Peter Rennert (born December 26, 1958) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He achieved career-high rankings of World No. 40 in singles (in 1980), and World No. 8 in doubles (in 1983). At the

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in Israel, he and partner

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won the men's doubles gold medal, and he and

Stacy Margolin Stacy Margolin (born April 5, 1959) is a former American professional tennis player in the WTA tour and the ITF world tour from 1979 to 1987 whose career-high world singles ranking is No. 18 (career-high end of season ranking of No. 25 in 1979 ...

won the gold medal in mixed doubles.

Biography

Rennert was born in

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, and is Jewish. He attended and played tennis for

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, and in 1976 won the singles title at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association's tennis championships. He attended

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, where he received a B.S. in Psychology and was an All-American. At Stanford, he was an

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singles finalist in 1980. He won three National Division 1 team titles and won College Player of the Year. At the

in Israel, he and partner

won the men's doubles gold medal. He and

won the gold medal in mixed doubles, defeating South Africa's

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and Graham Silverman. Rennert enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won two doubles titles. As a player, he trained with

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and

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champion

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. His best result as a singles player in a

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was making it to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open twice. Rennert now runs an awareness based Tennis curriculum business calle
Telos Tennis

Career finals

Doubles (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rennert, Peter 1958 births Living people Competitors at the 1977 Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games medalists in tennis Maccabiah Games gold medalists for the United States Jewish American sportspeople Jewish tennis players People from Great Neck, New York Sportspeople from Nassau County, New York American male tennis players Stanford Cardinal men's tennis players Tennis people from New York (state) People from Easton, Connecticut Sportspeople from Fairfield County, Connecticut 21st-century American Jews