Travis Parrott Explained

Travis Parrott
Residence:Portland, Oregon
Birth Date:16 August 1980
Birth Place:Portland, Oregon
Turnedpro:2003
Retired:2012
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:US$ 527,632
Singlesrecord:0–0
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 704 (June 9, 2003)
Doublesrecord:94–109
Doublestitles:3
Highestdoublesranking:No. 25 (June 15, 2009)
Australianopendoublesresult:3R (2005, 2006)
Frenchopendoublesresult:3R (2006)
Wimbledondoublesresult:3R (2004, 2008)
Usopendoublesresult:QF (2004)
Mixed:Yes
Mixedtitles:1
Mixedrecord:7–7
Australianopenmixedresult:1R (2010)
Wimbledonmixedresult:3R (2005)
Usopenmixedresult:W (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.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.July 28, 2003Los Angeles, United StatesHard Jan-Michael Gambill Joshua Eagle
Sjeng Schalken
6–4, 3–6, 7–5
2.July 23, 2007Indianapolis, U.S.Hard Juan Martín del Potro Teymuraz Gabashvili
Ivo Karlović
3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
3.October 20, 2008Saint Petersburg, RussiaCarpet (i) Filip Polášek Rohan Bopanna
Max Mirnyi
3–6, 7–64, [10–8]

Runners-up (6)

No.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.August 16, 2004Washington, D.C., United StatesHard Dmitry Tursunov Chris Haggard
Robbie Koenig
7–63, 6–1
2.July 4, 2005Newport, U.S.Grass Graydon Oliver Jordan Kerr
Jim Thomas
7–65, 7–65
3.April 14, 2008Valencia, SpainClay Filip Polášek Máximo González
Juan Mónaco
7–5, 7–5
4.August 4, 2008Los Angeles, U.S.Hard Dušan Vemić Rohan Bopanna
Eric Butorac
7–65, 7–65
5.February 22, 2009Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.Hard Filip Polášek Mardy Fish
Mark Knowles
7–67, 6–1
6.June 19, 2009Eastbourne, United KingdomGrass Filip Polášek Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski
6–4, 6–4

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles (1 title)

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.tennischannel.com/game/players/PlayerProfile.aspx?id=1084 Travis Parrott
  2. Web site: Parrot Returns with Big Plans . Portland Tribune . February 5, 2005 . September 9, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081011103335/http://miketheheadlesschicken.org/story.html . October 11, 2008 . mdy-all .