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7–5, 6–4
2. April 7, 2008   Mobile, Alabama
Mobile, Alabama
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, USA (Source: 1)
Hard Futures   Ryler DeHeart
Ryler DeHeart
Ryler DeHeart is an American professional tennis player. He reached his singles career high ranking of 174 on May 3, 2010. He is coached by Brad Dancer.-Professional career:...

6–1, 7–6(7)

Doubles (1/ Titles)

No. Date Tournament Surface Level Partner Opponents in the final Score
1. November 26, 2001   Laguna Niguel, California
California
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, USA
Hard Futures   Diego Ayala
Diego Ayala
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  John Doran
  Nick Rainey
6–0, 7–5
2. January 14, 2002   Delray Beach, Florida
Florida
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, USA
Hard Futures   Graydon Oliver
Graydon Oliver
Graydon Oliver is an American professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, he won four titles during his career....

  Karol Beck
Karol Beck
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  Ladislav Švarc
6–2, 6–4
3. January 21, 2002   Hallandale Beach, Florida, USA Hard Futures   Graydon Oliver   Pedro Braga
  Alessandro Guevara
6–7(4), 6–4, 6–4
4. February 25, 2002   Houston, Texas
Texas
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, USA
Hard Futures   Graydon Oliver   Esteban Carril
  Trace Fielding
6–4, 7–6(3)
5. June 2, 2003   town unstated, USA Hard Futures   Rylan Rizza   Marcus Fluitt
  Lesley Joseph
6–7(3), 6–4, 6–2
6. January 10, 2005   Leeds
Leeds
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, United Kingdom
Hard Futures   Eric Butorac
Eric Butorac
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  Frederik Nielsen
Frederik Nielsen
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  Rasmus Norby
7–6(7), 6–4
7. July 18, 2005   Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, USA Hard Challenger   Alex Bogomolov Jr.   Nathan Healey
Nathan Healey
Nathan Healey is an Australian tennis player.Turning professional in 1998, Healey has won 3 doubles titles....


  Robert Smeets
Robert Smeets
Robert Smeets is an Australian professional tennis player. Though born in Holland, Smeets moved to Australia aged 12 and took residency.Smeets plays predominantly on the ATP Challenger Series and ITF Men's Circuit...

6–7(3), 7–6(7), 6–3
8. May 8, 2006   Orange Park, Florida, USA Clay Futures   Robert Yim   Matej Bocko
  Daniel Wendler
6–4, 6–2
9. March 10, 2008   Montreal
Montreal
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, Canada (Source: 2)
Hard Futures   Rylan Rizza   Milan Pokrajac
  Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic
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7–6(5), 7–6(4)
10. May 26, 2008   Carson
Carson
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, California, USA
Hard Challenger   Carsten Ball
Carsten Ball
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  Ryler DeHeart
Ryler DeHeart
Ryler DeHeart is an American professional tennis player. He reached his singles career high ranking of 174 on May 3, 2010. He is coached by Brad Dancer.-Professional career:...


  Daniel King-Turner
Daniel King-Turner
Daniel King-Turner is a professional New Zealand tennis player.-External links:...

6–4, 6–2
11. August 4, 2008   Binghamton, New York
New York
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, USA
Hard Challenger   Carsten Ball   Brian Battistone
Brian Battistone
Brian Battistone is an American professional tennis player. He was born in Santa Barbara, California and currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada...


  Dann Battistone
6–3, 6–4
12. November 3, 2008   Nashville, Tennessee
Tennessee
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, USA
Hard Challenger   Carsten Ball   Harsh Mankad
Harsh Mankad
----Harsh Mankad is a professional tennis player from India. He is the grandson of cricketer Vinoo Mankad, and the son of cricketer Ashok Mankad, and tennis player Nirupama Vasant....


  Ashutosh Singh
6–4, 7–5
13. February 23, 2009   Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg
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, Germany
Carpet Challenger   Ken Skupski
Ken Skupski
Ken Skupski is a professional tennis player who lives in Liverpool, England. He is best known as a doubles player, most successfully partnering Colin Fleming. Having played college tennis at the Louisiana State University, he turned professional in 2007...

  Sergei Bubka
Sergei Bubka (tennis)
Sergei Bubka is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. He is a member of the Ukraine Davis Cup team and is coached by Tibor Toth, who is also the coach of Sergiy Stakhovsky...


  Alexandre Kudryavtsev
Alexandre Kudryavtsev
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6–3, 6–4
14. March 23, 2009   Jersey
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, Channel Islands
Channel Islands
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, United Kingdom
Hard Challenger   Eric Butorac   Colin Fleming
Colin Fleming
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  Ken Skupski
6–4, 6–3
15. April 6, 2009   Monza
Monza
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, Italy
Clay Challenger   James Auckland
James Auckland
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  Jesse Huta Galung
Jesse Huta Galung
Jesse Huta Galung is a professional Dutch tennis player.-Singles Titles:-External links:*...


  Dušan Karol
7–5, 6–7(6), [10–4]
16. May 9, 2010   Belgrade
Belgrade
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, Serbia
Clay ATP 250   Santiago González   Tomasz Bednarek
Tomasz Bednarek
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  Mateusz Kowalczyk
Mateusz Kowalczyk
-Career:He reached his highest doubles ranking of World No. 82 on July 19, 2010. His current partner is Tomasz Bednarek, but he played with Błażej Koniusz and Marcin Gawron in the long term too.-ATP World Tour Doubles finals :...

7–6(6), 6–1
17. September 24, 2011   İzmir
Izmir
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, Turkey
Hard Challenger   Simon Stadler
Simon Stadler
Simon Stadler is a left-handed, German tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of #140 in February 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking of #144 in October 2011.- Juniors career :...

  Flavio Cipolla
Flavio Cipolla
Flavio Cipolla is a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour from Italy. He reached the second round at the French Open of 2007, where he lost to Rafael Nadal. He reached the 3rd round of the 2008 US Open...


  Thomas Fabbiano
Thomas Fabbiano
Thomas Fabbiano is an Italian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On November 15, 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 305 whilst his highest doubles ranking was No. 208 on July 20, 2009.-Doubles finals: 1 :...

6–0, 6–2

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