Travis Parrott

Travis Parrott
Country (sports) United States
ResidencePortland, Oregon
Born (1980-08-16) August 16, 1980 (age 44)
Portland, Oregon
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2003
Retired2012
PlaysRight-handed
Prize moneyUS$ 527,632
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 704 (June 9, 2003)
Doubles
Career record94–109
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 25 (June 15, 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2005, 2006)
French Open3R (2006)
Wimbledon3R (2004, 2008)
US OpenQF (2004)
Mixed doubles
Career record7–7
Career titles1
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2010)
Wimbledon3R (2005)
US OpenW (2009)

Travis Parrott (born August 16, 1980)[1] is an American former 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]

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. He and Polasek and defeated South African Rik de Voest and Polish player Łukasz Kubot. In the third round, they were defeated by Leander Paes and Lukáš Dlouhý.

Parrott also participated in the 2008 French Open with Polasek, losing in the first round. 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.

Doubles finals

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 Partner Opponents Score
1. July 28, 2003 Los Angeles, United States Hard United States Jan-Michael Gambill Australia Joshua Eagle
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken 		6–4, 3–6, 7–5
2. July 23, 2007 Indianapolis, U.S. Hard Argentina Juan Martín del Potro Russia Teymuraz Gabashvili
Croatia Ivo Karlović 		3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
3. October 20, 2008 Saint Petersburg, Russia Carpet (i) Slovakia Filip Polášek India Rohan Bopanna
Belarus Max Mirnyi 		3–6, 7–64, [10–8]

Runners-up (6)

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

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles (1 title)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2009 US Open Hard United States Carly Gullickson Zimbabwe Cara Black
India Leander Paes		 6–2, 6–4

References

  1. ^ Travis Parrott Archived June 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Parrot Returns with Big Plans". Portland Tribune. February 5, 2005. Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved September 9, 2009.