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Raemon Sluiter

File:Raemon Sluiter.jpg
Country	Netherlands
Residence	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Born	(1978-04-13) 13 April 1978 Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	$1,716,082
Singles
Career record	90–131 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)</td></tr>
Career titles	0</td></tr>
Highest ranking	No. 46 (24 February 2003)</td></tr>
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2000, 2006)</td></tr>
French Open	3R (2004, 2006)</td></tr>
Wimbledon	3R (2001)</td></tr>
US Open	2R (2002, 2006)</td></tr>
Doubles
Career record	25–41 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)</td></tr>
Career titles	0</td></tr>
Highest ranking	No. 97 (8 September 2003)</td></tr>
Last updated on: July 19, 2013.</td></tr></table> Raemon Sluiter (born 13 April 1978 in Rotterdam, Netherlands; RAY-mon SLIGHT-er) is a former professional male tennis player from the Netherlands. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 46 in February 2003. Sluiter's career highlights have been mostly on home soil: ATP finals in Amsterdam (2000), Rotterdam (2003), Amersfoort (2003) and in s'Hertogenbosch (2009). He also reached the semifinals 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. 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 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. External links Profile at ATP Official Website Fanpage Awards Preceded by Robert Eenhoorn Rotterdam Sportsman of the Year 2000–2002 Succeeded by Francisco Elson