Raemon Sluiter

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**Raemon Sluiter**

Country	Netherlands
Residence	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Date of birth	April 13, 1978 (1978-04-13) (age 30)
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	176 lbs (80 kg)
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2008
Plays	Right
Career prize money	$1,518,919 (USD)
Singles
Career record:	81–123
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	No. 46 (February 24, 2003)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2RD (2000, 2006)
French Open	3RD (2004, 2006)
Wimbledon	3RD (2001)
US Open	2RD (2002, 2006)
Doubles
Career record:	23–39
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	No. 97 (September 8, 2003)
Infobox last updated on: October 17, 2006.

Raemon Sluiter (born April 13, 1978 in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a former professional male tennis player from the Netherlands. His career-high Association of Tennis Professionals Entry ranking is #46 (achieved on February 24, 2003), and his current ranking is #141 (as of July 23, 2007). His career highlights were mostly on home soil: ATP finals in Amsterdam (2000), Rotterdam (2003) and Amersfoort (2003), as well as a semifinal appearance in Rosmalen. Another career highlight was reaching the semifinals with the Dutch Davis Cup team in 2001. He announced his retirement in February, 2008, to take effect after he plays his home event of Rotterdam.

[edit] Singles titles (10)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	July 5, 1999	Bristol	Grass	Chris Wilkinson	6–3 6–7 7–6
2.	November 1, 1999	Aachen	Carpet	David Prinosil	2–6 6–4 7–6
3.	July 9, 2001	Scheveningen	Clay	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6–3 6–4
4.	January 28, 2002	Lübeck	Carpet	Alexander Popp	6–2 3–0 ret.
5.	February 25, 2002	Hamburg	Carpet	Neville Godwin	6–1 6–3
6.	April 1, 2002	Tunis	Clay	Mario Radic	6–2 7–5
7.	July 8, 2002	Scheveningen	Clay	Salvador Navarro	7–6 6–7 7–6
8.	February 21, 2005	Lübeck	Carpet	Alexander Waske	7–6 7–6
9.	November 21, 2005	Prague	Carpet	Nicholas Thomann	6–3 7–5
10.	July 23, 2007	Poznań	Clay	Julio Silva	6–4 6–3

[edit] 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.