Jörn Renzenbrink (born 17 July 1972) is a retired professional
tennis
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player from
Germany
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.
Career
A right hander, Renzenbrink had his best
Grand Slam
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performance in the
1994 US Open, when he made it into the fourth round. He started his campaign with a straight sets victory over
South Africa
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n
Grant Stafford
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The ...
, followed by a four-sets defeat of
Morocco
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's
Karim Alami
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The right-hander won two career titles in singles, both in 1996 (Atlanta and Palermo), and reached a career-high ...
and then a win over
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Andrea Gaudenzi
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. In the fourth round he met
Jonas Björkman
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and took him to five sets, but lost.
Renzenbrink never won a singles tournament on the
ATP Tour
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but was