Peter Rennert

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).

Peter Rennert

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Great Neck, New York
Born	(1958-12-26) December 26, 1958 Great Neck, New York
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Turned pro	1980
Retired	1987
Plays	Left-handed
Singles
Career record	48–60
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 40 (28 July 1980)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	QF (1979, 1980)
Wimbledon	3R (1982)
US Open	2R (1980)
Doubles
Career record	98–90
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 9 (23 May 1983)

Rennert was born in Great Neck, New York, and is Jewish.[1][2] He attended and played tennis for Great Neck North High School, and in 1976 won the singles title at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association's tennis championships.[3]

He attended Stanford University, where he received a B.S. in Psychology and was an All-American.[4] At Stanford. he was an NCAA singles finalist in 1980.[4] He won three National Division 1 team titles and won College Player of the Year.

Rennert enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 2 doubles titles. As a player, he trained with Harry Hopman and Wimbledon champion Tony Palafox. His best result as a singles player in a major was making it to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open twice.

Rennert resides as a physical education teacher at Easton Country Day School in Easton, Connecticut.