Raemon Sluiter
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| Country |  Netherlands |
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| Residence | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Born | 13 April 1978 Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (180 lb; 13 st) |
| Turned pro | 1996 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed both sides) |
| Career prize money | $1,716,082 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 90–131 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 46 (24 February 2003) |
| Current ranking | No. 356 (21 June 2010) |
| Grand Slam results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2000, 2006) |
| French Open | 3R (2004, 2006) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2001) |
| US Open | 2R (2002, 2006) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 25–41 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 97 (8 September 2003) |
| Last updated on: 22 June 2009. | |
Raemon Sluiter (born 13 April 1978 in Rotterdam, Netherlands; RAY-mon SLIGHT-er) is a professional male tennis player from the Netherlands. His career-high Association of Tennis Professionals Entry ranking is Number 46 (achieved on 24 February 2003). His career highlights have been mostly on home soil: ATP finals in Amsterdam (2000), Rotterdam (2003), Amersfoort (2003) and in s'Hertogenbosch (2009). Another career highlight was reaching the semi-finals with the Dutch Davis Cup team in 2001.
He announced his retirement in February 2008, which took effect after he played his home event in Rotterdam. In April 2009 he returned to professional tennis, battling from the qualifying rounds to the final of a Futures tournament in Albufeira, Portugal. In June 2009 he reached the final of the ATP event in Rosmalen, becoming the lowest ranked professional player (866th) in history to reach an ATP final, losing to Benjamin Becker.
Sluiter's best performance in a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the third round of Wimbledon in 2001. Arguably, his biggest individual win came in the first round of the following year's tournament, when he beat 20th seed and former World #1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov in five sets.
[edit] Singles titles (10)
| Legend (Singles) |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0) |
| ATP World Tour 500 (0) |
| ATP World Tour 250 (0) |
| ATP Challenger Tour (10) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | 5 July 1999 |  Bristol |
Grass | Chris Wilkinson |
6–3 6–7 7–6 |
| 2. | 1 November 1999 |  Aachen |
Carpet | David Prinosil |
2–6 6–4 7–6 |
| 3. | 9 July 2001 | Scheveningen |
Clay |  Paul-Henri Mathieu |
6–3 6–4 |
| 4. | 28 January 2002 | Lübeck |
Carpet | Alexander Popp |
6–2 3–0 ret. |
| 5. | 25 February 2002 | Hamburg |
Carpet |  Neville Godwin |
6–1 6–3 |
| 6. | 1 April 2002 |  Tunis |
Clay |  Mario Radic |
6–2 7–5 |
| 7. | 8 July 2002 | Scheveningen |
Clay |  Salvador Navarro |
7–6 6–7 7–6 |
| 8. | 21 February 2005 | Lübeck |
Carpet | Alexander Waske |
7–6 7–6 |
| 9. | 21 November 2005 |  Prague |
Carpet | Nicholas Thomann |
6–3 7–5 |
| 10. | 23 July 2007 |  Poznań |
Clay |  Júlio Silva |
6–4 6–3 |
[edit] Miscellaneous
Sluiter is a football fan and supports his local team, Feyenoord; during the 2003/04 season he was their official ambassador. He is also known to be a big fan of the band Pearl Jam. His girlfriend is field hockey player Fatima Moreira de Melo.
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| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Robert Eenhoorn |
Rotterdam Sportsman of the Year 2000–2002 |
Succeeded by Francisco Elson |
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