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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
Residence	Great Neck, New York
Born	(1958-12-26) December 26, 1958 (age 63) Great Neck, New York
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Turned pro	1980
Retired	1987
Plays	Left-handed
Singles
Career record	48–60
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 40 (28 July 1980)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1979, 1980)
Wimbledon	3R (1982)
US Open	2R (1980)
Doubles
Career record	98–90
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 9 (23 May 1983)
Medal record Maccabiah Games 1977 Tel Aviv Men's doubles 1977 Tel Aviv Mixed doubles

Biography

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

Doubles (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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

External links

• Peter Rennert at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Peter Rennert at the International Tennis Federation

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