Travis Parrott

Travis Parrott
Country  United States
Residence Portland, Oregon
Born August 16, 1980 (1980-08-16) (age 31)
Portland, Oregon
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro 2003
Plays Right-handed
Career prize money $527,632
Singles
Career record 0–0
Career titles -
Highest ranking No. 704 (June 9, 2003)
Doubles
Career record 94–109
Career titles 3
Highest ranking No. 25 (June 15, 2009)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 3R (2005, 2006)
French Open 3R (2006)
Wimbledon 3R (2004, 2008)
US Open QF (2004)
Mixed Doubles
Career titles 1
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
US Open W (2009)
Last updated on: September 11, 2009.

Travis Parrott (born August 16, 1980 in Portland, Oregon)[1] is an American professional ATP tennis doubles player. He is primarily a doubles specialist. Travis is the son of Brian Parrott, a pro tennis organizer who helped bring a pair of Davis Cup events to Portland in the 1980s.[2]

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Grand Slam results

Parrott competed in the doubles at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, where he won his first round match with his partner Filip Polášek against sixth seeded Czech duo Pavel Vízner and Martin Damm 6-4, 7-6(6), 2-6, 6-4. He and Polasek and defeated South African Rik de Voest and Polish player Łukasz Kubot 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-4. In the third round, they were defeated by Leander Paes and Lukáš Dlouhý, 7-6(2), 7-6(6), 6-4.

Parrott also participated in the 2008 French Open with Polasek, losing in the first round, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5. He was a surprise winner of the Mixed Doubles 2009 US Open with Carly Gullickson as wildcards. This was the first time they'd ever played together, and Gullickson had originally planned to team with Rajeev Ram. In 2010, Parrott planned on playing with Alex Belote, but their partnership has been put on hold.

Doubles Titles

Wins (3)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP International Series Gold (0)
ATP Tour (3)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score
1. July 28, 2003 Los Angeles, United States Hard Jan-Michael Gambill Joshua Eagle
Sjeng Schalken
6–4, 3–6, 7–5
2. July 23, 2007 Indianapolis, U.S. Hard Juan Martín del Potro Teymuraz Gabashvili
Ivo Karlović
3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
3. October 20, 2008 Saint Petersburg, Russia Carpet (i) Filip Polášek Rohan Bopanna
Max Mirnyi
3–6, 7–64, [10–8]

Runners-up (6)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score
1. August 16, 2004 Washington, D.C., United States Hard Dmitry Tursunov Chris Haggard
Robbie Koenig
7–63, 6–1
2. July 4, 2005 Newport, U.S. Grass Graydon Oliver Jordan Kerr
Jim Thomas
7–65, 7–65
3. April 14, 2008 Valencia, Spain Clay Filip Polášek Máximo González
Juan Mónaco
7–5, 7–5
4. August 4, 2008 Los Angeles, U.S. Hard Dušan Vemić Rohan Bopanna
Eric Butorac
7–65, 7–65
5. February 22, 2009 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. Hard Filip Polášek Mardy Fish
Mark Knowles
7–67, 6–1
6. June 19, 2009 Eastbourne, United Kingdom Grass Filip Polášek Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski
6–4, 6–4

Mixed doubles

Wins (1)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Winner 2009 US Open Hard Carly Gullickson Cara Black
Leander Paes
6–2, 6–4

References

  1. ^ Travis Parrott
  2. ^ The Portland Tribune (February 5, 2005). "Parrot Returns with Big Plans". Portland Tribune. http://www.miketheheadlesschicken.org/story.html. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 

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