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Raemon Sluiter

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Raemon Sluiter
Country (sports)Netherlands Netherlands
ResidenceRotterdam, Netherlands
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1996
PlaysRight-handed; two-handed on both sides
Prize money$1,705,429
Singles
Career record90–131
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 46 (24 February 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2000, 2006)
French Open3R (2004, 2006)
Wimbledon3R (2001)
US Open2R (2002, 2006)
Doubles
Career record25–41
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 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.

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 United Kingdom Bristol Grass United Kingdom Chris Wilkinson 6–3 6–7 7–6
2. 1 November 1999 Germany Aachen Carpet Germany David Prinosil 2–6 6–4 7–6
3. 9 July 2001 Netherlands Scheveningen Clay France Paul-Henri Mathieu 6–3 6–4
4. 28 January 2002 Germany Lübeck Carpet Germany Alexander Popp 6–2 3–0 ret.
5. 25 February 2002 Germany Hamburg Carpet South Africa Neville Godwin 6–1 6–3
6. 1 April 2002 Tunisia Tunis Clay Croatia Mario Radic 6–2 7–5
7. 8 July 2002 Netherlands Scheveningen Clay Spain Salvador Navarro 7–6 6–7 7–6
8. 21 February 2005 Germany Lübeck Carpet Germany Alexander Waske 7–6 7–6
9. 21 November 2005 Czech Republic Prague Carpet France Nicholas Thomann 6–3 7–5
10. 23 July 2007 Poland Poznań Clay Brazil Julio Silva 6–4 6–3

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 former field hockey player Fatima Moreira de Melo.


Awards
Preceded by Rotterdam Sportsman of the Year
2000–2002
Succeeded by